Module 11 Photos Unit 3 Language in use

Module 11 Photos Unit 3 Language in use

Learning to learn In many English speakingcountries， two systems of measurement are used： imperial(inch, foot, yard, mile, pound) and metric(millimeter, centimeter, kilometer, kilogram)．You also need to recognize their short forms (in, ft, yd, ml, lb; mm, cm, m, kg)．

which引导的定语从句修饰的是无生 命的东西。which在从句中的成分是 可以作主语，也可以作宾语。 如果先行词是人，那么定语从句的引 导词就可以是who。

先行词是物 引导词在从句中作宾语 The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. Attributive clause

先行词是人 引导词在从句中作主语 He’s the boy who won the photo competition last year! Attributive clause

Language practice Are you familiar with these sentences? They are all from the texts we have learnt. 1. He’s the boy who won the photo competition last year！ 2. The photo which we liked best in the City and People group was taken by Zhao Min. 3. A group of photos which show Beijing and Cambridge in England has won the prize.

Complete the poster for the photo competition. Use that, which or who. There may be more than one answer. Photo competition Send us your photos and win a new camera! • We need photos which/that show daily life at _____ school. • Your photos should record interesting things which/that _____ happen at school, inside the classroom or outside. • The photos which/that you take should be active, _____ beautiful and true.

that /which ● The photos ______ you take should be active, beautiful and true. that /which ● The photos ______ you send should include some words about them. ● The size of the photos ______ you that /which take should be 9 cm × 13 cm. that /who ● Students ______ enter the competition should be between 10 and 16 years old.

that /which ● The last date on ______ you should send your photos is 30 th November. ● The lucky person ______ wins that /who the competition will receive a new camera.

Complete the sentences so that they are true for you. wrote the Harry 1. I like the writer who ________ Potter books. _________________ has lots 2. I would like to visit a place that ______ of sunny beaches. _________________ only accepts 3. I go to a school which ________ students who are good at English. _________________

4. My favourite band is the one that ______ we __________________ saw at the concert last week. wears 5. I have never seen a doctor who ____ shorts in the operating theatre. __________________ shows my 6. I want to take a photo which _____ pet cat playing in a cardboard box. __________________ is wearing 7. Our teacher is the man who ______ a purple shirt. __________________

Work in pairs. Talk about the two photos. I like the photo which. . . I don't like the photo which. . . The photo which. . . is. . .

Now ask questions about the photos and write down your answers. —Which photo. . . ? —The one. . .

Complete the conversation with the expressions in the box. by the way even though thousands of try…out far from Jerry: Hi, how are you? I haven’t seen you for a long time… Wow, is that a new by the way camera, (1)_____?

Tina: Yes. I dropped my old one, and it was too expensive to repair. So I bought a new one. This one is much better. It’s so much lighter and easier to use than the old one. I’ve learnt how to work it already, (2) even though _______ I’ve only had it for a couple of days. And I don’t have to worry about getting prints of all the photos — I can store thousands of (3)_______ photos on my computer!

Jerry: Wow, that’s great! I’m thinking of getting a camera too. Do you mind try out if I (4)______ it ______? Tina: Of course not. Let’s go to the lake. It’s not (5)_____ here. The far from lake would make a really good photo.

Read the passage and complete the table. When What happened In 1827 Niépce invented a camera and the first successful photograph was produced. In the early 1830 s A new kind of camera was invented. After 1840 People could take pictures of moving things.

When What happened In the 1880 s People could buy film in small boxes. By the end of the nineteenth century Photography became a kind of art.

Listen and complete the sentences. 1．The first successful photo was produced 1827 in____． 2．Because it took a long time to take a photo, smile people in early photos did not _____． 3．The first photographers needed to know how take photos to ________and _ how to develop ________ them.

4．Kodak introduced a camera that could be 1888 used by everyone in ____． smaller and 5．Kodak's camera was ____ lighter 11 _______ than any of the earlier cameras. 6．Cameras with computer technology were the 1990 s introduced in_______．

Module task: Making a photo display Choose your favourite photo and describe it. ·Choose the photo you like best. ·Write a passage or story about it. Say what/who is in the photo, and why it is important to you.

Homework 1. Finish the exercises in Learning English. 2. Preview the new words and expressions in Module 12.