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课件网) Unit 4 A glimpse of the future Using language Learning Objectives PART. 01 Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage. Learning Objectives Master the principle of grammatical agreement and the principle of proximity in subject-verb agreement. Understand time-travel conversations, role-play guide-tourist dialogues, and discuss future life aspects using target language. Explore global visions of the future, understanding how different societies imagine and evaluate technological progress. Break down subject-verb agreement rules and interpret future-tech texts. Design ideal future planets and imagine future transport/life aspects, applying grammar rules to original expressions. Work in pairs to role-play time-travel guides, discuss future life, and learn from peers’ language usage. Practice subject-verb agreement, organize future-themed info (via charts), and reflect on future-tech ideas, taking ownership of learning. Understand the daily study and life of British middle school students by watching videos. Based on your own daily study and life, compare the study and life in Chinese and British schools, and find out the similarities and differences between the two. Talk about your first impression of high school life, and have a preliminary perception of the study and life in the senior high school stage. Teaching Focuses and Anticipated Difficulties Master the principle of grammatical agreement and proximity in subject-verb agreement, role-play time-travel guide-tourist dialogues, and discuss future life using target language. Breaking down and applying subject-verb agreement rules (grammatical agreement, proximity) correctly, and designing ideal future planets/transport while using the rules in original expressions. Grammar PART. 02 Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions. 1. Why is 50 per cent singular in sentence (a) but plural in sentence (c) Because in sentence (a), the part “50 per cent” is followed by the uncountable noun “time”, while in sentence (c), the part “50 per cent” is followed by the countable noun “job” in its plural form. 2. What are the subjects in sentences (b) and (d) Are they singular or plural In sentence (b), the part “Every recommendation” is the subject. In sentence (d), the part “none of us” is the subject. Both are singular. Subject-verb agreement (2) (主谓一致 (2)) 一、语法一致原则 语法一致原则指谓语动词的单复数形式与主语的语法单复数完全保持一致。 1. 单一主语的主谓一致 单数名词 / 代词、动词不定式短语、动名词短语或从句作主语时，谓语用单数；复数名词作主语时，谓语用复数 ... ...
