Grammar

Oxfam trailwalk- er organi zed timeaimWho Fund -raising event by Oxfam HK In November every year Raise money to help poor people People over 18

A tough hike 100-kilometre two days and walk through 8 country within two nights parks and over hours without sleep hills and mountains It is tough to finish the hike.

team spirit plan everything together walk together to finish support and help each other It is necessary to support and help each other before and during the event.

have support teams bring food and drinks warm and dry clothes (Keep you comfortable) It is useful to have support teams to bring you food and drinks. Each team

It is tough to finish the hike. It is necessary to support and help each other before and during the event. It is useful for you to have support teams to bring you food and drinks. It is necessary for trailwalkers to have warm and dry clothes to keep you comfortable. It’s necessary that you start training before the walk.

do donate give help join keep meaningful the Tree-planting Club It is meaningful to join the Tree- planting Club.

do donate give help join keep important parks clean It is important to keep parks clean.

do donate give help join keep polite seats the elderly It is polite to give seats to the elderly.

do donate give help join keep good blind people cross the road It is good to help blind people cross the road.

do donate give help join keep helpful money to charities It is helpful to donate money to charities.

do donate give help join keep fun voluntary work It is fun to do voluntary work.

This structure is used to express how we think about something. It is +adjective + to do sth.

It is + adj. + for sb. to do

It is necessary for you to train yourself before the walk.

It is useful for you to have support teams to bring you food and drinks.

It is necessary for you to support and help each other both before and during the walk.

Asking about Oxfam Trailwalker important for Benimportant for us impossible for younecessary for people meaningful for me Lucy: What is Oxfam Trailwalker? Lily: Oxfam Trailwalker is a tough charity walk. It’s __________________ to finish it within 48 hours. Lucy: What’s a charity walk? Lily: It is a fund-raising event. It’s ________________to support Ben. His team needs to raise at least HK$6,500.

Lucy: Can I join it too? Lily: No, you can ’ t. You ’ re not 18 years old yet. It is_______________ to join Oxfam Trailwalker. Lucy: What are you going to do for Ben? Lily: I am going to donate my pocket money to support Ben. It ’ s_________________ to help him. Lucy: I want to help Ben too. I can give him my bottle of milk. Lily: What for? Lucy: It ’ s ___________________ to drink milk to keep fit. Lily: Thank you,Lucy, but I think Ben can exercise to keep fit.

It is necessary that you start training before the walk. It is + adj. + that - clause

It is + adjective + that surprising/ bears/ play tennis sad/ so many people/ be poor It is surprising that bears can play tennis. It is sad that so many people are poor.

It is + adjective + that funny/ dogs/ be dressed up as hotdogs strange/ a policeman/ be riding a pig It is funny that dogs are dressed up as hotdogs. It is strange that a policeman is riding a pig.

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for sb. to do sth. that-clause It is + adj.+ to do sth. We can use the structures to express our feelings and opinions.

It is + adjective + to-infinitive. 1. It is meaningful to help people in need. It is + adjective + for … + to –infintive. 2. It is meaningful for us to help people in need. It is + adjective + that clause. 3. It is meaningful that we can help people in need.

It is + adj. + for sb. to do sth. It is + adj. + of sb.+ to do sth.

It’s very silly of you to make such a mistake. It’s kind of Jim to bring the homeless cat home. It’s impossible for you to finish the work today. It’s not easy for you to be a top student in such a short time. It is + adj + of sb. + to do sth. --- 形容人本身的特点, 介词用 of. It is + adj + for sb. + to do sth. --- 形容 to do sth 这个动作的特点, 介词用 for.

Translations 1. 每天学生睡眠八小时是有必要的。 It is ________ ____students ____ for 8 hours every day. 2. 他不愿加入游泳俱乐部是真的。 ___ ___ ____ he _____ ___ the Swimming Club. necessary thatsleep It’s true that won’t join

3. 对于任何人来说歧视别人都是不对的。 _____ _____ __ anyone looks down on others. It’s wrong that

4. 对于学生来说学英语容易, 但学好英 语很难。 It is ___________________________, but it is ________________________ ___________. easy that students learn English difficult that students learn English well

5. 我们上课认真听讲是很重要的。 It is important that we listen carefully in the class. 6. 学生认真完成作业是非常必要的。 It is necessary that students finish their homework carefully.

