Unit 8 It must belong to Carla. Section A 1a-4c 课件（共59张PPT，内嵌音频） 2024-2025学年人教版九年级英语

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Unit 8
It must belong to Carla.
Section A 1a-4c
toy car
kid
Whose is this
100%
It _____ be the kid’s.
must
=
It ____ ______ ___ the kid.
must
belong to
Look and say
What does she do
She could/might be a/an______.
nurse
What does she do
She could/might be a/an______.
teacher
What does he do
He could/might be a/an______.
doctor
What is the panda doing
It might /could be_______________.
reading a book
What is the bear
doing
It might /could be
_______________.
playing basketball
Summary:
情态动词must, might, could, can’t 后接动
词原形, 可以表示对现在的情况的推测.
must表示非常肯定的猜测。
might /could 表示有可能的猜测。
can’t 表示肯定不可能。
Look at the picture. Write the things in the correct columns in the chart.
1a
clothing Fun things Kitchen things
hat volleyball plate
jacket
T-shirt
CD
toy car
magazine
cups
book
1b Listen and match each person with a thing and a reason.
Person Thing Reason
Jane’s little brother Mary Carla Deng Wen Grace volleyball toy car magazine book CD J.K.Rowling is her favorite writer.
She loves volleyball.
He was the only little kid at the picnic.
She always listens to pop music.
He loves rabbits.
Practice making conversations.
A: Look! Whose toy car
is this
B: It must be Jane’s little
brother’s. Because he
was the only little kid
at the picnic.
A: Whose book is this
B: It must be Mary’s.
Because J.K.Rowling
is her favorite
writer.
A: Whose …is this
B: It must belong to xx.
Because …
Let’s practice and act.
Mary
Carla
Jane’s little brother
Deng Wen
Grace
2a Bob and Anna found a schoolbag at the park. Listen and write down the things in the schoolbag.
Things in the schoolbag
1. __________________________.
2. __________________________.
3. __________________________.
T-shirt
hair band
tennis balls
The person ________ go to our school.
The person ________ be a boy.
It ________ be Mei’s hair band.
The hair band _______ belong to Linda.
It ________ be Linda’s schoolbag.
can’t
could
might
must
2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks.
must
Use “must” to show that you think something is probably true.
Use “might” or “could” to show that you think something is possibly true.
Use “can’t” to show that you are almost sure something is not true.
must
could/might
can’t
nearly 100% probably true
20%-80% possibly true
0% almost not true
2c Work in pairs. Make conversations using the information in 2a and 2b.
A: Look! There’s a schoolbag here.
B: What’s inside
A: There’s a T-shirt,…
B: Then the person must/ might/ could/ can’t…
She is Linda.
She also lost her schoolbag.
Can you help her
2d How does Linda feel after losing her schoolbag
She feels really worried.
What things are in Linda’s schoolbag
What did Linda do yesterday
When did she leave the park
Her books, her pink hair band and some tennis balls.
She attended a concert and then went to a picnic.
She left early, before the rest of her friends.
Linda: Mom, I’m really worried.
Mom: Why What’s wrong
Linda: I can’t find my schoolbag.
Mom: Well, where did you last put it
Linda: I can’t remember! I attended a concert yesterday so it might
still be in the music hall.
Mom: Do you have anything valuable in your schoolbag
Linda: No, just my books, my pink hair band and some tennis balls.
Mom: So it can’t be stolen.
Linda: Oh, wait! I went to a picnic after the concert. I remember I had my
schoolbag with me at the picnic.
Mom: So could it still be at the park
Linda: Yes. I left early, before the rest of my friends. I think somebody
must have picked it up. I’ll call them now to check if anybody
has it.
Find the sentences with the modal verbs to make inferences and read them.

Linda: Mom, I’m really worried.
Mom: Why What’s wrong
Linda: I can’t find my schoolbag.
Mom: Well, where did you last put it
Linda: I can’t remember! I attended a concert yesterday so it might still be in
the music hall.
Mom: Do you have anything valuable in your schoolbag
Linda: No, just my books, my pink hair band and some tennis balls.
