Unit 2 Robots 人教新课标选修 7

Learning about language

1.Bill felt great pleasure when he tried his new fax machine and it worked. 1.Rewrite these sentences using words or phrases of similar meaning from the text to replace the underlined parts. satisfaction, tested out

2. He felt pity for Claire because she was overweight and needed to lose about five kilos to look slim. 3. Even though Jane told him many times to go away her brother still accompanied her to the doctor. sympathy leave … alone

4. Her greatest wish was to look as elegant as Gladys Claffern. 5. Please call me before you buy a new digital camera so I can go with you. 6. She looked at the computer screen carefully hoping to find some new s in her mailbox. desire ring … up scanned

7. It was ridiculous that his own mother would not talk to him about the affair. 8. He felt happy when his boss stated that he could set aside some time for exercise. absurd declared

(News, 16/04/2321) Historical research shows that in the 22nd century many people told stories about how, at one time, people could buy robots as house decorators. The robots would _____ the literature for the latest ideas in home decoration. Often the robots would _______ designs that were grander than their owners wanted. Brightly coloured _________ and _________ would be suggested together with brightly patterned walls and carpets. 2. Complete the following paragraph using the words and phrase in their proper forms. turn around scan awful alarm clerk cushion declare favour bedding scan favour cushionsbeddings

Some of the _______ in the shops thought that the designs were _______. While some owners were firm with their robot’s suggestions, others would ______________ and walk out of the shop, feeling embarrassed. A few other robots would even get into physical fights with their owners in public as their electrical systems sometimes would set off the shops’ _______. After a while the government decided such behaviour was not appropriate and passed a law _________ robots should not leave the house. So robots became household cleaners or industrial workers instead! clerks awful turn around alarms declaring

Sample writing to Exercise 3 ： Claire is a very emotional woman who needs a good friend. She finds this friend in a robot called Tony, who comes to help her in her home. She is attracted to him because he is so handsome and sympathetic. He becomes her best friend. She is impressed by his abilities but embarrassed by her feelings for him. She is disturbed because she thinks of him as a man (even though he is not) but is amused that other women envy her and think they are having an affair.

Claire succeeds in overcoming her sense of failure ， but in doing so falls in love with Tony. His visit leaves her upset, frightened and hurt, which has replaced her sense of failure. She has been hurt by Tony because he is too nice rather than because he is not nice enough.

Revising useful structures Go over the passive infinitive 当不定式的逻辑主语是这个不定式所表 示的动作的承受者时，一般要用不定式 的被动式。不定式的被动式可以在句中 作主语、作宾语、作表语、作定语、作 补足语、作状语。 语法

不定式语法  不定式的时态和语态 不定式有时态和语态的变化，时 态共四种，即一般式、完成式、进 行式和完成进行式。语态分为主动 语态和被动语态，如下表所示。

语态 时态 主动语态被动语态 一般式 完成式 进行式 / 完成进行式 / to do to be done to have done to have been done to be doing to have been doing

一、 不定式的被动形式有下列用法 一、 不定式的被动形式有下列用法 1 ．作主语： It is an honour for me to be asked to speak here. 2 ．作宾语： She asked to be sent to work in Xinjiang. 3 ．作表语： His dream was to be admitted to a good university.

4 ．作宾语补足语： He wanted the letter to be typed at once. She didn’t like herself to be praised like that. 5 ．作主语补足语： The books are not allowed to be taken out of the room.

6 ．作定语： Are you going to the meeting to be held in the teachers’ office? 7 ．作状语： She was too young to be assigned such work.

二、不定式完成式的被动式的用法 不定式的完成式的被动式表示发生在谓 语动作之前的被动动作： I’m pleased to have been given this opportunity. 给了我这次机会我很高兴。 It’s said to have been built in the Ming dynasty. 据说它是明朝修建的。

不定式完成式的被动式在句中作主 语、宾语、定语或表语。如： It is a good thing for him to have been criticized. 他受到批评是件好事。 She preferred to have been given more important work to do. 她宁愿分给她 的是更重要的工作。

三、不定式的主动形式表示被动 1 ．在 there be 结构中。 例如： There is a lot of homework to do ． There is no time to lose.

2 ．在 “n ／ pron + be + adj + to do” 结构中。 常用的形容词有 easy ， difficult ， hard ， impossible ， nice ， pleasant ， light ， heavy ， interesting ， important ， expensive ， cheap ， fit ， dangerous 等。 例如： He is hard to convince. He is an impossible person to work with ．

3. 在 “too—to do; enough…to…” 结构中。如： The problem is too difficult to work out ． The house is big enough to live in.

4 ．在 “with+n+to do” 结构中。 例如： With nothing to do ， he lay in bed ． With so many exercises to do ， I can’t go to the cinema ．

5 ．当不定式的逻辑主语在句中出现 时。 例如： I have a letter to type today ． (I 是 to type 的逻辑主语 ) Do you have anything to say? (you 是 to say 的逻辑主语 )

6 ．当不定式隐含在 for sb to do 结构中 时。 例如： This is the best book to read (=for us ／ you to read) ． The important thing to do is to lock the door when we leave the house ．

7 ．一些作表语用的不定式的主动形式。 常见的这类动词有 let( 出租 ) ， rent ， hire ， blame 等。 例如： The house is to let ． I felt l was to blame.

NOTICE 动词不定式主动语态形式的使用要比被 动语态形式的使用普遍，有时（尤其在 口语中）虽然意思上是被动的，也往往 用主动语态形式来表示。 I have three motors to repair today. The task is difficult to finish on time.

Answer key for Exercise 1: 1. be tested out 2. be harmed 3. be offered 4. was amazed 5. was not allowed 6. be discovered 7. be completely transformed 8. were impressed 9. be envied 10. be rebuilt

1.to be designed 2. to be rebuilt 3. to be accompanied 4. to be known as 5. to be filled with 6. to be tested out 7. to be envied 8. to be set aside Answer key for Exercise 2:

were listed be divided be organized to be accompanied were connected be surrounded was attached Answer key for Exercise 3: