师：class begins. sit down, boys and girls. okay, in today's lesson, we will go over what we have learned about object classes. recently, there is a very popular film called 《Hai mao》 in China, right? have you seen it?
生：no.
师：okay, what a pity. i hope you can see it someday. what about you?
生：no.
师：okay. who has seen it? you please. do you like it?
生：yes.
师：how did you feel after seeing it?
生：meaningful.
师：okay, you think it's meaningful, so you must feel happy, right? okay. who else has seen it? please can you tell me what it is about?
生：it is about a girl. probably she's a mother and angry. and she traveled through time to see her mother when her mother was young.
师：okay, wonderful. so, it's the story between a daughter and her mother, right? it's mainly about mother's love, right?
生：yes.
师：now, let's see. i like this movie very much, and i think that it is a great success. let's take a look at these two sentences. what are their structures? the first one.
生：the structure is s v and o.
师：what about the second one?
生：still s v o.
师：but in the first sentence, the object is just a noun, a noun phrase. what about in the second one?
生：a sentence.
师：so we call it object clause. an object clause is used as the object of the sentence, right? and where do we usually put it? after a verb. only verbs? or sometimes adjectives, right?
生：yes.
师：okay. and you know the clause before it is the main clause. in Chinese, it's “主句”. very good. now, the movie is so popular that there is a report about it in China Daily. now, let's take up this piece of paper. please read the report by yourself, find all the object clauses in it. okay, use your pen to underline all the object clauses. okay, now let's check the answers together. please read the object clauses one by one, and i will underline it on the computer.
生：the first object clause: the story tells us that a girl comes back to 1981 to get her younger mother. (after the verb “tells”)
师：good. tell. please, next one.
生：after the verb “see”.
师：next one, please.
生：what mothers can do for their children and how children love the mothers. (two object clauses)
师：yes. after “know”. the last one, let's read together.
生：why it is so popular. (after the verb “wonder”)
师：great. now, next, let's take a look at the complex sentences again. usually, we need one word to join the two parts together. can you find these words? first one.
生：that.
师：next.
生：whether.
师：next.
生：what.
师：and.
生：why.
师：we call them connectives. in Chinese, it's “连接词”. after me, connective.
生：connective.
师：but how do we use connectives? let's go over the rules. first, what do we use to introduce a statement, just like the first one?
生：we use “that” plus statement.
师：what about a yes or no question?
生：“if” or “whether”.
师：and the next one, what about a “wh” question?
生：question words.
师：yes, question words or “wh” words. among these, which one can be dropped sometimes?
生：“that”.
师：but question is, can we use all the connectives after all the verbs and adjectives? let's have a test here. which word can be followed by “that”, and which can be followed by “if”/“whether” or question words? okay, now let's take a look together. the first one, we can use “that” after...
生：believe.
师：ask.
生：that.
师：but i'm not sure.
生：“if” or “whether”.
师：hope.
生：that.
师：certain.
生：that.
师：not doubt.
生：that.
师：excellent. what about “doubt”?
生：we can only use “if”/“whether” after “doubt”.
师：okay. now let's read them together. we can use “that” after believe.
生：believe.
师：want to believe.
生：want to believe.
师：certain.
生：certain.
师：not doubt.
生：not doubt.
师：and we can use “if”/“whether” or question words after not sure.
生：not sure.
师：wonder.
生：wonder.
师：ask.
生：ask.
师：want to know.
生：want to know.
师：want to find out.
生：want to find out.
师：okay, very good. okay, now the movie 《Hai mao》 is so popular now not only in China but also around the world. even my friend Linda in Canada likes it very much. and yesterday, she sent me an email to talk about the movie. let's take a look at part of Linda's email. who'd like to read it for me?
生：dear Sarah, i'm interested in the movie 《Hai mao》. could you tell me more about it? is it based on the director's own life? what does the ending mean?
师：excellent. thank you. now, i need to write a reply to her, right? here is part of my reply. would you please help me to finish it together?
生：you say that...
师：if you are not...
生：i am.
师：okay, so we change the person according to the context, right? yes. okay, next one.
生：whether you don't know whether...
师：is it...
生：it is.
师：it is. okay, and the last one.
生：what about “what” here?
师：this is a “wh” question, so we keep “what” here. right, we keep “what”. and next one, does the ending...
生：mean.
师：yes, the ending means. okay, so what has changed?
生：the word order.
师：yes, the word order has changed. so in an object clause, what order can we use? should we use the same as the statement? that is, the connective plus... say the verb first or the subject first?
生：the subject first and then the verb and so on.
师：okay, yes. good job. and then, at last, Linda also asks this question: what makes it special? so can you finish it for me?
生：you want to find...
师：what.
生：what.
师：keep “what” again. does make? does make or make? do we change the order here?
生：no.
师：why not? is it a statement?
生：no.
师：then why not change the order? why not? okay, can you tell me?
生：because “what” is the subject.
师：right, because here “what” is just the subject in this case. sometimes some “wh” words can be the subject of the object clause. in this case, we use “wh” word plus verb and so on. understand? okay, good job. now, in Linda's email, she also sent me an English story about mom. okay, here, in fact, it's not a story yet. it's just a dialogue between god and a child. let's enjoy it together. okay, you can find it on your paper. i'd like two of you to read the dialogue. class, okay, who'd like to be god?
生：i would like to be god.
师：okay, who'd like to be the child?
生：i'd like to be the child.
师：you can start now.
生（扮演上帝）：are you ready to go to the earth?
生（扮演孩子）：i am a little afraid.
生（扮演上帝）：don't worry. you will have an angel with you.
生（扮演孩子）：but i can't do anything.
生（扮演上帝）：your angel can do many things for you, and she just wants you to be healthy and happy.
生（扮演孩子）：now, can i talk with others?
生（扮演上帝）：your angel will teach you the most beautiful and sweet words.
生（扮演孩子）：but how will she protect me when i am in danger?
生（扮演上帝）：she will risk her life to protect you.
生（扮演孩子）：oh, god. she is so kind and strong. can you tell me her name?
生（扮演上帝）：her name is mom.
师：thank you. good job. don't be nervous. okay, thank you. now, boys and girls, it seems like a touching story, right? okay, would you please turn the dialogue into a real story? okay, you can do it on this paper. use object clauses to turn it into a story. okay, now boys and girls, let's check the answers sentence by sentence. okay, what about you? read the first sentence.