人教版九年級英語上冊《I used to be afraid of the dark》SectionA PPT課件下載(第2課時)，共21頁。
Objectives
1. To know the usage of key words and “used to” structure.
2. To use skimming skills to get the main idea of each part and collect detailed information through careful reading.
3. To talk about your personal changes and feel confident about the future.
Lead in
Use “used to” and “but now” to describe the following picture.
He used to play soccer, but now he plays basketball.
She used to be shy, but now she is outgoing.
I used to be afraid of speaking in front of crowds, but now I am confident.
I used to have no time to play sports, but now I have time to play.
They used to drink a lot, but now they stop drinking.
We used to have too much homework, but now we have no homework.
Language Ponits
1. … took up singing to deal with her shyness.
（1）take up 開始；從事，常指開始某項工作、愛好等。
開始從事某事 ________________
eg: He left a job in the city to _______________ in the countryside.
他放棄了城市里的工作，開始在農村教書。
（2）take up 還有“接受(提議)； 占用”等意思。
eg: You should take up my suggestion and start saving money.
你應該接受我的建議,開始存錢。
I know how busy you are and I wouldn’t take up too much of your time.
我知道您忙，我不會占用您太多的時間。
2. ... to deal with her shyness
deal with 意為“處理，對付”
eg: Have you any good idea about how to deal with this difficulty?
處理這種困難你有什么好想法嗎？
注意：do with 與deal with可以轉換，但二者也有不同：
do with常與連接代詞what連用，而deal with常與連接副詞how連用。eg：I don’t know how they deal with the problem.
= I don’t know what they do with the problem.
我不知道他們如何處理這個問題。
3. You have to be prepared to give up your dream.
prepare 在此處用作及物動詞，意為“準備;預備”。
常用搭配：
prepare sth. “準備某物”
prepare sb sth. = prepare sth for sb. 給某人準備某物
prepare to do sth. 表示“準備做某事”
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