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Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A 3a - 3c
n. 背景
v. 采访;面试n. 面试;访谈
adj. 亚洲(人)的n. 亚洲人
v. (dealt, dealt) 对付;对待
应对;处理
n. 害羞;腼腆
v. 敢于;胆敢
n. 人群;观众
n. 吨;(pl.) 大量;许多
adj. 私人的;私密的
n. 警卫;看守v. 守卫;保卫
v. 需要;要求
background
interview
Asian
deal
deal with
shyness
dare
crowd
ton
private
guard
require
New Words
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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.
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Title
Picture
3a
3
Read the article and identify the paragraphs [1–3] in which the information appears.
3a
___ how Candy's life has changed
___ Candy's advice to young people
___ Candy's background
1
2
3
While-reading
Read carefully and judge True(T) or False(F) .
( ) 1. The writer interviewed 19-year-old Asian rock star Candy Wang.
( ) 2. Candy told the writer that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her fear.
( ) 3. Candy didn’t use to be popular in school, but now she gets too much attention everywhere she goes.
( ) 4. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for Candy now because there are few guards around her.
( ) 5. You have to be prepared to give up your normal life if you want to be successful.
F
F
T
F
T
Task 2
pop
shyness
always
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions.
1. What does Candy do?
2. What did she use to be like?
3. How did she deal with her shyness?
She is a pop star.
She used to be really shy.
①
She took up singing to deal with shyness.
4. Is she shy now?
No, she isn't.
②
③
④
While-reading
2. She has to________________ what she says or does.
Read Para. 2 and fill in the chart.
bad things
good things
life changes
2. Be popular at school and get __________________
everywhere she goes.
Be able to travel and ______________________ all the time.
meet new people
tons of attention
She always _____________
how she appears to others.
worries about
3. She doesn’t have much
______________ anymore.
private time
4. _________________________ is almost impossible for her.
Hanging out with friends
be careful about
Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the chart.
Advice to success:
Young people have to be prepared to _____________________.
The road to success is so _________.
They really require _______________________.
Only a small number of people _______________.
give up their normal life
difficult
a lot of talent and hard work
make it to the top
can be successful
A—interviewer B—Candy
A: Success never comes easily, especially for our youth nowadays.
It’s such a great honor to have Cindy here to….
Candy, can you tell us why you took up singing?
B: …
A: …
B: …
A: Thanks for joining us. I wish your next record will be the best seller…
What questions would you ask Candy?
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Language points
take up (doing) sth.开始从事..
dare to do sth.敢于做某事
在众人面前
应对;处理
not ...anymore 不再…
得到很多关注
动名词做主语
坚持奋斗
准备好做某事
定语从句
成功之路
少部分
达到目的;成功
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?
Language Points
.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
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。
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。
现在她再也不羞涩了,并且喜欢当众唱歌。
not ... anymore
② Maybe you shouldn't eat in that restaurant anymore.
也许你不该再去那家餐厅吃饭了。
不再
① She doesn't live here anymore.
= She no more lives here.
她不再住在这里了。
not... anymore可以和no more互相转换。
3. Now she's not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
你真的需要很多才艺和努力工作才能取得成功。
If you require further information, call 7536xxx.
如果你需要进一步的信息,拨打7536xxx。
(1) require sth.
需要某物
Tom's arm requires operating on right now.
= Tom's arm requires to be operated on right now.
汤姆的一条胳膊需要立即做手术。
(2) require doing sth. = require to be done
需要做某事(含有被动意义)
4. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed.
19-year-old Asian star
take up singing
deal with her shyness
dare to do sth.
not ... anymore
in front of crowds
all the time
get tons of attention
worry about ...
/ be worried about ...
be careful about ...
19岁的亚洲明星
开始唱歌
应对她的羞怯
敢做某事
不再……
在众人面前
反复;一直
被众人所关注;吸引无数目光
担心……;担忧……
对……小心
Key phrases
hang out with friends
give up your normal life
fight on
require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed
be prepared to
the road to success
a small number of people
make it to the top
和朋友们闲逛
放弃你正常的生活
奋力坚持;继续战斗
需要很大的天赋和勤奋才能成功
为…而做好准备
通往成功的路
小部分人
到达顶峰
一、选择题
1.Candy Wang _______ singing to deal with her shyness when she was young.
A. took up B. took off C. took down D. took away
2.Many young people don’t know how to _______ the pressure from study.
A. do with B. deal with C. get on with D. agree with
3.After becoming famous, the star gets _______ attention wherever he goes.
A. a little B. a few C. tons of D. a bit
4.You have to _______ give up your free time if you want to succeed.
A. be afraid to B. be prepared to C. be able to D. be similar to
5.At first, she didn’t _______ speak in front of the whole school, but now she can.
A. dare to B. decide to C. forget to D. hope to
Exercises
、翻译
1.他过去常常和朋友们一起闲逛,但现在几乎没时间了。
He ___ __ _____ ___ with friends, but now he hardly has time.
2.成功的道路充满困难,你必须坚持下去永不放弃。
__ ____ __ ______ is full of difficulties. You must ____ __ and never __ _.
3.她以前从不担心别人对她的看法,但现在很在意。
She ___ ___ __ ____ ______ others’ views on her, but now she cares a lot.
4.只有少数人能登上顶峰,因为这需要天赋和努力。
5.成名后,她失去了很多私人时间,但也交到了很多新朋友。
used to hang out
The road to success
fight on
give up
didn’t use to worry about
Only a few people can reach the top, as it requires both talent and hard work.
After becoming famous, she lost a lot of private time but also made many new friends.
Read the article again and retell it.
Homework
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