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Compare yourself with your partner.
I used to be nervous about tests all the time. What about you
Yes, me too. And I used to be afraid of making a speech in public.
I used to ride my bike to school. What about you
Well, I used to walk to school.
I used to hate P. E. class. What about you
I used to hate
P. E. class. But now I love it.
Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the countryside.
His parents are working in the city.
What did he use to be like
What did he use to do
Look at the title of the passage and the picture below. What problems do you think he might have
2a
He Studies Harder Than He Used to
2. He used to hate studying and fail his exams.
3. He used to fight with his classmates.
1. He used to break the school rules.
A. They had a long talk
B. Now Li Wen has really changed
C. However, things began to change a
few years ago
D. His teacher was worried about him
Read the passage and put the sentences [A-D] in the correct places.
2b
A. They had a long talk
B. Now Li Wen has really changed
C. However, things began to change a few years ago
D. His teacher was worried about him
2c
Read the passage again and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have.
利用上下文
影响
缺席，不再
亲自地
寄宿制学校
Use the clues from the passage to help you guess the meaning of the words in the box.
2d
be proud of / take pride in
make a decision/ decide
miss / be absent from
change / influence
look after / take care of
Complete the passage with the proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.
2e
Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. When his parents moved to the city to work, they could not be at home to _____________________ him. So he became less interested in studying and _____________________ classes.
missed/ was absent from
look after/ take care of
Then his parents ____________________ to send him to a boarding school. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. His teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. This conversation __________________ his life.
made a decision/decided
changed/ influenced
He realized that his parents would always love him, and they would ______________________ everything good that he did. Now he is much happier and more outgoing than he used to be.
be proud of/ take pride in
Possible questions Li Wen might ask his parents
Questions his parents might ask Li Wen
Possible answers from Li Wen and his parents
What do you think Li Wen and his parents talked about in their conversation Write a conversation and role-play it with your group. Think of the following things:
2f
Did you used to have problems in school
Did you talk with your parents
Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.
influence v. & n. 影响
influence可用作动词，其后接名词或 动词不定式的复合结构。
influence可用作名词，常用于have / has an influence on ...或be an influence on ...结构。
e.g. Lu Xun’s works have strongly influenced millions of people.
鲁迅的小说影响了数以万计的人。
What influenced Mike to make that decision
什么影响了迈克，让他做出了那个决定？
Cell phones have an important influence on our life.
手机对我们的生活影响很大。
Their mother is a good influence on their habits.
他们的母亲对他们的习惯有好的影响。
请根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子。
1. 老师对学生有很大的影响。
Teachers __________ a great _____________ students.
2. 受父母的影响，李梅成为了一名医生。
Li Mei’s parents __________ her ________ a doctor.
have / are
influence on
influenced
to be
3. 他的成功影响了其他的工人。
His success _______________________.
4. 谁对你的人生有重大影响？
Who ____________________________ on your life
influenced other workers
has / is an important influence
absent adj. 缺席；不在
反义词：present adj. 到场的，出席的
be absent from classes 缺课
e.g. The boy was absent because he was ill.
那个男孩因病缺席了。
4. Sometimes he was absent from
classes and failed his examinations.
fail v. 失败；未能(做到)；不及格
1) fail作 “失败；未能(做到)” 讲时：
e.g. Many diets fail because they’re boring.
许多节食失败了，因为太枯燥了。
fail in sth. 表示“在某方面失败”。
e.g. I failed in everything I tried.
我所有的尝试都失败了。
fail to do sth.表示“未能做到某事”。
e.g. She failed to get into art college.
她没能赶上美术课。
fail意为“不及格”时，既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词。
e.g. He failed (in) the exam.
他考试不及格。
根据句意，选择正确选项完成句子。
(1) Their car failed ______ the high mountain.
A. to climb B. climbing
(2) I don’t know why she failed ______ the driving test.
A. on B. in
A
B
They take pride in everything good that I do.
…they’re always proud of me,…
pride和proud
相同点：
pride和proud都有“骄傲，自豪”的意思。
不同点：
pride为名词，常用搭配为 take pride in。
e.g. He looked at his garden with pride.
他骄傲地看着他的花园。
I take pride in my work.
我为我的工作而自豪。
proud为形容词，常用搭配为 be proud of。
e.g. I feel very proud to be a part of the team.
我很自豪可以参加这个团队。
She is proud of what you’ve done.
她为你所做的而骄傲。
根据句意选用恰当的选项填空。
1. I’m ________ (pride / proud) to be your friend.
2. He wore his medals with _______ (pride / proud).
3. I’m proud ____ (of / on) my hometown.
4. He loved his daughter and took pride _____ (of / in) her.
proud
pride
of
in
Read the passage again after school.
