Unit 7 Abilities

扬中市西来桥学校 王霞

Learning aims : 1). 识别并理解如何使用 can和

could表达现在和过去的能力。2). 识别并理解如何使用 can,could和 may表示许可。3). 能用 what和 how引导的感叹句表达强烈情感。

Can the man smoke here?

smoke / sməuk/ 吸（烟）

take an X-ray(X 射线 ) / 'eksrei/ 照 X光Can you see the bones clearly?

a camera / 'kæmərə /

— By the way, may I borrow your camera? 顺便问一下— No problem. 没问题。

Part One: Words and phrasessmoke/ sməuk/ v. 吸（烟），抽（烟） camera / 'kæmərə / n. 照相机X-ray/ 'eksrei/ n. X 射线， X 光by the way 顺便问一下no problem 没问题 ride a horse 骑马 make a call 打电话a good place to have fun 一个玩乐的好地方

A girl: I can swim. A girl: I can …

A boy: I can run fast. A boy: I can …

Do you know these sports?

What is she doing?What can she do?

ride a horse

ride a bikeWhat are they doing?What can they do?

play tennisWhat is he doing?What can he do?

Work out the rules:

She can ride a horse now.

They can ride a bike now.

He can play tennis now.

Work out the rule

We use ‘can’ to talk about

the ___________ability.

I can speak good English now, but I couldn’t speak English when I was in the primary school.

swim

What could she do three years ago?

fly kites

What could they do last month?

skateWhat could she do

when she was young?

Work out the rules:

She could swim three years ago.

They could fly kites last month.

She could skate when she was young.

Work out the rule

We use ‘could’ to

talk about

ability in the________.

Work out the ruleWe use ‘can’ to talk about

the ___________ability.

We use ‘could’ to talk about

ability in the________.

sing well

run fast

dance ride a bike

last monthnow

row a boat

1. ____ you speak Japanese?2. ______ you play the piano last year?3. ____ you cook?4. ______ you use a computer when you

were 3?

Exercise 1:(study paper)Ask and answer questions using “can” or “could”.

CanCouldCanCould

5. ______ you ride a bicycle when you were very young?

6. ______ you understand English TV programmes in 2000?

Could

Could

1. can 与 could can 常用于口语中，表示非正式的请求，请求对象一般是家人或朋友。在口语中， could常用来代替 can向对方更委婉地提出请求，用法上比 can正式，可以用于向老师或长辈提出请求，回答一般用 can。

Examples in our book:— Can I borrow your bike, Millie?— Yes, you can. Here you are.— Could I smoke here?— Sorry, I’m afraid you can’t.— May I use your mobile phone?— Of course you may.

e.g.— Could I use your computer, please? 请问，我可以用一下你的电脑吗？ — Yes, you can. 可以。— Could I hand in our homework later,

Mr Lin? 林老师，我可以稍后交作业吗？ — No, you can’t. 不，不行。

2. may may也可以用来征求对方意见，意

“ ”为 可以 ，相当于 could，用法也比 can更正式，更礼貌，一般用于向陌生人或所尊敬的人请求许可。

e.g. — May I ask you a question? 我可以问你一个问题吗？ — Yes, please. 可以，请问。 — May I come in, Mr Wu? 吴老师，我可以进来吗？ — No, you may not. 不行。

Complete the conversation on page 85 with can, could, or may.

About How

• The flowers are beautiful.

• The flowers are very beautiful.

• How beautiful the flowers are!

• The cat is lovely.

• The cat is very lovely.

• How lovely the cat is!

• pretty

How pretty the little girl is!

•delicious

How delicious the cakes are!

Work out the rules:

How + 形容词 + (主语 + 谓语 )！

How beautiful the flowers are!

How lovely the cat is!

How delicious the cakes are!

AboutWhat

What a cool dog it is!

cool

What lovely pandas they are！

lovely

What beautiful snow it is！

What + 名词词组 + 主语 + 谓语！名词词组

形容词 + 不可数名词形容词 + 可数名词复数形式a (an) + 形容词 + 可数名词单数

What a cool dog it is!

What lovely pandas they are！ What beautiful snow it is！

Complete the dialogue on page

86 with ‘What’ and ‘How’.

How

HowWhat a

How

Fill in the blanks with “What”, “What a / an” or “How” to form an exclamation.(study paper)

• Many foreigners like Chinese food very much. They said, “ delicious Beijing Duck is!”

2. beautiful girl! Look! long her hair is!

3. Look! What’s that in the bushes? Oh, it’s a dangerous snake. dangerous it is!

• What a pretty girl she is!• How pretty the girl is!

What delicious cakes they are!

How delicious the cakes are!

What a big fire it is！How big the fire is！

Now it's your turn!

1. What a pretty girl she is! _____ ______ the girl is!2. How difficult the questions are! _____ ________ _________ they

are!3. How big the factory is! _____ __ big factory __ ____!

How pretty

What difficult questions

What a it is

4. What a clever boy! _____ ______ the boy _____!5. How tall the trees are! ______ tall trees ____ ____!6. What interesting books they are! ____ __________ the books ____!7. How funny the girl is! _____ __ funny girl ___ ___!

How clever is

What

they are

are How interesting

What a she is

8. How old the man is! _____ ___ old man ___ ___!9. What nice books they are! ____ ____ the books ____!10. How amazing the building is! _____ ___ amazing building __ __!

he isWhat an

How nice are

What an it is

What have we learned?

Learning aims : 1). “识别并理解如何使用 can

” “和 could”表达现在和过去的能力。

2). “识别并理解如何使用 can ” “和 could”表示许可。

3). 能用 what和 how引导的感叹句表达强烈情感。

1. Remember the new words in this lesson.

2. Do the exercises on the workbook.