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Unit 8
It must belong to Carla.
Section A (3a-4c)
初中英语 人教版 九年级上册
New words: noise，policeman(policemen)，wolf，
laboratory，coat，sleepy
New phrases: in the neighborhood，have no idea
Grammar： ★Practice the modal verbs in reading comprehension.
modal verb＋be
eg：I’m not sure, but it can't be a dog.
Learning Goals
New sentences: 1.I thought that it might be a dog.
2.I guess it can't be a dog.
3.Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.
4.There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood.
Learning Goals
Look at the things in the schoolbag below.
Make guesses about the owner of the schoolbag.
Warming up: Make guesses
Warm up: Making guesses
Chinese-English Dictionary
baseball glove
Oxford University
keys
Jazz
earrings
A: Here are some earrings. The owner
can’t be a boy.
B: Well, it could be a boy. The earrings
might be a present for his mother.
C: It also could be a girl, the rose might be a gift from her boyfriend.
D: Look at the dictionary, I think the owner may be learning Chinese now.
Warm up: Making guesses
1. What can you see in the picture
2. What can we know about the woman
She looks a little/kind of worried.
There is a woman looking out of the window.
Look at the picture and answer the two questions.
Pre-reading
A. science magazine
B. a novel
C.community news
Where do you think this passage comes from
Pre-reading
A Small and Quiet Town
Strange Happenings in My Town
Animals in Our Neighborhood
Read the article quickly and decide which might be the best title.
√
3a
Skimming 略读
Read the article carefully and answer the questions.
What is the town like before
What is the unusual thing happening in the town
It used to be very quiet and nothing much ever happened there.
People heard strange noises outside
the window every night.
While-reading
Read the article again and find
words to match the meanings.
nervous or worried ____________
young people ____________
person in the next house ____________
area where people live ____________
animal like a very large dog ____________
person who makes noise ____________
uneasy
teenagers
next-door neighbor
town
wolf
noise-maker
3b
While-reading
Read the article carefully and write what people think about the strange noises.
Who gave opinions
What are the opinions
Victor’s wife
Victor and his friends
The policemen
She thinks that it could be an animal.
They think it must teenagers having fun.
They think it might be the wind.
Post-reading
3c
Who gave opinions
What are the opinions
Helen
One woman
in the area
The writer himself
She thought it might be a dog.
She thought it might be a bear or a wolf.
He has no idea.
Post-reading
Post-reading:free talk
After reading the article, what do you think the strange noises are Why
1. It used to be very quiet.
used to do sth. 曾经，过去常常（现在不做了）
be used to do sth. =be used for doing sth.，
被用来做……
be used to doing sth. 习惯于做……
辨析
used to do sth. ，be used to do sth. 和be used to doing sth.
Language points
e.g. I used to study in this school.
我曾经在这个学校学习。
Our parents are used to living in the village.
我们的父母习惯了居住在山村。
This box is used for storing toys. = This box
is used to store toys.
这个箱子是被用来储存玩具的。
Language points
2. However, these days, something unusual is
happening in our town.
构成：不定代词+形容词
（定语后置）
e.g. something important
一些重要的事情
something interesting
一些有趣的事
Language points
词缀：un- 表示否定
usual 平常的 unusual 不平常的
happy 快乐的 unhappy 不快乐的
lucky 幸运的 unlucky 不幸的
friendly 友好的 unfriendly 不友好的
easy 轻松的 uneasy 不安的
反义
Language points
Language points
3. noise n. 声音；噪音；喧闹声
形容词 noisy 吵闹的
e.g. There was a lot of noise coming from the classroom.
教室传来一片哄闹声。
I can’t hear you,it’s very noisy here.
我听不清你说什么，这里太吵了。
【辨析】noise, sound, voice
noise: 通常指不悦耳的、令人烦恼的嘈杂声，隐含贬义。
sound: 普通用词，含义笼统，指人们能听到的各种声音，无褒贬色彩。
voice: 指人说话或唱歌时发出的声音。
Language points
We heard a strange sound outside.
我们听到外面有一种奇怪的声音。
Will you please make less noise, boys and girls
孩子们，你们能不能小点声？
Don’t speak in such a high voice.
说话声音不要这么大。
Language points
【福建晋江】 — Lily has a silk ______. Listen, she is singing in the next room!
— How nice!
