Unit 1 Food for thought Using language 语法课件 -2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第二册

Grammar: Modals (1) B2U1 Food for thought Activity 1: Revision What type of verb is the one in bold in each of the following sentences? Yuan Longping worked all his life on the research of hybrid rice. Yuan Longping will live in the hearts of the Chinese people forever. Yuan Longping is the pride of the Chinese people. We can never praise Yuang Longping’s contributions too much. 动词分类： 行为动词：run, jump, make 系动词：is, taste, sound... 助动词：be, have 情态动词：can, may 情态动词（Modals）本身具有一定的词义，不能独立作谓语，必须和动词原形一起构成谓语。情态动词虽然数量不多，但用途广泛。 常用的情态动词包括can (could), may (might), will (would), shall (should), must, need, dare, had better, ought to, used to等。 Revision What modals have you learn? can could may might will would must Activity 2: Think about the words in red Think and work out the meanings of the words in red. … I was able to hold a knife and fork – and chopsticks! c. … Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! e. “You needn’t try it if you don’t want to,” Mum said, … b. But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. d. … we’d better not eat too much roast food as it may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies, … Match the meanings to the words. a. be able to b. dare not c. have to d. had better e. needn’t 1. be afraid to do something 2. not be necessary to do something 3. give advice to do or not to do something 4. be necessary or give strong advice to do something 5. have the ability to do something Activity 3: Underline the modals in an introduction to an app and talk about their meanings. have the ability to do sth. be afraid of sth. be necessary or give strong advice to do sth. not be necessary to do sth. give advice to do or not to do sth. Are you willing to download this application? Why or why not? 6 Activity 4: Learn Function of Modals 1 be able to be able to后接动词原形，表示某人做某事的能力，可用于大多数时态。用于过去时态时，还可以表示“某人过去或当时成功地做了某事