课件55张PPT。
Lesson 3
Making guesses about PeopleUnit 13 PeopleObjectives? Get the general ideas of the text by
listening;
? Understand how to express guesses;
? Do an interview for the event of the
missing students.At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to： Do you often watch news on
TV?
What news are you most
interested in?When we watch TV serial plays, we want to know what will happen in the future. Which words do you think we will use to express our guess? What might the two
people be discussing about?
2. How might they feel?
3. What might they be doing?They might be discussing about…They may feel upset / sad / worried…They might be on a camp / be caught in a rain / lose their way / be sheltering under a tree / …
They might feel hungry / cold / anxious / frightened by thunder…Listen to the dialogue and do the exercise.The two students were missing ______.
A. perhaps because they were
separated from the other students.
B. in a case.
C. for the reason we don’t know.2. The dialogue tells us ______.
A. The two students disappeared 3 days ago.
B. My French tutor know where they are.
C. People found them in a cottages.3. The dialogue make various guessed
except _________.
A. They must be frightened.
B. They both are injured.
C. They might have some food to eat.Listen to the dialogue and complete the gaps.A: Have you heard anything about the
two missing students? I think my
French tutor might know one of them.
I saw she had tears running down her
cheeks at lunch today and one of the
other teachers gave her a hug.
B: I heard about it from the news report on TV last night, but haven’t heard
about anything more since then.
A: Their friends are really upset
and have been waiting anxiously for
more news.B: I can’t believe that they’ve been
missing in the mountains for three
days now! They must be so
(1) __________!frightenedA: I wonder how they got lost and whose
fault it was.
B: They may have been (2) _________
from the other students and couldn’t
hear anyone when the thunder started,
or they might have (3) _____ behind
and taken the wrong path.separatedfallenA: Maybe. Or they could have gone
exploring on their own and lost their
way back to the group.
B: I hate to think how they must be
feeling right now. It’s so cold at the
moment. They must be (4) ________!
I hope they have warm jackets
made of wool. freezingA: They might be (5) _________ in
a cave.shelteringA: They can’t be there. People would
have looked there first, I’m sure.B: Or they could be in one of those
empty cottages near the pine trees
right at the top of the mountain.B: True. Imagine how hungry they are!
They can’t exactly eat seeds like
aquarelles and sparrows do!A: They might have (6) _________ left
from camping but they may not have
any water. some foodA: Me too. Their parents must
be very (7) _______. It’ll be a real
relief when they’re found. worriedB: And one of them might be bleeding
or have a broken arm or leg. I really
hope the someone finds them soon. How are their friends and parents
feeling?Friends: really upset; have been
waiting anxiously for more news
Parents: must be very worried2. Who might know the students?
3. Why do you think the tutor know
them?Tears running down her cheeks;
one of the other teachers gave
her a hug. the French tutorPair work
Discuss the following questions. What might cause the accident?
Where might they be sheltering?
How might people, who know them,
feel?Grammar
Modals for Guessing Look at the dialogue again and complete the gaps with modal verbs:must, may, may not, might, can’t, could. I think my French tutor ______ know
one of them.
2. They _____ be so frightened!
3. They _____ have been separated from…
4. They ______ have gone exploring…
5. They _____ be there.
6. They _______ have any water.mightmustmaycouldcan’tmay notWhat meaning do the sentences above express: decision?
advice?
guesses?Which of the modal verbs in above exercise express the following?a strong belief that something is / was truea strong belief that something is /was not truea possibility that something is / was truea possibility that something is /was not trueAnswers:Strong belief/true:Strong belief/ not true:They can’t be there.They must be so frightened!
Their parents must be very worried.Possibility /not true:They may not have any water.Possibility /true:I think my French tutor might know one of them. They may have been separated from… They could have gone exploring…I think my French tutor might know one of them.b) unlimited present time
Look at these sentences again and decide what they are talking about: a), b) or c)They might have fallen behind.a) past eventThey might be sheltering in a cave.c) something happening nowmay /might have +PP(过去分词)
must have +PP(过去分词) 对过去的推测对现在的推测must be + n. / adj.
maybe/ must be + v-ing
must +v.(原形)can’t have + PP(过去分词)
can’t have been+ n. / adj.对过去的推测对现在的推测can’t be + n. / adj.
can’t +v.(原形)Complete the gaps in the sentences with the modal verbs. More than one answer is possible. She goes out every weekend. She
_______________ have young children.2. He looks depressed. He ___________
be having some problems.must, can’t, may, might, might not, couldmight not/ can’tmay/might/could3. This woman looks like a scholar.
She ________________ work at the
university.4. His shoes are muddy. He ______
be working in an office all day.could/ might/ maycan’t6. He often goes abroad. He
____________________ be working
for the Foreign Office.might/ must/ may/ could5. Her clothes are all very expensive. She _____________________ be earning a lot of money.must/ might/ could/ mayTry to guess what happened in the past. A young woman is looking at a new
ring on her finger.She might have got engaged recently.2. A mother is telling her son off.He might have come home late.3. A boy has a broken arm.4. There is a lot of broken glass on the
street.5. A man is lying asleep on a park
bench.He might have fallen out of a tree.There might have been an accident.He could be drunk.6. A housewife is cheering.7. A driver is taking a set of tool kit
from the boot.8. A girl with wet hair is traveling on
the bus.Her husband may be cleaning the house.His car must have been broken down.She may have been swimming.Rewrite the sentences using modal verbs and suitable verb forms. There may be more than one correct answer. I’m sure she’s relaxing in her room.
She _______________ in her room.must be relaxing2. Perhaps the postcode was wrong,
and that’s why the letter never arrived.The postcode ______________________ wrong, and that’s why the letter never arrived.might/ may/ could have been3. I don’t believe you failed the exam.
You _______________ the exam.can’t have failed4. It’s possible that Sam doesn’t like
classical music.
Sam ____________ classical music.5. I’m sure John is not forty-five yet.
John _______ forty-five yet.might not likecan’t be6. It is possible that he’s studying
astronomy now.
He _______________________
astronomy now.7. Maybe they lied to me about their
adventure.
They ______________ to me about
their adventure.may/ might/could be studyingmight have lied8. It’s quite probable that Bill didn’t win the competition.
Bill _____________________ the competition.mustn’t/ couldn’t have wonBest Choice ---Do you know where David is? I
couldn’t find him anywhere.
---Well. He _____ have gone far-
his coat’s still here. A. shouldn’t B. mustn’t
C. can’t D. wouldn’t 2. ---Excuse me. Is this the right way
to the Summer Palace?
---Sorry, I am not sure. But it _____ be.A. might B. will
C. must D. can3. ---Tom graduated from college at
a very young age.
--- Oh, he _____ have been a very
smart boy then.
A. could B. should
C. might D. must4. ---- I heard they went skiing in the
mountains last winter.
---- It ____ true because there was
little snow there.
A. may not be B. won’t be
C. couldn’t be D. mustn’t be5. Jack ______ yet, otherwise he would have telephoned me.
A. mustn’t have arrived
B. shouldn’t have arrived
C. can’t have arrived
D. needn’t have arrived6. ---Didn’t you know that you went
driving at 100 kilometers an
hour, Madam?
--- _____. My old car can do no
more than 80, officer.
A. I may not have been
B. I couldn’t have been
C. I mustn’t have been
D. I shouldn’t have been Do the exercise 10 and 11. Tomorrow let’s look at whose sentences are the most wonderful.
