GL-Solving a puzzle
Solving a puzzle
Time 2022.11.08 Tuesday
Solving a puzzle
Do you like puzzles and riddles?Challenge yourself and see if you can find the answer to a tricky problem.
puzzles
谜;智力游戏;不解之谜;疑问
riddles 谜语
tricky 棘手的 ; 狡猾的 ; 难办的 ; 难对付的 ; 诡计多端的
Lesson aim
hypothesis sentence structure 假设句结构
By the end the this lesson,Ss will be able to use hypothesis sentence structure to solve riddles.
Target language
Grammar
Hypothesis sentence structure:he must have;he may have;he might have;he could have;he cat't have
Final task
Target language
Hypothesis structure
what't your favorite kind of puzzle?
讲真的，我没有非常喜欢的智力游戏，如果有的话，过去可能就是象棋，现在应该是电子游戏
To be honest, I don't have a favorite intellectual game. If there is one, it may have been chess in the past, but now it should be a video game
a man ,but in the evening he walked up the stairs to his apartment
Puzzle
A man who lived on the 21th floor took the elevator downstairs everyday,but in the evening he walked up the stairs to his apartment.Why?
Discuss the possibilities.
Answer
He was only 4 feet tall and couldn't reach the elevator button for the 21th floor!
what is the difference in meaning?
He must have been...
He might have been...
He may have been...
He could have been...
He can't have been...
If people are very sure, he will say
If they are not very sure about his speculation，he will say...
You come home to find the front door open.How would you express the following?
You are pretty sure that you forgot to close the door.
You are not sure whether you closed the door.
You are pretty sure that you didn't forget to close the door.
I'm not sure if I closed the door when I left home
I must have forgotten to close the door.
I might have to forgotten to close the door.
I can't have forgotten to close the door.
You go to your boss's office,but they are not there.
You are pretty sure that your boss went home already.
He must have gone home already.
You are not sure whether your boss has gone home or not.
he could have gone home already.
You are pretty sure that your boss didn't go home yet.
He can't have gone home already.
The Wizard and the Servant
我认为他应该会许愿他的母亲的愿望，因为如果他们没有的孩子的话可以收养一个孩子，
I think he should wish for his mother, because if they don't have a child, they can adopt a child,
Once upon a time,in a small village, a servant lived with his master,a very powerful wizard.After the servant had worked for his master for more than 30 years,the master became ill and was going to die.One day,the master called his servant and asked him to make a wish.The master gave him one day to think about it.The servant became very happy and went to his mother to talk to her about the wish.His mother was blind,and she asked her son to wish for her eyesight to come back.Then the servant went to his wife.She become very excited and asked for a son,as they had been childless for many years.After that,the servant went to his father,who wanted to be rich and asked his son to wish for a lot of money.The next day he went to his master and made one wish with which all three relatives got what they wanted.What do you think the servant asked the master?
What did the servant wish for?Discuss the possibilities.
Student A:Tell student B your hypothesis.
Student B:Decide if you agree with Student A,and add your own hypothesis to the brainsstorm.
Answer
The servant said,My mother wants to see her grandson playing on a pile of gold.
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