Unit 4 Section A 3a～ 4c(课件PPT)-【鼎成中考·活页好题】2025-2026学年九年级全一册英语（人教版2012）

Section a activity three a, read the article and identify the paragraphs one to three in which the information appears. From shy girl to pop star for this month, Young world magazine, I interviewed nineteen year old asian pop star Candy wong. Candy told me that he used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. And SHE got Better SHE dare to sing in front of her class. And then for the whole school now, she's not shy anymore and love singing in front of crowds. I asked Candy how life was different after he became famous. SHE explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. I didn't use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go. However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I have to be very careful about what I say or do, and I don't have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now, because they are always guards around me. 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. Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section A 3a~4c Words & Expressions background interview Asian deal deal with shyness n.背景 v. 采访；面试 / n.面试；访谈 adj.亚洲（人）的 / n.亚洲人 v. 对付；对待 应对；处理 n. 害羞；腼腆 dare crowd ton private guard require v.敢于；胆敢 n. 人群；观众 n.吨；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 Did you have any change in your personality, hobby or behavior in the past years? Talk about it with your partners. Free Talk 1. What do you think the boy in the picture is doing? 2. What’s he like? 3. Is he outgoing or is he shy? What has she changed ? She used to____________. She is used to____________. In the past Now She used to ride to school, didn’t she? No, she didn’t. walk to school riding to school Talk about your changes. I used to ________, but now I ____________. Appearances Personalities Hobbies How we have changed tall, short, thin, heavy, short hair… funny, outgoing, serious, quiet, kind, shy… read, sing, dance, play… Read the article and identify the paragraph [1-3] in which the information appears. ________ how Candy’s life has changed ________ Candy’s advice to young people ________ Candy’s background 2 3 1 3a From Shy Girl to Pop Star 1 For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19­year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. 2 I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.” 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.” A comparison of how Candy has changed Changes In the past Now Personality Behavior Troubles and worries used to be really shy not shy anymore took up singing to deal with her shyness hang out with friends didn’t use to be popular in school didn’t worry about how she appears to others loves singing in front of crowds don’t have much private time and can hardly hang out with friends get tons of attention everywhere she goes worries about her appearance, words and behavior Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy. 3b 1．She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy ___________. 2．She didn’t use to be ___________ in school, but now she gets lots of attention. 3．She used to ___________ with friends, but it is almost impossible now. 4．She didn’t use to ______________ how she appears to others, but now she does. anymore popular hang out worry about What were you like? Why did you take up singing? I used to be really shy. I took up singing to deal with my shyness. Suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and answer questions. 3c Language Points 为了 For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. From Shy Girl to Pop Star 对付；处理 How …deal with…?怎样处理…? =What …do with…? I don’t know how they deal with the problem. = I don’t know _____they ____ _____the problem. what do with 在……的前面 take up (doing) sth.开始从事…… dare to do sth. 敢于做某事 不再 not…anymore= not…any longer =no more=no longer I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.” 能够做某事 be careful about 对……小心 总是；一直 闲逛 得到很多关注 =be worried about 担心…… 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." 准备好的; 愿意的 成功之路 考虑；思考 放弃; 交出 继续奋斗；坚持 达到预定目标; 成功 1.For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. 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 have an interview with sb. 采访某人 19-year-old是复合形容词，它由“数词＋名词(单数)＋形容词”构成，而且三者之间要用“-”来连接，它用在名词前作定语。 2.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. take up “(通常作为爱好）开始学习，开始练习”，后面可以接n./v.-ing She took up the violin at the age of 11. take up 占据 The new sofa takes up half of the living room. shyness n. 害羞；腼腆 -ness 名词后缀 类似的单词还有： carelessness 粗心 happiness 高兴 sadness 难过 tiredness 疲劳；疲倦 kindness 仁慈，亲切，和蔼 darkness 黑暗 3.You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. the road to success 通向成功的路 ，其中to是介词，后面跟名词或v.-ing 4.You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. b require v. 需要；要求 常见搭配：require sth. 需要某物 Students at this level require a lot of help. require sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事 The teacher required Tom to keep quiet. require + that从句（从句的谓语动词用“should +动词原形”，should可以省略） The law requires that everyone (should) pay the tax. 5. Only a very small number of people make it to the top. a small number of 一小部分 A small number of students go to school by car every day. a number of短语中number的前面可以加修饰词small或large来表示数量的大小。 