1、,Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.,Section B 2a2f,He Studies Harder Than He Used to,Reading,1.How might Li Wen feel when his parents are away from home? 2. What problems do you think he might have?,Discuss:,2b,Read the passage and put the sentences A-D in the correct places.,A. They had a long

2、 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,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 word

3、s 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 that 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.,m

4、issed/ was absent from,look after/ take care of,Then his parents _ to send him to a boarding school. He found life there 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/ infl

5、uenced,made a decision/decided,He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would _ everything good that he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be.,be proud of/ take pride in,What do you think Li Wen and his parents talked about in their conversation? Write

6、a conversation and role-play it with your group. Think of the following things:,2f,.Possible questions Li Wen might ask his parents .Questions his parents might ask Li Wen .Possible answers from Li Wen and his parents,知識(shí)點(diǎn)小結(jié),1. be proud oftake pride in 對(duì)感到驕傲自豪 proud adj.驕傲的,自豪的 pride 驕傲，自豪 eg：Im prou

7、d of our rapid development. 我為我國的快速發(fā)展感到驕傲。 2. seldom adv.不常，很少。相當(dāng)于not often,但是hardly相當(dāng)于almost not seldom. hardly，few，little，nothing，nobody，none，never,neither等本身含有否定意義的詞出現(xiàn)在反意疑問句中時(shí)，注意后半部分疑問形式用肯定形式。 eg：He seldom sees his mother, does he? 他很少見到他母親，是嗎？,3. break rules違規(guī)disobey the rules follow /obey the r

8、ules遵守規(guī)定 4. in person親自。此短語相當(dāng)于oneself 。 personal adj.個(gè)人的，私人的 5. to ones surprise使某人驚訝的是，此短語作狀語。 surprise n. 驚訝，吃驚；v. 使(某人)吃驚 surprised adj.感到驚訝；surprising adj.令人吃驚的 eg：To my surprise，he isnt surprised at the bad news. 使我吃驚的是，他對(duì)那壞消息并不感到吃驚。 6. even though相當(dāng)于even if /though /although 四者都不能在同一個(gè)句子中與but連用。 其他短語：(1)make a decision作決定； (2) pay more attention to更加關(guān)注； (3) feel good about oneself自信,7. influence v. 影響 n. 影響，作用，有影響的人或物 have an influence on sb. 對(duì)某人有影響 8. absent adj. 缺席 be absent from 缺席，不在 9.fail v. fail to do sth. 沒能做某事 10. send sb. to sp. 送某人到某地 11.advise sb. to do sth. 建議某人做某事 adv