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Language Work

Language Work. Unit 3, Unit 20, Unit 21, Unit 24. Relative clauses (Unit 3). Non-defining relative clause. Defining relative clause. Gives essential information about the noun or noun phrase it modifies

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Language Work

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  1. Language Work Unit 3, Unit 20, Unit 21, Unit 24

  2. Relative clauses (Unit 3) Non-defining relative clause Defining relative clause Gives essential information about the noun or noun phrase it modifies The purpose of a defining relative clause is to clearly define who or what we are talking about The mouse (which/that) the elephant loved was very beautiful. Who or which can be replaced by that Relative pronouns can be left out when they are the object of the relative clause • Provides interesting ADDITIONAL information • Elephants, which are large and grey, can sometimes be found in zoos. • Cannot use that • Relative pronoun cannot be omitted

  3. The –ing form (Unit 20) • Gerund • As a subject of a verb • Rendering includes lighting and shading. • As the complement of the subject • Compositing is combining parts of different images. • As the object of a verb • I enjoy editing pictures. • After a preposition • Designers start a project by making a wireframe. • As the complement of a verb (Some verbs are followed by the gerund, not by the infinitive) • E.g. avoid, fancy, finish, give up, hate, imagine, involve, keep, look forward to, mind, suggest, enjoy • This course involves painting and drawing in various media. • Present participle • continuous tenses • We are designing a new car on computer. • reduced relative clauses • A wireframe is a representation showing the outlines of all edges in a transparent drawing. • =A wireframe is a representation which shows the outlines of all edges in a transparent drawing. • Adjective • They use special applets to create amazing fractals.

  4. Order of adjectives (unit 21) • From the most subjective (e.g. nice) to the most objective (e.g. silicon) • A fantastic, thin, Sony MP3 player • Opinion • Powerful, high-quality • Description • New, scalable, thin • Origin/place • American • Material • aluminum • Purpose • Publishing, printing • Headword (nouns) • Systems, fonts, plates • 如果您時常需要四處奔波,那麼擁有雙螢幕、貝殼外型及僅 372g 輕巧重量的 Sony Tablet P,將會是您的最佳選擇。 • If you’re living your life on the go, choose the Sony Tablet P with its compact dual screen with clamshell design that low weight of just 370g.

  5. The infinitive (Unit 24) To + V Bare infinitive (w/o to) After modal verbs E.g. can, could, may, might, will, would, must, should Computers can’t understand spoken English. After the object with the verbs make and let Programsmake computers performspecific tasks. • To express purpose • We use symbolic language (in order) to communicateinstructions to the computer. • After adjectives • BASIC was easy to learn. • After certain verbs • E.g. afford, demand, plan, agree, expect, promise, appear, hope, refuse, arrange, learn, try, decide, manage • A lot of companies are now trying to develop voice applications for web access. • After the object of certain verbs • E.g. advise, encourage, allow, expect, tell, ask, invite, want, enable, order, warm • HTML allows us to describe how information will be displayed on web pages.

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