Unit,2,Grammar and usage,Linking verbs,Unit 2,课件描述：,学生将学会什么是连系动词（系动词），以及连系动词的功能。即：连系动词用于连接主语和表语，说明主语的状态，性质，特征或身份。常见的系动词是be（am/is/are）；除be外，还有appear, seem，look , sound , feel, taste, smell，become, come, get, grow, turn, fall, go，keep, remain, stay, stand , prove 等。,A linking verb is a word used to connect the subject of a sentence to further information about the state which the subject is in.,What is a linking verb?,1. I Zhu Zhenfei. 2. Surfing the Internet really interesting. 3. We now in need of English teachers. 4. The question how to solve the problem. 5. What we want to know who will give us the lecture next Monday. 6. Your suggestion reasonable. 7. It that everyone knows him well. 8. Milk bad easily in summer if you do not put it in the fridge.,am,is,are,is,is,sounds,seems,goes,the linking verbs,be（am/is/are） appear, seem look , sound , feel, taste, smell become, come, get, grow, turn, fall, go keep, remain, stay, stand , prove,Linking verbs,1. appear, seem表示“似乎”,She appears/seems all right. Children appear/seem in favour of the Internet. He appears/seems to be friendly to us. They appear/seem to have misunderstood me. It appears/seems that she will win. It appears/seems to me that you are wrong.,试比较： He seems (to be) in his thirties. He appears (to be) in his thirties.,他似乎三十多岁了。（与实际相符）,他看上去三十多岁。（从外表上看）,2. look , sound , feel , taste , smell 表示“感觉”,（1）That sounds wonderful, but some people claim that the Internet is a waste of time. （2）If you always eat fast food, vegetables may not taste delicious to you.,（3）It feels good to sit in front of the TV after a whole days hard work. （4）When he got up on stage, he looked a little nervous. （5）The air often smells bad in Internet cafes.,become , come , get , grow , turn , fall, go 表示 “变化”,Leaves turn green in spring. The boy will go mad if you dont allow him to use the computer. She fell asleep the moment she got into bed. Your son has grown much taller. John gets easily excited when playing computer games.,4. keep, remain, stay, stand , prove 表示 “状态” The Internet proved of great value to us during our project. You shouldnt keep quiet in a debate. People stayed silent and listened to us, and applauded at the end. I believe the Internet remains a positive tool that helps make our lives better.,Usage of “remain ” 1. Peter became a judge but John remained a fisherman. 2. His knowledge of French remained very weak, because he was not good at learning languages. 3. The door remained closed. 4. You cant let the room remain like this. 5. It remains to be proved.,Translation (Use linking verbs): 1. 那位老人似乎聋了。 2. 她显得很健康。 3. 她没有感觉到足够的安全。 4. 这个混合物闻起来很难闻。 5. 我的梦想已实现。,The old man seems deaf.,She appears quite well.,She didnt feel safe enough.,The mixture tasted terrible.,Now my dream has come true.,6. 杰克一年年地长高了。 7. 保持身体健康很重要。 8. 今天的乡村音乐还是与从前一个样。,Jack grew taller every year .,Keeping healthy is of great importance.,Country music today remains much the same as before .,使用连系动词时应当注意以下几个问题： （一）连系动词的句子变为疑问句，be的正确形式直接提前；否定句时，be后加not 。,Mr. William is in the office . Is Mr. William in the office? Mr. William is not in the office.,其他连系动词变疑问句或否定句时与实义动词相同。 The language spoken in these places stayed the same . Did the language spoken in these places stay the same ? The language spoken in these places didnt stay the same .,（二 ）对连系动词之后表语提问 （1）形容词, 常用“How”提问 如： The book is interesting. How is the book ?,(2) 名词, 常用“what”提问 如： My father is a teacher. What is your father?,（3）副词、数词、代词、介词短语、分词、动名词都可以作表语，分别表示不同的含义，提问时，要针对性强。 如： The professor is at home . Where is the professor? The computer is mine . Whose computer is it? Five and six is eleven . How much is five and six?,(三) 动名词（短语）跟在连系动词后 My job is looking after the children . (四) 现在分词（短语）跟在连系动词后 The film is moving . (五) 过去分词（短语）跟在连系动词后 We were moved by the story.,I. 翻译并比较： 1. 她的工作是教盲人。 2. 许多妇女站在那里。,Her job is teaching the blind.,Many women are standing over there.,3. 窗户被男孩打开了。窗户是开着的。 4. 我摸了摸桌子。桌子摸上去很冷。,The window was opened by the boy. The door was open but the window was closed.,I felt the desk and the desk felt cold.,5. 请看这幅图。看上去很美。 6. 这听起来是个好主意。 请按铃喊他们进来。 7. 我在花园里种的植物现在越长越高。,Please look at the picture. It looks nice.,It sounds a good idea. Please sound the bell and ask them to come in.,The plant which I grew in my garden is growing higher and higher.,常见连系动词的用法总结：,2. become become + noun. become + adj. become + v-ed/ing,1. seem seem (to be) +表语 seem to have done sth. seem to be doing sth. seem +从句,3. grow grow + adj. grow to do sth. grow into (= become),Its growing colder at night now. I grew to like the dog. He has grown into a fine young man.,4. remain remain + n. remain + adj. remain + pron. remain + v-ed/ing remain + prep. remain + to do sth.,Exercises on Page 25 in the textbook.,Answers to Part A (p25) 18 March Today I feel worn out. This morning, I took part in a debate about the Internet. The Internet is very controversial. It seems very popular with many people, but the