Unit 1 Cultural relics Period 2 Grammar

The gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg, when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city. I. Warming up Look at the parts in red. Do you know what kind of clauses they are ？

1. Look at the girl ________ is singing so beautifully. 2. Do you know the woman to ______ our teacher is talking? 3. Jim is the boy ______ hat is red. 4. He gave me a pen ___________ he bought last week. 5. Mary has read all the books _________ I lent her. who/that whom whose that/which II. Revision Fill in the blanks with proper relative pronouns or adverbs.

6. Is it the reason _____ you were late? 7. October 1st is the date _____ China celebrates its National Day. 8. We walked in a garden _____ many trees and flowers had been planted. 9. This is the island _____ I lived for two years are the years _____ I studied in the university. why when where when Revision

What do Attributive Clauses do? 作用相当于形容词； 提供人或事物更详细的信息； 简化语言，避免使用两个简单句时重复的内容。 What do they look like? 由关系代词 which/that 或关系副词 when, where, why 等引导； 也可以用介词 + 关系代词引导。 Where do they come in sentences? 在所修饰的先行词之后。

Compare the following pairs of sentences and find the differences between them. He is one of the students who has won a scholarship. Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged, decided not to keep it. She told me something that happened yesterday. She told me something untrue, which made me angry. III. Comparing

限制性定语从句非限制性定语从句 表意 功能 形式 修饰先行词 修饰先行词或整个句子 无逗号与主句分开有逗号与主句分开 使用时可以用 that 引导 使用时不能用 that 引导 与主句语意关系 紧凑，定语从句 不能删除 与主句语意关系松散， 定语从句可以删除 Comparing

Read the passage again and underline all the sentences with attributive clauses and the words or sentences they modify. 1. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. 2. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. IV. Doing

3. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. 4. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged, decided not to keep it. 5. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg, where she spent her summers. 6. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Doing

7. This was a time when the two countries were at war. 8. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. 9. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city. Doing Restrictive: 2, 6, 7, 9 Non-restrictive: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8

1. He gave me a pen he bought yesterday. 2. He gave me a pen, which he bought yesterday. 关系代词在限制性定语从句中作宾语时可 以省略。 关系代词在非限制性定语从句中作宾语不 可以省略。 Look at the following sentences and tell the differences of the Attributive Clauses. Doing

Choose the best answer. 1.Do you remember the deer farm we visited two months ago? A. why B. when C. that D. how 2.Anyway, that evening, ______ I’ll tell you more about later, was really terrible. A. when B. where C. that D. which C D V. Practising

3.John said he’d been working in the lab for an hour, ______ was true. A. thatB. whichC. whoD. what 4.Anne always spoke highly of her colleagues in the movie, ______, of course, made the others very happy. A. whoB. whichC. thatD. what 5.Chongqing is the city ______ she lived when she was young. A. where B. whichC. whenD. how 6.Do you know the reasons ______ he came back? A. howB. whichC. thatD. why B D Practising B A

Join the pairs of sentences using restrictive or non-restrictive attributive clauses. 1. Here are the farmers. They discovered the underground city last month. Here are the farmers who discovered the underground city last month. 2. She got so angry. I don’t know the reason. I don’t know the reason why she got so angry. Practising

3. I remember the soldier. He told me not to tell anyone what I had seen. I remember the soldier who told me not to tell anyone what I had seen. 4. The soldiers moved the boxes to a mine. They wanted to hide them. The soldiers moved the boxes to a mine, where they wanted to hide them. 5. Shaanxi Province is a place with many cultural relics. They are well looked after. Shaanxi Province is a place whose/where cultural relics are well looked after. Practising

6.Hangzhou is a famous city in China. Many people come to buy tea in that city. Hangzhou is a famous city in China, where many people come to buy tea. 7. The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. You are talking to an old man. The old man, who you are talking to, saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. / You are talking to the old man who saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. Practising

8. The woman remembered the day. She saw Nazis burying something near her home. The woman remembered the day when she saw Nazis burying something near her home. 9. St Petersburg is a very beautiful city. It was once called Leningrad. St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad. / St Petersburg, which was once called Leningrad, is a very beautiful city. 10. Xi’an is one of the few cities with city walls. Its walls remain as good as before. Xi’an is one of the few cities whose city walls remain as good as before. Practising

Play a game In pairs play this game: “Who am I thinking of?” Student A is thinking of one of his/her classmates. Student B has four chances to ask questions to find out who the classmate is. Each question must include an attributive clause. Student A only answers “Yes” or “No”. Practising

EXAMPLE B: Is he/she a person who likes to play football? A: Yes. B: Is he/she sitting in a seat which is close to the window? A: No. B: Does he/she have a big blue bag in which he/she carries all his/her books and pens? A: Yes. B: Is it Li Xiaobo ? A: Yes. Well done! Practising

VI. Homework Finish exercise 4 on page 4 and exercise 1 on page 43.