Mom: So it can’t be stolen.
Linda: Oh, wait! I went to a picnic after the concert. I remember I had my
schoolbag with me at the picnic.
Mom: So could it still be at the park
Linda: Yes. I left early, before the rest of my friends. I think somebody must
have picked it up. I’ll call them now to check if anybody has it.
.
Retell the conversation.
Work in pair
Make a conversation, using 2d as a model.
Where is my ear phone
Summary
情态动词 must, might, could, can’t 后接动词原形, 可以表示对现在的情况的 .
It can’t ( )…
It might/could ( ) …
It must ( ) …
+ be (cold/a CD/ sb’s)
It must
be sb’s （是…的）
belong to sb. (属于…)
不可能
可能
一定
warmming up
Listen and guess.
It must be ______.
It can’t be _________.
I’m not sure. It might/
could be _______.
It must be a dog barking.
It must be ______.
It can’t be _________.
I’m not sure. It might/
could be _______.
He must be cleaning the floor.
It must be ______.
It can’t be _________.
I’m not sure. It might/
could be _______.
It must be the wind.
Leading in
Did you hear something unusual What might be happing at this midnight
How do you feel when you hear something strange at night
I think something must have broken.
It could be…
It might be an animal.
uneasy
worried
scared
nervous
curious
....
Pre-reading
Look at the title and the picture, try to guess and predict.
1.What can you see in the picture
There is a woman looking out of the window.
2.How does the woman feel
She felt uneasy.
3.What may she see
=worried/nervous
She might hear something strange.
4. According to the picture, what is the passage about Can you guess
There must be something
happening.
It could be something
dangerous.
It could be something dangerous.
It could be a ghost.
Go to P59 and find out what it is.
Read the article quickly and decide the best title.
3a
A. A Small and Quiet Town
B. Strange Happenings in My Town
C. Animals in Our Neighborhood
n.事件；发生的事情
Tips: Look through the passage quickly to find the main idea without having to read every word.Pay attention to the key word of each title.
Scanning
What are they
Strange Happenings in My Town
People hear
______________________________.
One woman in the area saw
____________________.
The niose-maker is
__________________________
starnge noises
outside their
windows
something
running away
having fun creating fear in the
neighborhood.
Read para 1 carefully and finish the task.
Reading task
1 We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said,
unusual 不同寻常的
interview 采访
be interviewed by...被...采访
“Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don't think so!”
Questions:1.What did the town use to be like
It used to be very quiet and nothing much ever happened there.
2. What is happening in the town these days
People in the town could hear strange noises outside their window every night.
strange 奇怪的 noise 噪音
call the policemen 报警
3.What did my friends and I think of this thing
It must be teenagers having fun .
4. Did the police find anything strange
Draw the mind map.
It used to be…
People hear…
People were interviewed by…
Victor’s wife thinks…
Victor and his friends think…
Victor’s parents called the… but they…
No, they didn't.
the policemen think…
Reading task
Read para 2 carefully and finish the task.
2 Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be ” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”
at first 开始 area 地区
wolf 狼 run away 逃走
Judge T or F.
1） Helen is Victor’s wife.
2） The woman in the area is sure of what she saw.
F
F
Because it was dark.
Draw the mind map.
Helen
At first, she thought… ,
but she couldn’t… ,
so she guesses… .
One woman in the area
She thinks… .
Reading task
Read para 3 carefully and finish the task.
3 Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
uneasy 不安的 go away 逃走 too much 太多
noise-maker 噪音制造者
Questions:1. How is everyone feeling in the town
Everyone in the town is feeling uneasy.
2. Do they know what the noise-maker is
No, they have no idea.
3.Does the writer think this something will simply go away
He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
Everyone is …, because they have no idea about it.
Draw the mind map.
Most people hope …
but the writer doesn’t think so, because the noise-maker…
3b
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
neighbor
neighborhood
wolf
noise-maker
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 be teenagers having fun.
They think it might be the wind.
3c
Helen
One woman in the area
The writer himself
She guesses it can’t be a dog.
She thought it was too big to be a dog. She thought that maybe it was a bear or a wolf.
