| Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark. Self-check & Reading |
主编：黄冈中学英语集体备课组
Step 1 The introduction to the context.
After learning Unit 2, we learn how to express our changes. If we are asked to write a composition named “How has my life changed?”, what should we write? I think we can describe the changes in our appearance, personality, school life and interests. About appearance, we should describe whether we become taller, heavier or thinner or have long or short hair. As for personality, we are supposed to introduce what we are like now. When we are writing the changes of school life, we need to describe the changes in our subjects, teachers, homework or school environment. About interests, what you like eating, drinking or like doing in free time can be introduced. The changes in school life and interests are more important.
Step 2 Language points
I Key words
1．death n. 死
After her husband’s death, the old woman felt lonely.
We felt sad over Mr. Lee’s sudden death.
拓展：我们看看和“死”有关的其它词性的单词吧：
（1）die v.死，是短暂性动词。
Jim’s grandma died when he was ten years old.
（2）dead adj. 死的，表示状态，可以和时间段连用。
His parents have been dead for one year.
2．cause
v. 引起，导致。用法：
① cause sth.
② cause sb./sth. to do sth.
③ cause sb. sth.
What caused the drought in South West?
Working near the airport can cause people to lose hearing.
So far robots haven’t caused humans any problem.
=So far robots haven’t caused any problem for (to) humans.
拓展：cause还可以作名词，意思是“原因，理由”。
It’s said that the heavy rain is one of the causes of the mud slide in Zhouqu.
3．himself pron. 反身代词，他自己
链接：反身代词在句子中可以作宾语或者同位语或者用在一些固定的搭配中。
（1）作动词或者介词的宾语
My son is old enough to look after himself.
Did you hurt yourself?
（2）作主语或者宾语的同位语，表示“亲自”或者“本人”。
Today our teacher went to see the sick student himself. (主语同位语)
I wish to hear Langlang himself playing a piece of music on the piano. (宾语同位语)
（3）固定的搭配
enjoy oneself,learn by oneself,by oneself,help yourself to
He finished the task in two days by himself.
We enjoyed ourselves at the birthday party.
4．patient
（1）adj. 有耐心的；忍耐的。用法：be patient of sth./ with sb./to do sth.
Mrs. Li is patient of the hard life.
Teachers in our school are very patient with their students.
My mom was patient to wait for me for two hours at home yesterday.
（2）n. 病人
It’s a nurse’s duty to take care of patients.
5．waste v. 浪费
In public places we can see much water is wasted.
My grandparents often tell me not to waste food.
He wasted a lot of time on computer games.
拓展：waste还可以用作其它的词性。
（1）noun. 废弃物、废料；浪费
In our school the teachers ask us to use both sides of paper to produce less waste.
It’s a waste of time to see such a boring movie.
（2）adj. 废弃的、无用的
We should reuse some waste paper.
How do you deal with the waste water?
Ⅱ key phrases
1．in the end 最后；终于
In the end he added some sugar to the coffee.
The firemen put out the fire successfully in the end.
拓展：
（1）in the end的同义词或者词组有：at last, finally
（2）in the end和at the end的区别是：at the end后面可以接of，意思是“在……的尽头，在……的结尾”。
You will find a post office at the end of the street.
At the end of the concert, the singer sent every fan a gift.
2．make a decision 做决定
用法是：make a decision to do sth.
make an important decision 做一个重大的决定
make a sudden decision 做一个突然的决定
Before making a decision, you should think it over.
Jane made a decision to teach children English in poor areas this summer.
= Jane decided to teach children English in poor areas this summer.
3．to one’s surprise 让某人吃惊的是
To our surprise, the best football team in our school lost the game.
To his surprise, great changes have taken place in his hometown.
4．no longer 不再，表示某个动作或者状态不再延续下去，相当于not…any longer。
After I made faces, the baby no longer cried.= After I made faces, the bay didn’t cry any longer.
链接：no more意思也是“不再”。
I am no more taller than you.
5．take pride in 以……为骄傲；对……感到自豪
All the Chinese people take pride in Yang Liwei.
The young man takes great pride in being a member of the national ping-pong team.
6．pay attention to 注意
When I passed by his room, he didn’t pay attention to me.
You should pay attention to your behavior.
拓展：
（1）pay more attention to意思是“多注意”。
We’d better pay more attention to environment problems.
（2）to是介词，所以后面要接动名词。
10．give up 放弃，用法是give up sth./doing sth.
Don’t give up your dream.
Last year my friend gave up smoking.
Ⅲ key sentences
1．It will make me stressed out.
它将会让我感到有压力。
结构分析：stressed out在句中作宾补。
拓展：make是使役动词。后面可以接名词，形容词或者省to的动词不定式作宾补。
We all make Dave monitor.
The exam result made me frustrated.
My mom made me clean the living room yesterday.
2．His mother looked after him as well as she could.
他的妈妈尽可能地照顾好他。
as…as sb. could/can 表示尽可能地……，sb. could/can可以换成possible。
We should solve these problems as soon as we can.
My father went to see my grandparents as often as he could.
The soldiers took the old woman to the hospital as quickly as they could.
3．She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was watching me and would always take pride in everything good I do.
她还告诉我说，虽然我的爸爸不再和我们一起生活，但是他还在关注着我，而且他将一直以我所做的每一件好事为骄傲。
结构分析：told后面接了that引导的宾语从句。在宾语从句中含有even though引导的让步状语从句。在让步状语从句的主句中带有定语从句I do，修饰everything。
even though 意思是“虽然；即使”，引导让步状语从句。
Even though the young man is poor, he helps lots of children in poor areas.
Even though it rained hard last night, none of us was late for the party.
拓展：引导让步状语从句的词或者词组还有：although, though, even if
Although the man is rich, he isn’t happy every day.
We like Mr. Lee very much, though he is strict with us sometimes.
Even if the couple have to sell their house, they will make their children receive college education.
although, though, even if有时可以相互替换，但是although通常放在句首，though可以放句首和句中。
Step 3 Consolidation（真题演练）
1．（天津）We will have a field trip this afternoon. The news makes everyone ________.
A. excited B. frightened
C. happily D. luckily
答案：A
2．（广州）You should ___________ smoking. It’s a terrible habit.
A. grow up B. pick up
C. give up D. set up
答案：C
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