A. look B. noise C. voice
【解析】look 可数名词，意思 是“相貌，样子，外表 ”，常用复数形式； noise 不可数名词，意思 “噪杂声，吵闹声 ”； voice是可数名词， 意思 是“嗓音，说话声 ”。
C
Practice
【四川德阳】 Stop making so much _____. The children are sleeping.
A. voice B. noise C. sound
【解析】 voice 一般指人的声音，说话、唱歌。noise 意为“噪音、喧闹声”，常指不悦耳、不和谐的嘈 杂声。 sound 作“声音，响声”讲时， 可指人或动物发出的声音，或物体碰撞的声言。这个词的使用范围很大。句意“不要制造那么大的噪音，孩子们正在睡觉”。
B
Practice
(大庆 ) — Did you hear any strange _____ when the quake happened
— No, I was in my garden with my flowers and was enjoying the beautiful _____ of my birds at that time.
A. voice; noise B. noise; sound
C. whisper; sound D. sound; voice
D
Practice
4. … it must be teenagers having fun.
having fun 是分词短语，
作定语修饰 teenagers，
相当于定语从句: who are having fun。
The man reading a novel at the desk
is my father.
= The man who is reading a novel at the desk is my father.
在桌边看小说的人是我父亲。
Language points
5. …, but I couldn’t see a dog, or anything else, either.
either adv. 也（用于否定句中）
e.g.
It's not heavy, either. 这个也不重。
If you do not go, I shall not go, either.
你不去，我也不去。
Language points
【辨析】also, too, as well, either
also: 比too正式一些，语气较重，只用于肯定句，一般紧靠动词。
too: 语气较轻，多用于口语，在肯定句中使用，通常位于句末。
as well: 一般不用否定句，通常放在句末，强调时可放在句中。
either: 用于否定句，放在句末，之前加逗号。
Language points
用as well, also, too或either完成句子：
1. If he doesn’t go, I won’t go, ________.
2. In this field he has knowledge and
experience ________.
3. Simon likes playing football, and he _______ likes playing basketball.
4. He likes swimming, and his wife likes it, ________.
either
as well
also
too
Practice
6. One woman in the area saw something running away, ….
“see +宾语+ doing”“看见某人正在做某事”注意不是全过程, 表正在进行。
e.g. I saw the boy singing.
我看到这个孩子正在唱歌。
【注意】“see +宾语+ do”“看见某人做某事”,
是看见事情发生的全过程。
e.g. I saw her come. 我看到她来了。
Language points
【拓展】感官动词 ：
see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel + do
表示动作的完整性；
+ doing 表示动作的进行性。
Language points
They knew her very well. They had seen her _______ up from childhood.
A. grow B. grew
C. was growing D. to grow
解析：题意为“他们看着她长大”，因此强调的是成长的过程，而非正在长的动作，因此用see sb. do sth. 的句型。
A
Practice
汉译英:
我看见他昨天正在花园里干活。
2. 昨天我看见一个小偷偷一个钱包。
3. 我经常看见他在办公室里帮助别人。
I saw him working in the garden yesterday.
I saw a thief stealing a wallet yesterday.
I often see him help others in the office.
Practice
4. 我看见他走出了商店。
5. 我们听见有人在读英语。
I saw him walk out of the shop.
We heard someone reading English.
Practice
7. We have no idea.
have no idea 一点不知道； 没办法
have an idea 有主意
I have no idea what to do.
我不知道该怎么办。
You have no idea how worried I was.
你想像不出来我有多么担心。
Language points
(北京)
Lucy tried her best to find a good job in the city, but she had no ______.
A. trouble B. idea
C. luck D. time
【解析】have no idea是一个十分常见的习语，误选B的同学们大有人在；但此题并非对该习语的考查。全句译作：“露茜努力在城区找工作，可不走运。”
C
Practice
8. … is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
having fun (in) doing “做某事很愉快/好玩”
e.g. Did you have fun camping
野营好玩吗
【Review】
have fun = have a good time
= enjoy oneself = have a wonderful time
Language points
(贵港)
We went to the beach last Sunday, and
we had great fun _______ volleyball．
A. play B. playing
C. played D. to play
解析：have fun“过得高兴”，其后跟
V-ing形式。
B
Practice
(湖北十堰)
--- Lisa, I will visit the 2010 World Expo
(世博会) with my parents during the summer holiday.
--- ______.
A. It doesn’t matter
B. It’s a pleasure
C. Have fun
D. That’s all right
C
Practice
用所给词的适当形式填空
She is _________ (worry) about her
grandma’s health.
