Unit

4

I

used

to

be

afraid

of

the

darkSection

A&1&

used

to的用法

【教材原文】I

used

to

be

afraid

of

the

dark.我曾經很害怕黑暗。

used

to…意為“過去常?！?，表示過去習慣性的動作或以前常常存在的狀態，暗指現在已不是如此。常與now引導的表示現在的情況作對比。used

to可用于各種人稱。used可作行為動詞，也可作助動詞?！就卣埂颗cused

to相關的結構：be/get

used

to

（doing）

sth.，意為“習慣于……（to是介詞，后接名詞、代詞或動名詞）”be

used

to

do

sth.（=be

used

for

doing

sth.）

意為“被用來做某事（不定式作目的狀語；for短語表用途）”【對點練】

I

am

getting

used

to

________（stay）

here.staying&2&

silent的用法

【教材原文】I

remember

you

were

always

silent

in

class.我記得你在課堂上總是很沉默。

silent在此處作形容詞，意為“不說話的；沉默的”。常用短語：remain/stay/keep

silent，意為“保持沉默”?！就卣埂縮ilent的名詞形式是silence，意為“沉默；緘默”。silent的副詞形式是silently，意為“不說話地；沉默地”?！緦c練】

They

finished

their

meal

in

_______

when

Mr.Black

walked

________

into

the

living

room.（silent）silencesilently&3&

from

time

to

time的用法

【教材原文】She

still

plays

the

piano

from

time

to

time.她依舊偶爾彈鋼琴。

from

time

to

time意為“時常;有時”，相當于sometimes?！緦c練】

她偶爾周末還得工作。She

has

to

work

on

weekends

______

_____

___

_____.fromtimetotime&4&

“It's

been+一段時間+since+從句”句型

【教材原文】It's

been

three

years

since

we

last

saw

our

primary

school

classmates.自從我們上次見到小學同學已經有三年了。（1）“It's

been+一段時間+since+從句”意為“自從……以來已經有……時間了”，相當于“It

has

been+一段時間+since+從句”，其中It's是It

has的縮寫。例如：

It

has

been

three

years

since

I

became

a

teacher.我當老師已經三年了。（2）since在該句型中用作連詞，意味“自……以來；從……以后”，since引導的時間狀語從句常用一般過去時態，此時主句常用現在完成時態，且動詞須用延續性動詞。例如：

Miss

Gao

has

been

in

this

school

since

1996.高老師自從1996年就來這所學校了。【對點練】

自十年前她離開家以來，我就沒有見過她。I

haven't

seen

her

______

she

____

______

ten

years

ago.sincelefthome&5&

interview的用法

【教材原文】For

this

month's

Young

World

magazine，I

interviewed

19-year-old

Asian

pop

star

Candy

Wang.為了這個月的《年輕世界》雜志，我采訪了

19

歲的亞洲明星坎迪·王。

interview在此處作動詞，意為“采訪；面試”。interview還可作可數名詞，意為“采訪；面試”。have

an

interview

with

（sb.）意為“采訪（某人）”。例如：

I'm

feeling

really

nervous

before

the

interview.面試前我真的感到很緊張。【對點練】

Last

week，I

___________（interview）

my

favorite

basketball

player.interviewed&6&

take

up的用法

【教材原文】Candy

told

me

that

she

used

to

be

really

shy

and

took

up

singing

to

deal

with

her

shyness.坎迪告訴我，她以前真的很害羞，后來開始唱歌來應對害羞。

take

up意為“開始從事”，其后可接名詞或動名詞。例如：

Lucy

took

up

learning

English

last

year.露西去年開始學英語。【對點練】

The

scientist

has______（take）

up

a

new

subject.taken&7&

dare的用法

【教材原文】As

she

got

better，she

dared

to

sing

in

front

of

her

class，and

then

for

the

whole

school.后來情況漸漸變好了，她敢在全班同學面前唱歌了，后來敢在全校同學面前唱歌了。

dare作實義動詞，意為“敢于；膽敢”，后面常接動詞不定式。例如：

He

didn't

dare

to

look

at

her

in

the

eye.他不敢正視她?！緦c練】

She

doesn't

dare

________

anything.(

)BA.

say

B.

to

say

C.

saying

D.

said&8&

be

prepared

to

do

sth.的用法

【教材原文】“Well，”

she

begins

slowly，“you

have

to

be

prepared

to

give

up

your

normal

life…”

“嗯，”她緩緩道來，“你得準備放棄正常的生活……”

be

prepared

to

do

sth.意為“準備好做某事”，相當于get

ready

to

do

sth.，其中prepared為形容詞，意為“事先準備好的”。【拓展】prepare作動詞的三個?？即钆?prepare

to

do

sth.準備做某事prepare

（for）

sth.為某事做準備prepare

sth.for

sb.為某人準備某物【對點練】

什么也不能阻止他們，他們已準備好承擔后果。Nothing

could

stop

them,they

______

_________

___

/

____

______

___

face

the

consequences.werepreparedtogetreadyto&9&

require的用法

【教材原文】You

really

require

a

lot

of

talent

and

hard

work

to

succeed.你真的需要許多才能和努力才能成功。

require作動詞，意為“需要；要求”，其常見用法如下：（1）require

sth.需要某物（2）require

doing

sth.（=sth.required

to

be

done）某物需要被……（3）require

sb.to

do

sth.要求某人做某事（4）require+（that）

sb.（should）

do

sth.要求某人做某事【對點練】

My

father's

old

machine

requires

_________（repair）.repairingⅠ.請根據課本2b回答問題。1.When

were

Steve

and

Paula

in

the

same

science

class?____________________________________________________________________They

were

in

the

same

science

class

during

Grade

8./During

Grade

8.2.What

did

Paula

use

to

be

like?_________________________________________________She

used

to

be

quiet

and

friendly./Quiet

and

friendly.3.Who

got

a

better

grade

in

science?________________________________________Paula

got

a

better

grade

in

science./Paula.4.What

is

Paula

more

interested

in

now?_________________________________________She

is

more

interested

in

sports

now./Sports.5.How

often

does

Paula

play

soccer?________________________________________________She

plays

soccer

almost

every

day./Almost

every

day.Ⅱ.請根據課本2d完成短文填空。

Alfred

and

Gina

take

part

in

the

class

reunion（聚會）.Alfred

thinks

the

party

is

a

great

idea.It's

been

three

years

6.

.

they

last

saw

their

primary

school

classmates.It

is

interesting

7.

.

them

to

see

how

people

have

changed.Billy

8.

.

to

be

shy

and

quiet.His

face

always

9.

.

red

when

he

talked

to

girls.Gina

used

to

see

Billy

10.

.

in

the

library

every

day.Billy

studied

hard

and

got

good

scores

on

his

exams.He

was

a

really

good

student.He

used

to

be

thin,but

now

he

looks

big

and

strong,and

he's

very

popular

now.sinceforusedturnedreadingⅢ.請根據課本3a完成短文填空。

Today

I

interviewed

a

19-year-old

girl,Candy

Wang.She

used

to

be

a

shy

girl

and

never

dared

to

speak

11.

.

public.In

order

to

12.

.

with

her

shyness,she

took

up

singing.Now

she

made

it

through

13.

.

work.She

has

become

14.

.

pop

star.She

has

many

fans

and

gets

lots

of

15.

.

wherever

s