Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark-2023年初中英语八升九暑假预习衔接

Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark Section A 新知点拨 ▶1.take up 意为“开始从事”.例如: It is not difficult to take up a new career in midlife.人到中年开始新的事业并不难. take up 还可意为“占据(空间);占用(时间)”.例如: The new fridge takes up too much room.新冰箱占据了太多空间. ▶2.dare 意为“敢于;敢”.常见短语dare to do sth.意为“敢于做某事”.例如: She dared to walk at night.她敢走夜路. ▶3.be able to be able to 和can都可以表示能力,意为“会;能”.例如: He was able to swim when he was ten.他十岁时就会游泳了. ▶4.be prepared to do sth. 意为“准备做某事”.例如: We are not prepared to accept these conditions.我们没准备好接受这些条件. ▶5.not.l.anymore 相当于 no more,意为“不再”.例如: He didn't live there anymore.他不再住在那里了. ▶6.a number of...与 the number of... a number of...意为“许多·····”,后接复数名词,作主语时谓语动词用复数形式.例如: A number of students in our school are from the countryside.我们学校许多学生来自农村. the number of...意为“······的数目／数量”,后接复数名词,作主语时谓语动词要用单数形式.例如: The number of the students in our school is 2,000.我们学校的学生数是2000. 名师讲坛 used to 用法集合 一、used to do sth.意为“过去经常做某事”,暗示现在不这样了.其句式变化如下: ▶1.否定形式:didn't use to/used not to do sth.例如: He usedn't /didn't use to come to my home.他过去不常来我家. ▶2.疑问形式: ①一般疑问句:“I Did+主语＋use to...”或“Used+主语＋to...?”.例如: Did you use to/Used you to play the piano when you were a child?当你是个孩子时你常弹钢琴吗？ ②反意疑问句:反意疑问部分使用“didn't/usedn't+代词？”.例如: You used to go there, usedn't/ didn't you?你过去经常去那里,是吗？ 二、used to 与 be used to 辨析 used to 意为“过去经常”,其中的 to是不定式符号,后接动词原形.be used to 意为“习惯于”,其中的to是介词,后若接动词要用动词的-ing形式.例如: I used to smoke when I was young.我年轻时经常吸烟. He is used to living in the countryside.他习惯住在农村. 自主探究 一、预习1a,听1b的材料,根据其内容,完成下面的短文.每空一词. Now Bob is talking with his good friends Mario, Amy and Tina about their changes. Bob and Mario haven't seen each other for 1.________ years. Mario used to be 2. ________ ,but now he is much taller. He also used to 3. ________ glasses. Now he doesn't. Amy used to have 4. ________ 5. ________,but now she has long hair. She used to be 6. ________,but now Bob is taller than her. Tina has changed too. She 7. ________ 8. ________ have red hair. Now she has blonde hair. And it used to be