1、Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.,Section B 1 1a2f,I used to be afraid of the dark. Im still afraid of the dark.,I used to be afraid of giving a speech in public. Im still afraid of giving a speech in public.,Review,Which things did you use to be afraid of? Which things are you still afraid of

2、?,Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the countryside. His parents are working in the city. Look at the title of the passage and the picture below. What problems do you think he might have?,2a,He Studies Harder Than He Used to,2. He used to hate studying and fail his exams.,3. He used to fight with his

3、 classmates.,1. He used to break the school rules.,2b,Read the passage and put the sentences A-D in the correct places.,A. They had a long talk B. Now Li Wen has really changed C. However, things began to change a few years ago D. His teacher was worried about him,Para. 1 _,由上文“當(dāng)他小時(shí)候，他很少惹麻煩，他的家人和他在一

4、起生活”，以及下文“他的父母搬到城市里去找工作，他很想念他們而且覺得很孤獨(dú)和不開心”，可知李文的生活發(fā)生的變化，故應(yīng)選C。,點(diǎn)撥,C,Para. 2 _,點(diǎn)撥,由上文“他告訴老師說他想離開學(xué)?！?，以及下文“老師給他的父母親打電話，并建議他們親自和李文談一談”，可推測老師對李文的情況很擔(dān)心，故應(yīng)選D。,D,Para. 3 _,點(diǎn)撥,由上一段可知，李文的父母長途跋涉到達(dá)李文所在學(xué)校。再由空格后的李文所說的話語“這正是我所需要的”，可推測知李文父母親應(yīng)是和他進(jìn)行了一次促膝長談，故應(yīng)選A。,A,Para. 4 _,點(diǎn)撥,讀本段可知，李文的父母在那次談話后，更加關(guān)注他們的兒子。再由空格后面的句子都是描述

5、李文所發(fā)生的變化的句子，“更加外向”、“參加了學(xué)校籃球隊(duì)”“比以前更加努力學(xué)習(xí)”等等?？梢娍崭裉幘渥拥囊馑际恰艾F(xiàn)在李文真得變了”。,B,2c,Read the passage again and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have.,1. He became less interested in studying. 2. Sometimes he was absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. 3. Li Wen was shy and was not able to

6、make friends quickly in school.,Use the clues from the passage to help you guess the meaning of the words in the box.,2d,1. influence,對比李文的父母外出找工作前后李文的行為和思想表現(xiàn)；再由下文“他變得對學(xué)習(xí)不感興趣、逃課、考試不及格”等情況的出現(xiàn)，可知是李文不高興的情緒“影響”了他的學(xué)業(yè)。故influence一詞應(yīng)意為“影響”。,2. absent,由上下文“他對學(xué)習(xí)不再感興趣”、 “他考試不及格”，以及關(guān)鍵詞classes，可以推測 “他經(jīng)常缺課”，可知abs

7、ent意為“缺席，不再”。,3. boarding school,由上文“ he was absent from classes and failed his examinations和Li Wens parents made the decision”可知其父母送其去了一所寄宿制學(xué)校。,4. in person,由下文“His parents took a 24-hour train and a 5-hour bus ride to get to Li Wens school.”，可知其父母費(fèi)如此大的周折趕回家來，就是因老師的建議“親自和他們的兒子進(jìn)行交談” ，故可推測in person意為

8、“親自地”。,be proud of / take pride in make a decision/ decide miss / be absent from change / influence look after / take care of,Complete the passage with the proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.,2e,Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe t

9、hat he used to have difficulties in school. When his parents moved to the city to work, they could not be at home to _him. So he became less interested in studying and _ classes.,missed/ was absent from,look after/ take care of,Then his parents _ to send him to a boarding school. He found life there

10、 difficult. One day he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. This conversation _ his life.,changed/ influenced,made a decision/decided,He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would _ everything good that

11、 he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be.,be proud of/ take pride in,silent, require, absent, fail, interview, take pride in, be proud of, in person, influence, humorous, seldom,1 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.,Self Check,1. The mother

12、traveled for many hours to return home to talk to her child _.,in person,2. He used to be a very quiet teenager. He remained _ most of the time and _ talked to other people. 3. If you are always _ from class, you will _the examinations. 4. The teacher _ helping his students win the English competiti

13、on.,silent,absent,seldom,fail,take pride in,silent, require, absent, fail, interview, take pride in, be proud of, in person, influence, humorous, seldom,5. Kates grandparents have had a great _ on her. 6. The British teacher is very _. He always tells us interesting jokes.,influence,humorous,silent,

