Unit 4

I used to be afraid of the dark.

Jenny used to play the piano.

用 used to 句型说出与图片情景相符的句子。

Jenny

Mike used to wear glasses.

Mike, glasses

Peter used to play soccer.

Peter, soccer

Amy, long hair

Amy used to have long hair.

Mark used to be on the swim team.

Mark, swim team

To learn to use used to + verb to write and speak about what you used to like

To learn the new words: insect, influence, absent, fail

My father/My mother/My parents used to …

How about your childhood?Did you use to have the same experience as the following?

play pijin

( 皮筋 )

play toys with parents

1a Check ( ) the things you used to like ✔

when you were a child.

✔

_____music class

_____P.E. class _____painting pictures

_____ants and other insects

✔

✔ ✔

1b What other things did you used to

like when you were a child? Write

sentences in the box above. Then

discuss them with a partner.

What other things did you use to like to do when you were a

child?

Group work

A: What did you use to like to do?B: I used to like…

A: Do you have colorful childhood?B: Yes/No,…

read comics

play with dolls

play with balloons

play pijin( 皮筋 )

play with toy cars

chat with my parents

play with the insects

play alone

1. __ I didn’t use to like tests.

2. __ We used to walk to school.

3. __ I used to hate P.E. class.

4. __ I used to be on the soccer team.

1c Listen and check ( ) the sentences ✔

you hear.

✔

✔

1d. Listen again. What do the girl and the boy say about things in the past and now? Fill in the chart.

In the past Now

Girl I didn’t use to like ____.

I don’t worry about ____.

We used to wear___________________ to school.

We can wear _________________

Boy We used to ____ every day after school.

We __________ all the time.

I used to hate ______________.

I ____ P.E. class.

tests

P.E.

tests

class

the school uniform whatever we like

just study

love

play

A: I used to be nervous about tests

all the time. What about you?

B: Yes, me too. And I used to …

Pairwork

Compare yourself with your partner.

You must lead a happy life when you

were a child, please tell us what other

things you used to like doing. Write at

least 3 sentences.

1. I used to like ___________________.2. _______________________________.3. _______________________________.4. _______________________________.5. _______________________________.

In the past, did you use to do something not very good? And do you do it better now? Think about some changes in your life and write down your own sentences.

Past NowI used to forget my mom’s birthday.

I kiss my mom and say “I love you” on her birthday.

I used to spit in the street. I become a volunteer in an environment group.

… … … …

… … … …

2a Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the

countryside. His parents are working in

the city. Look at the title of the passage

and the picture below. What problems

do you think he might have?

2b Read the passage and put the sentence

(A-D) in the correct places and underline

the problems that Li Wen used to have .

USING CONTEXT

Using the sentence context

may help you guess and learn

the meanings of new words

and phrases.

Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy from the countryside. He works very hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together. __________His parents moved to the city to look for jobs, and his grandparents came to take care of him.But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

He Used to Cause a Lot of Trouble

C

Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his

schoolwork. He began less interested in

studying. He was absent from classes and failed

his examinations. Finally, Li Wen’s parents

made the decision to send him to a boarding

school. however, Li Wen was shy and was not

able to make friends quickly in school. He found

life there difficult. One day he told his teacher

that he wanted to leave the school. _____and sheD

called his parents. She advised them to talk

with their son in person. So his parents took a

24-hour train and a 5-hour bus ride to

get to their Li Wen’s school.

______ “It was exactly what I needed,” he

said. “Now I understand that even though

they all busy, they are always thinking of me.

They take pride in everything good that I do.”

A

After that, Li Wen’s parents had much more attention with their son than they used to.____He became more outgoing and made some goodfriends in school. He even joined the school basketball team and became active in many other activities. “I’m much happier now, and I work even harder than I used to. I know my parents love me and they are always proud of me,” says Li Wen. “It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.”

B

1. be nervous about

意为“对… .. 感到紧张”， about 为介词，后接名

词、代词或动词的 -ing 形式作宾语。► There is nothing to be nervous about.

没什么可紧张的。► I’ll be nervous about speaking in your

presence. 有你在场我说话就紧张了。

Language points

辨析： nervous 和 anxious

nervous ：在事情发展的过程中有一种怕的感 觉（ =rather afraid)

anxious: 由于害怕某种事情会发生而感到焦 急、担心（ =worried)

► I’m always nervous when I have to make a

speech. 在必须演讲时我总感到紧张。► Your mother will be anxious until she hears

you’re safe. 你妈妈只有在听到你安然无恙 时才会放下心来。

2 It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school.

(l) It is hard to believe that … 是一个含有宾语从句的复合句。主句中 it 作形式主语，真 正的主语是 that 引导的从句。► It is hard to believe that they finished so

much work during such a short time.

