X 九(全) Unit 8 Section A一1.ppt

Who is he? He can’t be _______. He could/might be _______. He must be _______. 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’re almost sure something is not true. Read the article and decide which might be the best title. 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, some-thing 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, “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!” 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. Let’s learn some (2) sth. + happen + to do 表示 “某人出了某事(通常是不好的事)”。 A car accident happened to her this morning 今天上午她发生了车祸。 (3) “sb.+happen+to do sth”表示“某人碰巧 做某事”。 I happened to meet a friend of mine in the street yesterday. 昨天我碰巧在街上遇到了我的一个朋友。 (4) “It happens/happened that …”表示“碰巧 或恰巧发生……”。 It happened that I didn’t go to work that day. 碰巧那天我没上班. 2. There must be (1)There must be … 意为 “一定有…” 表示对现在情况的肯定推测。 There must be something wrong with my computer. It doesn’t work. (2) There be …doing sth 句型，表示 “有…正在做某事”。 There is a man fishing in the lake. 3. have fun (in) doing sth 意为 “很开心做某事” in 可以省略。 We had fun playing computer games. (2) fear 此处用作不可数名词，意为 “恐惧惧怕害怕；担忧”。 There