(水滴系列)九年级英语全册 Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the da

课题：Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark
Section A 3a-4c
Teaching and learning goals:
一、功能：能用句型I used to句型来谈论自己过去与现在的情况。

二、词汇和常用表达: background, interview, Asian, deal with, dare, private, guard, require，European, African, British, speech, public, in public
三、学习策略：通过阅读训练来提高学生们的阅读能力。

四、文化知识: 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。

Teaching and learning steps：
Step1 Preview:
Ask the students to look at P27, and put the phrases into English or Chinese orally, then write them down without looking at the text.
1.开始干某事_________________________
2.对付；应付______________________
3.敢于做某事_______________________
4.不再____________________
5.get tons of attention _________________________
6.hang out ________________________
7.give up ___________________
8.require sth. to do sth. ________________________
【设计意图】学生通过预习重点短语和句子，能够对本节课的内容有初步了解,为学习新内容扫清障;
并能培养学生发现问题的能力。

Step2 Warming up and leading in
1.
T：I used to be afraid of snakes. But now I’m not afraid of them. How about you?
S1: I used to be afraid of mice. But now I’m still afraid of them.
S2: ….
Ask students to look at the pictures. Use “used to”and “but now”to describe the following pictures.
S1: He used to be afraid of speaking in front of a group.
S2: …
S3: …
【设计意图】利用图片，设置语境，既复习了上节课所学内容，又引入了对本节课的学习，有利于学生准确地理解和记忆。

2 .Show some photos of a girl, and ask the students.
T: Do you know the beautiful girl?
S1: Yes. She is Candy Wang. She is an Asian pop star.
T: Can you guess what she was like in the past?
S2: She used to be a shy girl.
T: Do you know her story?
S3: She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
S4: As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crowds. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
T: OK. There is more information about her. Today, let’s read the article to see what kind of person she is. Let’s e to 3a.
Step 3 While-reading Activities
1.Fast reading
Read fast and silently to find the general idea.
The general idea of the article is about__________
A: something about Candy Wang
B: something about music
C: something about young people
【设计意图】快速浏览全文，初步感知文本，引导学生运用略读技巧，初步了解文章的主要内容，培养学生阅读概括能力。

2.Careful reading
Task 1 Tell Ss to read the article carefully and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. Number the information [1-3].
____ how Candy’s life has changed
____ Candy’s advice to young people
____ Candy’s background
Ss read the article quickly and try to number the information.
Task 2 Read the article again and answer the following questions.
1.What did Candy Wang use to be like?
2.How did she change herself?
3.What does she think of tons of attention?
4.How can young people succeed?
Task 3 Read the article silently and plete the sentences about Candy.
1.She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy __________________________________.
2.She didn’t used to be __________ in schoo l, but now she gets lots of attention.
3.She used to ____________ with friends, but now it is almost impossible.
4.She didn’t use to ____________ how she appears to others, but now she does.
【设计意图】此环节为细读环节，任务设置由易到难，让学生带着任务细读文章,获取细节信息, 回答问题, 并准确填空，有利于学生逐渐提高阅读理解能力。

Step 4 Post-reading activities
Task 1: Listen and repeat.
T: Please listen to the tape and follow it.
Studentslisten and repeat.
【设计意图】让学生跟着录音仿读，可以纠正学生的语音和语调。

Task 2:plete 3a without looking at the text.
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
1.For this month’s Young World magazine, I _______19-year-old ______ _____ ____ Candy Wang.
Candy Wang told me that she ______ ______ _______really shy and ______ _______ _______to deal
with her shyness. As she _____ ______, she dared to sing in front of her class. And then for _______ _______ school. Now she’s not shy ________ and loves singing in front of crowds. 2I asked Candy how life ________ _________ after she ________ _________. She explainedthat there are many __________ __________, like being able to ________ _______ _______new peopleall the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get _______ _______ _________everywhere I go.” However, too much attention can also be ______ _______ _________. “Ialways have to worry about how I _________ _________ ______ and I have to be very ______ ________ what I say or do. And I don’t have much _________ _________ ________. Hangingout with friends is ______ _________ for me now becausethere are always __________ _______me.”
3 What does Candy have to say to all those young peoplewho want to bee famous? “Well,” she
________ __________,“you have to ________ _________ ________give up your __________ _______.
Youcan never imagine how difficult ________ ________ _______ _______ is.Many times I thought about giving up, but I ________ ______.You really ________ a lot of talent and hard work _______ ________.Only a very small number of people ________ _______ to the top.”
Task 3 Read the text and retell the passage according to the key words .
T: Please read 3a again and try to retell the passage according to the key words.
【设计意图】借助思维导图复述课文，让学生进一步理解、掌握文章内容，同时对学生进行口语表达能力的训练。

Task 4: Do a survey.
T: Being an interviewer is great! Let’s bee an interviewer today! Your partner is Candy. You can ask her some questions.
Give Ss an example:
e.g. A: What were you like？Were you good at singing when you were very young?
B: No. I used to be really shy. I took up singing to deal with my shyness. As I got better, I dared to sing in front of the class and then for the whole school.
Ss work in pairs. Try to ask and answers questions according to the passage.
Let some pairs ask and answer.
【设计意图】通过听、说、交流、讨论和汇报等多种教学方式让学生体验学习英语的乐趣，并提高他们的综合语言的运用能力。

