I used to be afraid of the dark.

Unit Two

Look at the pictures

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Now she is tall.She used to be short.

Now she has short hair.

She used to be long hair.

Now she likes playing tennis.

She used to play football.

Now she has many friends.

She used to be alone.

a problem child

—— He used to cause a lot of trouble.

P16, P17(3a)

cause 的用法

Read the passage quickly and there are 5 sentences missing. Put the sentences into the correct place in the reading. Maybe you will meet some new words, don’t be afraid of them, try to guess them.

3a

. However,_____________________________, Martin’s life became much more difficult.

after his father’s deathyears ago

death

(n) 死亡-------die

(v.)

-------dead

(adj.)

-------dying

(p.p )

translate

这位老人已经去世五年了 .

The old man _____________ for five years.

自从他父亲死后，他的生活变得很艰难。____________________, his life became much more difficult.

has been dead

After his father’s death

(2)Luckily, his mother was very patient __________________________________ .and didn’t give up trying to help him

give up: 放弃板书句子。

give up sth./doing sth.

———————————————————————————————————————

Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time.

waste : 浪费waste (one’s) time : 浪费（某人的）时间 翻译

(3)

时间过得飞快，我们不应该浪费它。How fast time______, we shouldn’t______________.

goes bywaste our time

（ 4 ）————————————————————————That’s when I decided to change.

(5) __________________________________

How was he able to change.

decide to do. 决定做某事be able to do. 有能力做某事

Listen and T or F

Read the statements below. Circle TRUE, FALSE, or DON’T KNOW according to the reading.

1. Martin is still a bad boy.2. There wasn’t enough money

for the family.3. Martin finally understood w

hat his problem was.4. Martin’s father didn’t use to

help him.5. What his mother said didn’t

change Martin’s mind.

FALSETRUE

DON’T KNOW

FALSE

TRUE

3b

带读第一段

1. How old is Martin now?

He is fifteen years old.= He is a fifteen- year-old boy.

e.g. 一个三岁的小女孩： a _______________ girlthree-year-old

2.Why did his mother have to work?His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she had to work.

afford: 承担 afford to do sth.

pay for ： 支付 中译英

My mother could ________ a computer for me.

我的妈妈有能力给我买台电脑。带读第二段

afford to buy

3.How did his mother treat ( 对待 )him?

His mother looked after him as well as she could.

as…as…could= as…as possible

4.Did he get into trouble with the police?

Yes ， he did.

get into trouble with sb. : 给某人惹麻烦

翻译

他是个“问题”学生，他总是给老师惹麻烦。He is a___________, he always ________________our teacher.

problem child

gets into trouble with

5. In the end, what decision did the mother make?

In the end, his mother made a decision: to send him to a boys’ boarding school.in the end: finally 最终make a decision ： 做一个决定 翻译

最后，他做了个决定：一定要努力学习。___________, he__________: be sure to study hard.

带读三四段

In the end made a decision

6.What changed Martin’s mind?

To his surprise, the phone call changed his life.(what his mother said changed his mind.)to one’s surprise: 出乎某人的意料be surprised at （ with ） sth. 对某事感到惊讶

翻译

e.g. 出乎我们的意料， 他考试没及格。To our surprise, he failed the exam.

7.What did his mother tell him about his father?“Even if my father was no longer with us, he was watching me and would always take pride in everything good I do.”even thought= even if 即使take pride in sb./sth.=be proud of sb./sth.

Even though he didn’t win the prize, he was still very happy.

即使他没有获得奖杯，他仍然很开心。我以我们的学校为荣。

Today, I take pride in our school.= Today, I am proud of our school. 带读黑板的短语 and

read by yourself and retell the story

a fifteen-year-old boy

his father’s death

had to work

couldn’t afford the education

still caused problems

didn’t give up

the phone call

understood

decide to change

really changed练习

Choose the best answers for the questions.Choose the best answers for the questions.1. Sally used to ______ a good time1. Sally used to ______ a good time at school.at school.A. be B. was C. have D. hasA. be B. was C. have D. has

2. He used to be really honest, _____? 2. He used to be really honest, _____? A.A.

was he? B. did he? C. didn’t he was he? B. did he? C. didn’t he ？？

Exercise

1. 1. 马克过去怕老师。马克过去怕老师。 Mark used to be afraid of the tMark used to be afraid of the teacherseachers ．．

I haven’t seen you for four years.I haven’t seen you for four years.

2. 2. 我已经四年没见过你了。我已经四年没见过你了。

汉译英。汉译英。 我的朋友们变化很大。我的朋友们变化很大。My friends _________________.My friends _________________.have changed a lot have changed a lot 我叔叔过去是个语文老师。我叔叔过去是个语文老师。 ______________________________________.______________________________________.My uncle used to be a Chinese teacherMy uncle used to be a Chinese teacher

The little girl usually read books in the The little girl usually read books in the sun.sun.= The little girl _____ ____ read books = The little girl _____ ____ read books in the sun. in the sun.

used used to to

句型转换。句型转换。

1. Put the following sentences into 1. Put the following sentences into English:English:1) Mario1) Mario 过去总是很矮。过去总是很矮。2) Amy2) Amy 过去性格外向。 过去性格外向。 3) Tina3) Tina 过去有一头直的长头发。过去有一头直的长头发。4) 4) 他过去常穿黑鞋。他过去常穿黑鞋。5) 5) 你过去常游泳你过去常游泳 , , 是吗是吗 ??