1、=【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark 一、 教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标： 1) 能掌握以下单词： humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time, score 能掌握以下句型： Paula used to be really quiet. Did Mario use to be short? Yes, he did. Whats he like now? Hes tall now. 2) 能够用英语描述自己或他人过去常常做的事情；发现自己或他人在外表、性格、兴趣等方面所发生的
2、变化。 2. 情感态度价值观目标： 让学生明白事物是在不断发展、变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。 二、 教学重难点 1. 教学重点： 1)掌握本课时中出现的生词 humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time, score 2) 学会描述自己或他人过去常常做的事情基本句型： I used to? 3）发现自己或他人在外表、性格、 兴趣等方面所发生的变化。 2. 教学难点： used to do/be 句型 三、教学过程 . Lead in 1. 大屏幕展示 Ryan Carter 的几张照片，引导学生们来描述他的长相特点。 T: What does
3、 he look like? S1： He has long curly blonde hair. S2: He has a round face, two big eyes. Hes a little heavy. T: Does he like his hair? Can you guess? S1： No, he does. He wants to cut it short. S2: ? T: Do you want to know about his story? =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = S3: Sure. Wed love to. T: Ryans hair is soft
4、 and beautiful. His mother thinks its really wonderful. So she cant stand cutting his beautiful hair. Bu t some of Ryans friends say that Ryan cant play with them because he looks like a girl. 2. Let some Ss say their answers. Let other Ss add more. Appearance: tall, straight hair, short, of medi um
5、 height, straight/curly hair, long/short hair, heavy, thin, of medium built ? Personality: Outgoing, shy, funny, serious, cute, quiet, kind, brave, friendly, active 3. Lear the new words with the Ss: humorous, silent, helpful, from time to time, score . Presentation Show two different pictures of so
6、me famous people. Talk about their differences. 1. Jiang Wen: Jiang Wen used to wear glasses, but he doesnt wear glasses now. 2. Zhang yishan Zhang yishan used to be short, but he is tall now. T: Explain the use of “used to do/be ?” to the Ss. . Listenin g 1. T: Bob hasnt seen some of his friends fo
7、r four years. Now hes seeing his friends. What did his friends use to like? Listen and fill in the blanks. 1) Mario used to be _. He used to wear _. 2) Amy used to be _. She used to have _ hair. 3) Tina used to have _ and _ hair. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen. 3. Ss lis
8、ten and try to fill in the blanks with the right words. 4. Play the recording again. Let Ss check their answers. . Pair work 1. Look at the picture in 1a and make conversations in pairs. 2. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the appearance about Mario, Amy and Tina. 3. Let some pairs ask and answer
9、in pairs. e.g. A: Did Mario use to be short? B: Yes, he did. He used to be really short. A: Whats he like now? B: Hes tall now. . Listening Work on 2a: T: Paula has changed a lot in the past few years. Do you want to know what she used to be? 1. Look at the words in 2a. Let some Ss read the words al
10、oud. Make sure all the Ss know the meaning of the words. _ friendly _ outgoing _ serious _ humorous _ silent _ active _ brave _ quiet _ helpful 1) humorous adj. 有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的 humor (幽默 ) + ous 有幽默感的 e.g. Cartoons are humorous pictures with words. 漫画是附有文字的幽默图片。 2) silent adj. 不说话的；沉默的 silent adj. silen
11、ce n. 沉默 e.g. Peter seems silent today. Whats the matter? 彼特今天似乎很沉默，怎么了？ 3) helpful adj. 有帮助的 help n. (帮助 ) + ful helpful adj. 有帮助的 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = e.g. His explanation was more or less helpful. 他的解释多少是有帮助的。 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and check the words they hear. 3. Play the recor
12、ding again to check the answers. Work on 2b: 1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do. In the past 1) Paula used to be really _. She was always silent in class. She wasnt very _. She was never brave enough to ask questions. 2) She got
13、 good grade in _. She was also good in _. She used to play the _. Now 1) Now shes more interested in _. She plays _ almost every day. Shes also on a _team. 2) She still plays the _ from time to time. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to fill in the blanks with the right words. 3. Play the recording a
14、gain to check the answers. 4. Play the recording once more and anwer the questions. 1) What class were they? 2) What was Paula never brave to do in class? 3) What subjects were Paula good at? 4) What is Paula interested in now? . Pair work 1. Tell Ss to make conversations about Paula using the infor
15、mation in 2a. 2. Let some pairs act out their conversations before the class. e.g. A: Paula used to be really short? B: I know. She was always silent in class. . Role -play 1. Read the conversation and Let Ss read after the teacher. =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 2. Read the conversation again and complete the bl
16、anks. Bill has changed so much! He used to be _ and _. His face always _ _ when he talked to girls! He studied hard and got good _ on his exams. He used to be _, but now he is _ and _. 3. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in groups. IX. Language points 1. I used to be afraid of the dark. used to
17、do sth. 过去常常做某事 表示过去经常性或习惯性的动作或状态，暗指现在已经 不存了，强调过去与现在的对比。 used to的否定形式有两种： didnt use to或 usednt to 。 used to用于疑问句时，可借助助动词 did，也可以将 used提到主语前。 e.g. They used to be good friends. 他们过去是好朋友。 (暗示现在不是了 ) Mrs Brown didnt use to / usednt to travel in summer. 布朗夫人过去夏天不旅游。 Did you use to / Used you to play the
18、 guitar? 他过去弹吉他吗？ 【拓展】几个易混结构的比较： 结构 意义 to的作用 used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 不定式符号 use . to do sth. 用 ? 做 ? be used to do sth. 被用来做 ? be used to doing sth. 习惯于做某事 介词 use . to do sth. 用 ? 做 ? e.g. They use the knife to cut meat. 他们用 刀切肉。 be used to do sth. 被用来做某事 e.g. This kind of wood is used to make paper.
19、 这种木头是被用来做纸的。 be / get used to sth. / doing sth. 习惯于某事 / 做某事 e.g. Lucy has been used to (eating) Chinese food. Lucy已经习惯 (吃 )中餐了。 I think youll get used to the climate soon. 我想不久你就会习惯这种气候的。 =【 ;精品教育资源文库 】 = 根据所给汉语提示完成英语句子。 1) My uncle _ (以前是个司机 ), but now he is an actor. 2) Toms father _ (过去常常看书 ) af
20、ter lunch. 3) Mary _ (以前常常骑自行车 ) to work, but now she _ (习惯步行 ) to work. 4) The pencil _ (被用来书写 ). 2. She still plays the piano from time to time. from time to time是一个固定短语，意为 “ 间或；有时 ” ，常在句中作状语。 e.g. Tom goes to visit his grandmother in the countryside from time to time. 汤姆时常去看望住在农村的奶奶。 3. He studie
21、d hard and got good scores on his exams. score n. 得分； 进球 e.g. He got high scores in the examination. 考试中他得了高分。 4. This party is such a great idea! He used to be so shy and quiet. such与 so 辨析 such为形容词，意为 “ 这（那）样的；主要修饰名词； so是副词，意为 “ 这（那）么；如此地 ” ，主要修饰形容词、副词和分词。 e.g. Do you like such weather? 你喜欢这样的天气吗？ Im so glad to see you. 很高兴见到你。 He can draw so well. 他画得那么好。 当名词前有 many， much， few或 little等词修饰时，要用 so而不用 such。 e.g. There are so many / few people in the hall. 大厅有这么多 /这么少的人。 You have so much / little homework today. 你今天有这么多 /这么少的作业。
