Lesson127Afamousactress.Lesson128Hecan’tbe…Hemustbe…Listenandanswer:Whoaretheytalkingabout?Whoisonlytwenty-nine?KarenMarsh.Nobody.AfamousactressKATE:Canyourecognizethatwoman,Liz?LIZ:IthinkIcan,Kate.ItmustbeKarenMarsh,theactress.KATE:Ithoughtso.Who'sthatbesideher?LIZ:ThatmustbeConradReeves.KATE:ConradReeves,theactor?Itcan'tbe.Letmehaveanotherlook.Ithinkyou'reright!Isn'theherthirdhusband?LIZ:No,Hemustbeherfourthorfifth.KATE:Doesn'tKarenMarshlookold!LIZ:Shedoes,doesn'tshe!Ireadshe'stwenty-nine,butshemustbeatleastforty.KATE:I'msuresheis.LIZ:ShewasafamousactresswhenIwasstillatschool.KATE:Thatwasalongtimeago,wasn'tit?LIZ:Notthatlongago!I'mnotmorethantwenty-ninemyself.fame去e加ousfamous名声、名望act(t)ressactress女子长头发actoractorreadUnit64Unit6412345befamousas作为……很有名befamousto对……来说很出名befamousfor以……著称well-known闻名的.AfamousactressKATE:Canyourecognizethatwoman,Liz?LIZ:IthinkIcan,Kate.ItmustbeKarenMarsh,theactress.KATE:Ithoughtso.Who'sthatbesideher?LIZ:ThatmustbeConradReeves.KATE:ConradReeves,theactor?Itcan'tbe.Letmehaveanotherlook.Ithinkyou'reright!Isn'theherthirdhusband?LIZ:No,Hemustbeherfourthorfifth.KATE:Doesn'tKarenMarshlookold!LIZ:Shedoes,doesn'tshe!Ireadshe'stwenty-nine,butshemustbeatleastforty.KATE:I'msuresheis.LIZ:ShewasafamousactresswhenIwasstillatschool.KATE:Thatwasalongtimeago,wasn'tit?LIZ:Notthatlongago!I'mnotmorethantwenty-ninemyself.ThatmustbeConradReeves.Itcan'tbe.问题：这两句的翻译是：那必须是ConradReeves.不能是的。翻译得对吗？不对，课文里两个gossipwowen只是在推测而已，运用了情态动词。不同的“肯定”程度可按下列层次排列：Heisathome.Hemustbeathome.Hemaybeathome.Hemightbeathome.Hecouldn’tbeathome.Hecan’tbeathome.Heisn’tathome.肯定事实非常肯定的推断仅仅可能而已或许,非常不确定很可能不在家不可能在家否定事实表示推测——情态动词的重要用法.肯定的推测可能的推测否定的推测疑问的推测must对将来对现在对过去情态动词may,mightcan’t,couldn’tcan,could+V.+V.+havedone+bedoing+V.+V.+havedone+bedoing+V.+V.+havedone+bedoing...
