My teacher
This is someone else’s coat. It’s not mine．这是别人的外套，不是我的。
2）形容词或分词。如：
Her mother died when she was eight years old．她八岁时母亲去世。
My speech was ill-formed and not pleasant to hear．我的话很不规范，很不好听。
Please keep quiet! I’ve something important to tell you．请保持安静！我有要事告诉你。
3）数词。如：
Two and two is four．二加二等于四。
Bill is always the first to arrive．比尔总是第一个到。
4）动词不定式或-ing形式。如：
To see is to believe. (或Seeing is believing. ) 眼见为实。
One of the first things Annie did was to teach me how to play．在安妮最先做的事情中，有一件事就是教我怎么玩耍。
I must have appeared to them to be simple．对他们来说我准是一个头脑简单的人。
The greatest difficulty was finding a job for Tom．最大的困难是为汤姆找工作。
5）副词。如：
I’m afraid I must be off now．恐怕我得走了。
He has been away on a long trip．他离家去长途旅行。
6）介词短语。如：
Annie was among the first to realize it．安妮是最先认识到这一点的人中的一个。
How long has Bill been in bed？ 比尔卧床休息多久了？
7）词组。如：
The classroom is three times the size of the bedroom．教室有卧室的三倍大。
He was on his way to a lecture, when a tourist stopped him and asked for direction．他在去听课的路上被一名游客拦住问路。
8）从句。如：
Another good reason for taking a part-time job is that employers usually perfer to hire someone who has already some work experience．打零工还有另一个很好的理由，这就是雇主通常喜欢雇佣有些工作经验的人。
连系动词
连系动词除be外，通常还有下面三类：
1）表示由一种状态变为另一种状态，有become，grow，get，go，turn，come，run等。如：
He has run out of ink．他用完了墨水。
You will grow stronger each time．你每次都会变得更强壮。
2）表示处于、保持某种状态，有stay，remain，keep，turn out，prove，stand等。如：
Although he has made great achievements, he remains modest．虽然他取得巨大成功，仍保持谦虚。
I’m sorry for the mistake. I stand corrected．很抱歉我犯了错误。我将被指正。
The temperature has stayed hot this week．本周气温保持炎热。
I hope it will turn out better．我希望情况会好些。
3）表示感觉到某种状态，有look，feel，seem，appear，sound，taste，smell等。如：
The fish soup tasted delicious．鱼汤尝起来很可口。
The flowers smell sweet．花闻起来香。
She always seemed well pleased，happy and contented．她似乎总是高兴，愉快和满足。
教学设计示例
Lesson 65教学设计方案
StepI:Introduction:Show some pictures of Hellen Keller:
Do you know who the young lady is? She is a famous lady in USA?
StepII.Fast reading：
A:Search for answers ( Give the Ss 1-2 minutes to find out the answers)
1.What was Annie sullivan like?
2.How did Hellen hear the cows on the farm?
B:Reading comprehension:
1. Helen Keller seemed simple-minded ______.
A. after Annie came to stay in her house
B. so she was often made fun of by others
C. because she struggled in a silent, dark world
D. just because she couldn’t hear anything
2.“But this was before Annie Sullivan came to stay.” The underlined word refers to the fact that the writer __________.
A. was struggling in a world of silence and darkness
B. had become deaf and blind at the age of 19
C. could understand why people thought her to be simple-minded
D. must have appeared to be simple
3. Helen Keller came to understand the meaning of the word “water” ___________.
A. in the kitchen B. in a river
C. at the well D. in her own house
4. According to Paragraph 3, the following mistakes EXCEPT “_____” can be found in the picture at the top of the page.
A. Helen was holding a cup, not a jar.
B. Helen and her teacher seemed to be indoors, not at the well.
C. Helen was smiling, not being moved to tears.
D. Annie was holding Helen’s hands, not pumping.
5. Annie put the writer’s hand on her face so that Helen could ____________.
A.know what she looked like
B.connect the movement of her laughing with its meaning
C.laugh in the same way as she did
D.feel how happy she was when teaching Helen
6. What impressed Helen Keller most was Annie’s__________.
A. patience B. wisdom C. imagination D. character
7. Annie Sullivan came to Helen’s house ________.
A. in March, 1887 B. in April, 1887
C. in May, 1887 D. when Helen was 19 months old
Keys:1.C 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A
StepIII:Language points:
A. Read paragraph 2 again and fill in blanks without looking at the book.
But this was before Annie sullivan came to stay. She was a lively young woman with patience and imaginaion. A born teacher, she thought she could turn a deaf-blind person into a useful human being.
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