课件40张PPT。Unit 13 People
Lesson 3
Making Guesses about PeopleExample:
The young woman is very happy. She must be reading some good news. Make guesses about the people in
the pictures.Before StartingThe little girl looks _______. She ______________ (wait) for her mother.worriedcould be waitingThe lawyer looks _______. He _____ __________ (fail) a defence of his client.upsetmighthave failedThe houses are _______. The villagers ________________ (move) into other places.desertedmust have movedThey are _________. They _______
__________ (watch) a horror movie.frightenedmaybe watchingThe bike rider is ________. He ________________ (shelter) in the tent.missingcould be shelteringThe man is ________. He _________
(feel) very cold because the weather is _________ in the snowy winter.shiveringmust feelfreezingShe _________ (win) the race because she has ______ so far _______ others.can’t winfallenbehind________ (sit) on the sofa on her ______, she feels lonely. She _____
_______________ (separate) from her family.Sittingownmighthave been separatedShe has got ________ to her husband-to-be. She _____________ (have) a romantic time.engagedmust be having2. Do you often watch the news on
TV? What news are you most
interested in?Listening Listen to the dialogue and choose
the best answers.1. The dialogue is about ______.
A. making guesses about people
B. a French tutor and her students
C. two missing students
D. some students going exploringC2. From the dialogue we have learned
that ______.
A. the two students disappeared 3
days ago
B. the French tutor know where they
are
C. people found them in a cottage
D. it’s a real relief when they’re
found A3. The dialogue make various
guesses EXCEPT that ______.
A. they must be frightened
B. one of them might be injured
C. they might have some food to
eat
D. they might have died from
lack of waterD2. Listen to the dialogue again and
complete the gaps.Answers:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.frightenedseparatedfallenfreezingshelteringsome foodworriedVocabularyFill in the blanks with the given words and expressions.missing, hear about, hear from, anxiously, fall behind, on one’s own, shiver, freeze, shelter, deserted, get engaged, get lost1. She’s ____________to Peter.
2. Although her father is in the firm
she got the job __________.
3. He lived on a _________ island. got engaged on her owndeserted4. The book had two ________ pages.
5. Tell him not to _____________.
6. How often do you ________ your
sister?
7. I’ve just __________ his dismissal.
8. They were __________ waiting for
them to come back safe.missing, hear about, hear from, anxiously, fall behind, on one’s own, shiver, freeze, shelter, deserted, get engaged, get lostmissingget losthear fromheard aboutanxiouslymissing, hear about, hear from, anxiously, fall behind, on one’s own, shiver, freeze, shelter, deserted, get engaged, get lost9. The major world powers are afraid
of ___________ in the arms race.
10. She __________ at the thought of
going into the dark house alone.
11. The wall __________ the soldiers
from gunfire.
12. Shut the window – I’m _______!falling behindshiveredshelteredfreezingGrammar SummaryModals for Guessing
We use the following modal verbs to speculate about the present and the past:
must – to express a strong belief that something is/was true (肯定、一定)
may/might/could – to express a possibility that something is/was true (可能、也许)may not/might not – to express a possibility that something is/was not true (可能不)
can’t – to express a strong belief that something is/was not true (不可能)
We use:
● modal + infinitive (without to) to speculate about unlimited present time.He must work very hard.
= I’m sure he generally works very hard.
我确信他通常工作很努力。
They can’t have a lot of money.
= I don’t think they generally have a lot of money.
我确信他们通常不会有很多钱。● modal + be + -ing to speculate about something happening at the moment.
They may not be having fun.
= I don’t think they are having fun.
我想他们可能不会玩得很高兴。
She could be thinking about her test now. = It’s probable that she’s thinking about her test now.
她可能此刻正在考虑这次考试。● modal + have + Past Participles to speculate the past.
They might have got lost.
= Perhaps they got lost.
他们可能迷路了。
Emma must have been very upset.
= I’m sure she was upset.
她一定很难过。Read the dialogue again and complete the gaps with modal verbs: must, may, may not, might, can’t, couldI think my French tutor _______ know one of them.
They _____ be so frightened.
They _____ have been separated from…
Or they ______ have gone exploring…
They ______be there.
… they ________have any water.mightmustmaycouldcan’tmay not1. She goes out every weekend. She _____________ have young children.
2. He looks depressed. He_________ ________be having some problems.Complete the gaps in the sentences with the modal verbs. More than one answer is possible.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.
5. Her clothes are all very expensive. She ___________________be earning a lot of money.
6. He often goes abroad. He ____________________ be working for the Foreign Office.may/might/couldcan’tmust/may/might/couldmust/may/might/couldTry to guess what happened in the past.A Young woman is looking at a new ring on her finger.
She might have got married recently.
2. A mother is telling her son off.
He might have come home late.
3. A boy has a broken arm.
He might have fallen out of a tree.4. There is a lot of broken glass on the
street.
There might have been an accident.
5. A man is lying asleep on a park bench.
He might be drunk.
6. A housewife is cheering.
She must have won.
7. A driver is taking a set of tools from
his car.
His car must have been broken down.8. A girl with wet hair is traveling
on the bus.
She might have been swimming.Rewrite the sentences using modal verbs and suitable verb forms.1. I’m sure she’s relaxing in her room.
She _______________ in her room.
2. Perhaps the postcode was wrong,
and that’s why the letter never
arrived.
The postcode ________________
________wrong, and that’s why
the letter never arrived.must be relaxingmay/might/couldhave been3. I don’t believe you failed the exam.
You _______________________
the exam.
4. 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.can’t/couldn’t have failedmay/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.
8. It’s quite probable that Bill didn’t win the
competition.
Bill _______________________ the
competition.may/might/could be studyingmay/might/could have liedmustn’t/couldn’t have wonChoose the best answers.1. — Guess what! I have got A for my
term paper.
— Great! You _____ read widely and put a lot of work into it.
A. must B. should
C. must have D. should have
2. There is no light on. They _____ be at home.
A. can’t B. mustn’t
C. needn’t D. shouldn’tCA3. I was on the highway when this car
went past followed by a police car.
They __ at least 150 kilometers an hour.
A. should have been doing
B. must have been doing
C. could have done
D. would have done
4. My MP4 player isn’t in my bag. Where
_____ I have put it?
A. can B. must
C. should D. wouldBA5. – Tom is never late for work. Why is
he absent today?
– Something _______ to him.
A. must happen
B. should have happened
C. could have happened
D. must have happened
6. Helen ______ go on the trip with us,
but she isn’t quite sure yet.
A. shall B. must C. may D. canDC高考链接 (10安徽32) Jack described his father,
who _______a brave boy many years ago,
as a strong–willed man
A. would be B. would have been
C. must be D. must have been
2. (10湖南23) You buy a gift, but you
can if you want to.
A. must B. mustn’t
C. have to D. don’t have toDD3. (10江西23) I have told you the truth.
______ I keep repeating it?
A. Must B. Can C. May D. Will
4. (10山东25) I_______ have watched that movie —it’ll give me horrible dreams.
A. shouldn’t B. needn’t
C. couldn’t D. mustn’tAAHomeworkLook at the photos and make some guesses about the people.
Talk about the present and the past.Goodbye!