第四步： 语言运用练习（2）

1. Have students do Ex 2 in Using structures on page 71.

2. Ask two students to write down their emails on the blackboard and then encourage the others to make some changes in their work if necessary.

3. Exchange the work in groups of four, help each other to correct the mistakes and meanwhile try to appreciate the good sentences written by others.

4. Choose the best one in each group and read it out in class.

第五步： 语言运用练习（3）（通过开放性的题目，以竞赛形式进行小组活动，巩固同位语从句。）

1. Translate the sentences with the appositive clauses.

① 毫无疑问他宁愿睡觉也不愿意去市中心逛街。

② 这么小的孩子居然解出了这道题，这个事实使我们很惊讶。

③她留下口信她已经在加拿大定居。

2 Give them 5 minutes to make up as many appositive clauses as possible.

第六步： 语言运用练习（4）（通过开放性的题目，以竞赛形式进行小组活动，复习名词性从句。）

Fill in the blanks with noun clauses.

⑴ ______________________ makes no difference.

⑵ Do you know _____________________.

⑶ My question is ______________________.

⑷ The fact _____________________ is clear.

⑸ Next comes the question _____________________.

(学生以抢答形式自由造句，以小组为单位计分)

Suggested answers:

① There is no doubt that he would sleep rather than go shopping downtown.

② The fact that such a little boy had figured out the problem surprised us.

③She left a message that she had settled down in Canada.

⑴ Who will be elected headmaster makes no difference.

⑵ Do you know how they crossed the whole continent?

⑶ My question is whether she will go on a tour of Guangzhou.

⑷ The fact that women can work as well as men is clear.

⑸ Next comes the question what you want to put in the box.