沈佳佳 M3U1 Grammar.ppt

We use modal verbs to talk about: 1. Ability （能力） 2. Obligation （义务） 3. Certainty （可能性） 4. Permission （允许） 5. Make requests（提出请求） 6. Make suggestions（提出建议） 7. Make offers（提供帮助） 8. Give advice （提出意见） 1.Ability (能力) Liu Xiang can run the 110m hurdle race within 13 seconds. can/could: 1. can 一般表示与生俱来的能力或者一种客观可能性,还可以表示请求和允许 。 Man can not live without air. _______ I use your bike? Can can/could: 2.在疑问句中，用could可表示请求，语气较委婉。 — ____I have the television on? — Yes, you _____. / No, you _____ Could He asks if he ____ smoke here. could can/may can’t/I’m afraid not can/could: 3.表示惊异、怀疑、不相信的态度。（主要用在否定句、疑问句或惊叹句中） He’s such a nice person that he ______ commit the crime. can’t 你怎么会如此地粗心！ How can you be so careless! can/be able to区别: Edison always wondered why hens could hatch (孵) chickens while he was not able to. Question: Are the two modal verbs interchangeable (互换) ? If not, why? can表示与生俱来的能力或一种客观可能，而be able to更加强调通过后天的学习和努力获得的能力，或者在某个客观的场合和背景下，能做到的事情。 2.Obligation (义务) …yet he must work hard to win the gold medal. Although Liu Xiang is so gifted in hurdle race… I’m so tired! I have to do the training for at least 10 hours a day! necessity ought to/should have to must Your mother brings you up and takes good care of you, so when she is old, you ___ look after her in return. A.can B.may C.have to D.must Shi Dongpeng might win a medal at the Olympic Games. 3.Certainty (可能性) Although the chance of winning a medal is small, I’ll try my best! very uncertain almost certain might should must may could ought to will 1.He _____ be at home. 2.He _____ be at home, for he just called me from his home 15 seconds ago. A.may B.might C.must A.may B.might C.must (can) must 表示肯定的猜测，译为“一定”，不能用于否定句或疑问句。 This must be your pen. He must be doing his homework now. He must have arrived already. must must 2. 表示“坚持”（常用于固定句型：if you must do sth. 如果你非得要做某事） 如果你真的要走，那就悄悄离开。 If you must leave, do it quietly. —They___ be doing the experiment in th