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Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A 3a-3c
九年级(全)
1.知识目标:学会对used to /be used to do sth/be used to doing sth/sth区别使用。
2.技能目标:能够运用略读法,扫读法阅读并且理解关于个人经历变化的短文。
3.情感态度目标:通过新旧对比,领悟人生转折把握命运的方法。
教学目标
Use “used to” and “but now” to describe the following picture.
Review
She used to play soccer, but now she plays tennis.
She used to be short, but now she is tall.
She used to have long hair, but now
she has short hair.
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教师可根据自身教学风格和学生特点任选其中一个导入
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.
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Young World
Now, he dares to sing in front of crowds.
dare to do sth.
敢于做某事
n. 人群;观众
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tall, funny, heavy, more outgoing, smart...
used to ...
but now ...
Look at the pictures, find the difference. And try to describe them !
Young World
He is popular and gets tons of attention.
=lots of / a lot of / a number of
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Young World
But, he seldom has private time.
There are always guards around him.
adj. 私人的;私密的
n. 警卫
Do you think being famous is a good thing or a bad thing? Why?
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Young World
Now let’s welcome Candy Wang.
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Go
Go
Prediction
1. What did Candy use to be like?
2. What kind of music does she like?
3. Can you guess what this passage is about ?
A. A girl’s experience
B. A girl’s hobby
C. A girl’s school life
She used to be shy.
She likes pop music.
microphone
Title
Picture
3a
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Read the passage and find the main idea of each paragraph.
Candy’s background.
Candy’s advice to young people.
How Candy’s life has changed.
background
changes
advice
Tips:
“Topic sentence” is often at the beginning or the end of each paragraph.
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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
Good things Bad things
1. Be 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.
adj.私人的;私密的 personal
Read Para. 2 and complete the chart.
n.警卫
备受瞩目
担心
小心
能够
3b
Read the Para2 carefully and finish this chart.
How Candy’s life has changed
Good things Bad things
1. Be able to travel and
_________________all the time.
2. Be popular at school and
get_______________
everywhere she goes. 1. She always ____________
how she appears to others.
2. She has to be ________
what she says or does.
3. She doesn’t have much
__________any more.
4. ______________________ is almost impossible for her.
meet new people
tons of attention
worries about
careful about
private time
Hanging out with friends
Language points
I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star ...
interview在此处作动词,意为“采访;面试”。interview也可作名词,意为“面试;访谈”。
Asian 在此处作形容词,意为“亚洲的”。除此之外,Asian作形容词还可意为“亚洲人的”。Asian还可作可数名词,意为“亚洲人”。
【活学活用】1) 我们正在采访艺术节的学生。 ______________________________________
2) 有多少个亚洲国家参加了运动会?
______________________________________
We are interviewing some students for the coming art festival.
How many Asian countries have taken part in the sports meeting?
Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
take up 开始;从事;接纳;占据;继续做
take up doing sth. 开始干某事
deal with 意为“对付;处理, 常与how连用, 强调处理问题的方式、方法。do with常与 what 连用, 侧重于对某事物的利用。
【活学活用】1) 他辞去城里的工作,开始务农。 ______________________________________
2) 我不知道他们如何处理这个问题。
______________________________________
He left the job in the city to take up farming.
I don’t know how they deal with the problem.
= I don’t know what they do with the problem.
Advice to young people:
1.Young people have to be prepared to ______________________________.
2.The road to success is so ___________.
3.They really require _________________________.
4.Only a small number of people ________________.
give up their normal life
difficult
a lot of talent and hard work
make it to the top
=be ready to 准备好做某事
can be successful
Read Para.3 and fill in the blank .
3c
What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous? “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.”
give up意为“放弃”, 后面可以接名词或动词-ing形式作宾语。
give up是动副短语, 如果宾语是名词, 既可以将其放在give与up的中间, 也可以放在give up的后面。如果宾语是代词, 则必须将其放在give与up之间。
I wish I could give up drinking. 我真希望自己能戒酒。
We won’t give up this project. = We won’t give this project up.
我们不会放弃这项工程。
Don’t give him up.不要放弃他。
【活学活用】
You should really ______ smoking. It's a terrible habit.
A. grow up B. pick up
C. give up D. set up
C
Task 3-Careful reading
Candy gave some _______ to young people who want to be famous.
1.You have to be _______ to give up your _____ life.
2.You can never ______ how difficult the road to ______ is.
_______ Candy thought about giving up many times, she kept ______ on.
3.You _____ a lot of talent and hard work to ______.The number of people
who can make it to the top is ____.
advice
prepared
normal
imagine
success
Although
fighting
require
succeed
small
Paragraph 3
从方框中选择适当的单词完成句子。
quiet, shy, funny, outgoing, friendly
My uncle is very _______. He often tells jokes.
2. His cousin is very _____. He is afraid to speak in public.
3. Please be _____ in the library.
4. Mike’s mother is very ________ to us. We all get on well with her.
5. Bill’s sister is very ________. She’s good at singing and dancing.
funny
shy
quiet
friendly
outgoing
1.interview v. 采访;面试 n. 面试;访谈
interview的常用短语有:
interview sb. 采访某人
interview sb. about sth. 就某事采访某人
Language Points
开始从事某事
2.take up 以某事作为消遣或爱好;
占据(某空间或时间)”等。
Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.
The old books take up too much room of my office.
3.dare v. 敢于;胆敢
dare to do sth. 敢于做某事
e.g. He doesn’t dare to jump from the top of the wall.
他不敢从墙上跳下来。
1.He’s already playing in a band, and he only ____ playing the guitar a year ago!
A.took up
B.set up C.put up D.gave up
2.— Alex,your grandpa can use the computer very well. When did he ________?
— At the age of 60. He thinks the computer is very useful.
A.take it up B.turn it up C.make it up D.give it up
练一练
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1.— Do you like playing computer games? — No, but I _____.
A. used to B. didn’t C. do D. don’t
2. — Why don’t you take the bike? — It’s expensive. I can’t ____it.
A. sell B. keep C. borrow D. afford
3.— My father has decided to _____smoking.
— That’s good news for us. I hope so.
A. give up B. take out C. give in D. turn off
4. —I don't know how to____the old books.
—Why not give them away to poor children?
A. hand out B. give up C. deal with D. take up
5. — She is leaving to take part in the final poem competition.
— I’m proud of her. I wish her a great ________.
A. speed B. method C. pressure D. success
A
D
A
C
D
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