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情态动词 一、Definition:表示说话人对某一行为的态度和观点。 二、常见的情态动词的用法 1. can, could, be able to 1) Man cannot live without water. We shall be able to finish the work next week. 2) A: Could I watch the Olympics ? B: Yes, you can.\ No, you can’t. 3) How can he be so rude like this? 在疑问句中用can表示惊讶，怀疑，不相信的语气。 4) 推测（ 用于______句，______问）certainty You can’t\couldn’t be tired- you’ve only been working for an hour.（2005年全国２） Mr. Bush is on time for everything. How can\could it be that he was late for the opening ceremony?　　(2001’上海春季） 5) The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the world Wide Wait because it can be ve