What is Online Learning? In an online lesson, the computer displays material in response to a learner's request. The computer promotes the learner for more information and presents appropriate material based on the learners response. The material can be traditional lessons and tests that are transcribed into a computer program. The material can also be a complex program that tracks users'input and

Prewriting The nature of news What is news? Charles A. Dana, editor of the New york Sun, once defined it as, anything that interests a large part of the community and has never been brought to its attention before.\ In other words news is what people are talking about. News is new. As Evelyn Waugh described it, News is what the chap who doesn t care much about anything wants to read 1. Put another way, news is a change in the status quo. But does a change in the status quo guarantee

Lecture 28: Substitution and Ellipsis 1 Substitution 1.1 Definition Substitution is a grammatical device for avoiding repetition and achieving textual cohesion. There are three kinds of substitution: nominal substitution, verbal substitution, and clausal substitution, and therefore there are three kinds of substitutes: nominal substitutes, verbal substitutes, and clausal substitutes. In addition, there are adverbial substitution and adverbial substitutes

Grammatical Terms abstract noun抽象名词 active voice主动态 adjective形容词 adjunct修饰性状语,结合性附加语 adverb副词 adverbial状语 adverbial clause of condition条件状语分句 adverbial clause of purpose目的状语分句 adverbial clause of cause原因状语分句 adverbial clause of result结果状语分句

句子(Sentence)是最高一层的语法结构,也是人们进 行交际、表达思想的最小语言单位。 句子在具体的语境中能够表达相对完整的意思,即能够 说明一个情况,提出一个问题,下达一个指示或表达一种 感情

名词是表示人或物的名称的词。名词可以根据 其词汇意义,分为普通名词(Common Noun)和专 有名词(Proper Noun)。普通名词又可分为物质 名词(Material Noun)、抽象名词(Abstract Noun)

代词(Pronoun) 代词是代替名词的一种词类。大多数代词具有 名词和形容词的功能。英语中的代词,按其意 义、特征及在句中的作用分为:人称代词 (Personal Pronoun)、物主代词(Possessive Pronoun) 指示代词(Demonstrative Pronoun)、自身代词 ( Reflexive Pronoun)、相互代词( Reciprocal Pronoun)、疑问代词(Interrogative Pronoun)、关 系代词(Relative Pronoun)和不定代词(Indefinite Pronoun)八种

8非谓语动词 在句子中充当除谓语以外的句子成分的动词形式叫做 非谓语动词。非谓语动词分为三种形式不定式,动名 词,和分词(分词包括现在分词和过去分词)

Lecture 9: Verb Tenses 1一般现在时的用法 （1)经常性或习惯性的动作,常与表示频腮度的时间状语连用。 I leave home for school at 7 every morning. （2)客观真理,客观存在,科学事实

Lecture 11-13: Subjunctive Mood 第一部分:语气的定义和种类 1语气(mood) 语气是动词的一种形式,表示说话人对某一行为或事情的看法和态度。 2语气的种类 (1)、陈述语气:表示动作或状态是现实的、确定的或符合事实的,用于陈述句、疑问句和某些感叹句。如① There are two sides to every question.每个问题都有两个方面。 ② Were you busy all day yesterday?昨天一整天你都很忙吗? ③ How good teacher she is她是多好的一位老师啊