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Unit 4 Exploring Literature
Grammar and Usage
Lead-in
Read and translate this saying.
We accept finite disappointment, but we never loose infinite hope.
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never loose infinite hope.
-- Martin luther King
must
must
What’s the differences between these two sentences?
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Explore the rules
Below is a website article about how to choose books.
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How do you usually choose books you’d like to read?
Is it difficult to choose ones?
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Explore the rules
Read the article, organise the contents into a mind map.
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Develop your own taste
Ask friends, parents and teachers to recommend books
Read book reviews in newspapers, in magazines or online
Look for books on topics that interest you
Topic
P1: sum up the main ideas
P2&3: supporting ideas, detailed examples
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To solve the problem of “What shall I read?”
Get ideas from different sources
Look through the collections in library
Explore the rules
Find the sentences that use modal verbs and fill in the table below. The first one has been done for you.
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Suggestion What shall I read?
Ability
Necessity
Possibility
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Explore the rules
What modals have we learned?
Suggestion can (could), should…
Ability can…
Necessity must, ought to, have to…
Possibility may (might), should…
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Explore the rules
1. “What shall I read?” You might have asked yourself this question more than once. If you are not sure what to read, you can get ideas from different sources, but it is also important to develop your own taste.
Suggestion:
Ability:
Necessity:
Possibility:
shall
What shall I read?
might
You might have asked yourself this question more than once.
can
You can get ideas from different sources…
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Explore the rules
2. To start with, ask your friends, parents and teachers to recommend what books you ought to read. Most people will be happy to share their favourite books with others. Teachers in particular can provide suggestions for interesting reading materials. You could also read