高二英语第八模块第三单元语法（译林牛津版高二英语选修八教案教学设计）InversionTeaching aims and requirements1. Help students to learn the definition of inversion and when to use the inversion.2. Students are expected to apply what they have learnt to practical use by finishing relevant exercises.Teaching procedureStep 1 General introduction1. Give some examples of inversion to show what inversion is.Did you go to visit the Louvre?Seldom does he paint now.He did not like the painting. Neither did I.Note: Inversion is the changing of the order of the words in the sentence. We put the predicate or part of it before the subject, when we use inversion.Step2 Explanation倒装句（Inversion）一、定义英语句子的自然语序是主语+谓语。
为了强调句中的某一部分把原来的语序重新调整，通常将谓语或谓语的一部分置于主语前。
二、倒装类型1. Local negation1) In a questionDid you go to visit the Louvre Museum?What do you know about Van Gogh?2) When the sentence begins with a negative word or phrasesuch as never, seldom, rarely, little, hardly, not, nowhere, scarcely, not until, by no means, in no time, under no circumstance, no sooner…than…, hardly… when…, not only…, neitherI can’t swim; neither can he.Little does he care about others.Never shall I forget the day when I met Mr. Wang in the countryside.At no time is smoking permitted in the meeting room.Hardly had he got into the room when the telephone rang.Not a mistake did he make.No sooner had I got home than it began to rain.Not until then did he realize his own fault.3) When only is used to modify an adverbial (clause) and put at the beginning of a sentence.Only in this way can you solve the problem.Only when he told me did I realize what trouble he was in.Note: Inversion should not be used when only modifies the subject.Only he can solve the problem.4) When the sentence begins with so/such.( which introduces an adverbial clause of result)So angry was he that he couldn’t speak.Such a lovely girl is she that we all like her.5) When the sentence begins with so, neither, nor.He has been to Beijing. So have I.If you don’t go there tomorrow, neither / nor will/shall I.---He works hard.---So he does and so do you.Note: If a sentence has 2 or more predicates, we should use ‘It is/was the same with…’, or ‘So it is/was with…’She is clever and always works hard. So it is with/It is the same with her brother.6. When a sentence begins with ‘often, always, now and then, many a time’Many a time has she helped me with my experiments.Always does he ask me for money.2. Complete inversion1) When the sentence begins with a direct speech or part of it.“I’ll come back in three days,” said Tom..“What are you doing?” he asked (asked he).“Why didn’t you join us?” T om asked me.2) When the subject is too long.Present at the meeting were many important persons.Gone are the days when women were looked down upon.3) There be/ appear to be/ come/ happen to be/ lie/ live/ occur/ remain/ seem/ seem to be/ stand/ used to be…结构中There appears to be no doubt about it.There lies a lake near our city.There seems little difference between the two words.4) When the sentence begins with here, there, now, then, in, out, up, down,away, off, thus, etc.Here comes the bus.There goes the bell.Note:1) If the subject is a pronoun, we can not use inversion.Here he comes.2) Simple present tense should be used with here, there, now5) A sentence beginning with prepositional phrases.On the top of the hill stands a temple.At the end of the valley lies a small lake.6) When such is used as predicative.Such were the facts.Such will be our future.3 Inversion can also be used in formal language to talk about unreal conditionals.Had it not been for the heavy rain, we would have finished the task.Were I you (= If I were you), I would go abroad.Should he come (=If he should come), please tell him to ring me up.Were it to rain tomorrow, I would stay at home.4. In the sentences containing the conjunctions like though, as, however.Clever as he is, he doesn’t study well.Child as he is, he knows a lot.Try as she might, she failed.However late he comes back home, his mother will wait for him.5. When a sentence expresses good wishes.May you succeed.Long live the friendship.Step 3 Translate the following sentences.1. 虽然他是个孩子，但他懂得很多。