辨析：a number of & the number of a number of “许多；大量”，后面接可数名词复数。作主语时谓语动词用复数。 the number of “……的数量”，后接可数名词复数。作主语时谓语动词用单数。 1. — Why don’t you take the bike? — It’s expensive. I can’t ____it. A. sell B. keep C. borrow D. afford 2．— 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 3. —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 4. — 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 D A C D 5.Miss Green asked us to write an _____ composition yesterday. A.eight hundred words B.eight-hundreds-words C.eight-hundred-words D. eight-hundred-word 6.Only a very small number of people _________ to the top. A.makes it B.make it C.making it D.it make 7. —What’s _____ number of schools in the city ?      —I am not sure, but I know there must be ___ number of school in it. A. a,the      B. a,a        C. the, the       D . the, a  8. I want to talk with you ______ private.       A. in        B. on        C. at       D. with  9. ________ do you deal with your study problem?       A. How    B. What      C.Which      D.Where  D B D A A European African adj.非洲（人）的n. 非洲人 British adj. 英国（人）的 speech n. 讲话，发言 public n. 民众；adj. 公开的；公众的 in public 公开地；在别人面前 adj. 欧洲（人）的n. 欧洲人 Words & Expressions I used to be short. I didn’t use to be popular in school. Paula used to be really quiet. She didn’t use to like tests. You used to be short, didn’t you? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. Did he use to wear glasses? Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. Grammar Focus used to的用法 含义 “过去常常”,没有人称和数的变化。 用法 用于表示过去习惯性的动作或存在的状态（强调与现在的对比，暗示现在不做了）。其中to为不定式符号，后面跟动词原形。 时态 Allan used to be thin, but now he’s big and strong. used to 基本句式 He used to like rock music. 肯定句 否定句 He didn’t use to like rock music. He usedn’t to like rock music. 一般疑问句 Did he use to like rock music? Used he to like rock music? 主语+used to do sth. 主语+didn’t use to do sth. 主语+usedn’t to do sth. Did+主语+ use to do sth.? Used+主语+ to do sth.? Yes, sb. did./No,sb. didn’t. Grammar He used to play baseball, didn’t he? 反意疑问句 主句, didn’t /did+ 人称代词？ He didn’t use to play baseball, did he? 前肯后否 前否后肯 —He used to be short, ____ _____ ? —Yes, he did.（是，他矮） —No, he didn’t.（不，他不矮） didn’t he used to 基本句式 used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 get / be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事 be used to do sth. 被用来做某事 be used for doing sth. 被用来做某事 【拓展】 4a Write sentences about the past using used to. Grace / watch a lot of TV / watch a lot of movies Grace used to watch a lot of TV. She didn’t use to watch a lot of movies._____________________________________________ 2. my mom / have curly hair / have straight hair ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ My mom used to have curly hair. She didn’t use to have straight hair. 3. Jerry / read books on European history / read books on African culture ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ 4. Sandy / teach British English / teach American English ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Jerry used to read books on European history. He didn’t use to read books on African culture. Sandy used to teach British English. She didn’t use to teach American English. 4b Look at the information and write sentences about Emily. Five years ago Now didn’t eat a lot of vegetables loves carrots and tomatoes listened to pop music enjoys country music watched scary movies hates scary movies didn’t read a lot of books reads at least six books a year. e.g. Emily didn’t use to eat a lot of vegetables, but now she loves carrots and tomatoes. 1. Emily used to listen to pop music, but now she enjoys country music. 2. Emily used to watch scary movies, but now she hates scary movies. 3. Emily didn’t use to read a lot of books, but now she reads at least six books a year. 4c Which of these things did you use to be afraid of? Which ones are you still afraid of? Check the boxes and then ask your partner. Me My partner I used to be afraid of… I’m still afraid of… My partner used to be afraid of… My partner is still afraid of… the dark being alone flying high places giving a speech in public 1. Mr Black _____________________ (以前是一位老师), but now he is a singer. 2. Did your father _________________ (过去常常熬夜)? 3. You used to have long straight hair, ___________ (不是吗)? 4. Lily ____________________________ (以前常常步行去上学), but now I ______________________________ (习惯骑自行车去). used to be a teacher use to stay up late didn’t you used to go to school on foot am used to going to school by bike 1.Henry, you _____ be short, but now you are tall. A. were 　 B. are 　 C. use to 　 D. used to 2. My mother _____ us stories when we were children. A.was used to tell B.is used to telling C.used to tell D.used to telling 3. _______ used to______ an old table in my room. A. There; be 　B. There; have C. It; be　　 D. There; having 4.There used to be a factory here,______? A. used there 　B. didn’t there　　C. wasn’t it 　　D. did it 5. My brother be lazy. But now she’s working really hard. A. used to B. is used to C. was used to D. be used to √ √ √ √ √ Homework Preview the Section B 1a~1e. Do the exercises in students’ book. Thank you! $