新标准大学英语 第二册 课后答案book 2 Language in useB2U3.ppt

Language in use 1 Look at the sentences and answer the questions 2 Look at the sentences and decide what it refers to 3 Answer the questions 4 Translate the paragraph into Chinese 5 Translate the paragraph into English Language in use could or was / were able to We use could or was / were able to to mean that someone had the ability to do something or that something was possible in the past. It is also used as a conditional to talk about what might happen. When we want to say that someone actually succeeded in doing something in the past (or didn’t succeed), we use was / were able to (wasn’t / weren’t able to). 1 Look at the sentences and answer the questions. 1 If Lewis could / was able to beat Prokhorova, the title would be hers. 2 Prokhorova couldn’t / wasn’t able to beat Lewis. 3 Lewis was able to get past Prokhorova and she went on to win the race. 4 Lewis could win another gold medal for Britain. Which sentence: is a conditional? (b) means that someone succeeded in doing something? (c) means that someone didn’t succeed in doing something? (d) means it is possible that someone might win something? Language in use a c b d it 2 Look at the sentences and decide what it refers to. 1 I guess the object is to get the ball into the net ... but if it ever gets close it looks like an accident. (a) the action (b) the ball 2 The scoring system says it all. (a) the writer’s main point (b) the game of football 3 Most finals are 0-0, 1-0 or 2-1, indicating that games tend to be stand-offs and it’s a matter of luck to be ahead when time runs out. To put a good face on it, they call this tension or suspense. (a) the stand-off (b) the game Language in use √ √ √ 4 Let’s face it, God never meant for most of us to control a ball with the feet while running at top speed. (a) the fact about ball-handling (b) football 5 I could do it, but it would be close. (a) win / winning (b) see the clock 6 But, until I saw it on the scoreboar