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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark
(SectionA 3a-3c)
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
Talk about your personal changes and feel confident about the future.
Use skimming skills to get the main idea of each part and collect detailed information through careful reading.
1 Knowledge Objectives
2 Ability Objectives
3 Emotional objectives
Know the usage of key words and “used to”structure.
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Do you know what the swan used to be?
It used to be
an ugly duckling.
He used to be made fun of by others.
He used to walk alone in snowy winter.
He used to admire beautiful swans in the sky.
Until one day, he became a beautiful swan himself.
Now he is used to (习惯于) flying high.
He is used to people's compliment(赞美).
But he will never forget he used to be an ugly duckling.
Task1-Prediction
1.What is the passage about?
2.What was she like in the past?
3.What does she do now?
It's about a girl's changes.
She used to be shy.
She is a pop singer now.
Answer the questions:
Task 2-skimming
Read the article and identify the paragraphs[1-3]in which the information appears.
How Candy's life has changed
Candy's advice to young people
Candy's background
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You can find main ideas by first taking a look at the title , pictures, key words and phrases and topic sentences .
Skimming(略读):
Task 3-Careful reading
Name:
Area:
Age:
Job:
Candy Wang
Asia
19
Pop singer
Personality:
Shy
not shy anymore
By taking up singing
She dares to sing and loves singing.
Paragraph 1
Task 3-Careful reading
Answer the questions below:
1.Has Candy's life changed since she became famous?
2.Does she think all the changes are good?
Yes, it has.
No,she doesn't. There are both advantages and disadvantages.
Paragraph 2
Task 3-Careful reading
Paragraph 2
Advantages Disadvantages
1.She is able to travel and meet new people.
2.She gets tons of attention everywhere she goes.
1.She has to worry about how she appears to others.
2.She has to be careful about