2. He tried _________ (explain) it as clearly as possible.
3. Did Mary have fun ________ (play) in the water
worried
to explain
playing
Exercises
4. You feel _______ (easy) when receiving
bad news.
5. Her new glasses _______ (look) very nice.
6. — Mom, I can’t find my dictionary.
— Don’t worry. It might _______ (be) at
your school.
7. The teacher heard Jim ________ (read)
English when she came in.
uneasy
look
be
reading
Exercises
根据所给首字母提示完成句中所缺单词。
Many people usually pay more attention to
the f_________ result of the match.
2. Someone phoned Mrs Li that her son was in hospital, so she was a_______.
3. She was w_______ when her son didn’t come back at the usual time.
4. -Who is the o_______ of the yellow backpack
-Maybe it’s Mike’s.
5. He didn’t go to work b______ of his bad headache.
inal
nxious
orried
wner
ecause
Exercises
1. 这是谁的排球
______ ________ is this
这一定是卡拉的。她热爱排球运动。
It _____ be _______. She loves volleyball.
Whose volleyball
must Carla’s
Fill in the blanks.
Grammar Focus
2. —这是谁的发带？
— ______ ____ ____ is this
—它可能是梅的发带。或者可能属于
琳达。她们两人都是长头发。
—It _____ be Mei’s hair band. Or it
_____ belong to Linda. They ____
have long hair.
could
might
both
Whose hair band
Grammar Focus
3. —那晚你看见了什么？
— _____ did you see that night
—我不确定，但肯定不可能是狗。它更大。我想也许是一头熊或一匹狼。
— I’m ___ ____, but it _____ ___ a dog.
It was bigger. I think it _____ ___ a bear or a wolf.
What
not sure
can’t be
might be
Grammar Focus
情态动词表推测
可能性: must > can/could > may/ might
can not ( can’t)
could not (couldn’t)
may not / might not
否定
否定
Grammar Focus
must
can’t
might
could
100%
probably true
20%～80%
possibly true
0
almost not true
Grammar Focus
Choose the best way to complete each sentence using the words in brackets.
1. A: Where’s Jean
B: I’m not sure. She ________ (is/ might be/ must be) in the laboratory.
might be
n. 实验室
4a
Practice
2. A: Everyone is going to the pool after school.
B: Really It _______ (must be / can’t be /could be ) hot outdoors.
must be
★表示“位移”的动词用现在进行时态表将来，例如：go去，come来，leave离开，arrive到达，return 回来，fly 飞。
e.g. I am coming.=I will come.
He is leaving for Paris.=He will
leave for Paris.
adv. 在户外，在野外
Practice
3. A: That’s the phone.
B: Hmm. I wonder who it _______ (must
be / could be / should be).
could be
4. A: I wonder if there are Jim’s glasses.
B: They _______ (can’t be / might be /
could be) his. He doesn’t wear glasses.
can’t be
wonder v. “想知道” (want to know)
No wonder + 句子，“难怪.....”
e.g. No wonder you are angry. 难怪你觉得生气。
Practice
5. A: I hear water running in the bathroom.
B: It ________________ (could be / must be / can’t be) Carla. She was thinking of taking a shower.
could be/ must be
think of 想要；打算
e.g. I thought of playing basketball.
我想打篮球。
Practice
1. A: Many people are wearing coats.
B: The weather must be _____________
____________.
2. A: Sally has been coughing a lot.
B: She might be _____________________.
getting colder/ cold outside
having a sore throat/ ill
Complete these responses.
4b
Practice
3. A: This restaurant is always very
crowded.
B: The food ________________.
4. A: Whenever I try to read this book,
I feel sleepy.
B: It can’t _______________.
must be delicious
be that boring
Practice
Look at this picture of a room.
How much can you tell about the person who lives here
Is it a boy or a girl
What are his/her hobbies
4c
Pair work
It could be a girl’s room
because it’s very tidy.
I guess so. But it might be a boy’s room because the clothes look like boys’ clothes.
Pair work
It could/might/can’t be...
because ...
I guess so/I don’t think so.
But it might/could/must be ...
because …
Pair work
must，can't，might，could
1．I thought that it might be a dog.
2．I guess it can't be a dog.
3．Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.
4．There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood.
It could be a girl's room because…
It might be a boy's room because…
Summary
Homework
Recite the sentences in Grammar Focus.
Read the passage in 3a.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
Thank you
