Transcript kindness
Finish the sentences with the right words: have disappeared because people 1. Many wild animals ______________ have destroyed their living environment. We have to take some actions to prevent the disappearance ___________ of wild animals. (disappearance; disappear) 2. The new motorway between the two cities has finally opened __________. It’s good news for people who have to travel a lot there. The manager made a speech at the __________ opening ceremony of the supermarket. (open; opening) 3. Thanks to his ___________, we are all saved, and all kindness of us think he is such a _______ kind person. (kind; kindness) 4. The man carried the boy to __________ as the train safety safe come over, and the boy was _________ at last. (safe; safety) What’s an abstract noun? a noun that refers to an idea, an action, a general quality or something that we can’t see or touch directly. Such as disappearance,opening,kindness and safety. Group 1: verbs→abstract nouns +ing +ure +ance Verb +ence +ment +ion +ation train/feel press/fail perform/enter prefer/differ move/develop discuss/connect inform/present training/feeling pressure/failure performance/entrance preference/difference movement/development discussion/connection information/presentation Group 2: adjectives→abstract nouns +ness kind kindness careless, ill adjective +ty safe safety cruel +ity real reality popular Try to think about more similar examples! Tips: We sometimes need to change the final letter(s) of a word before adding the suffix: produce (production) verb. decide (decision) adj. -e+tion -de+sion please (pleasure) -e+ure silent (silence) -t+ce pretty (prettiness) -y+iness Additional information • Most abstract nouns are uncountable, only a few of them are countable: hope→a hope; idea→an idea; situation→a situation More examples: 1. He had been a talented musician in his youth. 2. The fight was started by a gang of youths. 年轻人 3. He has the power to make things unpleasant 能力 for us. 4. The USA is among the world powers. 强国 5. The woods are considered to be an area of natural beauty. 美丽 6. She had been a beauty in her day. 美人 年轻 Exercise (P46) 1. development 2. popularity 3. failure 4. connection 5. improvements 6. presentation 7. achievement 8. admiration Try to recognize the different parts of computers in the picture. ⑴ printer CD-ROM / DVDROM drive ⑵ hard drive ⑶ ⑸ monitor floppy ⑷ disk drive ⑹ speaker ⑻ screen ⑺ U-Disk ⑼ CD-Rom /DVD-Rom ⑾ ⑽ floppy disk keyboard ⑿ mouse ⒀ mouse mat Use some of the words in the picture and the words in the box to complete the poster: Answers: 1. keyboard 2. mouse 3. data 4. floppy disks 5. CD-ROMs 6. CPU 7. connect 8. e-mails 9. information 10. Web more words related to computers Choose the right words to complete the sentences: scanner, sound card, CD-writer, network card sound card we can’t enjoy the 1. If we have no _____________, beautiful music by computers. 2. If we want to surf online, we just need to connect the computer with cables by____________. network card 3. Your photos are so beautiful, and I can use the scanner to copy them into my computer. _________ 4. Sometimes the information in the floppy disk is easy to be destroyed, so we can use a CD-writer _________ to store the information for a long time. 以……为结果 1. 他的工程以失败告终。 2. 两对各进一球, 战成平局。 3. 他触犯了法律, 坐了大牢。 1. His project ended in a failure. 2. Either team made one goal and the match ended in a tie. 3. He broke law and ended (up )in prison. (1) 让我们通过邮件保持联系吧。 Let’s keep in touch with each other by mail. (2) 十年前他离开这儿到北京去的,从那以 后我们就失去了联系。 She left for Beijing ten years ago and we have been out of touch since. keep in touch with get in touch with lose touch with be in touch with be out of touch with 与……保持联系 与……取得联系 与……失去联系 与…….处于联系当中 与……没有联系 Homework • Revise what you have learned in this period. • Preview Grammar.