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Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A (3a —3c)
五年前 现在
don't eat vegetables love carrots and tomatoes
listen to pop music enjoy country music
shy outgoing
Look at the information and talks about Emily's changes.
Review
不吃蔬菜
喜欢胡萝卜和西红柿
听流行音乐
喜欢乡村音乐
害羞
外向
Emily didn't use to eat vegetables. But now, she loves carrots and tomatoes.
She used to listen to pop music. But she enjoys country music now.
She used to be shy, but she is outgoing now.
Tip1: According to the picture and the title of the article, we can usually know what the article tells us.
What did the girl use to be like?
She used to be _____.
shy
Let's predict.
Can you guess what this passage is about?
A girl’s hobbies.
A girl’s school life.
A girl’s experience.
From Shy Girl to Pop Star(题目)
Para.1
Para. 2
Para. 3
From Shy Girl
to Pop Star
how Candy’s life has changed
Candy’s background
Candy’s advice to young people
We can usually get the main idea(大意)from the first sentence or the last sentence of each paragraph.
Tip2:
3a
背景
Fast reading
Read quickly and match the main ideas
Candy Wang
How did she deal with her shyness?
Was she shy before? And now?
Candy’s background
What does she do?
How old is she?
Where is she from?
19 .
Asia.
A singer/pop
star.
Yes, she used to be shy.
She took up singing/ By taking up singing.
Careful reading
Now she isn’t shy any more.
Read Para.1 and finish the mind map.
2. Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.
1) How old is Candy Wang?
2) What was she like?
She used to be really shy.
She’s 19 years old.
3) Why did she take up singing?
To deal with her shyness.
4) What’s she like now?
She’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
Please read paragraph 2 and then fill in a chart about how Candy’s life has changed.
Good things
Bad things
Be able to travel and __________________ all the time.
2. Be popular at school and get _______________everywhere she goes.
She always _____________
how she appears to others.
2. She has to_____________
what she says or does.
3. She doesn’t have much ___________
anymore.
4. _____________________is almost impossible for her now because there are always _________________.
worries about
meet new people
tons of attention
How Candy’s life has changed
be careful about
private time
Hanging out with friends
guards around her
Para 2
Good things Bad things
1) Being able to travel and meet new people all the time.
2) Get tons of attention everywhere she
goes.
1) Always have to worry about how she appears to others.
2) Have to be careful about what she says or does.
3) Don’t have much private time anymore.
4) There are always guards around her.
3. Read the second paragraph and fill in the chart.
Para 3
Read the third paragraph and fill in the chart.
Advice from Candy for people who want to be famous
You have to be prepared to ______________________.
You can never imagine ______________________________.
You really require _____________ and ___________________.
Many times she thought about _________, but she __________.
give up your normal life
how difficult the road to success is
giving up
fought on
a lot of talent
hard work to succeed
4. Read the third paragraph and fill in the blanks.
Candy’s advice to young people who want to become famous:
1) People have to be _________ to ________ your _______ life.
2) You can never _______ how difficult the road to _______ is.
give up
prepared
normal
success
imagine
3) You really require a lot of ______ and __________ to succeed.
4) Only a very small ________ of people make it to the ____.
number
hard work
talent
top
Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy.
3b
She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy _______________.
She didn’t use to be __________ in school, but now she gets lots of attention.
She used to _________with friends, but it is almost impossible now.
She didn’t use to ____________ how she appeared to others, but now she does.
anymore
popular
hang out
worry about
Suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and answer questions.
3c
Hi, Candy. It’s a great pleasure to interview you.
Hi. Glad to see you!
You used to be shy, didn’t you?
Yes, I did. I used to be shy and took up singing to deal with my shyness.
Is it difficult for you to be a pop star?
Yes, it is. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is.
1.take up 意为“着手,占据”。take up doing sth.意为“开始/着手做某事”。
eg:My uncle took up learning French at the age of twenty.我叔叔在20岁时开始学法语。
2.【辨析】deal with与do with
二者都可以表示“处理”。
(1)do with 侧重“对象”,常与疑问词what连用。
eg:What are you going to do with the little dog?你打算怎么处理这只小狗?
