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Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.
Period4
Section B(2a-2f)
学习目标
Period4
Section B(2a-2f)
Key words and phrases:
seldom, influence, absent, fail, examination, exactly, pride, proud,
general, in person, take pride in, be proud of
Key sentences:
He used to cause a lot of trouble.
Reading strategies:
1. skimming and scanning;
2. use the sentence context to help guess and learn the meaning of
new words and phrases.
情 境 导 入
Who are they
Do you know left-behind children
Stay-at-home children\ left-behind children.
情 境 导 入
Their parents move to cities to look for jobs. They seldom come back home. Only once or twice a year.
adv. 不常; 很少
Some parents send them to the boarding school.
That deeply influences them.
寄宿学校
v. & n. 影响
情 境 导 入
Some children are not interested in studying.
They are absent from classes and fail the examinations.
adj. 缺席; 不在
v. 不及格;失败; 未能(做到)
n. 考试; 审查
情 境 导 入
Let’s think and talk.
They miss their parents.
They feel unhappy and lonely.
How do they feel
情 境 导 入
Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy from the countryside. His parents are working in the city.
He is a left-behind child.
Before reading
新 课 探 究
Period4
Section B(2a - 2f)
2a
Look at the title of the passage and the picture below. What problems do you think he might have
Title: He Studies Harder than He Used to
now
in the past
Now he studies harder.
He didn’t use to study hard.
change
How
He used to study hard , and now he studies harder.
He didn’t use to study hard, but now he studies hard.
√
Li Wen
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What problems do you think Li Wen might have
Li Wen
miss his parents too much
feel lonely
have little interest in studying
...
What’s the general idea(主旨) of the passage
A. He used to break the school rules.
B. He used to hate studying and fail his exam.
C. He used to fight with his parents.
He used to have difficulties in school, but now he works hard in studying.
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While-reading
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Task 1 Read and match the main idea of each paragraph.
The problems Li Wen used to have.
The background of Li Wen.
A conversation with his parents changed his life.
Li Wen changed to be better.
Fast reading
背景
对话
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While-reading
Missing language
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
1.划关键词
2.注意空格前后
C
D
A
B
Fast reading
If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well
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Li Wen’s background card
Sex(性别):_______
Age:__________
From:________________
In school:____________________________
Families: he used to live with___________but now________________take care of him
It's hard to believe that____________________________
boy
15
the countryside
He works hard and does well
he used to have difficulties in school
his parents
his grandparents
Read Para.1 and complete the introduction to Li Wen.
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Read Para.2 and underline Li Wen’s problems.
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1: Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.
A. impove B. change
2: Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations.
A. missing B. present
3:Li Wen’s parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school.
A. public shcool
B. a school where students live and study
4: She advised them to talk with their son in person.
A. face to face (当面) B. on the phone
Task 3 Read Para.2 and use clues(线索) from the passage to help you guess the meanings of the words in the box.
2d
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What does “it” refer(指代) to
2. What did Li Wen understand after the talk
Read Para3 carefully and answer the questions.
The talk between him and his parents
Even though they busy, they are always thinking of him. They take pride in everything good that he does.
A. They had a long talk.
be proud of
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Read paragraph 4 and finish the mind map.
Changes
Emotion
Study
Personality
In the past:
Now:
In the past:
Now:
He felt lonely and unhappy.
He was much happier now.
In the past:
Now:
He was shy and was not be able to make friends quickly in school.
He became more outgoing and make some good friends in school.
He was absent from classes and failed his examinations.
He worked even harder than he used to.
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2e
Complete the passage with the proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.
be proud of / take pride in make a decision/ decide miss / be absent from change / influence look after / take care of
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. 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.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.
look after/ take care of
missed/ was absent from
be proud of/ take pride in
decided/made a decision
changed / influenced
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What do you think Li Wen and his parents talked about in their conversation Write a conversation and role-play it with your group.
Group A
(1) Possible questions Li Wen may ask
(2) Possible answers from his parents
2f
Group B
(1) Possible questions his parents may ask
(2) Possible answers from Li Wen
Tips:
3 students in a group, including Li wen, his father and his mother
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Li Wen: Do you love me
Mother: Of course we do.