在这么短的一段时间内他们完成了如此多 的工作 , 这令人难以相信。

3. When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together. seldom 作副词，意为“不常；很少”相当于 hardly ever, 其反义词为 often （经常）通常置于实义动词之前，助动词、系动词或情态动词之后。► She seldom goes out by herself.

她很少独自外出。► He is seldom late for school.

他上学很少迟到。

注意：1 ） seldom 具有否定意义，用于句首表示强 调时，主谓要部分倒装 ► Seldom do I go shopping by tax, unless it’s

raining.

除非下雨，我很少打车去购物。2 ） seldom 用于反意疑问句时，附加问句不 用否定词 not。► They seldom come late, do they?

他们很少迟到，对吗 ?

4. He was absent from classes and failed his

examinations. 他翘课，并且考试不及格。(l) be absent from … 意为“缺席 ..... 此处用作形容词，意为“缺席 ; 不在”。► A good student would not be absent from

school. 好学生是不会逃课的拓展： absent 用作动词 , 意为“缺席 ; 不参加”。► He absent himself from the meeting

yesterday. 他昨天没有出席会议。

5. Finally, Li Wen’s parents made the decision

to send him to a boarding school.

(1)Finally “用作副词，意为 最后 ; 终于” ，其同义词组 是 in the end, at last。在句中作状语通常位于句首、句末或实义动词之前， be 动 词、助动词或情态动词之后。► Finally they got to the village.

最后他们到达了那个村庄。► He worked out the math problem finally.

他终于解出了那道数学题。

辨析： finally, at last 与 in the endFinally: “ ”最后 ， 只指一系列事物或论点的 顺序，一般不带感情色彩at last : 有时可与 finally互换，但往往用于

一 番拖延和曲折之后， 因 而带有较浓 “厚的感情色彩，如 不耐烦、不放心、 不如愿等in the end: “ ” 终于 可用于预测未来 ，finally 和 at last 则不能► He tried many times, and finally succeeded. 他试验了很多次，最后成功。► At last I have obtained my wish. 我的愿望终于实现了。

(2) send…to… 意为“把…送到…”► His parents sent him to Shanghai to study.

他的父母送他到上海学习。拓展： send 的固定搭配1） send up “ 发射；发出”► Man-made satellites have been sent up into

space by many countries.

2） send away “ 解雇；开除”► The boss sent away Tom.

► His mother was ill and he sent for the doctor.

6. She advised them to talk with their son in

person.

班主任建议李文的父母亲自和她们的儿子谈谈。（ 1） advise 用作及物动词，其宾语可以是名词、代词、动词 -ing 形式，也可以是 that 从句。 advise 也可以接双宾语，其直接宾语可由名词、带疑问词的动词不定式或 that/wh- 从句充当。 advise 还可由动词不定式充当宾补的复合宾语。 advise 的常用句型：

1） advise doing sth. 意为“建议做某事”► He advised leaving early.

2) Advise sb. to do sth. 意为“建议某人做某事”► The doctor advised me to take a complete

rest. 医生建议我彻底休息一下。注意： advise 后不能直接跟不定式作宾语。3) advise sb. against doing sth. 意为“劝告某 人不要做某事”，有时可与 advise sb. not

to

do sth. 互换。

► He advised her against going out at night.

=He advised her not to no out at night.

他劝她晚上不要出去。4) advise sb. of sth. “ 意为 通知或告知某人有 ”某情况 。► Please advise us oj the arrival of the goods.

货物到达时请通知我们。(2) in person “ ”意为 亲身；亲自 。► You should come here in person tomorrow.

明天你应该亲自来这儿。

7. “…, they are always thinking of me. They take

pride in everything good that I do.”