He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
3c
Language points
However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town.然而，这些天在我们镇上正发生着一件非同寻常的事。
something unusual 意为“非同寻常的事”。形容词 unusual 修饰不定代词something。单个形容词作定语，一般放在名词的前面。但如果被修饰词是由 some-，any-，every-和no-构成的不定代词时，用作定语的形容词必须放在它所修饰的不定代词的后面。否定句和疑问句中一般用anything，而不用something。
【活学活用】1) 我有一些重要的事情要告诉你。 _____________________________
2) 他的报告里有一些新东西吗？
____________________________
I have something important to tell you.
Is there anything new in his report
2.Every night we hear strange noises outside our window.
每天晚上我们都能听到窗外有奇怪的叫声
noise是名词，意为“声音；噪音”。既可作可数名词
又可作不可数名词。make a noise意为“发出噪音”。其形容词为noisy，意为“吵闹的；嘈杂的”。
【活学活用】
1) 别吵，孩子们正在睡觉呢。
_____________________________
2) 我听见隔壁房间有声音。
_______________________________.
Don’t make any noise. The children are sleeping.
I heard a noise in the next room.
3.There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it
一定有什么东西闯入了我们小区的住宅，但那会是什么呢？
There must be … 意为 “一定有…” 表示对现在情况的肯定推测。There be … doing sth.句型，表示“有……正在做某事” 。
【活学活用】
1) 我的电脑一定出了毛病。它不运行了。
_____________________________
2) 有一个人正在湖边钓鱼。
_______________________________.
There must be something wrong with my computer. It doesn’t work.
There is a man fishing by the lake.
报警
隔壁邻居
太……不能……
感到不安
不知道
起初
离开
造成恐惧
做某事愉快
太多的乐趣
逃跑
在我们小区
How to write a story
Summarry
发现问题
发现问题
作出自己的推测
主题句 (topic sentence):
Something unusual is happening in our town.
Every night, Victor hears strange noises outside their window. His wife thinks it could be an animal…
…but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
After reading the article, what do you think the strange noises are Why
Discussion
Names Opinions Reasons
Tips：
1.There might/could/must be sb/sth doing sth.
2.It might/could/must be sb/sth doing sth.
Review
Grammar Focus
Fill in the blanks.
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.
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 both have long hair.
Whose volleyball
must Carla’s
Whose hair band
could might
3. 那晚你看见了什么？
_______ did you see that night
我不确定，但不可能是狗。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
might be
can’t be
not sure
3. 那晚你看见了什么？
_______ did you see that night
我不确定，但不可能是狗。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
might be
can’t be
not sure
情态动词表示推测
情态动词must，can，could，may和might均可表示推测，可以对过去、现在或将来的情况作出语气强弱不同的推测。
1. 表肯定推测时，语气从弱到强：might → may → could → can → must。
2. 表否定推测时，may not/might not “可能不”，语气较弱；can’t/couldn’t “不可能”，语气较强。
注意：
mustn’t “禁止, 千万不要”，不表推测。如：
John, you mustn’t play football on the street.
3. must 一定，准是。只用于肯定句中。如：
The light is off. He must be sleeping.
4. can多用否定句或疑问句中。could可用于各种句式。如：
The door is locked. He can’t be at home.
5. may/might用于肯定句和否定句中。如：
She told me that she might go to Kunming this winter.
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.
n. 实验室
2. A: Everyone is going to the pool after school.
B: Really It ________ (must be / can’t be /could be ) hot outdoors.
must be
might be
3. A: That’s the phone.
B: Hmm. I wonder who it __________ (must be / could be / should be).
4. A: I wonder if these are Jim’s glasses.
B: They __________ (can’t be / might be / could be) his. He doesn’t wear glasses.
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
can’t be
could be / must be
Complete these responses.
1. A: Many people are wearing coats.
B: The weather must be _________________________________.
2. A: Sally has been coughing a lot.
B: She might be _________________________________.
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 ___________________________.
getting colder/cold outside
having a sore throat/ill
must be delicious
be that boring
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 Discuss your ideas with a partner.