2021学年Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.Section A教学设计及反思

Unit 4  I used to be afraid of the dark

Period Two Section A 3a-3b

Teaching aims and demands:

New words:

background, interview, Asian, deal, deal with, shyness, dare, crowd, ton, private, guard

require

Key expressions:

take up ,deal with, all the time, tons of, hang out, give up

Key sentences:

Candy told me that she used to be really shy, ...

how Candy’s life has changed

.Step 1 Review.

Use “used to” and “but now” to describe some people.

Step 2: Aims and demands.

Tell the students what they will learn this class.

Step 3: Self –learning.

Ask the students to learn the new words by themselves, correct the pronunciation. Read the article and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. Number the information(1-3).

Step 4 Read.

Read the passage again, get the main idea of it. Complete the sentences in 3b, use words and phrases from the passage. Check their answers.

Read it after the tape, pay attention to the pronunciation.

Language points

1. Candy told me that she used to be really shy, ...

 used to “过去常常”, 表过去的习惯

    used to + 动词原形

be used to “习惯于”

    be used to + 名词、代词或动名词

2. how Candy’s life has changed

changed:  v. 变化，改变

            n. 变化，改变; 替换，更换;

            零钱，硬币

Step 5 Exercises

一、用括号内的词的正确形式填空。                             

1. Lucy _____ (use) to have curly hair.                        

2. The people in Shanghai are very _______ (friend)  

3. The volleyball match is really ________ (excite).    

4. Tina is very ________ (interest) in singing.            

二、句型转换                                                                   

 1. She used to be really quiet.                                              

_____ ______ ______ to be really quiet? (一般疑问句)

2. She ______ ______ to be really quiet. (否定句)        

She used to be really quiet,______ ______ ？ (反意疑问句)