他们一直牵挂我，并为我所做的每一件好事感到自豪。(l) be always doing sth. 意为“总是做某事，一直做某事”， always 常用在一般现在时态里，表示经常的行为习惯。当与进行时连用，构成句型“ be always doing sth.” 时，常表达说话人的某种情绪，如赞扬、不满、责 备等。

► He always asking his parents for money. 他总是向他的父母要钱。► She is always thinking of her work. 她总是想着自己的工作。( 2 ) take pride in “为…感到自豪 /骄傲“，与be proud of 同义。后接让人引以为荣的对象，其中 pride 为抽象名词，意为 “自豪；骄傲”，in 为介词，后接名词、代词或动名词作宾语。► The young mother took pride in her son.= The young mother was proud of her son. 这个年轻的妈妈为她的儿子感到自豪。

A. They had a long talk

B. Now Li Wen has really changed

C. However, things began to change a few

years ago

D. His teacher was worried about him

Missing language

2d Use clues from the passage to help you

guess the meanings of the words in the box.

influence absent boarding school in person

2e Complete the passage with the proper

forms of the words and phrases in the

box.

be proud of / take pride in

make a decision / decide

miss / be absent from

change / influence

look after / take care of

Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works very hard

and does well in school. It is hard to believe that

he used to have difficulties in school. When his

parents moved to the city to work, they could

not be at home to ______________________him.

So he became less interested in studying and

_____________________classes. Then his parents

____________________to send him to a boarding

school. He found life there difficult. One day he

look after / take care of

missed/was absent from

made a decision/decided

told his teacher he wanted to leave the school.

His advised his parents to talk with their son in

person. This conversation _________________

his life. He realized that his parents would

always love him, and they would ___________

____________ everything good that he did. Now

he is much happier and more outgoing than he

used to be.

changed / influenced

be proud of /

take pride in

2f What do you think Li Wen and his parents talked about in their conversation? Write a conversation and role-play it with your group. Think of the following things:Possible questions Li Wen might ask his

parentsQuestions his parents might ask Li WenPossible answers from Li Wen and his

parents

3a Talk with a partner about the changes that have happened to you. Write notes about how you have changed for these three things.

1.Appearance

2. personality

3. hobbies

3b Write about how you have changed. What did you use to be like? Which change is the most important one and why?Try to write two paragraphs:

1. General introduction about the changes in

your life.

2. The most important change and how it

happened.

My life has changed a lot in the last few

years. I used to __________________________.

Now I’m _______________________________.

The biggest change in my life was___________.

This is the most important change because ___

________________________________________

.

How I’ve changed!

How I’ve changed! My life has changed a lot in the last few years. My daily life is different and I used to like different things when I was a child. For example, I ___________ like tests. Now, I don’t mind them. I ____________________. Now, it’s my favorite class. I used to play __________. Now, I __________. I___________ to school. Now, _____________________.

didn’t use to

used to hate P.E. classbasketball

play soccer used to walkwe have to take the bus

Write a passage in about 100 words with the help of the following points about Zhanghua’s life change. The first sentence has been given.

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Zhanghua as a child Zhuanghua now used to have much timeused to spend a lot of time playing games with his friendsused to watch TV or chat with his grandma in the eveningused to go to concerts with his father.

is too busygets up early and stays in school all day.hasn't any more time to play games with hisdoes his homework and goes to bed late,hardly has time for concerts.misses the old days.

Zhuanghua's life has changed a lot in the last few years.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

One possible version:

Zhuanghua's life has changed a lot in the last

few years. In the past, he used to have much

time to play after school. He spent a lot of time

playing games with his friends. When he

finished his homework, he often watched TV

or chatted with his grandma. On Saturday, he

often went to concerts with his father.

But now his school life has changed a lot. He

is very busy every day. He has to get up

early and stays in school all day. Because he

has to study hard. He hasn’t any more time

to play games with his friends. He has to do

his homework and goes to bed late every

night. He hardly has any time for concerts.

He misses the old days very much.

I. 根据句意及首字母提示，填写单词。1.The cold weather c______the plants to die last winter. 2. He’s a good teacher, and he is very

p_____ with the slower students. 3. As students, we should pay much a_______ to our studies.4. Don’t w____too much time on computer

games, Jack. 5. They walked because they couldn’t

a_____ to take a taxi.

aused

atient

ttentionaste

fford

II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1.He always talks much about ______ (he). Most of us don’t like him.2. My aunt used to look after me as _____　　　　

(good) as she could.3. ______ (lucky), the museum was not destroyed by the earthquake. 4. The young man’s _____ (die) made all the people in the town very sad. 5. I cannot stand listening to that song any _______ (long).

himself

well

Luckily

death

longer

1. I think Mr Jones works very _____ (hard, hardly).2. He used to ______ (take, spend) lots of time playing games.3. Bill used to have _______ (many, much) time to play with his friends.4. Wow! You have ____ (so, such) many story books.