7. 我英语考试获得了满分，真是太幸 运了。 It is lucky that I got full marks in the English exam.

8. 他们拖着疲惫的身体工作是非常辛 苦的。 It is hard that they work with tired bodies. 9. 你们带着雨伞会很有用的。 It is useful that you take an umbrella with you.

(2) 改写同义句 1.It is difficult to learn math. Math is ______________. ________ math _________. difficult to learn To learnis difficult

2. To visit old-age homes is meaningful. ____ meaningful ______ old-age homes. Old-age homes __ meaningful ______. 3. Your school is easy to find. It is __________ your school. ______ your school ______. It isto visit is to visit easy to find To find is easy

快来试试, 下面的句子你会换另一 种方式说吗 ? It is important that people learn team spirit. It is important for people to learn team spirit.

It is impossible that he finishes his homework in ten hours. It’s impossible for him to finish his homework in ten hours. It is necessary that Ben practises before the walk. It is necessary for Ben to practise before walk.

(2) 改写同义句 1.It is necessary that you start training a few months before the walk. It is necessary for you to start training a few months before the walk.

2. It is hard that she carries the heavy box. 3. It is wrong that some people drop litter carelessly in the reserve. It is hard for her to carry the heavy box. It is wrong for some people to drop litter carelessly in the reserve.

Translate the sentences. 1. 组织筹款活动非常有意义。 It is meaningful to organize fund- raising events. 2. 对于她来说，要在一个小时内完成工 作是不可能的。 It is impossible for her to finish the work in an hour.

3. 马克肯定考试考得好。 It is certain that Mark will do well in his exams. 4. 在这条河里游泳很危险。 It is dangerous to swim in the river. 5. 把英语学好对学生来说很有必要。 It is necessary for students to learn English well.

6. 很显然，我们正在做一件很重要的工 作。 It is clear that we are doing an important job.

Complete the conversation A: Congratulations! It is ____________________________ (reached/that/the final/you). How do you feel now? B: Very excited! A: What is the most important to help you finish the walk? great that you reached the final

B: Team spirit is the most important. You know, it is________________________ _____________________ (during/other/ help/the event/each/to). And it is __________________________________ (teams/have/for/to/support/you), too. A: Thanks. But why do you take part in this event? necessary to help each other during the event useful for you to have support teams

B: Because I want to do something to help the poor. It is ______________________ __________________________ (still/ not/many/that/enough/to/food/eat/ people/have). A: You are so kind. I think we should learn from you. Thank you very much for your time. sad that many people still have not enough food to eat

More exercise: 按要求改写句子 1. To laugh at that blind girl is impolite. ( 同义句转换 ) 2. It is helpful to give seats to the elderly. ( 对划线部分提问 )

3. It is good for us to do morning exercise. ( 改一般疑问句 ) 4. The math problem is easy. Millie can work it out. ( 合并为一句 ) 5. It is possible for Mike to join ORBIS. ( 改否定句 )

将下列中文翻译成英文。 1. 看 > 有趣吗 ? harrypotter 2. 每天坚持跑步不是一件容易的事。 3. 乘船旅行很刺激。 4.Simon 不可能穿上那双鞋子。 5. 你的问题太难回答了。

Task 1 Say something you usually do and practise with your partner like this: A:What do you usually do after school? B:I usually do my homework,but sometimes I watching TV instead. A:Oh,it is important to do homework after school. (It is interesting for me to watch TV) (necessary meaningful meaningless tough sad boring great wonderful important unimportant possible impossible…)

Task 2 Please look at the pictures and talk about it with your partner. Make sure you use the three patterns.

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Homework: 1.Recite Lucy and Lily ’ s conversation;(p101) 2. Do exercises in the Assessment Book.

Language points: 1.feel about sth. 2.train yourself before the walk 3.have your own support team 4.look down on/upon blind people means: consider yourself better than others 5.there are other ways to help people = there are other ways of helping people 6.join the Tree-planting Club

7.keep parks clean (keep you comfortable) 8.give seats to the elderly 9.do voluntary work 10.(not) need to do 11.Lily’s younger/elder sister 12.What … for? = Why? 13.drink milk to keep fit (fitness n.) 14.exercise to keep fit