(
课件网) Unit1 Festivals and Celebrations Discovering Useful Structures Describe festival activities ①Read the sentences below and discuss the functions and meanings of the italicised -ing form. Find more examples from the unit. These lanterns are amazing. 作表语，常放在系动词之后 During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the shining moon and enjoy deliclous mooncakes. 作前置定语，修饰名词moon Families celebrating the Lunar New Year can enjoy exciting dragon dances and carnivals together. celebrating the Lunar New Year 短语作后置定语，修饰families; exciting 作前置定语，修饰dragon dances ②Read the following messages posted by some exchange students on an Internet forum. Underline the -ing form used as the attribute or the predicative. Discussion: Which festival is the best Rio Cernival! I spent a really fun day there with my friends. It was great fun walking along the streets, enjoying the relaxing atmosphere! The performances were just amazing. The Spring Festival in China, especially the dinner on the Lunar New Year's Eve! All family members get together. And I get lucky money in red envelopes from my parents and relatives, so it's always an exciting time for me. Perhaps Thanksgiving. What could be better Families getting together and eating delicious food, people watching sports games on TV, friends laughing and talking, etc. Plus there's Black Friday, if shopping is your thing. I think it's Christmas. I just can't take my eyes off the shining lights on the Christmas trees everywhere. Lots of smiling faces, and people singing Christmas carols and wishing each other "Merry Christmas!” ③Complete the passage with the appropriate -ing form. La Tomatina is a festival that takes place in the Spanish town Buhol every August. I think many food festivals are_____because people are just eating. However, this festival is _____because people don't actually eatthe tomatoes. Instead, they throw them at each other!The number of people_____part in this tomato fight can reach up to 20,000, and it is a very_____ fight that lasts for a whole hour. The _____thing is how clean Bunol is after the tomatoes are washed away after the fight. This is because the juice from tomatoes is really good for making surfaces clean! Pay attention to the usage of the underlined words. *I think the Rio Carnival would be the most exciting. *Do you mind passing me that dictionary 表语 宾语 *Another example is Halloween,which slowly became an exciting festival for children,in spite of its religious origins. *Hearing the news, they immediately set off for Shanghai. 定语 状语 一、动词-ing形式作表语 1、动词-ing形式表示主语的内容时，可以转换到句首作主语。 【例句】Her job is keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible. Keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible is her job. 她的工作是尽量使报告厅保持干净。 【例句】Her duty is taking care of the babies. ＝Taking care of the babies is her duty. 照看婴儿是 ... ...
