Unit 7 Abilities

1. Unit 7 Abilities Grammar 扬中市西来桥学校 王霞

2. Unit 7 Abilities 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。

4. New words smoke/ sməuk/ 吸（烟） Can the man smoke here?

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

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

7. Part One: Words and phrases smoke/ 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

9. Can he fly? No, he cannot.

10. Who can do more, boys or girls? A girl: I can swim. A girl: I can … A boy: I can run fast. A boy: I can …

11. Do you know these sports?

12. ride a horse What is she doing? What can she do?

13. ride a bike What are they doing? What can they do?

14. play tennis What is he doing? What can he do?

15. Work out the rules: She can ride a horse now. They can ride a bike now. He can play tennis now.

16. Work out the rule We use ‘can’ to talk about the___________ability. present

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

18. swim What could she do three years ago?

19. fly kites What could they do last month?

20. skate What could she do when she was young?

21. Work out the rules: She could swim three years ago. They could fly kites last month. She could skate when she was young.

22. Work out the rule We use ‘could’ to talk about ability in the________. past

23. Work out the rule We use ‘can’ to talk about the___________ability. present We use ‘could’ to talk about ability in the________. past past present

24. Could he...? Can he...? row a boat

25. Exercise 1:(study paper) Ask and answer questions using “can” or “could”. 1. ____ you speak Japanese? 2. ______ you play the piano last year? 3. ____ you cook? 4. ______ you use a computer when you were 3? Can Could Can Could

26. 5. ______ you ride a bicycle when you were very young? 6. ______ you understand English TV programmes in 2000? Could Could

28. 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。

29. 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.

30. 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。

31. 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。

32. 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。

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

36. AboutHow

37. The flowers are beautiful. • The flowers are very beautiful. • How beautiful the flowers are!

38. The cat is lovely. • The cat is very lovely. • How lovely the cat is!

39. pretty How pretty the little girl is!

40. delicious How delicious the cakes are!

41. Work out the rules: How beautiful the flowers are! How lovelythe cat is! How delicious the cakes are! How + 形容词+ (主语+ 谓语)！

42. About What

43. cool What a cool dog it is!

44. lovely What lovely pandasthey are！

45. What beautiful snow it is！

46. 名词词组 What a cool dog it is! What lovely pandasthey are！ What beautiful snow it is！ What + 名词词组 + 主语 + 谓语！ a (an) +形容词+ 可数名词单数 形容词+ 可数名词复数形式 形容词+ 不可数名词

47. Complete the dialogue on page 86 with ‘What’ and ‘How’.

48. Do more exercises!

49. 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! How What a How How

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