Unit 2 Great minds-沪教版初中英语三年级上册图文课件

In most cases, we use it at the beginning of the sentence as an empty subject to refer to the infinitive.
Hans once drove another scientist, Dr Green, from the airport to a university. Complete their conversation with infinitives and words in brackets. Dr Green: Hello, Hans. Hans: Hello, Dr Green. How long did it take you to get here by plane? It took me two hours to get here by plane Dr Green: (1)_______________________________________.
3 attract the students/my idea/by making a poster
My idea is to attract the students by making a poster. ________________________________________ 4 children/her job/take care of Her job is to take care of children. ________________________________________
become a scientist do Maths
go to university try again
At school, Einstein's ability (1)_________________ to do Maths surprised his teachers, but he was bored with other subjects. At the age of 15, he was given the chance (2)_______________________, but he did not do well to go to university enough in the exam. He did not lose heart, however, and he had a wish (3)_______________________ the next year. to try again This time, he succeeded. He kept trying, so he achieved his dream (4)_______________________. to become a scientist
Infinitives after the verb to be
My dream is to be an engineer. My wish is to be like Einstein. Jane's dream is to become a scientist. We also use infinitives after the verb to be.
Unit 2 Great minds
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Infinitives after nouns
Look at the sentence below.
Einstein often received invitations to explain his theories at different universities. To give more information about nouns, we can use infinitives after the nouns.
Make conversations with the nouns from the box. Use infinitives after the nouns in your conversations. You may follow the example below.
A2 Complete the paragraph below with the words from the box.
(take/20 minutes)
Dr Green: Well, that's not very long. Hans, you're a very good driver. Is it difficult to drive a car? Hans:
It's easy to drive a car No. (3)____________________________.(easy/drive)
Sarah is an advertisement designer. She is designing some slogans for Compex computers. Below are five slogans she has thought of. Rewrite the slogans with infinitives as subjects.
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Add other words if necessary. 1 do the work/the most important thing/well The most important thing is to do the work well. ________________________________________ 2 in a year/Mr White's plan/have a small shop Mr White's plan is to have a small shop in a year. ________________________________________
My aim of learning English is _______________.
The purpose of studying at school today is ________.
动词不定式作表语的一些用法：
• 主语为aim，dream，hope，idea，plan，purpose， suggestion，wish等表示目的、计划或打算的词。如： His wish/dream is to become an astronaut. • 当句子的主语为work，job或function时，往往也使用这 一结构。如：The man's job was to give advice to the king./The function of an adjective is to describe or add to the meaning of a noun.
• He is able to do it. (ability) He has the ability to do it. • I plan to visit Paris next year. (plan) I make a plan to visit Paris next year.
Infinitives as subjects
Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets. Do not change the meaning of each sentence.
• He decided to leave school. (decision) He made a decision to leave school.
A1 Jim is telling May about his dream. Complete their conversation with the words from the box. be become help make start
An ability to do An ability to be A plan to do A plan to make A way to do A way to help The time to do The time to start Advice to do
Complete the sentences according to your own situation.
My dream was _______________ when I was young.
Now my dream is_______________.
My plan for this coming Saturday is_______________. My best wish for my grandparents is _____________. My suggestion for … is _______________. My father's job is _______________.
Dr Green: Maybe I'll learn to drive some day, but
Hans:
Yes, I like it a lห้องสมุดไป่ตู้t. I meet many great people because I'm a driver. (5)______________________________. It's lucky for me to have this job (lucky/for me/have/job)
it's difficult for me to learn to drive (4)________________________________________ (difficult/for me/learn) right now. I'm too busy. Do you like your job, Hans?
To drive a genius like you is a pleasure, Dr Einstein. To have a friend like Einstein was good. To answer the question was easy for Einstein.
It's a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Dr Einstein. It was good to have a friend like Einstein. It was easy for Einstein to answer the question.
(take/two hours) How long will it take to get to the
university? Hans:
It'll take 20 minutes to get there/get to the university (2)_______________________________________.
• Buy a Compex computer. It is not expensive. It is not expensive to buy a Compex computer. • Using the computer is very simple. It is very simple to use the computer. • Understanding the handbook is not difficult. It is not difficult to understand the handbook. • You can run any kind of software. It is easy. It' is easy (for you) to run any kind of software. • Exploring the world of Compex is absolutely fascinating. It is absolutely fascinating to explore the world of Compex.