1、unit 4 i used to be afraid of the dark.r 九年級上冊fan bingbingdavid beckhamhow many famous people do you know? i know yao ming is a very famous basketball player . do you know what he used to be? 3a. read the article and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. number the info

2、rmation 【1-3】. _ how candys life has changed_ candys advice to young people_ candys backgroundfrom shy girl to pop star 1. for this months 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 shyn

3、ess. as she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. now shes not shy anymore and loves singing in front of erview n&v.接見；采訪接見；采訪asian n. 亞洲人亞洲人 adj. 亞洲的，亞洲人的亞洲的，亞洲人的dare v. 敢；敢； 敢于敢于deal with 對付；應付對付；應付 2. i asked candy how life was different

4、 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 didnt 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 ab

5、out how i appear to others, and i have to be very careful about what i say or do. and i dont have much private time anymore. hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.”all the time 一直；始終一直；始終impossible adj. 不可能的，難以忍受的不可能的，難以忍受的attention n. 注意，

6、注意力注意，注意力guard n. 警衛；看守警衛；看守；vt. 保衛，守護保衛，守護 3. 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 givi

7、ng 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 放棄放棄normal adj. 正常的；正規的正常的；正規的 n. 正常，常態正常，常態require v. 要求；要求； 需要需要_ how candys life has changed_ candys advice to young people_ candys background3a. rea

8、d the article and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. number the information 【1-3】. 2313b. read the article again and complete the sentences about candy. 1.she used to be shy, but now shes not shy _. 2. she didnt use to be _ in school, but now she gets lots of attenti

9、on. 3.she used to _ with friends, but it is almost impossible now. 4.she didnt use to _ how she appears to others, but now she does. any more popular hang out worry about 3c. suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is candy. ask and answer questions.語法重點一：語法重點一：candy told me that she used t

10、o be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.坎迪告訴我她曾經很害羞，是通過唱歌來占坎迪告訴我她曾經很害羞，是通過唱歌來占勝了羞怯。勝了羞怯。 deal with 和和do with 兩者意義都可以理解為兩者意義都可以理解為 “處理處理、對待對待”，但運用是但運用是 how to deal with sth what to do with sth如：如： how do you deal with your sadness? what do you do with your sadness?語法重點二：語法重點二： sh

11、e dared to sing in front of her class. 她害怕在全班同學面前唱歌。她害怕在全班同學面前唱歌。 注意注意in front of和和in the front of 的區別。前者意的區別。前者意義是義是“在前面（不包含）在前面（不包含）”，后者意義是，后者意義是“在前面在前面（包含）（包含）”如：如：there is a tree the tree. there is a blackboard in the front of the classroom.語法重點三：語法重點三：i didnt use to be popular in school ,but no

12、w i get tons of attention everywhere i go.以前在學校我沒以前在學校我沒有人氣，但是現在我去每一個地方，都得到極大有人氣，但是現在我去每一個地方，都得到極大的關注。的關注。 漢語里漢語里“盡管盡管”和和“但是但是”能一起用，能一起用， 但英但英語里語里“though(although)”和和“but ”不能一起用。不能一起用。如：如： though he is very young, he is very smart.語法重點四語法重點四：too much attention can also be a bad thing. 太多關注可能也是一件壞事。太

13、多關注可能也是一件壞事。 too much “太多太多”，修飾，修飾名詞。名詞。如：如： there is too much water on the groud. much too “太太”，修飾，修飾形容詞形容詞、副詞。副詞。如：如： it is much too cold.grammar focus i used to be short. i didnt used to be popular in school. you used to be short, didnt you?yes, i did./ no, i didnt. did he use to wear glasses? ye

14、s, he did./ no, he didnt.4a. write sentences about the past using used to.gracewatch a lot of tvwatch a lot of moviesgrace used to watch a lot of tv. she didnt use to watch a lot of movies.2. my mom/ have curly hair/ have straight hair _3. jerry/ read books on european history / read books on africa

15、n culture. _my mom used to have curly hair, she didnt use to have straight hair.jerry used to read books on european history, she didnt use to read books on african culture. 4. sandy/ teach british english/ teach american english _sandy used to teach british english, she didnt use to teach american

16、english.4b. look at the information and write sentences about emily. five years ago nowdidnt eat a lot of vegetablesloves carrots and tomatoeslistened to pop musicenjoys country musicwatched scary movieshates scary moviesdidnt read a lot of booksreads at least six books a yeare.g. emily didnt use to

17、 eat a lot of vegetables, but now she loves carrots and tomatoes.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. memy partneri used to be afraid ofim still afraid ofmy partner used to be afraid ofthe darkbeing aloneflyinghigh placesgiving a speech in public( ) 1. it is _ windy and there is _ dust on the table. a. too much, much too b. much too , too much c. too much, too much ( ) 2. -where does the boy named li lei sit? -he sits _ the girl in red. a. in the front of b at the back of c. in front of