unit 4I used to be afraid of the darkSection A 第二课时 3a-3c

1、人教九年级英语人教九年级英语 Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.Section A (3a- 3c)Teaching aims(教学目标） Be able to talk about what a person used to be using the language. Improve students reading and comprehensive skills.Gudaince(自学指导） 1. Read the passage loudly to get the main idea. 2.Match the statements with

2、 each paragraph. 3.Underline some difficult words and sentences, find out the answers to the questions at the same time.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? 亚洲 Asia Asian 欧洲 Europe European.

3、大洋洲 Oceania Australasian 非洲 Africa African 美洲 America American_ how Candys life has changed_ Candys advice to young people_ Candys background3a. Read the article and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. Number the information 【1-3】. 231From Shy Girl to Pop Star 1. For

4、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 shyness. 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 lo

5、ves singing in front of erview n&v.接见；采访Asian n. 亚洲人 adj. 亚洲的，亚洲人的dare v. 敢； 敢于deal with 对付；应付对付；应付Analysis(解惑答疑） For this months Young World magazine,I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. 为了这个月的(青年联盟）杂志，我采访了19岁的亚洲流行歌星王坎迪。 interview 用作v.，意为“采访；面试”。 be interviewed by 意为“被

6、.采访 We are going to interview the manager of this company. 我们将要采访这家公司的经理。 He has interviewed a lot of people for the job. 他已面试过很多应聘这份工作的人。助记 interview 面试 interviewer 面试者 intterviewee 被面试者 动词加上后缀-ee/-er 构成名词，表示该动词的承受者/发出者。 train 训练- trainer教练员- trainee 接受培训者 employ 雇佣-employer雇主-employee雇工 examine 考试

7、- examiner 主考人-examinee应试者 dare此处作及物动词，意为“敢于；胆敢”。常构成短语dare to do sth.意为敢于做某事” eg.He didnt dare to look at her in the eye. 他不敢正眼看她。 In front of 在.的前面。 辨析 in front of 强调在某一物体外部的前面 in the front of 强调住在某一物体内部的前面 whole形容词，意为“整个的；全部的。常用结构 the whole 单数名词。all 也有此意，但语序不同：all用于冠词、所有格或其他限定词之前；whole 用于冠词、所有格及其他

8、限定词之后。 all the time总是；一直 the whole time 全部的时间 all my life 我的一生 如果没有冠词或者其他限定词，whole 不能与单数名词连用 The whole city was burning. 整个城市都在燃烧。 whole 一般不与不可数名词以及物质名词连用。 the whole money/bread.（正） all the money/bread.(误） Now shes not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.现在她再也不羞涩了，并且喜欢当众唱歌。 not.any more

9、相当于no more意为“不再” He doesnt come late anymore相当于He no more comes late.他不再迟到了。 Crowd 此处作n，意为“人群；观众” He pushed his way through the crowd. 他在人群中往前挤。 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 peop

10、le 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 about 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

11、anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.”all the time 一直；始终impossible adj. 不可能的，难以忍受的attention n. 注意，注意力注意，注意力guard n. 警卫；看守警卫；看守；vt. 保卫，守护保卫，守护 .like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. be able to (经过努力后)能够,会 all

12、 the time 一直,总是 通常位于句末 Look! The monkeys jump up and down all the time. 看! 猴子们一直上蹿下跳. .but now I get tons of attention tons of 很多的,大量的 是一种夸张的表达方式 ton 吨 get .attention 引起.注意 He tried to get the attention of a passing policeman 他试图引起一位路过的警察的注意. .too much attention can also be a bad thing. too much att

13、ention 过多的关注 too much + n. 太多的,过多的 much too + adj./ adv. Shes afraid the trip will be too much for me. 她怕我受不了旅途的劳累。 You are much too kind to me 你对我实在太好了。 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

14、 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.”give up 放弃放弃normal adj. 正常的正常的；正规的正规的 n. 正常正常，常态常态

15、require v. 要求；要求； 需要需要 .you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. prepare v. 准备 prepare sth. 准备某物 prepare sb. sth 给某人准备某物 prepare sb. for sth. 是某人对某事有所准备 prepare to do sth . 准备做某事 give up + n. doing give + 代.+ up 放弃 你应该戒烟, 吸烟对健康有害. You should give up smoking. its bad for your health. .only a very small number of people make it to the top. a number of + n. pl. 许多. 可被large, small,great 等形容词修饰 世界上有许多人讲英语. A great number of people speak English in the world.3b. Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy. 1.She used to be shy, but now she