Unit2Iusedtobeafraidofthedark.SelfCheck單擊頁面即可演示missbeafraidofusedtohavetoworryaboutIthesea.Idon’tknowhowtoswim.Don’tthingssomuch.Itwillmakeyoustressedout.3.Sorry,Ican’tjoinyou.Istudyforatest.4.IreallymyfriendTina.Shemovedtoanothertown.5.IhaveshorthairbutnowIgrowitlong.amafraidofworryabouthavetomissusedtoFillineachblankwiththewordgiven.1Makesentences1.

Areyouafraidofsnakes?2.Don’tworryaboutyourparents,theyareverywell.3.Ihavetolookaftermylittlesisterbecausemymotherisn’tathome.

4.Shemisseshersonverymuch.

5.YuMeiusedtohavelonghair,butnowshehasshorthair.

Nowsheistall.Sheusedtobeshort.LookatthefollowingpicturesofYuMeiandtellusthechangesofYuMei.2Nowshehasshorthair.Sheusedtohavelonghair.Nowshelikesplayingtennis.Sheusedtoplayfootball.Nowsheisveryoutgoing.Sheusedtobequiet.NowusethesentencesyoudescribedYuMeitocomposeashortpassageaboutYuMei.Tellyourpartneraboutatimeyourparentshelpedyouwithaproblem.Makenotes.PAIRWORKExample:

didn’tusetostudyhardatschool–gotbadgrades–fatherhelpedhimtounderstandthatitwasimportanttodowellatschoolSection1BeforeYouReadSection2WhileYouReadHeusedtocausealotoftroubleMartinMurrayisafifteen-year-oldboy.Heusedtobea“problemchild”,butarecentconversationwithhismotherchangedhislife.Hedidn’tusetogivehismothermanyproblems.However,(1)

,Martin’slifebecamemuchmoredifficult.Hismothercouldn’tafford

topayforherchild’seducation.Todothis,shehadtowork,andsowasoftennotathome.death

n.

死;死亡afford

v.買得起;負(fù)擔(dān)得起(常與can

或beableto連用)afterhisfather’sdeathafewyearsagoanddidn’tgiveuptryingtohelphimEventheteacheragreedthatMartinwaswastinghistime.Hismotherlookedafterhimaswellasshecould.Unfortunately,Martinstillcausedproblemsforhimselfandhisfamily.Hewasnotinterestedinstudying,andheoftengotintotroublewiththepolice.Luckily,hismotherwasverypatient

(2).In

the

end,shemadeadifficultdecision:tosendhimtoaboys’boardingschool.Martinhateditandusedtocausealotoftrouble.Oneday,hetoldhisteacherhewantedtoleavetheschool.(3).cause

v.

造成；使發(fā)生patient

adj.

有耐心的；忍耐的intheend

最后；終于decisionn.決定；決心

makeadecision

做決定；下決心TheheadteachersaiditwasnecessaryforMartintotalkwithhismother.Martincalledhismother,butto

hissurprise,thisphonecallchangedhislife.“ItwasexactlywhatIneeded.”hesaid.“Mymotherhelpedmetounderstandhowmuchshehadgivenme.Shealsotoldmethateventhoughmyfatherwasno

longerwithus,hewaswatchingmeandwouldalwaystake

prideineverythinggoodIdo.(4).Irealizethatsincemyfatherdied,Ihavebeenafraidofbeingalone,andhavetriedtomakemymotherpaymoreattention

tome.”That’swhenIdecidedtochangeheadteacher

班主任toone’ssurprise

令某人驚奇的(是)……eventhough

即使；縱然；盡管nolonger

不再；已不takepridein

對……感到自豪attentionn.注意；用心；留心payattentionto對……注意;留心NowMartinhasreallychanged.Hehasbeenworkinghard,andheisnowoneofthebeststudentsinhisclass.(5)?Hismother’slovehelpedhimtofeelgoodabouthimself,andasMartinhimselfsays,“It’sveryimportantforparentstobetherefortheirchildren.”HowwasheabletochangeSection3AfterYouReadPutthesesentencesintothecorrectplacesinthereading.MissinglanguagePlaceinreadingHowwasheabletochangeanddidn’tgiveuptryingtohelphimThat’swhenIdecidedtochangeafterhisfather’sdeathafewyearsagoEventheteacheragreedthatMartinwaswastinghistime524313a1.Martinisstillabadboy.2.Therewasn’tenoughmoneyforthefamily.3.Martinfinallyunderstoodwhathisproblemwas.4.Martin’sfatherdidn’tusetohelphim.5.Whathismothersaiddidn’tchangeMartin’smind.Readthestatementsbelow.Circle“TRUE”,“FALSE”or“DON’TKNOW”accordingtothereading.TRUEFALSEDON’TKNOWTRUEFALSEDON’TKNOWTRUEFALSEDON’TKNOWTRUEFALSEDON’TKNOWTRUEFALSEDON’TKNOW3bLanguagepoints1.giveup

放棄

giveup+sth.eg.Thebossgaveuphismoney.

giveup+v-ingeg.Hehasgivenupsmoking.Languagepoints2.enough

足夠的（地）

enough+n.eg.Shehasenoughclothes.

adj./adv.+enougheg.Heisoldenoughtogotoschool.Thinkofthingsyouuse