Unit1SubjectThesubjectofasentenceistheperson,place,thing,orideathatisdoingorbeingsomething.1.WhatisSubject?Youcanfindthesubjectofasentenceifyoucanfindtheverb.Askthequestion,“Whoorwhat‘verbs’or‘verbed’?”andtheanswertothatquestionisthesubject.Noun,adjective,nonfiniteverb,it,nominativepersonalpronounandthesubjectclauseandsoon.2.WhatcanbeusedasSubject?Atreehasfallenacrossthestreet.Theambulanceisarriving.名词、代词、数词、不定式、动词的ing形式、从句等可作句子的主语。1.名词作主语Youareamiddleschoolstudent.Helentmehisnewbike.Threeisenough.Twofromfiveleavethree.2.代词作主语3.数词作主语Tofindthetruthisverydifficult.It’sisverydifficulttofindthetruth.Smokingisbadforyourhealth.Seeingisbelieving.4.不定式作主语5.动名词作主语A动名词与不定式都可在句子中作主语。动名词作主语时一般来说指的是一个概念或一个既成事实。如:TeachingEnglishismyjob.TeachingEnglish是一个概念名词,而不是一个动作。B当一个不定式短语作主语时,我们常用It作形式主语,而把真正的主语——动词不定式放到句子后边。这样的句型还用在It’s…forsb.todo…It’s…ofsb.todo…中。如果It’s后边的形容词与人的天资、秉性有关时,必须用It’s…ofsb.todo…;这类形容词包括good,bad,clever,stupid,wise,foolish,cruel,mean等。如果It’s后边的形容词与人的天资、秉性无关时,则要用It’s…forsb.todo…。Therichshouldhelpthepoor.Oldandyoungwalkedsidebyside.Thedisabledarebeingcarefullytakencareof.6.名词化的形容词作主语7.名词化的过去分词作主语Wheneveryoucomewillbefine.8.从句作主语作主语的从句称为主语从句,可由that,whether,wh-词等引导。BetweensixandseveninthemorningisthetimeIgojogging.Nearbyisagoodplaceforcamping.9.有时介词短语、副词或其短语位于主语位置是倒装结构(1)Itis+形容词(possible,clear,true,necessary,likely,nice等)+that(2)Itis+名词(apity,nouse,afact,nowonder等)+that用it作形式主语的句型有:(3)It+不及物动词(follows,happens,turnsout,goeswithoutsaying)+that(4)Itis+过去分词(thought,known,mentioned,said,expected,suggested,maybesafelysaid,mustbeadmitted,hasbeendecided)+that在以上句型中It是形式主语,真正的主语是that引导的从句。在这样的主语从句中that不能省略,就其本质讲,用That…iswell-known;That…issaid也是可以的。但是经过长期使用,上述句型已经被固定下来。Whathehadalreadyforgottenaboutcomputerrepaircouldfillwholevolumes.3.Asimplesubjectcanbemorethanoneword,evenanentireclause.4.InEnglish,thesubjectofacommand,order,orsuggestion-you,thepersonbeingdirectedisusuallyleftoutofthesentenceandissaidtobetheunderstoodsubject.e.g.1.Yousteplivelythere,orI’llleaveyoubehind.2.Beforeassemblingtheswingset,youreadtheseinstructionscarefully.5.Forpurposesofsentenceanalysis,thedoerortheinitiatorofactioninasentenceisreferredtoastheagentofthesentence.Inanactivesentence,thesubjectistheagent.e.g.1.TheJohnsonsaddedadoublegaragetotheirhouse.2.Thejuryreturnedaverdictofmanslaughter.6.Inapassivesentence,theagentisnotthesubject.Infact,sometimesapassivesentencewillnotcontainanagent.e.g.1.Thedean’sreportwasreviewedbythefacultysenate.2.Threecitiesinthecountry’sinteriorwerebombed.A.Ithankyou.B.Ineverheardofit.C.Itlookslikeit.D.Itsoundslikecommonsensetome.E.Itserveshimright.7.Infamiliarspeech,thesubjectissometimesleftoutwhenitisapronoun.Wecallitomissionofthesubject.InspokenEnglishweoftenhearsentenceslikethis:A.Thankyou.B.Neverheardofit.C.Lookslikeit.D.Soundslikecommonsensetome.E.Serveshimright.Underlinethesubjectinthesesentences.Ingroups,checkyouranswers.Thendiscusswhetheryouagreewiththeideasinthesentencesornot.1Everythingthatwedoisastepinonedirectionoranother.Eventhefailuretodosomethingisinitselfadeed.Itsetsusforwardorbackward.(HenryVanDyke)2Toregretone’serrorstothepointofnotrepeatingthemistruerepentance.(ErnestHemingway)3Thebestcompanionisonewhoiswiserandbetterthanourselves,forweareinspiredbyhiswisdomandvirtuetonoblerdeeds.(WilliamMakepeaceThayer)4Beinghappyisbetterthanbeingking.(WestAfricansaying)1Wewrotealetterofthanksto____hadhelpedus.A.whoB.thoseC.whomD.whoever2Tom’smotherkepttellinghimthathemustn’tsmoke,but_____didn'thelp.A.heB.whichC.itD.they3____youdon’tlikehimisnoneofmybusiness.A.WhatB.IfC.ThatD.Whether4Justafterfinishingwritingthecomposition,_____.A.thedoorbellrangloudB.NancyheardthedoorbellrangC.someoneknockedatthedoorD.thedoorbellwasrung5.----Theexamwaseasy,wasn’tit?----Yes,butIdon’tthink_____couldpassit.A.somebodyB.anybodyC.nobodyD.everybody6Theyliveonabusymainroad.______mustbeverynoisy.A.ThereB.ItC.ThatD.They7I’msuretheOlympicGameswillbeheldin2008inChina,_______?A.won’titB.won'ttheyC.shallweD.aren'tI8WhilewatchingTV,_______.A.theboycameinB.mymotherwascookingC.IheardaterriblenoiseD.thedoorbellrang9He’slate,_____isoftenthecase.A.asB.whatC.itD.this10.Itwasthetrainingthathehasasayoungman_____ledtohissuccess.A.thatB.itC.whichD.who11.______aboutthehistoryofthatpartbecausethereisnotenoughwritteninformation.A.PeopleknownothingB.MuchisknownC.PeopleknowalotD.Littleisknown1_____makesthisshopdifferentisthatitoffersmorepersonalservices.(2006辽宁卷)A.WhatB.WhoC.WhateverD.Whoever2____teamwinsonSaturdaywillgothroughtothenationalchampionships.(2006山东卷)A.NomatterwhatB.NomatterwhichCWhateverD.whichever3.___feltfunnywatchingmyselfonTV.(2007全国卷II)A.OneB.ThisC.ItD.That4.______hereferredtoinhisarticlewasunknowntothegeneralreader.(2007上海卷)A.ThatB.WhatC.WhetherD.Where