高二牛津(下)Module8AppreciatingliteratureandartUnit3TheworldofcoloursandlightUnit3TheworldofcoloursandlightWhatisthedifferencebetweenthefollowingpairsofsentences?Ilikethebeautifulgirl.Doyoulikethebeautifulgirl?Iamdoingmyhomework.Whatareyoudoing?Intheabovesentences,thesecondsentenceofeachpairisaquestion.Theorderofthewordsinthesentenceshasbeenchanged.Thisiscalledinversion.Whenweuseinversion,weputthepredicateorpartofitbeforethesubject,sothepredicateisemphasizedinsteadofthesubject.Inversioncanbeusedinmanycasesbesidesinaquestion.Whenthesentencebeginswithanegativewordoranegativephrasesuchasneither,nor,never,not,atnotime,seldom,hardlyIcan’tswim;neithercanhe.NevershallIforgetthedaywhenImetMrWanginthecountryside.Atnotimeissmokingpermittedinthemeetingroom.Hardlyhadhegotintotheroomwhenthetelephonerang.Whenthesentencebeginswithonlyandso/suchOnlybypracticingafewhourseveryday,willyoubeabletomasterthelanguage.Sobeautifulisshethatwealllikeher.Suchabeautifulgirlisshethatwealllikeher.Note:Inversionshouldnotbeusedwhenonlymodifiesthesubject.Whenthesentencebeginswithdirectspeechorpartofit“I’llcomebackinthreedays,”saidTom.WhenthesubjectistoolongPresentatthemeetingweremanyimportantpersons.Whenthesentencebeginswithhere,there,in,out,up,down,on,etc.Hereisanappleforyou.Theregoesthebell.Therearemanystudentsinourschool.Note:Ifthesubjectisapronoun,wecannotuseinversion.Inversioncanalsobeusedinformallanguagetotalkaboutunrealconditionals.HadItime(=IfIhadtime),Iwouldgoandhelpyou.WereIyou(=IfIwereyou),Iwouldgoabroad.Shouldhecome(=Ifheshouldcome),tellhimtoringmeup.Inthesentencescontainingtheconjunctionslikethough/asCleverasheis,hedoesn’tstudywell.Childasheis,heknowsalot.MuchasIlikeit,Iwon’tbuyit.Tryasshemight,shefailed.Whenaprepositionalphrasewhichindicatesapositionisusedasanadverbialofaplace,wecanputtheprepositionalphraseatthebeginningofthesentence,andputthepredicateverbbeforethesubject.Infrontofourclassroomaremanybeautifultrees.PracticePartA&Bonpage41.AnswersA1.AuntreallyenjoyedFranceandsodidI.2.Hardlyhadweleftthedormitorythenextmorningwhenwerealizedwehadforgottenourmapintheroom.3.Hadyoucomewithus,IthinkyouwouldhaveenjoyedEuropetoo4.IsthereanythingspecialthatIcanbringyou?PartB1.NeverhaveIseensuchbeautifulflowersinthecity.2.NeitherdoIhavetimetogotothemuseumtodayandnordoIwantto.3.HardlyhadIstartedtolookatthepaintingswhentheteachersaiditwastimetoleavethemuseum.4.Theartistisalwaysdrawing;seldomisheseenwithoutanotebookinhishandHomework1.C1C2intheworkbook.