1、Unit 7 AbilitiesIntroduceI can Wordssmoke smk v.吸煙，抽煙;還可以用作n.煙；抽煙; eg： Its against the rules of the school to smoke. 吸煙是違反校規的。 The smoke from chimney is spreading out in the sky. 煙囪冒出的煙正在空中散開。小練習：他午飯后抽一支雪茄。 _.He smoked a cigar after lunch. Wordsby the way順便問一下，順便說一下eg： By the way, do you live with y

2、our parents or have a place of your own? 順便問一句，你是同父母一起生活還是自己生活?小練習：翻譯句子。 順便問一下，你住在哪里？ _?By the way，where do you live?Grammar一、情態動詞can/ could/ may 情態動詞本身有一定的詞義，但要與動詞原形一起使用，給謂語動詞增添情態色彩，表示說話人對有關行為或事物的態度和看法，認為其可能、應該或必要等。情態動詞后面加動詞原形。can和could都是情態動詞。1.can和could都可以用來表示能力can用于現在時，could用于過去時。 eg： His grandfa

3、ther is over 80 but still can read without glasses. 他爺爺八十多歲了，但還能不戴眼鏡看書。 He could swim when he was eight years old. 他八歲時就會游泳了。Grammar2.can和could都還可以用來表示可能性，could表示的可能性比can更小，當談論過去的可能性時，只能用could。 It is Sunday. Millie cant be at school. 今天是星期天，米莉不可能在學校。3.can和could都還可以用來表示請求、許可。此時could不是can的過去式，而是表示的語氣比

4、can更委婉，常用來向老師、長輩等提出請求，can常用來向同學、朋友提出請求。 eg：Can you help me，Sam?薩姆，你能幫我一下嗎？4.may用來表示請求許可時用于比較正式的場合。 eg： May I have your name，please?我可以問一下你的名字嗎？DialogueMillie: What can Superman do, Simon?米莉：西蒙，超人會做什么呢？Simon: Superman can see through walls.西蒙：超人能看穿墻。Millie: How amazing! His eyes just like X-rays.米莉：多

5、么令人驚奇啊！他的眼睛就像X光射線。Simon: Yes. He can burn things with his eyes.西蒙：是的。他也能用他的眼睛燃燒東西。Millie: What a wonderful man!米莉：多么奇妙的人啊！Summarysmoke, camera, X-rayWhat a beautiful flower it is! What beautiful flowers they are! What an interesting idea he has! What interesting ideas you have! What nice music it is

6、! Exercise 1. _ I know by what time you want the project to be done? By the day after tomorrow. _ you find it on time. A. May, Can B. Must, Need C. Could, Must D. Need, Would2. Is the man over there Mr Brown? It _ him. He has gone to Brazil to watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup. A. may not B. cant be C. shouldnt D. mustnt3. _ fast you swam just now! A. How a B. What a C. What D. HowABDExercise6. It will be hot tomorrow, so we_ wear shorts.7. Last year I_ swim, but I_ swim now.8. When he was young, I never believed that he_ be a good English teacher.9. _ you help me? Yes, I_.10. My little son_ wa