Grammar
Words and expressions reviewclosed bat bee lost get lost the same … as save adj. 关闭的 n. 蝙蝠 n. 蜜蜂 adj. 迷路的,迷失的 迷路 与……同样 vt. & vi. 储存,节省
Objectives
To learn to use may for possibility To learn to use verbs + to-infinitives
Look at the following sentences. 1. We may go abroad. I'm not sure. We may travel by sea. It may be cheaper. (新概念1 L131) 2. — “The play may begin at any moment,” I said. — “It may have begun already,” Susan answered. (新概念2 L19)
3. Li Hua wants to play in the next World Cup. (七年级上册 U2) 4. I plan to eat more fruit and vegetables every day. (七年级上册 U6) 5. After dinner, we like to watch TV and chat there. (七年级下册 U1) 6. I love to sit there and look out at the beach and the sea. (七年级下册 U1) 7. I want to help sick people. (七年级下册 U1) 8. I started to play the violin at the age of six. (七年级下册 U7)
Sentences from this unit: 1. I may die without them. 2. At four months old, she weighed about eight kilograms and started to go outside for the first time. 3. When she was six months old, she began to eat bamboo.
4. When she was 20 months old, she
learnt to look after herself.5. As a result, pandas may not have a
place to live or food to eat.6. If we do nothing, soon there may be
none left!
to test your sense of observation to test your ability of short-term memory to test your ability to highlight the language pointsGuess
may 1. We ____ go abroad. I'm not sure. may We ____ travel by sea. may It ____ be cheaper. may 2. — “The play _____ begin at any moment,” I said. may — “It ____ have begun already,” Susan answered. wants to play 3. Li Hua ____________ in the next World Cup.
plan to eat 4. I _________ more fruit and vegetables every day. like to watch 5. After dinner, we ___________ TV and chat there. 6. I _________ there and look out at the love to sit beach and the sea. want to help 7. I ___________ sick people. started to play 8. I _____________ the violin at the age of six.
may 9. I ____ die without them. 10. At four months old, she weighed about started to go eight kilograms and ____________ outside for the first time. 11. When she was six months old, she began to eat ___________ bamboo. 12. When she was 20 months old, she learnt to look ____________ after herself. may not 13. As a result, pandas ________ have a place to live or food to eat. may 14. If we do nothing, soon there ____ be none left!
Peter ______ come with us tonight, but he isn't very sure yet. A. must B. may C. can D. will — Are you ready for the trip to the amusement park? — We decide ______ to an amusement park. We will go climbing. A. to go B. not go C. don’t go D. not to go
以上我们已经通过归纳总结和练习 对本课的语法内容有了一定的了解, 下面就让我们根据 之前练习的考察情 况进一步选择讲解
该语法项的重难点。
may
可用来表示猜测某件事发生的可能性, 常译为“也许,可能”。may通常用于肯 定句与否定句,一般不用于疑问句。 例如: The news may or may not be true. 这消息也许是真的,也许不是真的。 At the moment she may be playing with her classmates. 此刻她可能正在和同学们玩。