Unit 5 Music Discovering useful structures

The City Of Yichang

Yichang is the city, ____________ we live. in which/where

The Three Gorges Dam

This is the Three Gorges Dam, ______________water flows.

through which/ where

It is the stage, _____________ she once performed.

The Playground

on which /where

Jacky’s Concert

The singer ________we have great interest is Jacky.

in whom

What’s the similarity of these sentences?

① Yichang is the city, in which she was born.

② This is the Three Gorges Dam, through which water flows.

③ It is the stage, on which she once performed.

④ The singer in whom we have great interest is Jacky.

相似点

Useful structure:

They are the sentences that contain prep. + whom/which attributive clauses.

★ ★ 他们都是含有他们都是含有介词提前介词提前现象的定语从句。现象的定语从句。

prep.+ whom / whichpeople thing(s)介词

Try to find more sentences with the same structure in the book.(P34)Line 2: Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a

concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music?

Line 10: They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practising their music in someone’s house is the first step to fame.

Line 12: Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash.

Line 16: The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles.

Line 28: However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work , the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band.

Line 33: They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.

How to choose proper prepositions?

1.…at a concert, at which everyone is clapping …

★ ★ 根据从句所修饰的根据从句所修饰的先行词先行词 (antecedent)(antecedent) 的需要来确 的需要来确

定介词。定介词。

Everyone is clapping at a concert.

This is the factory _______ he works.This is the factory _______ he works.

A. for whom B. of which A. for whom B. of which

C. in which D. with whomC. in which D. with whom

How to choose proper prepositions?2.2. ……they may give performances in pubs or

clubs, for which they are paid in cash…

They are paid in cash for their performances.

★★ 根据从句中根据从句中谓语动词搭配谓语动词搭配 (allocation of verbs)(allocation of verbs)的需要来确定介词。的需要来确定介词。 Frederick William I, ________ the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.

A. to whom B. in whom C. for which D. to which

How to choose proper prepositions?3. …a new record …, with which they celebrated

their former time …

They celebrated their former time with a record.

Tom, _______the window was broken, is a Tom, _______the window was broken, is a naughty boy.naughty boy.

A. that B. by whom A. that B. by whom

C. of which D. for whomC. of which D. for whom

★★ 根据从句根据从句句意句意 (meaning)(meaning) 的需要来确定介词。的需要来确定介词。

Make complete sentences.

①The musicians

②I remember the day

③The guitar

④The name

⑤The show

⑥The singer

with which Dave composed our first hit

when our band was formed

in whom we have a great interest

by which we will become famous

with whom we practiced most

at which we played our first hit

was chosen by Mike’s mum.

is in a music museum

as if it was yesterday

was in American

is Freddy

toured Europe with us

The Story Of The Beatles(EX.3 on P37 ， using attributive clauses ）

①①There have been many popular bands in the world, _______the most famous was the Beatles. ②②The four young men _____made up the band only performed and recorded from 1963 to 1970. ③③During those years they gave many concerts, ________they played all their latest hits. ④④They made many records, __________they will always be remembered.

of which

who

at which

for which

⑤⑤Their songs were a mixture of rock and roll and ballads(民谣 ), _________they often wrote about their own lives and problems. ⑥⑥Although they were not trained actors they took part in films ____________they often played themselves. ⑦⑦Their performances were humorous and interesting.

in which

in/during which

⑧⑧Their fans, _________the Beatles would not have been so famous, at last caused problems for them. ⑨⑨They followed them everywhere. ⑩⑩Finally they stopped their concerts in order to live quieter lives, although their songs remain as popular as ever.

without whom

Make dialogues in pairs using prep.+which/whom attributive clauses.

A: What’s a letter box?

B: It’s a box with a hole through which the postman puts the letters. And what’s a doctor?

A: It’s a person to whom…

What’s a library? (place, from/ in which)

Who’s Father Christmas?

(person, from whom)

What’s a gym? (place, in whic

h ）

What’s a vocation? (time, during which )

What’s a university? (place, at which)

What’s a good friend? (person, with

whom)

Homework:1.Finish off the exercises on P71.2.Learn the important grammar points

by heart. prep.+ whom / which ★★ 根据从句所修饰的根据从句所修饰的先行词（先行词（ antecedent ））的需要来确定介的需要来确定介

词。词。 (e.g. (e.g. at a concert))

★★ 根据从句中根据从句中谓语动词搭配（谓语动词搭配（ allocation of verbs ））的需要的需要来确定介词。来确定介词。 (e.g. (e.g. paid in cash for ))

★★ 根据从句根据从句句意句意 ((meaning)) 的需要来确定介词。的需要来确定介词。 (e.g. (e.g. celebrated their former time with a record))