Leaning about Language
Discovering useful words
and expressions
1. Choose the correct words to complete the passage.
kingdom clarify attraction influence
puzzle debate legal convenience
“Why you ______ this wonderful opportunity so carefully is a ______ to me.” the boss said on the phone. “This is the project for you. You will live in a
puzzle
debate
town in England and have a house with all modern ___________. Our headquarters in Beijing will _____ any problems that may arise over the Internet.
You will help us to examine any ____ issues that may arise if we want to build a factory somewhere in the Untied ________.
conveniences
clarify
legal
Kingdom
We think you will find living in England will be a great ________ and so we would like to ________ you to take this job. We hope you will accept it.”
attraction
influence
Exercise 2:complete these questions or answers using vocabulary from the text.Then read them aloud with a partner.
1.currency
2.The Union Jack
3.United;consist of
4.broke away
5.institutions
6.conflicts
7.provinces
3. All of the words below can take the place of said, but they are used under different conditions and in different situations. Choose the correct word from the list to fit each of the sentences.
whisper smile ask advise answer beg suggest decide shout agree scream complain
1. “Shall we leave now?” he _________ to us and we left the room very quietly.
2. “Is she tall and thin with black hair and wearing a red dress?” she _____ the police.
3. “How pleased I am to see you well today and looking so happy,” ______ her father.
whispered
asked
smiled
4. “Help! Help! I can’t swim.” ________ the frightened boy.
5. “Please don’t hurt my cat, “ ______ Sarah as her brother picked it up by one leg.
6. I’d like to live in a castle of my own too,” ______ my father after listening to my question.
begged
agreed
screamed
7. “Yes. I bought a car and a new flat this winter,” ________ my father after listening to my question.
8. “ Are you coming with us?” _______ Li Ming to her friend on the other side of the room.
9. “ I didn’t like that meal at all,” __________ the customer.
answered
shouted
complained
10. “Perhaps you would like to go this way?” ________ the man shyly.
11. “ I will buy the green car with the red seats and not the blue one,” _______ my friend.
12. “ This is what I’d do,” _______ the headmaster.
suggested
decided
advised
Learning about Language
Discovering useful structures
1. Can you find the following sentences in the reading passage?
Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.
find / …
﹢
past participle
V- ed
object complement
Three more sentences in the reading passage.
1. Now, when anyone refers to England you find Wales included as well.
2. To their surprise the three countries find themselves united…
3. …they were going to get Ireland connected to form the United Kingdom.
Para 2.
Para 3.
Para 3.
过去分词做宾语补足语
Past Participle as Object Complement
作宾语补足语的过去分词一般来自及物动词, 表示被动和完成意义, 说明宾语所处的状态, 一般跟它前面的宾语在逻辑上构成主谓关系, 表被动,其结构形式为:主语＋谓语动词＋宾语＋过去分词。一般可带过去分词形成宾语补足语的动词可以分为以下三类。

find / …
﹢
past participle
／ V- ed
② see, hear, watch, feel, think , find, notice , observe
① have, get, make, help, leave
③ like, want, wish, order
带有“致使”含义的动词
表示感觉和心理状态的词
表示“希望、要求等意义的词语
1. You can make yourself _______ pretty well if you keep on speaking the language. A. understand B. understood C. understanding D. to understand
Exercise
2. The manager discussed the plan that they would like to see _______ the next year.
A. carry out B. carrying out
C. carried out D. to carry out
3. --- I can’t see the words on the blackboard.
--- Perhaps you need __________.
A. to have your eyes examined B. to examine your eye
C. to have examined your eyes D. your eyes to be examined
4. They woke up, finding everything around ________. A. changing B. change C. changed D. to change
2. Complete the sentences by using the words in brackets and the structure have / get / find something done.
1. We _______________________ now.
2. You look different today. ________ ________________
3. Do you want to _________________ ________ to your house or would you prefer to come to the shop for it?
have got the house mended
Have you
had your hair cut?
have the dictionary
delivered
5. On my way to the station my car broke down. When I got to the repair shop I　____________.
4. A: Could I have a look at the photographs you took when you were in Europe?
B: Sorry, I __________________ _________ yet.
haven’t had the film
found it closed
developed
6. The computer doesn’t seem to work well, you’d better ___________ ?
7. Jill and Eric _____________________ while they were on holiday.
get it repaired
got all their money stolen
8. Chris ___________________ to Sarah on her birthday. Then Chris asked Sarah to marry him and they _______________ in the newspaper. They had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they _________________ ________ by a company.
had some flowers sent
had it announced
arranged
had the celebration
Homework:
1.Please review what we have learned in
this Unit and we will have an exam
about words and expressions.
2.Please finish the exercies in on the
papers.