Step 5Grammar
Read, think, and find
一、1. I used to be short.
2. I didn’t use to be popular in school.
3.Paul used to be really quiet.
4. She didn’t use to like tests.
5. You used to be short, didn’t you? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
6. Did he use to wear glasses? Yes, he did. /No, he didn’t.
以上这几个句子都含有used to, used to意为“______________”，暗指现在已经不存在的动作或状态，后接_____________。

used to的否定式通常为_____________。

含有used to 的句子变为一般疑问句时，可用“助动词_________+主语+use to do sth.?”肯定回答用__________;否定回答用____________。

含有used to 的特殊疑问句的机构为“疑问词+助动词did+主语+use to do...?如果陈述部分含有used to, 附加疑问部分通常使用助动词_______来引导。

如：
（1）你过去做什么？我过去集邮。

_____________________________
（2）她过去没留长头发。

____________________________
二、Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. _______________________________________________________________
ake up意为“_________”, 通常指_____________________，尤其指以前从未做过的事或作为消遣的事。

take up后面接________,意为“____________”。

如：
他五岁时开始学英语。

__________________________________________.
2.deal with意为“_______________”。

如：
他已经学会了应对各种困难。

_____________________________________________
deal with 与_________二者都可以用来表示“____________”,deal 侧重于方式、方法，do侧重于对象。

在特殊疑问句中deal with 与________运用，do with与________连用。

如：
用do with 或deal with 填空。

I don’t know how they_______ ________the problem.(=I don’t know what they ______ ______the problem.)
【设计意图】引导学生观察、发现、归纳和掌握语言规律，形成有效的学习策略。

让学生通过合作学习来获取知识,教师在学生还不会的地方进行精讲，落实了以学定教。

Step7. 4a 控制性机械练习
Give the Ss time to remember the structures of used to. Then ask the Ss to do the following exercises in 4a.
Write the sentences using the words given according to the example.
1. Grace/watch a lot of TV/watch a lot of movies
2.my mom/have curly hair/have straight hair
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Jerry/read books on European history/ read books on African culture
________________________________________________________________________
3.Sandy /teach British English / teach American English
Let one student read the answers.
Step8.4b 半控制性意义练习
Look at the information and write sentences about Emily.
Five years ago Now
didn’t eat a lot of vegetables loves carrots and tomatoes
listened to pop music enjoys country music
watched scary movies hates scary movies
didn’t read a lot of books reads at least six books a year
e.g. Emily didn’t use to eat a lot of vegetables, but now she loves carrots and tomatoes. Ss try to write sentences by themselves.
【设计意图】根据信息描述他人的过去与现在的不同，为下面的任务做铺垫。

Step9. Groupwork (开放性交际运用)
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.
Me I used to be afraid of…I’m still afraid of… the dark
being alone
flying
high places
giving a speech in public
My partner used to be afraid
My partner
My partner is still afraid of…
of…
the dark
being alone
flying
high places
giving a speech in
public
【设计意图】让学生们以小组为单位分别自主发挥，用英语来相互询问过去及现在所害怕的事情。

通过练习，学生大都掌握了used to的用法，找几组学生分角色练习对话，能把所学内容正确运用到具体语境中。

同时也培养了学生练习对话的能力.,并发现学习上的难点和好的方法. 集体解决.
Step 7 The end-of-class test当堂检测
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. He used to take up________(play) sports to keep healthy.
2. The students didn’t dare _________ (break) the school rules.
3. We have to be careful about ________ (say) something wrong.
4. Many times they thought about ______ (work) hard to succeed.
5. At last, he succeeded ________ (deal ) with his shyness.
二、根据汉语提示完成句子。

1. 我以前害怕在公众前演讲。

I _______ ______ be afraid of ________ a speech in ________.
2. 这种狗是用来帮助盲人的吗？
Are those dogs _______ _______ _________ the blind?
3. 你表妹以前害怕独自一人，不是吗？
Your cousin _______ ________ be afraid of ________ alone, _______ she?
4.珍妮以前在学校里并不受欢迎。

Jenny ________ ________ ________ be popular in school.
5. 我不习惯午饭吃这么多。

I’m _______ used to _________ so much at lunch time.
三. 根据括号内的要求完成下列句子，每空词数不限。

1. Mother used to grow flowers in her garden. (改为否定句)
Mother __________ _________ _______ grow flowers in her garden.
2. Bill used to collect stamps when he was in middle school. (改为一般疑问句)
______ ______ ________ ________ collect stamps when he was in middle school? Step8. Homework
1.Make sentences with these words.
interview; deal with; dare to…; not…any more; require; used to
2.调查你的家庭成员他们过去常常害怕的事情，并写成一个小报告，向你的同学们汇报一下。

Answers:
Preview: 1.take up doing sth.
2. deal with
3. dare to do sth.
4. not…anymore
5.得到很多关注
6.闲逛
7.放弃
8.需要某物做某事
3.Fast reading
A
4.Careful reading
Task1. 2 3 1
Task2.
1.She used to be really shy.
2.She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
3.She thinks too much attention can also be a bad thing.
4.Young people really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed.
Task3
1.anymore
2.popular
3. Hang out
4.worry about
Grammar:
一、过去常常，动词原形，didn’t use to ,Did, Yes, she did., No, sb. didn’t did
(1)used to collect (2) didn’t use to
二、1.坎迪告诉我她过去非常害羞，于是开始唱歌来对付她的羞怯。

开始做；开始某项工作、某个爱好等；Ving；开始做某事；He took up learning English at the age of five.
2.对付；应付；He has learnt to deal with all kinds of difficulties.；do with；处理；how；what；deal with; do with
The end-of-class test
一、1.playing 2. T
二、1. used to ; giving; public
2. used to help
3. used to ;being; didn’t
4. didn’t used to be
5. not; eat
三、1. didn’t use to
2. Did Bill use to。