人教版九年級英語上冊《I used to be afraid of the dark》SectionA PPT教學課件(第2課時)，共45頁。
Objectives
To learn to read the passage about Candy.
To learn the new words and expressions:background, interview, Asian, dare, ton, private, guard, require, deal with, take up, be prepared to...
Warming up
Work in pairs and talk about your changes now than three years ago. You can use the following words.
short/ long/ black/ brown/ straight/ curly hair
short/ tall/ thin/ heavy/ big/ strong
serious/ funny/ quiet/ shy/ outgoing/ friendly/ lazy/ hardworking
like cartoons/ movies
be interested in music/ sports/ drawing/swimming
Before reading
Do you know the beautiful and outgoing girl?
Yeah. She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
Can you guess what she was like in the past?
She used to be a shy girl.
Do you want to know her story?
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crowds. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
Language points
1.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
坎迪告訴她過去真的很羞澀，開始唱歌是為了克服自己的羞澀。
（1）take up 此處意為“開始從事”
►He dropped medicine and took up physics.
他放棄醫(yī)學，開始學物理。
take up的其他用法：
“占用”The table takes up too much room.
“繼續(xù)”We took up our journey the next day.
（2）deal with 相當于do with, 意為“對付；處理”。
► How did you deal with the milk?
你是怎么處理那些牛奶的？
► He has learnt to deal with all kinds of difficulties.
他學習如何處理各種困難。
deal with 相當于do with, 意為“對付；處理”。
deal with與do with的異同
deal with
常與 how 連用, 強調處理問題的方式、方法
do with
常與 what 連用, 側重于對某事物的利用
►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）shyness 名詞，意為“害羞；靦腆”是形容詞shy
加后綴-ness 構成的名詞。
► He can’t get over his shyness.
拓展：sad —— sadness
happy —— happiness
ill —— illness
kind —— kindness
2. ...she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.
隨著情況的好轉，她敢在全班面前唱歌了，后來敢為全校的人唱歌了。
( l )dare 此處用作及物動詞，意為“敢于；膽敢”。常構成短語dare to do sth. 意為“敢于做某事”。
► He didn't dare to look at her in the eye. 他不敢正眼看她。
►She dared to walk at night. 她敢走夜路。
(2)in front of 意為 “在……的前面”。
►There is a little child in front of the house. 房前有一個小孩。
辨析 in front of 與 in the front of
in front of :“在……前面”，強調在某一物體外部的前面。
in the front of :“在……的前部”，強調在某一物體內部 的前面。
(3)whole 形容詞，意為“整個的；全部的”，常用結構為“the+whole+單數名詞”。all也有此意，但語序不同：all用于冠詞、所有格或其他限定詞之前；whole用于冠詞、所有格及其他限定詞之后。
all the time 總是; 一直
the whole time 全部的時間
all my life 我的一生
my whole life 我的一生
注意
1）如果沒有冠詞或其他限定詞，whole不能與單數名詞連用。
►The whole city was burning. 整個城市都在燃燒。
2）whole一般不與不可數名詞及物質名詞連用。
（誤）the whole money/bread
（正）all the the money/bread
3. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
現在她再也不羞澀了，并且喜歡當眾唱歌。
(1) not ... anymore = no more，意為“不再”。
►He doesn’t come late anymore.= He no more comes late.
他不再遲到了。
(2)crowd此處用作名詞，意為“人群；觀眾；一幫人”。
►He pushed his way through the croivd. 他在人群中往前擠。
►There were crowds of people at the theater. 劇院里擠滿了人。
crowd的其他用法
①用作及物動詞，意為“擠；擠滿；使擠滿”。
►Shoppers crowded the street.
街上擠滿了購物的人。
►They crowded the bus with passengers.
他們讓乘客擠進公共汽車。
② 用作不及物動詞，意為“擠；挨；聚集”。
►The young pigs crowed against one another for warmth. 小豬擠在一起取暖。
4.… like being able to travel and meet new people all the time. ……像總是能旅行和結識新朋友。
1)be able to 與 can 都可表示能力，意為“會；能（夠）”。
be able to: 表示經過努力達到目的，可用于各種時態(tài)。
can :表示有能力做某事，僅用于一般現在時和一般過去時。
►In the end, only 50 people were able to escape from the big fire.
最后，只有50人從大火中逃生。
►They can sing the song in English.
他們能用英文唱這首歌。
(2)all the time 意為“一直；總是”，通常位于句末。
► Look! The monkeys jump up and down all the time.
看! 猴子們一直在上躥下跳。
5. I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.
過去我在學校里默默無聞，但是現在無論我走到哪里，都得到太多的關注。
（1）tons of 意為“很多的；大量的”，是英語中一種夸張的表達方式。ton的本義為“噸”。
►He has been late for school tons of times.他上學屢次遲到。
（2）get…attention 意為“得到/引起……注意”。
►He tried to get the attention of a passing policeman.
他試圖引起一位路過的警察的注意。
6. You have to be prepared to give up your normal life.
你得準備放棄正常的生活。
(1) prepare 在此處用作及物動詞，意為“準備；預備”。 常用搭配有：prepare sth. “準備某物”。
►Our English teacher was preparing the lessons when I came into the office.
當我進辦公室時，我們的英語課老師在備課。
(2) prepare sb sth. 表示“給某人準備某物”也可用
prepare sth for sb.
► She prepared us a nice breakfast.
= She prepared a nice breakfast for us.
她給我們準備了可口的早餐。
(3) prepare sb. for sth 表示“使某人對所準備”
►She said so because she wanted to prepare her father for the bad news.
她這樣說是因為她想使爸爸對那個壞消息有所準備。
(4) prepare to do sth. 表示“準備做某事”。
►They were preparing to cross the river when it began to rain.
他們正準備過河，這時突然下雨了。
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