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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 学习掌握下列词汇:
background, interview, Asian, deal with, dare, private, guard, require
2) 阅读短文,能按要求获取相关的信息。
3) 通过阅读训练来提高学生们的阅读能力。
4) 学习运用used to来表达“过去常常”存在的状态或的发生的动作。
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) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组,达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 阅读短文,获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习,来提高阅读能力。
2. 教学难点:
1) 阅读短文,获得相关的信息的能力。
2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Revision
Translate the sentences into English.
1. 马里奥以前很矮,他戴着眼镜。
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2. 他现在长什么样子?
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3. 保拉以前很安静,她在班上总是很沉默。
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4. 她总是不够勇敢去问问题。
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Ⅱ.Warming up
Give the pictures of Candy Wang:
1. Who’s beautiful and outgoing girl? She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
2. Can you guess what she was like?
Yeah, she used to be very shy.
3. Do you want to know her story?
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crows. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
Ⅲ. Reading
1. Work on 3a.
Tell Ss to read the article 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.
2. Read the first paragraph and answer the questions:
1) How old is Candy Wang?
2) What was she like?
3) Why did she take up singing?
4) What’s she like now?
Ss try to read and find the answers to these questions.
Then check the answers with the Ss
3. Read the second paragraph and fill in the chart.
Good things
Bad things
1.Being able to travel and meet new people all the time
1.___________________
2. _________________
2. _____________
3. _________________
4. _________________
Check the answers with the Ss:
4. Read the third paragraph and fill in the blanks.
Candy’s advice to young people who want to become famous:
1) People have to be __________ to ____ _____ your ______ life.
2) You can never imagine how ________ the road to ________ is.
3) You really require a lot of ________ and ___________ to succeed.
4)Only a very small _______ of people make it to the _______ .
Check the answers with the Ss.
5. Read the article again and complete the sentences about Candy.
1) She used to be shy, but now she’s not shy ________.
2) She didn’t use to be _______ in school, but now she gets lots of attention.
3) She used to ________ with friends, but it is almost impossible now.
4) She didn’t use to ___________ how she appears to others, but now she does.
IV. Pair work
Work on 3c. Suppose you are the interviewer and your partner is Candy. Ask and
answer questions.
Give Ss some examples:
1. What were you like? Why did you take up singing?
2. How is your life different after you became famous?
3. What’s your advice to all those young people who want to become famous?
V. Language points
1. I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang.
interview v. 采访
e.g. We are going to interview the Minister of Education.
我们打算去采访教育部长。
2. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
take up 开始;从事;接纳;占据;继续做
e.g. The table takes up too much room. 这桌子太占地方了。
They have taken up golf. 他们开始学起打高尔夫球了。
拓展:take相关词组
take off 起飞;脱下;动身
take on 承担;呈现
take over 接受;接管;借用;接办
take down 记下;取下
take place 发生;进行;举行
take a look 看一下 take a walk 散步
take away 带走,拿走,取走
take care of 照顾;注意;抚养
take charge 掌管,负责
deal v.对待;处理 (dealt, dealt)
deal with 应对;处理
e.g. Have you dealt with these letters yet? 这些信件你处理了吗?
3. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.
dare v. 敢于;胆敢
dare to do sth. 敢于做某事
e.g. He doesn’t dare to jump from the top of the wall. 他不敢从墙上跳下来。
4. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
not … anymore 不再……
e.g. People are not interested in movies anymore.
人们不再对电影感兴趣了。
5. … but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.
get tons of attention 被众人所关注
tons of sth. 很多;极多
e.g. They have tons of work every day. 他们每天都有大量的工作要做。
6. And I don’t have much private time anymore.
private adj. 私人的;私密的
e.g. 这是一辆私家车。
It is a private car.
7. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on.
fight (fought, fought) 努力去做,尝试;战斗,搏斗;争取
fight on 奋力坚持
e.g. We must fight on until the end of the battle. 我们必须坚持到战斗结束。
8. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed.
require v. 需要;要求
e.g. Fishing requires a lot of patience. 钓鱼需要很大的耐心。
VI. Exercises
I. Finish the sentences by using the words in the box.
require, guard, deal with, background, private
1. Playing the piano well ________ a lot of practice.
2. The ______ won’t let anyone through the gate without a pass.
3. It’s a _______ garden, not a public one.
4. We know nothing about his ____________.
5. I have a lot of letters to __________ today.
Keys: requires; guard; private; background; deal with
II. Complete the following sentences.
1. Rice is the main food in many ______ (Asia) countries.
2. Young people must dare _________ (think), speak up, and act.
3. Mike tried his best to overcome his __________ (shy).
4. Mr. Li took up ___________ (engineer) ten years ago.
5. It’s ____________ (possible) for us to climb up such a high mountain.
III. Finish the following sentences.
1. 我采访二十四岁的亚洲流行歌手茜拉。
I ____________ _____________ Asian pop star Shila.
2. 她从事歌唱来解决她的害羞问题。
She ____ ____ singing to _____ _____ her shyness.
3. 我不再有很多个人时间。
I don’t have _____ _______ time ____ _____.
4. 她过去常和朋友一起闲逛。
She ____ ___ _____ ____with friends.
VII. Homework
Make sentences with these words.
interview; deal with; dare to…; not…any more; require; used to
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