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Choose the correct word.
选择正确词汇。
When my neighbour slipped down the stairs this morning, I……something help her.
当我的邻居今天早晨从楼梯滑下去的时候，我……帮助她。
So, think about this situation.
好的，考虑一下这种情况。
Is it general, or is it specific?
这是一般的，还是特殊的？
This is a specific situation in the past, isn't it?
这是过去的特殊情况，对吧？
We know when and exactly what was happening.
我们知道什么时候，以及具体发生了什么。
So, ‘I was able to help her' is the correct choice.
所以，“我能够帮助她”是正确的选择。
She …… something speak a little Japanese when she was younger.
她年轻一点的时候，……说一点日语。
Is it general?
这是一般的能力吗？
Or, is it specific?
还是特殊的？
It's general.
这是一般的能力。
So, ‘could‘ is the right choice. She could speak.
所以正确的选择是“could”。她能够说。
My brother …… something not start the car last night.
我哥哥昨晚没……发动车。
Well, this is a negative sentence, isn't it?
这是个否定的句子，是吧？
We can see ‘not‘ so, it must be ‘couldn't‘.
们可以看到这里有一个“not”，所以肯定是“couldn't”。
My brother couldn't start the car last night. Or he could not the car last night.
我哥哥昨晚上没法发动车。或者他昨晚上发动不了车。
He ……. something offered to drop her home, but he was too tired.
他……顺道把她送回家，但是他太累了。
Now, notice the form of the main verb here, that's a clue because it's not in the bare infinitive form.
要注意这里的主动词的形式，那是一个线索，因为它不是不定式形式。
So, it must be ‘could have‘.
所以肯定是“could have”。
He could have offered to drop her home,
他本能够顺道把她送回家。
My boss' phone was switched of all day today! Finally, I got through at around and I …… speak to her.
我老板的电话今天一整天都关着！最后呢，我终于在五点钟的时候打通了她的电话，然后……和她说话。
This is quite a specific situation, isn't it?
这是个特殊的情况是吧？
So, ‘was able to‘ is the right answer.
所以，“was able to”是正确的答案。
Okay the last step now.
好的，我们到了最后一步了。
We need to talk ability in the future, don't we?
我们需要谈谈未来的能力，对吧？
We still need to pay attention to those rules about general ability and specific ability.
关于一般能力和特殊能力的规定，我们还需要注意。
And it's a little trickier because the rules are completely the opposite to the past tense.
这有点棘手，因为相关规则和过去式完全相反。
Thanks English.
英语真棒。
So in the future, we use ‘will' and ‘won't be able to‘ to talk about general abilities.
所以在将来的话，我们会使用“will”和“won't be able to”来讨论一般能力。
So we're using ‘will‘ as the future tense and following ‘will‘, as with all modal verbs is the bare infinitive form every time.
我们在将来时会使用“will”，而“will”的后面和其他的情态动词一样都要加动词不定式形式。
We don't conjugate the verb following ‘will‘ here.
“will”后面的动词形式并不变化。
It's ‘will be‘ or ‘won't be‘.
不是“will be”就是“won't be”。
If you arrive before 6 o' clock, you'll be able to see the sunset.
如果你在六点钟之前到了的话，你可以看到日落。
Women who become members will be able to practise their English speaking skills.
成为会员的女性可以练习她们的英语口语技巧。
We use ‘can‘ and ‘can't‘ to talk about specific abilities in the future.
我们使用“can”和“can't”来讨论未来的特殊能力。
I can look after your kids tomorrow night.
我明晚可以照顾你的孩子。
But I can't collect them from school because I don't finish work until 5 o'clock.
但是我不能去学校接他们，因为我五点才下班。
So these are specific situations.
这都是特殊的情况。
Okay a couple of questions to practise with just before we finish.
好的，在我们结束之前，还有一些问题需要进行练习。
I ……. something help you with your homework this afternoon.
我今天下午……帮助你写作业。
That's a specific situation, at a specific time.
那是个特殊的情况，在特殊的时间。
So in the future we you use ‘can‘.
所以在未来的时候，要使用“can”。
If you complete this course, you ……. something apply for a new job.
如果你完成了这个课程，你……申请一个新的工作。
So this is quite general, really.
这是非常一般的能力。
So ‘will be able to‘ is the correct choice.
所以“will be able to”是正确的选择。
Well, that's it!
好了，就这么多啦！
But who would have thought that talking about ability in English could be so tricky.
但谁会想到用英语谈论能力会如此棘手。
I hope this lesson made it a little clearer for you
我希望这节课能让你明白一点，
and I really recommend that you write down a few of your own sentences on paper or in the comments under this video.
我真的建议你在纸上或者在视频下面的评论中写下一些你自己的句子。
Then, go back to the start of this lesson and watch it again to check your answers and to make sure that the information sinks in.
然后，回到本课的开头，再看一遍，检查你的答案，并确保这些信息你都消化了。
Remember to practise using what you've learnt today.
记住用今天学的东西练习。
Don't just watch these lessons, use the English that I teach you.
别光看这些课，要使用我教你的英语。
Now if you want to keep practising, then check out this lesson up here.
现在如果你想继续练习，那就看看旁边的这节课。
Oh and the modal verbs lesson that talks about probability and possibility is right here.
关于概率和可能性的情态动词课就在这边。
So thanks for watching and I'll see you again next week for a new lesson.
那么感谢收看，下周在我新发布的课上见。
Bye for now!
再见！