(2)deal with 侧重“方式;方法”,常与疑问词how连用。
eg:I don't know how to deal with the problem.我不知道如何处理这个问题。
3.dare 意为“敢于”,与need一样,既可用作情态动词,亦可用作实义动词。用作情态动词时,其后跟动词原形,主要用于否定句和疑问句;用作实义动词时,后跟带to的不定式。
eg:She doesn't dare to say anything.她什么都不敢说。(实义动词)
How dare you speak to me like that?你怎么敢这样对我说话?(情态动词)
4.require 动词,意为“需要,要求”。通常不用于进行时,其用法如下:
(1)require sth.意为“需要……”。
(2)require sb.to do sth.意为“要求某人做某事”。
(3)require doing...需要做……
5.【辨析】a number of与the number of
a number of 意为“许多”,后接可数名词的复数形式,作主语时,谓语动词用复数;the number of 意为“……的数量”,后接可数名词的复数形式,作主语时,谓语动词用单数。
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1.The UK is an old ______________(Europe) country,where there are many palaces and castles.
2.There are ten __________________(interview) for this job.
3.China is the largest ___________(Asia) country.
4.The little girl is very ______________(friend) to every one of us.
5.The famous professor gives many _________ (speech) in universities every year.
6.This kind of elephant is from an _____________ (Africa) country.
European
interviewees
Asian
friendly
speeches
African
二、根据句意及中文提示写出单词或短语。
1.It was a difficult time for them,but they didn't _________ _________(放弃)their hope.
2.They are ______________(准备好的) for the picnic on Sunday.
3.Volunteers from different _________________(背景)feel like part of one big family.
4.His busy work __________ ________(占用)most of his time,so he couldn't even afford a holiday.
5.We are going to _______________(采访)the famous writer next week.
give
prepared
backgrounds
took
up
interview
up
6.The old people _____________(需要)more care and attention when they live alone.
7.Mr Sigmund Friend is used to_____________ (处理) with all kinds of problems.
8.There are more and more _____________(私人的) cars.
9.Don't turn down party invitations because of your _____________ (害羞).
10.The ___________(保卫) told the police what he saw about the accident.
require
dealing
private
shyness
guard
三、根据中文意思及英文提示完成或翻译句子。
1.【湖北黄冈中考】每个人应该竭尽所能处理这个问题。(deal)
Everyone is supposed to do what they can ________ __________ __________ the problem.
2.【山东枣庄中考】我过去常常害羞。(used to)
_______________________
3.【江苏宿迁中考】这张课桌占据了我卧室太多空间,我要把它搬走。
The desk ___________ ________ too much space in my bedroom,so I will move it away.
to
deal
with
I used to be shy.
takes
up
4.共享单车的使用人数今年有望达到五千万。(number)
_________ ____________ ________ shared bike users is expected to reach 50 million this year.
5.蒂娜不敢在她的父母面前说那样的话。
Tina doesn't __________ ________ speak like that in ___________ of her parents.
6.据报道,人们每年都扔掉许多垃圾。(ton)
According to a report, people throw __________ ________ rubbish away each year.
7.她决定公开讨论这个消息。
She decides to talk about the news ________ ____________.
The
number
of
dare
to
front
tons
of
in
public
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1.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
2.As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.
3.I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention
everywhere I go.
4.Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on.
5.Only a very small number of people make it to the top.
Candy告诉我她过去真的很腼腆,开始唱歌是为了克服自己的羞涩
随着情况的好转,她敢在全班面前唱歌了,后来敢为全校的人唱歌。
过去我在学校里默默无闻,但是现在无论我走到哪里,都得到太多的关注。
很多次我都想到了放弃,但我坚持奋斗。
只有很少的人能出人头地。
翻译下面句子:
Pay attention to the green words.
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★ Finish the Exercise Book.
★ ★ Read and try to remember the
sentences in 3a.
Homework
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