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1 Learning about language
Unit 5 Theme parks Learning about language

2 basketball

3 Free-fall rides

4 merry-go-round

5 How are they formed? basketball merry-go-round Free-fall rides

6 eg: English-speaking 讲英语的 weekend 周末
1. 合成(Compounding) 由两个或更多的词合成一个词,有的用连字符号”-”连接,有的直接连写 在一起,或由两个分开的词构成. eg: English-speaking 讲英语的 weekend 周末 whitewash 粉刷 mother-in-law 岳母 downpour 倾盆大雨

7 Discovering useful structure (page36)
Competition Discovering useful structure (page36) Let’s fill in the forms of Part 2 with the correct words. (Divide the whole class into two groups.) Pk

8 Butterfly downtown Football hardworking Icecream kindhearted Laptop lifesized Watermeleon worthwhile Wornout northeastern Earthquake mobilephone Mankind headline Easygoing homeland passerby eggplant

9 amusement

10 athletic adj. 运动的 athlete 运动员

11 equipment

12 unfriendly

13 How are they formed? amusement athletic equipment unfriendly

14 unhappy unable unfriendly im-(不) impossible impolite
2.派生(Derivation) 由一个词根加上前缀或后缀构成另一个词. 1)前缀(prefix) e.g. un-(不,或做相反动作) unhappy unable unfriendly im-(不) impossible impolite re-(重新) retell rewrite mis-(错误的) misunderstand dis- (不) disagree dislike

15 Pk Think of as many words made up by adding prefix
as possible! (Divide the whole class into two groups.) Pk

16 2)后缀(suffix) ①名词后缀 -or actor sailor -ist scientist -ment achievement movement -(a)tion preparation exception -y difficulty discovery

17 ②形容词后缀 -ful useful cheerful -able comfortable enjoyable -ed manned cultured -less careless fearless -ive active decisive -an European Indian ③动词后缀 -ize realize modernize -en widen strengthen

18 ④副词后缀 -ly really extremely -ward backward eastward ⑤数词后缀 -teen fourteen fifteen -ty forty fifty -th ninth twelfth

19 Discovering useful structure (page37)
Let’s fill in the forms of Part 3 and Part 4 with the correct words.

20 unchangeable adj _______ dislike v __________
3. Write out the original words. unchangeable adj _______ dislike v __________ impossibility n _________ unfriendly adj__________ overwork v ______________ misunderstanding n ____________ athletic adj______________ misread v ________ translator n _____________ change like possible friend look understand athlete read translate

21 Noun verb Adjective Adverb
4. Fill the table with the different forms of the words. Noun verb Adjective Adverb amusement amuse amusing amusingly admit imagine settle equip attract admission admissible admissibly imagination imaginative imaginatively settlement settled equipment equipped attraction attractive attractively

22 Pk Think of as many words made up by adding suffix
as possible! (Divide the whole class into two groups.) Pk

23 drink

24 drink

25 chair

26 Chair the meeting

27 How are they formed? drink chair

28 转化法（Conversion） 转化法是英语形成新词的重要方法之一。各种词类之间经常互相转化 ,致使一个词往往可以用作几种词类。在英语的词类转化上 ,数量最多的当属动词和名词的相互转化。此外 ,其它词类之间也可相互转化 ,有一词多义的现象 。

29 { { { { e.g. n. 味道 taste v.尝起来 n.书籍 v.记载 n.记录 v. 记录 adj. 干净 v.清扫
It has a good taste. It tastes very good. n.书籍 This book is very good. { book v.记载 He is booking the history. n.记录 He broke the record. { record He lies to record something while reading a book. v. 记录 adj. 干净 Please keep tidy and clean. { clean v.清扫 You have to clean the blackboard after class. 29

30 总结：英语构词法(Word Formation)
掌握一些英语构词法，对单词的记忆和理解有很大的帮助，常用的构词法: 1. 合成(Compounding) 2. 派生(Derivation) 3.转化(Conversion) summary

31 Homework 构词法精练 Use the appropriate form of the words to
fill in the blanks. 1. He was one of the best _______ in yesterday’s football match. (play) 2. Look! How _______ Kate is laughing! (happy) 3. It snowed _______ last night and now the streets are covered with snow. (heavy) 4. Edison was a great ________. During his life he had many __________. (invent) players happily heavily inventor inventions

32 6. We want ___________ reasons for your failure to help. (satisfy)
5. More and more _________ have come to visit China over these years. （foreign） 6. We want ___________ reasons for your failure to help. (satisfy) 7. Please give me some reference work. It will ________ my task. (simple) 8. The boy had the ___________ of being half starved. (appear) 9. The police have __________ a plot against the President. (cover) 10. The doctor said that Mary’s mother needed an _________.(operate) foreigners satisfactory simplify appearance uncovered operation

33 11. She hoped that her son would become a _________. (music)
12. Few ________ words made us excited. (speak) 13. The days on the moon get hotter than ________ water. (boil) 14. Thank you for your _________. (kind) 15. Many college students work while they are studying because they want to make some money for their college _________ . (expensive) 16. Most international _________ letters are written in English, too. (busy) musician spoken boiling kindness expenses business

34 18. When in Rome, do as the ________ do. (Rome)
17. The boy noticed an ___________ mistake on his paper, but he decided not to say anything about it. (correct) 18. When in Rome, do as the ________ do. (Rome) 19. The teacher was pleased with her _______. (honest) 20. The mother didn’t know why her daughter was crying _______. (noise) uncorrected Romans honesty noisily

35 2. Write down the story you made up in the class. (words:80-120)
Homework 1.Go over the new words and expressions. 2. Write down the story you made up in the class. (words:80-120)