(
课件网) Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark. Section B (2a-2f) Learning goals Knowledge goals： To learn more useful expressions. Ability goals: To improve your reading skills. Emotion goals: To communicate with our parents and understand them. To love and enjoy love. Let’s guess! normal Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy from the countryside. He works hard and does well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. Read the passage and put the sentences (A-D) in the correct places. USING CONTEXT Using the sentence context may help you guess and learn the meanings of new words and phrases. 2a proud absent seldom take pride in boarding school Sharp eyes 1. Did Li Wei get better What problems did Li Wen use to have 1. He became less interested in studying. 2. be absent from classes. 3. failed his examinations. 1. What was he and his family like when he was a little boy 2. Was his life always the same as before What happened 1. seldom caused any trouble. 2. spent a lot of time together. change Left behind children Their parents seldom(adv.不常；很少) go home and can’t do everything for them in person(亲自）. Some of them have to go a boading school(寄宿学校). If their parents aren’t with them, they may be absent(adj.缺席)from the classes, then they fail(v.不及格） the examination(n.考试). B. Li Wen’s problems(问题) and his changes(改变). A. Li Wen’s likes and dislikes. Reading strategy: The title can show the main idea of a passage. Predict(预测) the main idea(主旨大意): He studies harder than he used to. problems Li Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy from the countryside. His parents works in the city. 2b 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 Missing language Read the passage and put the sentence (A-D) in the correct places and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have. USING CONTEXT Using the sentence context may help you guess and learn the meanings of new words and phrases. Read the passage again and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have. He missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy. Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork. He became less interested in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. 2c 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 Missing language After reading Retell the story according to the mind-map. He studies harder than he used to background problems that he used to have solution Li Wen has really changed Read the passage again and underline the problems that Li Wen used to have. 1. He became less interested in studying. 2. Sometimes he was absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. 3. Li Wen was shy and was not able to make friends quic ... ...
