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Unit 8 It must belong to Carla
1. It must belong to Carla. 它一定是卡拉的。
在英语中,可使用情态动词must, can/could, may/might 来表示推测。
must表示一种十分肯定的推测,意为“一定;肯定”,常用于肯定句中。
He must be in the office now.
may/might/could 表示一种没有把握的推测,may意为“可能”,might意为“或许”,常用于肯定句中。
It may rain tomorrow, but there is no cloud in the sky today.
can在表示推测时,常用于疑问句或否定句中,无时态区别,只表示语气差别。
—Listen. Carol is singing in the next room. —It’s can’t be her. She has gone to Beijing.
(1) — Jim looks so painful, there ____ be something wrong with her.
— Oh dear! We’d better take her to the nearest hospital at once.
A. can B. should C. would D. must
(2) —What’s Tom going to do next Sunday?
—I’m not sure. He ______go to the country to see his uncle.
A.can B. must C. will D. may
(3) —Look, Sue is over there.
—That ____ be her. She is in Canada now.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. won’t
belong to “属于” 该词后面常接人作宾语,不接名词所有格或名词性物主代词。这时句子的主语习惯上用表示物体的名词或代词来充当。它不用于进行时态,也不用于被动语态。
That dictionary belongs to me.
What party do you belong to?
—Is that your bike? Can I use it for a while? —No, it doesn’t _____me. It is John’s.
A. take to B. belong to C. belong D. turn to
2. possibly (adv.)可能地;或许;也许;作副词,所指的可能性较小,为加强语气,可与can或could连用;与may连用,表示的可能性更小。其形容词形式是possible
It may possibly be true.
Please call me as soon as you possibly can.
Could you possibly tell me the answer﹖
It’s possible to grow this flower even in winter.
【拓展】probably, perhaps/maybe
probably, possibly, perhaps/maybe 都可表示“可能的”,在这几个单词中,语义最强的是probably,其次是perhaps和maybe,最弱的是possibly。
probably意为“很有可能,十之八九”,其语义较强,可能性较大。probably位于助动词、情态动词或be动词后,行为动词之前,也可位于句首。但在否定句中,probably不能紧跟在否定词之后。
—Will it rain this afternoon? —Probably not.
It will probably be fine tomorrow.明天大概会是晴天。
译:她大概不会来这里。
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perhaps意为“或许”,含有“可能这样,也可能不这样”之意,其含义和用法与maybe一样,多用于口语。maybe多用于美国英语。
Perhaps we will be late for work.
Perhaps we’d better take a bus.
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