Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section A(3a-3c)课件(共32张PPT) 人教版九年级全册

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From Shy Girl to Pop Star
Grade 9
Section A 3a-3b
Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Enjoy a song.
What do you know about
the singer
He has a special voice.
周 深
He used to be afraid of singing in front of others.
Now, he is confident and becomes a superstar.
Maybe success requires you to bravely take the first step.
成功需要你勇敢地迈出第一步
Prediction
What do you know about the girl according to the picture and the title
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
Title
Picture
She used to be shy.
She used to be shy.
Now she is brave enough to become a pop singer.
Now she is brave enough to become a pop singer.
Prediction
What do you know about the girl according to the picture and the title
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
Title
Picture
She used to be shy.
Now she is brave enough to become a pop singer.
change
The article is an interview(人物专访) about the girl.
Prediction
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
Title
Picture
If you were an interviewer(采访者), what questions would you ask Candy
How did her life change after she became famous
What's her advice to young people
How old is she
How did she deal with her shyness
Fast Reading
Read the article quickly to check your prediction, and then identify（识别、找出） the paragraphs [1-3] in which the information appears.
Candy's background.
How Candy's life has changed.
Candy's advice to young people.
2
1
3
“Topic sentence”(主题句) is often at the beginning or the end of each paragraph.
Fast Reading
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 appeared to others, but now she does.
anymore
popular
hang out
worry about
Paragraph 1:
Listen and underline the key phrases.
For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian pop star Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
take up doing sth
开始学做某事
处理；应对
dare to do
敢于做某事
全校
not … anymore
不再…
From Shy Girl to Pop Star
Title
Picture
Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.
1.How old is Candy Wang
2.What did she use to be like
3.How did she deal with her shyness
4.What’s she like now
She used to be really shy.
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
She’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
Careful Reading
How did she change from a shy girl to a pop star
(Retell(复述) paragraph one)
She took up singing first. As she got better, she sang in front of her class, and then for the whole school. At last, she was not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds. This led her to a pop star.
She took up singing first.
As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class.
And then for the whole school.
Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
This led her to a pop star.
She didn't set herself a big goal in the beginning.
She dealt with her problems step by step.
Every little step will lead to a big difference.
Paragraph 2:
Listen and underline the key phrases.
I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explained that there are many good things, like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.”
一直；总是
得到大量的关注
tons of 很多
However, too much attention can also be a bad thing. “I always have to worry about how I appear to others, and I have to be very careful about what I say or do. And I don’t have much private time anymore. Hanging out with friends is almost impossible for me now because there are always guards around me.”
担心…
= be worried about
私人时间
= personal time
hang out with sb
和某人闲逛
动名词作主语，谓语用单数
Read Para.2 and answer the question.
Careful Reading
How did her life change after she became famous
Candy的变化很多，先找到关于变化的分类。
Careful Reading
Good things Bad things
She is able to _______ and _____ new people all the time. She has to worry about how she ________ to others.
She has to be careful about _____ she says or does.
She gets tons of __________. She doesn’t have much ________ time.
She can’t _____ ____ with friends.
How did her life change after she became famous
travel
meet
attention
appears
what
private
hang
out
Paragraph 3:
Listen and underlind the key phrases.
What does Candy have to say to all those young people who want to become famous “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. You can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on. You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. Only a very small number of people make it to the top.”
定语从句
be prepared to do sth
准备好做某事
成功的路
fight on
奋力；坚持
极少数的
a number of 许多，谓语复数
the number of …的数量，谓语单数
出人头地；成功之巅
make it 成功
Read Para.3 and fill in the blanks.
Careful Reading
How to become famous
be _________ to _____ ___ normal life
face many __________ bravely
keep _________ ___ instead of giving up
have a lot of _______ and work hard
A very small number of people _____ ___ ___ ____ ____.
prepared
give
up
fighting
on
difficulties
talent
make
it
to
the
top
Further thinking
1.Have you met with similar problems like Candy How did you solve them
It’s common to have problems in the process of growth. We may feel upset, unconfident, lost or left out sometimes.
But don’t doubt yourself. Face them bravely. Try to find solutions and be the best yourself.
2.What does success mean for most of us
Further thinking
For most people, success means achieving personal values and goals in areas like work, study and family.
Take it step by step like Candy to solve your problems. As long as you don't give up, you will succeed.
Summary
Candy Wang
Background:
Good things：
Life has changed：
1.an Asian pop star
2.used to be shy
3.took up singing
4.dared to sing in front of class and the whole school
travel and meet…
get tons of attention…
Bad things:
worry about…
be careful about…
don’t have private time
can’t hang out with friends
be prepared to give up normal life
the road to success is difficult
more talent and hard work
a small number of people make it to the top
Advice to young people:
Self-assessment:
Excellent Good So-so
Preview effect
Reading ability
Task completed
Homework:
1. Read the sample article for several times after class.
2.Draw a mind map to sum up the information of this article.
3. Do more exercises of “used to”structure.