Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNatureWorld第2课时教案外研版必修4.doc

PAGE  PAGE - 4 - Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Nature World 第2课时 教案 外研版必修4 Teaching Goals: 1. To enable Ss to know about the way to express possibility and improbability. 2. To enable Ss to master the usage of “may”, “might”, and “likely”. 3. To help Ss learn how to use modal verbs “may” and “might” to express conjecture. Teaching procedures: Step 1.Function .Explaining the use of may, might, likely to students may 可能会,或许会 . It may be a new species. He may not be there. might 可能 , 或许 (语气较may更不肯定) His suggestion might be worth thinking about. I have got a lot of books that might interest you. unlikely 可能性不大的 (形容词) Snow seems unlikely today. She’s unlikely to arrive before 7 o’clock. It’s unlikely that he got injured. .Do activity 2 on page 54. Suggested Answers: There might still be dinosaurs somewhere. Don’t go near the water. It may be very deep. We are unlikely to see the monster. There may be an underground river from Loch Ness to the sea. We must help him – he may not be able to swim. There are likely to be lots of strange creatures in that lake. 4).Group work Ask Ss to identify the creatures in the pictures in Activity 4 on page 55, by using “may” or “might”. Arouse their interest in talking about possibility. Step 3. Grammar 2. Explanation Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened in the past—perhaps. (1) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握较小时，肯定形式一般用may have done，否定形式一般用may not have done。如： He may have gone back home, because he didn’t say he would take part in her birthday party. He may not have paid for the bill, because he had lost his job. (2) 对过去的事情进行猜测，但把握更小时，肯定形式一般用might have done，否定形式用might not have done。如： They helped send her bat to the hospital; otherwise, she thought, the baby might have died. She might not have left home when I got to school. (3) 对过去的事情进行猜测，并且可能性较大时，肯定形式一般用must have done，否定形式一般用can’t have done。如： Your score is the highest; you must have studied ve