2018-09-25学习笔记

Lesson 4——Appositives - interview（2018/09/24--level 5）

New words:

·appositives - nouns,noun phrases,or noun clauses which give another name for the noun before them;

·gallery ------- a large building where people can see famous pieces of art;

·document -- a piece of paper that has official information on it.

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Essential appositives: are important for the sentence.

My father Jason is 43 years old.

(‘Jason’ renames ‘father’)

I really like the new employee James.

(‘James’ renames ‘new employee’)

Nonessential appositives: are not important for the sentence and should be separated by commas.

John, a writer, likes eating fish.

(‘a writer’ is unimportant information)

Mrs Jason, my brother’s boss, is a nice lady.

(this information is not very important)

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Make sentences with essential appositives:

1. My brother Harry is a nice guy.

2. My friend Amy has cooked a rich lunch for us.

3. Her boy Tommy is good at swimming.

Make sentences nonessential appositives:

1. The apples,yesterday I bought, are very delicious.

2.Mr Green, your math teacher is very knowledgeable.