Jim had to finish the report by Wednesday
吉姆必須在星期三之前完成報告
Could is used to talk about general abilities
could用來表示一般性的能力
We use “was able to” when talking about specific situations
我們用was able to來談論特定情況
We could be there in an hour
我們本可以在一小時內到達
Although he was late for the meeting
盡管這個會議他遲到了
He was able to find out the important information
他還是發現了重要的信息
can't have, could have
can't have, could have
might have and must have
might have和must have
express probability
表示可能性
Jim must have left the book behind
吉姆一定是把書留在那里了
Anna could not have heard that the meeting time was changed
安娜不會知道會議時間已經改變了
Should have and ought to have
should have和ought to have
express something that should have been done
表示什么事應該已經做了
We should have booked seats to the ballet earlier
我們應該早點去預定芭蕾舞劇的座位
Anna ought to have checked for mistakes in her work
安娜應該在提交其作品前
before she handed it in
就檢查一下作品中的錯誤
We may have learned enough about past modals
我們已學不少情態動詞過去式
to understand the next dialog
應該能夠看懂下面的情景對話
Let's find out
來看看吧
My mum had to finish icing my cake this morning
我媽媽必須今早上給我的蛋糕包完了糖衣
We should have eaten it all ourselves
我們應該自己全部吃掉
And not shared any with the others
不要跟別人分享了
There are no other children here
這里沒有別的小孩子
My mum must have forgotten to pick them up
我媽媽忘記去接他們來了
You don't have any friends
你沒有一個朋友
My mum ought to have given me some presents by now
我媽媽現在應該已經給我些禮物了
We should have eaten the cake already
我們應該先就把蛋糕吃掉的
No, we can't
不,不能吃
We have to wait a little bit longer
我們還得再等一會
There is something I want to give you
我有個東西想送給你
What is it?
是什么?
A present
一個禮物
You ought to have identified some past modals
你應該已經發現了剛才情景中的
in that scene
一些情態動詞了吧
Did you?
發現沒?
If not, you can't have been paying close enough attention
沒有的話,說明你剛才肯定沒有集中注意力
Here is the dialog again without subtitles
再看一遍無字幕的情景對話
We move from the past to the future now
說完過去時,馬上來學將來時
There is no mucking around on this show
本節目可不會拖拖拉拉的
It's time to review future forms
現在是復習將來時的時候了
When we make plans and decisions for the future
當我們為將來做計劃或決定時
We can use going to
我們可以用going to
Anna is going to travel to Greece
安娜打算去希臘旅行
will
或者will
We will go to the movies tonight
我們今晚將去看電影
The present continuous form
或者現在進行時
I'm planning her birthday party for Saturday
我在準備她星期六的生日派對
The present simple form
又或者一般現在時
The movie starts in ten minutes
電影在十分鐘后開始
We can also use going to and will to make predictions
我們還可以用going to和will來表示預測