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can/could:
1. can 一般表示与生俱来的能力或者一种客观可能性,还可以表示请求和允许 。
Learning English _____ be difficult.
can
Man can not live without air.
_______ I use your bike?
Can
can/could:
2.在疑问句中,用could可表示请求,语气较委婉。
— ____I have the television on?
— Yes, you _____.
/ No, you _____
Could
He asks if he ____ smoke here.
could
can/may
can’t/I’m afraid not
can/could:
3.表示惊异、怀疑、不相信的态度。(主要用在否定句、疑问句或惊叹句中)
He’s such a nice person that he ______ commit the crime.
can’t
你怎么会如此地粗心!
How can you be so careless!
Can this be true?
can/could:
4. can never/can’t……too表示“无论怎样…也不过分”,“越…越好” 。
你过马路的时候再小心也不为过。
You can’t be too careful while crossing the road.
can/be able to区别:
Edison always wondered why hens could hatch (孵) chickens while he was not able to.
Question: Are the two modal verbs interchangeable (互换) ? If not, why?
can表示与生俱来的能力或一种客观可能,而be able to更加强调通过后天的学习和努力获得的能力,或者在某个客观的场合和背景下,能做到的事情。
can/be able to区别:
A big fire broke out in ABC hotel yesterday. Luckily, everyone __________ run out of the building.
was able