Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. The Fifth Period Section B (3a-Self Check ),Please say out your changes !,Revision,Write notes about how you have changed in your appearance,personality and hobbies.Then talk with a partner about your changes.,3a,Try to write two paragraphs. Paragraph 1:General introduction about the changes in your life Paragraph 2:The most important change and how it happened,Write about how you have changed. What did you use to be like? Which change is the most important one, and why?,3b,How Ive changed! My life has changed a lot in the last few years. I used to _ _. Now Im _. The biggest change in my life was _ _.This is the most important change because _ _.,1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.,silent require absent fail interview take pride in be proud of in person influence humorous seldom,1. The mother traveled for many hours to return home to talk to her child _. 2. He used to be a very quiet teenager. He remained _ most of the time and _ talked to other people. 3. If you are always _ from class, you will _ the examinations. 4. The teacher _ helping his students win the English competition.,in person,silent,seldom,absent,fail,took pride in,5. Kates grandparents have had a great _ on her. 6. That British teacher is very _. He always tells us interesting jokes. 7. People are usually _ to give a general self-introduction in a job _. 8. Tina played very well in the basketball game and her parents _ her.,were proud of,required,interview,humorous,influence,2. What did you use to be like when you were in primary school? Complete these statements.,I used to wear _. My hair used to be _. I used to watch _. I used to play _. I used to be _.,1. Li Wens unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork. 李文的不开心开始影响他的学业。（教材第30页） e.g.:His teachers words influenced him for all his life. The weather influences the crops. influence还可用作名词，意为“影响，作用”。 常用短语：have an influence on sb.“对某人有影响”。 e.g.:His idea had a great influence on me.,Language Points,2. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations.有时他不去上课并且考试也不及格。（教材第30页） absent 为形容词，意为”缺席的；不在场的”,常与介词from连用。 e.g.:They were absent from work that day. absence 名词，意为“缺席，不在”。 e.g.:The decision was made in my absence. fail 此处用作及物动词，意为“未能通过”；也可用作不及物动词，因此fail an examination（考试不及格）也可表示为fail in an examination。 e.g.:Bob always fails (in) his examinations. fail 也可跟动词不定式，fail to do sth.意为“未能/没能做某事”。 e.g.:I failed to pass the driving test.,3.They take pride in everything good that I do.我做的每一件好事他们都引以为豪。（教材第30页） take pride in意为“为感到自豪”，in为介词，其后可接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。相当于be proud of。 e.g.:The young mother took pride in her son.=The young mother was proud of her son.,4. I know my parents love me and theyre always proud of me. 我知道我的父母爱我，他们总是为我感到骄傲（教材第30页） be proud of 意为“为骄傲/感到自豪”。 proud为形容词，意为“骄傲的；自豪的”，其名词形式为pride，意为“骄傲；自豪”。 e.g.:His family are proud of him. 【拓展】be proud to do sth. 意为“为做某事感到骄傲/自豪”。 e.g.:He is proud to be a student of Tsinghua University.,5. Now I understand that even though they are busy, they are always thinking of me. 现在我明白即使父母很忙，他们总是想着我。（教材第30页） even though意为“尽管，即使，纵然”，有退一步设想的意味，相当于even if，多用于书面语中。 e.g.:He went on working with his assistant even though both of them were tired.,6. She advised them to talk with their son in person.她建议他们亲自和他们的儿子谈一谈。（教材第30页） advise sb. to do sth. 意为“建议某人做某事”。 e.g.:The boss advised him to leave as soon as possible. He advised me to buy a computer. advise doing sth. 意为“建议做某事” 。 e.g.:He advised leaving early. in person 意为“亲身；亲自”。 e.g.:I will go to fetch it in person.,7. Finally,Li Wens parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school. 最后，李文的父母决定送他到一所寄宿学校。（教材第30页） make the/a decision意为“做决定；下决心”。其中decision为名词，意为“决定，决心”，其动词形式为decide，意为“决定；下决心”。make the/a decision相当于decide，其用法为：make the/a decision to do sth.=decide to do sth.“决定做某事”。 e.g.:You must make the decision right now. He made a decision to learn medicine.=He decided to learn medicine. make a decision中的decision前面可以被其他形容词修饰，如good ,big ,important,final，difficult等。 e.g.:My friend made a difficult decision.,一、选择方框中的短语，并用其正确形式填空。 1.The boy always _ in the school ,so the teacher is very angry. 2._ we werent there,we know the result. 3.Im _ a child.I have the right to make my own decision. 4.I _ being a Chinese person. 5.I hate_the sick person, so I dont want to be a nurse.,even though take care of no longer be proud of break rules,breaks rules,Even though,no longer,am proud of,to take care of,Exercise,二、单项选择。 ( )1. He takes _ his sons success. A.p