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Unit 7 I used to be afraid of the dark.
第 2 课 时 (3a~4c)
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学习本课时新单词及短语:interview,private,require,take up,deal with,dare,in front of,whole,not any more,give up
能够谈论他人性格等方面的今昔对比。
Learning Goals
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Warming up
Work in pairs and talk about your changes now than three years ago. You can use the following words.
Free Talk
In the past Now
hair
height
build
personality
hobby
Can you guess what she was like in the past?
Do you know the beautiful and outgoing girl?
She used to be a shy girl.
Yeah. She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
Before reading
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crowds. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
Do you want to know her story?
____ how Candy’s life has changed
____ Candy’s advice to young people
____ Candy’s background
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Read the article and identify the paragraphs in which the information appears. Number the information [1-3].
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Find out the sentences with used to + v. in the passage.
Pay attention to the following phrases and patterns.
篇章结构及大意
第1段:篇章人物背景
第2段:主人翁生活的变化
第3段:主人翁给读者带来的经验或启迪
文章描述了一个性格腼腆的小姑娘实现自我完善和转变成为一名流行歌星的故事,属于人物专访,是典型的叙事性文体。
在写作时,我们可以借用这种文体结构进行谋篇布局。
Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy.
1. She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy _______.
2. She didn’t use to be _______ in school,
but now she gets lots of attention.
3. She used to ________ with friends, but it is almost impossible now.
4. She didn’t use to __________ how she appeared to others, but now she does.
popular
anymore
worry about
hang out
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● Candy told me that she used to be really shy and
took up singing to deal with her shyness. 坎迪告
诉她过去真的很羞涩,开始唱歌是为了克服自己的羞涩。
(1)take up 此处意为“开始从事”。
►They’ve taken up golf. 他们学起打高尔夫球来了。
Language points
take up的其他用法:
“占用”The table takes up too much room.
“继续”We took up our journey the next day.
(2)deal w