1、Grammar and usageVerb-ing forms as subjects and objectsLets listen to music,and tell what it belongs to.It belongs to the classical Chinese music.Ambush From All Sides(Liu Dehai)主语宾语代词名词Are you interested in playing Pipa?Yes,I am interested in playing it.Showing Chinese traditional musical instrumen
2、t in front of the foreigners can make me very proud.主语宾语V-ing V-ingBelow is a story about a musician and his friend in ancient China.AWhenWhoWhat happenedWhen in Chinas(1)_Who Boya,(2)_ Zhong Ziqi,Boyas audience and friendWhat happened Boya played the qin very well,but he believed no one could(3)_ u
3、ntil he met Zhong Ziqi.Zhong was able to recognize the image in Boyas piece of music:(4)_.They became great friends and agreed to meet the next year.(5)_ because Zhong Ziqi,the only person that could understand his music was gone.Spring and Autumn and Warring States perioda master of the qinundersta
4、nd his musicHigh Mountains and Flowing WaterBoya destroyed his qinBoya destroy his qin because Zhong Ziqi,the only person that could understand his music was gone.What do you think of his behaviour?AFind the sentences that use verb-ing forms as subjects or objects and fill in the table below.The fir
5、st ones have been done for you.Verb-ing forms as subjectsVerb-ing forms as objectsPlaying the qin was his life.everyone enjoyed listening主语宾语Verb-ing forms as subjectsVerb-ing forms as objects Playing the qin was his life.Having someone that really understood his music pleased Boya,its no use keepin
6、g the qin.everyone enjoyed listening Boya did not say anything before playing the qin,When Boya continued playing,who never got tired of sharing his music with Zhong Ziqi.before going their separate ways,After he finished playing the piece,动词动词-ing形式作主语形式作主语Going to Hangzhou by train takes about 16
7、hours.Asking a womans age is impolite in his country.表示经常的,习惯性的动作或状态,谓语动词通常用单数。动词动词-ing形式作主语形式作主语1.动词-ing形式直接置于句首主语的位置上2.动词-ing形式作主语时常后置，用it作形式主语，用形容词或名词（短语）作表语。Its no use/no good/no fun/a great pleasure/a waste of time doing sth.Saying is easier than doing.说比做容易。Its no use making an excuse for this
8、.为这件事找借口是没有用的。Practice1.继续等他没有用了。2.为那个计划争论简直就是浪费时间。Its no use waiting for him any longer.Its really a waste of time arguing about that plan.3.Its no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收覆水难收动词动词-ing形式作主语形式作主语动词-ing形式作主语 VS 不定式(短语)作主语动词-ing作主语Playing with fire is dangerous.玩火危险。不定式（短语）作主语Be careful!To play
9、 with fire is dangerous.小心点,玩火是危险的。具体的或一次性具体的或一次性的动作泛指泛指的行为1._(read)English aloud in the morning does you a lot of good.2.He realized that _(go)on like this was no use.Readingto go在实际运用中，两者一般可以互换，差异不大，但在下面这种情况不能互换：当表语是动词-ing形式时，主语也要用动词-ing形式；当表语是不定式时，主语也要用不定式。眼见为实。Seeing is believing.=To see is to b
10、elieve.动词动词-ing形式作宾语形式作宾语1.动词-ing形式既可作动词宾语也可作介词宾语。翻译句子：我还没读完今天的报纸。我害怕去看牙医。I havent finished reading todays newspaper.Im afraid of going to the dentist.2.可接动词-ing形式作宾语的常见动词:“避免错过少延期(avoid、miss、postpone),建议完成多练习(suggest、advise、finish、practise)，喜欢想象禁不住(enjoy、appreciate、imagine、cant help),承认否认与嫉妒(admit、
11、deny、envy),逃避冒险莫原谅(escape、risk、excuse)”。You should avoid quarrelling with your younger sister.你应该避免与你妹妹争吵。3.常见的接动词-ing形式作宾语的动词短语有:insist on、object to、lead to、look forward to、devote to、get used to、pay attention to、get down to4.动词-ing形式作宾语与不定式作宾语的区别。She likes singing in her spare time.We plan to gathe
12、r more books for those children in the village.一般来说，动词-ing形式表示已经发生的或习惯性的动作，而不定式表示尚未发生的动作。2)只接不定式作宾语，常见动词口诀如下:同意提出做计划(agree、offer、intend、plan)，要求答应来帮忙(demand、ask、promise、help),准备决定遭拒绝(prepare、decide、refuse),敢于选择有希望(dare、choose、wish、hope、want、expect),不能做到莫假装(fail、pretend),设法做成决心坚(manage、determine)。(3)
13、以下动词和短语既可接不定式作宾语,也可接动词-ing形式作宾语,但意义不同try to do sth.设法做某事try doing sth.试试做某事mean to do sth.打算/有意要做某事mean doing sth.意思是/意味着做某事be used to doing sth.习惯于做某事be used to do sth.被用来做某事cant help to do sth.不能帮助做某事 cant help doing sth.禁不住做某事 go on doing sth.继续做一直在做的事 go on to do sth.接着做另一件事stop doing sth.停止做某事
14、stop to do sth.停下正在做的事去做另一件事.(4)need、want、require等动词后跟动名词的主动形式和跟动词不定式的被动式,都表示被动意义。你的房子需要维修。这个问题需要立即予以解决。Your house needs repairing/to be repaired.The problem requires solving/to be solved immediately.Working out the rules When the verb-ing form is used as the subject of a sentence,we can sometimes u
15、se the preparatory subject(1)_ at the beginning of the sentence.The verb-ing form can also be used as the object of a(2)_ or a(3).itverbprepositionB1 Circle the mistakes and write down the correct forms in the blankets.listeningreadingtryingteachingplayingB2 Blow is an article about the music sent i
16、nto space.Complete the article with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.If you have to choose music from the Earth to send into space,what music do you think is capable of(1)_(represent)mankind?The sound of the Chinese qin is one answer to this question.In 1977,two spacecraft called Voyag
17、er 1 and Voyager 2 were sent out(2)_(explore)the solar system.On both spacecraft,there is a selection of music from our planet.(3)_(send)music into outer space was the idea of the famous scientist Carl Sagan,who believed intelligent life existed on other planets.The music was intended as a universal
18、 language to greet intelligent life in space(if there is any).representingto exploreSendingA group of scientists and artists got down to(4)_(choose)suitable music.Of course,they had trouble(5)_(select)which pieces of music to include.In the end,27 different pieces of music(6)_(last)90 minutes were p
19、ut on the spacecraft.China is represented by a recording of Guan Pinghu(7)_(play)an ancient piece called Flowing Water on the Chinese instrument qin.It is said that Boya wrote it.It took about 40 years for the Voyager spacecraft(8)_(enter)the space between the stars.We do not know what will happen i
20、n the end,but maybe the sound of the qin will one day be heard on a distant planet.choosingselectinglastingplayingto enterIn pairs,discuss how traditional Chinese music can be appreciated by a larger audience.Make a list of measures,using verb-ing forms as subjects or objects.Use the example below t
21、o help you.B3Holding music festivals will give the public more chances to appreciate traditional Chinese music.Organizing traditional music tours around the country might give people more access to traditional Chinese music.Encouraging students to learn how to play traditional Chinese musical instru
22、ments can increase appreciation of the music.The media companies can contribute by making more documentary films or TV programmes to promote traditional Chinese music.People might benefit from having traditional Chinese music competitions locally or countrywide.Chinese music communities could suggest starting more websites about traditional music.
