1、Unit 2 Natural disasters Grammar and usage To-infinitives as attributives and adverbials of result Review Application Appreciation Rule 1: When the to-infinitive is used as an attribute, it is often put after the noun or pronoun it modifies. Review 1. Alex was the first athlete who got to the finish
2、ing line. 2. He has a famous lawyer that he can consult. 3. You havent kept your promise that you will write to us regularly. 4. The problem that is to be discussed at the next meeting is of great importance. to get to the finishing line. to consult. to write to us regularly. to be discussed Rule 2:
3、 When the to-infinitive is used as an adverbial of result, it can refer to an unexpected result. In this case, we often use only before the to-infinitive. Review 1. They got married but they were separated the next week. 2. They returned but they found their homeland in ruins. 3. He volunteered to h
4、elp but he got into trouble. only to be separated the next week. only to find their homeland in ruins. only to get into trouble. 1. I was stupid enough to believe him. 2. And then, disaster struck: the figure went missing, never to be seen again. 3. He was so kind as to offer his seat to me. 4. They
5、 are too young to understand what is going on. To-infinitives as adverbials of result Appreciation Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide Appreciation I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. Winston Churchill Appreciation We
6、need in politics men who have something to give, not men who have something to get. Bernard Baruch Appreciation They were in a bar one day when some of the men started to talk about dogs. One man said that he had a dog who was strong enough to pull a sledge with two hundred kilos on it the Call of t
7、he Wild by Jack London Appreciation “I tell you I must go!” I retorted, roused to something like passion. “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living
8、 water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!” Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront Appreciation Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other. Stray Birds by Tagore Appreciati
9、on Late Friday afternoon another gray veteran tramped over from his cabin a mile or so away, and said the boys wanted to have a little gaiety and a good time Saturday night, if Henry thought she wouldnt be too tired after her journey to be kept up. The Californians Tale by Mark Twain Like many peopl
10、e, Mr Liu has 1._(自 己要讲的故事) about the pandemic. One morning, he got up 2._(却发现自己发烧了). Worried, he turned to the local hospital, 3._(检测呈阳性) of the virus. With a family 4._(raise) and a mountain of work 5. (deal with), he was at a loss what 6._(do). Luckily for him, 7._ (治病的药) was readily available, a
11、nd he has a lot of relatives and friends 8. (支持他). Now that he has totally recovered, Liu thinks there are important lessons 9._(learn) from the pandemic. “Whatever your social status is, however much money you make, health is always the most important thing 10._(care about),” he says. Application his own story to tell only to find himself having a fever only to be tested positive to raise to deal with to do the medicine to cure the disease to support him to learn to care about