14、 require, absent, fail, interview, take pride in, be proud of, in person, influence, humorous, seldom,7. People are usually _ to give a general self-introduction in a job _. 8. Tina played very well in the basketball game and her parents _ her.,required,interview,were proud of,silent, require, absen

15、t, fail, interview, take pride in, be proud of, in person, influence, humorous, seldom,seldom adv. 頻度副詞“不常；很少” 通常放在be動詞、助動詞或情態(tài)動詞之后，實(shí)義動詞之前。,e.g. She seldom goes out after ten oclock. 十點(diǎn)后，她很少外出。 He is seldom late for school. 他很少遲到。,1. he seldom caused any problems,Language points,中考鏈接 Do you like seei

16、ng a movie on your mobile phone? No. I _ do that because it makes me uncomfortable. A. seldom B. often C. usually D. sometimes,A,2. Li Wens unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.,influence v. & n. 影響 influence可用作動詞，其后接名詞或 動詞不定式的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)。 influence可用作名詞，常用于have / has an influence on .或be an influ

17、ence on .結(jié)構(gòu)。,e.g. Lu Xuns works have strongly influenced millions of people. 魯迅的小說影響了數(shù)以萬計(jì)的人。 What influenced Mike to make that decision? 什么影響了邁克，讓他做出了那個(gè)決定？,Cellphones have an important influence on our life. 手機(jī)對我們的生活影響很大。 Their mother is a good influence on their habits. 他們的母親對他們的習(xí)慣有好的影響。,請根據(jù)漢語意思完成下

18、列英語句子。 1. 老師對學(xué)生有很大的影響。 Teachers _ a great _students. 2. 受父母的影響，李梅成為了一名醫(yī)生。 Li Meis parents _ her _ a doctor.,have / are,influence on,influenced,to be,3. 他的成功影響了其他的工人。 His success _. 4. 誰對你的人生有重大影響？ Who _ on your life?,influenced other workers,has / is an important influence,3. his grandparents came t

19、o take care of to him.,take care of是一個(gè)動詞短語，意為“照顧；照管”，意同look after 。,e.g. My parents are not at home and I have to look after/ take care of my sister. 我的父母不在家，我不得不照顧我的小妹妹。,absent adj. 缺席；不在 反義詞：present adj. 到場的，出席的 be absent from classes 缺課,e.g. The boy was absent because he was ill. 那個(gè)男孩因病缺席了。,4. So

20、metimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations.,fail v. 失敗；未能(做到)；不及格,1) fail作 “失?。晃茨?做到)” 講時(shí)： e.g. Many diets fail because theyre boring. 許多節(jié)食失敗了，因?yàn)樘菰锪恕?fail in sth. 表示“在某方面失敗”。 e.g. I failed in everything I tried. 我所有的嘗試都失敗了。,fail to do sth.表示“未能做到某事”。 e.g. She failed to get into

21、art college. 她沒能趕上美術(shù)課。 fail意為“不及格”時(shí)，既可作及物動詞，也可作不及物動詞。 e.g. He failed (in) the exam. 他考試不及格。,根據(jù)句意，選擇正確選項(xiàng)完成句子。 (1) Their car failed _ the high mountain. A. to climb B. climbing (2) I dont know why she failed _ the driving test. A. on B. in,A,B,examination n. 考試；審查,e.g. He is feeling sad about his exam

22、ination. 他為自己考試不好而憂傷。,5. Li Wens parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school.,make a decision 作決定,e.g. Its difficult to make a decision. 作一個(gè)決定是很難的。,in person 親身；親自,e.g. Most invitations are made in person or by telephone. 多數(shù)請客是通過親自或電話邀請。,6. She advised them to talk with their son in per

23、son.,e.g. Please tell me exactly what he said. 請將他說的話準(zhǔn)確地告訴我。,exactly adv. 確切地；精確地,7. “It was exactly what I needed,”,8. They take pride in everything good that I do. theyre always proud of me, pride和proud 相同點(diǎn)： pride和proud都有“驕傲，自豪”的意思。,不同點(diǎn)： pride為名詞，常用搭配為take pride in。 e.g. He looked at his garden wi

24、th pride. 他驕傲地看著他的花園。 I take pride in my work. 我為我的工作而自豪。,proud為形容詞，常用搭配為be proud of。 e.g. I feel very proud to be a part of the team. 我很自豪可以參加這個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)。 She is proud of what youve done. 她為你所做的而驕傲。,根據(jù)句意選用恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)填空。 1. Im _ (pride / proud) to be your friend. 2. He wore his medals with _ (pride / proud). 3. Im proud _ (of / on) my hometown. 4. He loved his daughter and took pride _ (of / in) her.,proud,p