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课件网) Unit 3 DIVERSE CULTURES To learn how ellipsis is used. To learn to find out the omitted words in a sentence. To learn to use ellipsis. Read the following sentences and think it: if we leave out the word(s) in the brackets, can the meanings of the sentences be understood 1. … she said (that) it would be an interesting experience. 2. But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family (that was) connected by a network. 3. Roderick: You’re an American Henry: That’s right, (I come) from San Francisco. 4. Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and (Jane has) helped people understand how much they behave like humans. 5. (You should) wait till you’re more experienced. 在英语中，有时为了避免重复，常省略句中的一个或几个句子成分，这种语法现象称为省略。 Ellipsis 省略 一、简单句中的省略 1. 省略主语、谓语或谓语的一部分、表语、宾语等。 (That / It) Sounds like a good idea. (Does) Anybody want to go — (Are you) Tired — Yes, I am (tired). Keep away (this bottle) from children. 2. 感叹句根据上下文省略。 How beautiful (it is)! How (hard) they are working! 3. 名词所有格后的名词，如果表示住宅、店铺、教堂或上下文已经暗示或明确指出过的事物时，常省略。 At her mother’s (house) she passed many happy days. 4. 省略作宾语的动词不定式时，需保留to。 —Would you like to come to the party —Yes, I’d like to (go to the party). 注意：如果动词不定式中含有be或have，省略时要保留be 或have。 —I didn’t tell him the news. —Oh, you ought to have (told him the news). 二、并列句中的省略 在and, but等连接的并列句中，若后面的分句中存在与前面分句中相同的内容，这部分内容可以省略。 My room is on the fifth floor, and hers (is) on the eighth (floor). She was poor but (she was) honest. John was a lover of music then and he still is (a lover of music) now. 三、复合句中的省略 1. 主句中的省略。常见于句首或回答问题时。 — Why are you late — (I’m late) Because my watch doesn’t work. 2. 从句中的省略。 宾语从句 1)主从句的谓语相同时，可以省略从句中的全部谓语甚 至主语。 She didn’t attend the concert, and I wonder why (she didn’t attend the concert). 情况 例句 并列句 She went to the clinic and (she) saw a doctor. Sally will be arriving today and Ann (will be arriving) tomorrow. John once smoked like a chimney, but he doesn’t (smoke) now. 表示比较 的从句 She looks older than my mother (does). The weather isn’t as good as (it was) yesterday. 对话 (I’m) Sorry I couldn’t come. (Pass me) The salt, please. A: Are you coming B: Yes (I’m coming). 2 其他情况的省略(1) 情况 例句 告示、标牌、报纸标题 (There will be) Roadworks ahead! (A) Millionaire (was) poisoned (in his home) in Beverly Hills. 习惯用语 What if (=What will/would happen if) World War III should happen We need to solve the problem as soon as (it is) possible. Why not (=Why don’t you) clean the room after breakfast 2 其他情况的省略(2) Rewrite the sentences by taking out the unnecessary parts. 1 You mean you ... ...