III 从括号中选择适当的词汇完成句子。hard

spend

much

so

Ⅳ 完成句子，每空词数不限。 1. It's late now. I'm afraid I_______ ( 不得不 )

go now. 2. It's not good to complain _________ ( 一直 ).

3. ____________ (嚼口香糖 ) is very popular among young people.

4. The _____ ( 去世 ) of her mother was sudden.

5. Would you _____ ( 介意 ) my opening the window?

have to

all the time

Chewing gum

death

mind

6. He________(几乎不 ) eats any vegetables, so he is unhealthy. 7. _________________ ( 在过去的几年里 ),

we have built many tall buildings.8. Don't ___________ ( 担心 ) him. He will

be OK soon.9. Jim______ (花费 ) some time in

reading _________ ( 每天 ).10. There was _______ ( 这么多的 ) food

on my birthday party dinner.

hardly

In the last few years

worry about

spendevery day

so much

Ⅴ句型转换，根据括号内的要求完成下面各题，每空一词。1. Mrs. Green used to have long curly hair. (改为一般疑问句 ) _____Mrs. Green ______ have long curly hair?2. Dave used to play soccer with his classmates. ( 对划线部分提问 ) _____ did Dave ___ to do with his classmates?

Did use to

What use

3. My partner used to be really quiet. (改为否定句 ) My partner ___________________to be really quiet.4. His son has changed a lot since he came to this school. ( 对划线部分提问 ) _________has his son changed since he came to this school?5. Mary used to like Beijing Opera. (改为反意疑问句 ) Mary used to like Beijing Opera, ________________?

didn’t use / used not

How much

didn’t / usedn’t she

Ⅵ. 根据句意及汉语提示，填写适当的短语完成句子。

1.Have you ever heard of the saying, “It’s impossible to defeat (打败 ) a person who never _______ ( 放弃 )”? 2. My uncle ____________ ( 对……感到 自豪 ) my cousin because of his great progress in all subjects.

gives up

takes pride in

3. — Will you go to Shanghai for your vacation? — Oh, I haven’t ______________ ( 做决 定 ) by now.4. _________ (最后 ), they got over all kind

s of difficulties and finished that task.5. — You always do some reading in your free time. — Yeah. It is my hobby. I always do it __________ (尽管 ) I am very busy.

In the end

even though

made a decision

VII. 根据汉语意思，补全下列英语句子。每空词数不限。1. 詹妮是一个十六岁的女孩。 Jenny is _______________ girl.

2. 让老师惊奇的是，今天早晨杰克是第 一个到校的。 _____________________, Jack was the

first to get to school this morning.

a sixteen-year-old

To the teacher’s surprise

3. 她大学毕业后就一直在一家银行工作。 She’s ____________ in a bank _____　　　　　　　

she graduated from university. 4. 这本词典正是我在找的。 This dictionary is exactly _________ 　　　　　

__________.5. 在你阅读英语文章的时候没有必要记 住每一个单词。 _______________ to remember every word when you read English articles.

been working since

what I am

It’s not necessary

looking for

VIII. Translation. 1.造成很多麻烦2.一个十五岁的男孩

3. 一个问题孩子4. 和他妈妈最近的一次对话

5. 他爸爸去世后6. 几年前7. 变得艰难得多

cause a lot of trouble

a fifteen-year-old boya problem child

a recent conversation with his motherafter his father’s death

a few years ago

become much more difficult

8. 他妈妈支付不了他孩子的学费。

9.尽她所能照顾好他

10.惹事落到警方手里

11. 放弃做某事12.最后 ,最终13. 作了一个艰难的决定

His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education.

look after him as well as she can/could

get into trouble with the policegive up doing something

in the end/ at last/ finally

make a difficult decision

14. 送他去一间男孩寄宿学校

15. 令某人惊奇的是…16. 这正是我所需要的。

17. 帮助我明白她给了我多少

18. 即使19. 不再20. 对……感到自豪

send him to a boy’s boarding school

help me to understand how much she has given me

to one’s surprise

even thoughno longer

take pride in …/be proud of

It was exactly what I needed.

21. 我做的每一件好事

22. 使我妈妈更留心我，更注意我

23.最好的学生之一24. 能够25. 帮助他找到自信26. 父母的存在对孩子是很重要的

everything good I do

make my mother pay more attention to me

one of the best studentsbe able to

help him to feel good

It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.

试着比较你和你朋友现在和过去的变化 :

Homework

I my friend

used to now used to now

read cartoon novel

play football basketball

eat apple burger