T:Who can explain the sentence?
S:Let me try.This is a complex sentence.The first “it” is an empty subject and the real subject is how difficult it must have been for a woman to get a medical training so long ago when women’s education was always placed second to men’s. The second “is” also an empty subject.It stands for “to get a medical training for a woman so long ago when women’s education was always placed second to men’s”.“when women’s education was always placed second to men’s” is a relative clause to modify “long ago”.In Chinese,the whole sentence means “在那久远的年代,当女性的教育总是低于男性的时候,一个女子去学医一定是相当困难的,这想法闪电般地闪过我的脑海。”
T:Good.(writes and explains “modal verb + have been” and “place A second to B” on the blackboard,giving more examples) Let’s see the third question.What had got her into the medical school?
S:3.It was hard work and determination as well as her good nature that had got her into medical school.
T:The next one?What made Lin Qiaozhi famous?Was it her success at university that had made her famous?
Ss:No.
S:4.It was her kindness and the consideration she showed to all her patients made her famous.
T:How did you get the answer?
S:I got the answer from the two sentences—It was not her success at university that had made her famous.It was her kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients.“It was...that” is a structure used to emphasize “not her success at university” and “her kindness and consideration”.So we can see the two sentences mean that not her success at university but her kindness and consideration had made her famous.
T:Absolutely right.Very good job!(writes the structure “It is...that...” on the blackboard)
It was not her success at university that had made her famous.
It was her kindness and consideration she showed to all her patients that had made her famous.
Now please pay attention to the boldface:It was...that...This is a structure used to emphasize some speech of a sentence.For example:John saw her in the garden yesterday afternoon.We may say:
It was John that/who saw her in the garden yesterday afternoon.(subject)
It was her that/who John saw in the garden yesterday afternoon.(object)
It was in the garden that John saw her yesterday afternoon.(place adverbial)
It was yesterday afternoon that John saw her in the garden.(time adverbial)
T:Please look at the sentences on the blackboard.Is there any connections between them?
S:Oh,if we take the structure away,the other parts of the sentence will make a simple sentence.
T:Bingo.If fact,when we want to stress a person,we can use “that or who” while in other situations we can only used “that”.Do you have any questions about the structure?
Ss:No.
T:So let’s do some practice to see whether you really grasp the structure.
(Get the students to do some practice by emphasizing the underlined part of the sentences.)
At the supermarket I met my former classmate.
My cousin turned home from Britain last year.
I rather than you helped her out of the trouble.
Keys:It was at the supermarket that I met my former classmate.
It was from Britain that my cousin turned home last year.
It was I rather than you that/ who helped her out of the trouble.
T:Now let’s come to the last question.What were most of Lin Qiaozhi’s stories about?
S:5.Most of her stories were about how she went late a night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay her.
T:Deliver a baby means...
S:It means give birth to a baby.
T:Good job.(writes “deliver a baby= give birth to a baby” on the blackboard)
Step 5 Retelling
Get the students to retell the passage by filling in the blanks.
Lin Qiaozhi wrote a small book for __________ in the __________ who were __________ __________ get to a hospital easily.It was to help them to __________ __________ their babies properly.
Qiaozhi lived in the early __________ __________.It was not __________ for women to get __________ __________ at that time.Education was for men __________ and women __________.She chose to study at medical college because she wanted __________ __________ other women.
I think Lin Qiaozhi is a good doctor and __________ __________ __________.
Keys:The 1st paragraph:mothers,countryside,not able to,look after
The 2nd paragraph:twentieth century,easy,medical training,first,second,to help
The 3rd paragraph:a great woman
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