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__________________________________________ We keep our clavichord in the living room. __________________________________________ My grandfather bought the instrument many years ago. ___________________________________ Recently a visitor damaged it. __________________________________________
She struck the keys too hard and broke two of the strings. _________________________________ This shocked my father. __________________________________________
Now he does not allow us to touch it.
__________________________________________ A friend of my father’ s is repairing it. __________________________________________ Language points:
A. be made inIt was made in Germany. be made ofThe tea pot is made of silver. be made fromBread is made from flour. be made byThis cake was made by my sister. Supply the correct words:
1. Is your watch made ______ gold? 2. These knives were made ______ Sheffield.
3. This cake was made ______ sugar, flour, butter and eggs. 4. The model plane was made ______ a group of students. B. a friend of my father’ s 双重所有格
He is one of my father’ s friends. He is a friend of my father’ s Tom lent me one of his books. Tom lent me a book of his. He is one of my friends. He is a friend _______ ________. Change the form of the phrases in italics:
1. He borrowed one of my records. ____________________________________ 2. She showed me one of John’ s pictures. ____________________________________
3. It was one of her ideas. ____________________________________ 4. One of you letters was found on my desk. ____________________________________
5. Some of their friends came to see me. ____________________________________
Exercises:
A . Rewrite the sentences and change the active voice into passive voice: 1. These workmen are repairing my house. 2. The police picked up the boy in the forest. 3. The boy sends the newspaper to me every morning. 4. They will take care of your grandmother. 5. Mary wrote three books last year. 6. She is washing your clothes.
7. They are painting the wall.
8. I am telling him how to be a good student. B. Translating:
1. 这幢楼叫做“联谊大厦” (Union building。 2. 胜利 (victory 属于我们。 3. 父亲从不允许我们晚上出去。 4. 她是我母亲的一个好朋友。 C. Summary writing:
1. Do we own an old clavichord, or do we own a new piano? 2. When was it made?
3. Who bought the instrument many years ago? 4. Who damaged it recently? 5. What did she try to do? 6. What did she break? 7. Who is repairing it now?