Unit 3 War and peace Using language Learning objectives 1.To know the subject-verb agreement; 2. To use subject-verb agreement correctly; 3. To know the horrible Chongqing bombing, its influence and remembrance by listening, learn to express sympathy and talk about memories. Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Activity 1 1 Why is the word “enemy” followed by a singular verb in sentence a but a plural verb in sentence b? The word “enemy” in sentence a refers to different members but in sentence b refers to a single unit. 2 Is the word “people” usually followed by a singular or plural verb? The word “people” is usually followed by a plural verb. Grammar 集体名词作主语的主谓一致问题 集体名词表示指一群人或事物的总称。集体名词作主语时谓语的单复数问题，可以归纳为以下三类： 1 集体名词表示复数含义，谓语用复数形式。如： police/people/cattle 牛/fish 2 集体名词只用作不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。如： clothing/poetry/luggage/furniture/machinery/scenery/ jewellery/equipment 3 集体名词既可以指群体也可以指个体的，若视为整体，谓语动词用单数形式；强调各个成员时，谓语动词用复数形式。如： family/team/class/crowd/government/club/committee/ audience/public Translation 警察在追捕他。 The police are after him. 人们开始谈论她。 People are beginning to talk about her. 牛以草为食。 Cattle feed on grass. 我们的衣服 (clothing)可以御寒。 Our clothing protects us against the cold. 他们所有的行李都被偷了。 All their luggage was stolen. Translation 她的家庭是一个大家族。 Her family is a large one. 她的家人都很高。 Her family are all tall. 这个队是联赛中最好的。 The team is the best in the league. 足球队队员们正在洗澡。 The football team are having baths. 观众对演出甚感激动。 The audience was/were very excited by the show. 公众有权知道这篇报告的内容。 The public has/have a right to know what is the report. Correct any mistakes in these sentences or put a √ in the square brackets if they are correct. Activity 2 √ is uniforms √ is are Complete the film review with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Activity 3 kills decides is are love Read the passage and answer the questions. Among the many horrors inflicted on humanity by the Second World War was the massive bombing of civilians, often referred to as “terror bombing”. The purpose of doing this was to destroy the morale of ordinary people and stop them from supporting the war effort. The Japanese used terror bombing in China, especially in Chongqing,which they bombed more than 200 times over the duration of five and a half years (1938-1943), killing thousands of Chinese civilians. 1 What is terror bombing? 2 What’s its purpose? inflict /?n'fl?kt/ to make sb./sth. suffer sth. unpleasant morale /m?'rɑ?l/ the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time The road to peace Accumulate some useful expressions the war of Resistance against Japanese Aggression resistance aggression the bombing plane be fascinated by sth. target the residential areas the bo ... ...
