Unit 1

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The present perfect progressive indicating a finished action

2．The past progressive indicating a circumstance and the simple past indicating a past event

3．The past perfect progressive

4．The I was wondering if...pattern as a polite form of request

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An American Sighteeing in Athens

Unit 2

MAIN TEACHING POINTS1

The nominal clause used as

1．the subject complement introduced by that

2．the subject complement introduced by a wh-word

3．the appositive

4．the subject introduced by what

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Messages from the Media

Unit 3

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

The passive sentence

1．involving the modal auxiliary have to

2．converted from the active sentence with a direct and an indirect object

3．involving the verb phrase/phrasal verb

4．formed by the They say/It is said...patterns

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Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Unit 4

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

Modal auxiliaries

1．would+perfect infinitive used to express urfulfilled wish

2．should/ought to+perfect infinitive used to express unfulfilled obligation

3．needn t+perfect infinitive expressing unnecessary past actions

4．may/might+perfect infinitive used to express speculations about past actions

5．can/could not+perfect infinitive used to express negative deduction about past actions

6．must+perfect infinitive used to express affirmative deduction about past actions

7．may/might as well used with the second person pronoun expressing suggestions

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Too Many Cats

Unit 5

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

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Telephone Calls

Unit 6

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

The adverbial clause

1．of purpose introduced by so that

2．of result introduced by so...that

3．of concession introduced by no matter+wh-word/even if

4．of comparison introduced by than

5．of comparison in the the more...the more...pattern

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Vitamins

Unit 7

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The-ing participle used as the object of remember,forget and stopThe infinitive used as the object of remember,forget and stop

2．The infinitive used as a noun modifier preceded by for and its logical subject

3．The infinitive used as the postponed objectin the introductory it construction

4．The-ing participle used as the object of a preposition

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Pigeons

Unit 8

MAIN TEACHING POINTS 75

1．The relative clause introduced by when

2．The relative clause introduced by where

3．The relative clause preceded by the way(in which)

4．The relative clause introduced by why

5．Expressing increase by using times

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Don t Forget to Remember!

Unit 9

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The subjunctive were after I wish,indicating a present non-fact

2．The subjunctive had been after I wish,indicating a past non-fact

3．Sentences of unreal conditions related to the future

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Computers

Unit 10

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The future expressed by be about to

2．be going to in the past expressing implied intention

3．The past perfect used in the hardly...when...pattern

4．The past perfect of hope+infinitive expressing an unfulfilled wish

5．The simple past in the It s time+subject+past-tense verb pattern

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Language Without Words

Unit 11

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

The nominal clause used as

1．the subject,introduced by It seems that

2．the subject,introduced by It happens that

3．the subject,introduced by It doesn t matter+wh-word

4．the object in the It all depends on+wh-word pattern

5．the postponed object in the introductory it construction

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The Present

Unit 12

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

The pass？ve sentence

1．converted from an active sentence containing the make somebody do something pattern

2．formed by get+ -ed participle

3．with a past perfect modal auxiliary

4．converted from an active sentence containing the know/think somebody to be pattern

5．converted from an active sentence containing the want somebody to do something pattern

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Looking into the Future—A ralk given by Dr.Pyke in the 1980s

Unit 13

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

Modal auxiliaries

1．ought to used to express strong probability

2．used to expressing a past action/situation which is no longer done/no longer exists

3．daren t expressing lack of courage

4．should in the introductory it construction

5．should used after certain verbs

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Announcements

Unit 14

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

Indirect speech introduced by various kinds of reporting words

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The World of Helen Keller

Unit 15

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

The adverbial clause

1．of time introduced by while/as soon as/the moment/by the time

2．of time and place introduced by whenever and whereverof concession introduced by howeverof time/cause introduced by now that

3．of condition introduced by or elseof purpose introduced by so(that)

4．of manner introduced by as if/as though,indicating an unreal situationof time/condition introduced by so long as/as long as

5．of degree introduced by so far asof alternative condition introduced by whether...or not

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Why Do the British Drive on the Left?

Unit 16

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The-ed Participle used as the object complement in the have something done pattern

2．The inf？tive that takes a logical object,which is the subject of the sentence

3．The-ing participle used as the object of the preposition

4．The-ing participle used as the postponed object in the introductory it construction

5．The-ing participle used as the object complement

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Challenges

Unit 17

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

1．The relative clause introduced by pronoun+of+which

2．The relative clause introduced by who/that and preceded by another relative clause

3．The relative clause introduced by that and containing there be

4．The relative clause introduced by which,its antecedent being the main clause

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Parent-Child Relationships

Unit 18

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

Sentences of unreal conditions

1．related to something being done at present

2．with the connective unless

3．with the connective supposing

4．with the connective otherwise

5．in the if it hadn t been for...pattern

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Visiting the Taj Mahal

A Sample Test

Answers and Tapescripts for the Sample Test

Key to the Workbook