2. 高 二 英 语 优 秀 课 件 高 二 英 语 优 秀 课 件 Unit 16 The United States of America 纳雍三中 左国敏 纳雍三中 左国敏

4. Unit 16

5. Goals: Learn about the USA Practise describing places Grammar: Non-finite verbs

6. california washington Washington DC Alaska Virginia Florida Pacific ocean Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Louisana Texas Hawaii San- francisco

7. 1.New York is the largest state of the US. ( ) 2.Most state names come from Spanish or English.( ) 3.Atlanta is known as the “ Big Apple.” ( ) 4.The Constitution was written in 1779. ( ) 5.There are 52 stars on the American flag. ( ) 6.George Washington was the first American President. ( ) 7.The first settlers arrived in North America about 30.000 Years ago.( ) 8.The Mississippi River is the longest River in the world. ( ). F T F F F T T F

8. Capitol Hill The white House Manhattan at night The world trade center

10. Describe Places How long/wide/high/tall is …? There is … in the north. It’s …meters /feet long/wide/high/tall. It looks like…

11. Talk about Lincang in pairs

12. My hometown isn’t very large. It is located next to a river and there are some famous places there. The River called Nanting River is very wide. In the Northwest side of the city,there’s a mountain, Qi Mountain,which is more than 1,000 meters’ high. It looks like a dragon.We also have some beautiful natural scenery,like Wulao Mountain. I think my town is pretty. Would you like to come for a visit?

15. Grammar: the Nonfinite verbs 1. The Infinitive 2.The V-ing 3. The Past Participle

16. Doing homework is a must. Doing homework is a must. I enjoy writing letters. Seeing is believing. Seeing is believing. The boy standing there is my brother. The boy standing there is my brother. the function of the underlined words: subjectobjectPredicativeAttribute SSSS OOOO PPPP AAAA Hearing the noise, we rushed out of the room. Adv Adverbial O.c. O.c. Object complement subject object Subject, predicative Attribute Adverbial Object complement I heard the boy crying.

17. Admit, avoid, consider, delay, dislike, enjoy, escape, excuse, finish, imagine, mind,miss, practise, suggest, understand, feel like, give up, can’t help, look forward to I can’t help crying. I look forward to seeing my family again. Girls should learn how to avoid being hurt.

18. v-ing 的形式 时态 主动 被动 语态 一般式 doingbeing done 完成式 having done having been done 否定式 not doing /being done, not having (been)done Do you know the man talking with our teacher? Having done his homework,he went out to play. Not having been heard from for over a month, Tom went back hometown again. The bridge being built now will be completed soon.

19. 1. People drink ____ water, but nobody drinks____ water. A. boiling; boilingB. boiling; boiled C. boiled; boilingD. boiled; boiled 2. The traveler ____ there ____ at the sun rising. A. stands; look B. stand; and look C. standing; to look D. standing; looked C D 3.The book is very____ and I find him ____ in it A. interesting; interesting B. interested. Interested C. interesting; interested D. interested; interesting C Practice

20. 4.Tom apologized for_______me of the change of the plan. A.his being not toldB. him not to tell C. his not telling D.him to tell 5._________for a long time, the mother worried a great deal. A.Having not heard from her son B.Not having heard from her son C.Not hearing from her son D.Not heard from her son 6.___________, she wants to go there for holiday. A.Having never been to Kunming B.Never having been to Kunming C.Having been to Kunming D.Having not been to Kunming C B B

21. Non-finite verbs The USA Unit 16 Describing places

22. Homework Exercise 2, page 46