Li Wen: Why don’t you come home to see me more often
Father: Sorry, we are really busy with our jobs every day. Life is not easy and there are
more chances in big cities.
Mother: But we do miss you every day. Every time we think of you, we will work
harder…
Mother: …We want to get you a better education and then, of course, a good future.
Father: In our eyes, you are a hardworking and kind child. And we are always proud of
you.
Mother: But what happened to you, dear It seems that you have a bad performance at
school. Why have your grades dropped recently Is there anything unhappy that
influences you
Li Wen: Um … I think it is because I always feel lonely. I miss you so much.
Father: That is our fault. What should we do in your opinion
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Li Wen: I think what we need isn’t too much money or other material wealth. We need more
communication and love from each other.
Father: We agree with you, Li Wen. It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.
Mother: That’s what I want to say. We’ve heard that you want to leave the school. Why
Li Wen: I don’t have any friends and there are many strict rules in school.
Mother: I see. I understand that you think life is hard …
Father: I think you can be brave and try to be more active. How about playing basketball with
other boys I know you are good at playing basketball.
Li Wen: Ok. I’ll have a try.
Mother: We are always proud of you, son.
Li Wen: But please don’t worry too much about me. I will study harder. I believe things will be
better soon.
Father: We both hope that you’ll become more and more cheerful and positive. Remember we
take pride in everything good that you do. We love you son.
Li Wen: I love you, too. Thank you, Dad and Mom.
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Language points
1. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school.
It is hard to believe that …是一个含有宾语从句的复合句。主句中it作形式主语,真正的主语是that引导的从句。
It is hard to believe that they finished so much work during such a short time.
在这么短的一段时间内他们完成了如此多的工作, 这令人难以相信。
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seldom adv.
He seldom comes to school late, _____
A. does he B. doesn't he
2.When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems...
A
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1) influence v.影响
have an influence on
2) influence un.影响力、权力/cn.某种影响
Parents’ absence may have an influence _______their children.
3. Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his school.
influence sb. to do sth.
What influenced him _________(make) that decision
to make
on
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1) absent adj. 缺席的
What was the real reason for your _______(absent)
China was________(absence) from the early Olympic Games.
2) absence n.缺席
4.Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations
Is everyone here No. Tim is________(absence).
3) 反义词:present v./adj.
absent
absent
absence
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4) fail v. 失败
5) failure n.
_______(fail) is the mother of success.
I ______(fail) to pass the test.
failed
Failure
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1) advise v.建议
advise (doing) sth.
advise that sb. (should) do sth.
2)advice un.建议
a piece of advice
advise sb. to do sth.
Ms. Liu advises us ______(do) more exercises to make progress in Math.
5. She advised them to talk with their son in person.
to do
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2) in person 亲自
Yuan Longping always does the experiments __________(亲自).
=by oneself
in person
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Ⅰ.用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
exact, influence, pride, boarding, examination
1. Sam is studying in a school.
2. We are going to take an in chemistry
tomorrow morning.
3. Parents should know that very often they their
children in many ways.
4. Since we are friends, I know how she feels now.
5. Tim's mother will be of him if he wins the reading
competition.
boarding
examination
influence
exactly
proud
课 堂 小 结
Period4
Section B(2a - 2f)
a _________________ boy
before his parents moved to the city
a __________ boy
after his parents moved to the city
good/normal
problem
after a long talk
a _______ boy
better
How many changes has Li Wen experienced
seldom...
problems...
felt...became...
was...failed...
was...and not be able to...
changes...
much...
studies even...
more...and made more..
time line
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Wish all ofyou to get good grades and a happy new term!
课堂小结
What can we do for the left-behind children
Make posters to arouse people’s attention.
Give speeches to make more
people care about them.
Set up clubs to organize
activities to help them.
…
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Homework
课堂小结
Retell the story of Li Wen.
2. Make a poster to let more people
care about left-behind children.
THANK YOU