【正文】 petence – inpetence。 love no love lost – hatred。 closeness detachment – distance。 surprise no surprise – expectation。t use to give his mother many problems. However, after his father39。 leftstyle:none。 framecolxpos:。 xpos:。 ypos:。 rightstyle:none。 wrapmode:wrappedboth。 frameprefpage:5。 botstyle:none。 framecolxpos:。 leftstyle:none。 framewidth:。 frameheight:。m too busy. When I was young, I used to have so much time, but/ these days/ I get up early/ and stay in school/ all day. Then/ I go right home /and eat dinner. Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time/ playing games/ with my friends, but/ I just don’t have the time/ anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV/ or chat with my grandmother, but now/ I have to study. I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts. These days/ I hardly have time/ for concerts. I do my homework/ and go to bed. I really miss the old days. Read the article the second time and underline all the useful expressions. Read the article the third time and circle all the linking words. Bow you are going to plete the chart on page 14 with information from the story read. 3b Completing the letter Let’ s go to page 14 and plete the letter using information from the chart in activity 2b. How I’ ve changed! My life has changed a lot in the last few years. My daily life is different and I used to like different things when I was a child. For example, I used to like tests. Now, I don’ t mind them. I used to hate gym. Now it’ s my favorite class. I used to play basketball. Now, I just play the violin all the time. I used to run to school. Now, I have to take the bus. 3c Writing about changes in life You are going to use the information in this unit to write about how your life has changed since primary school in your life. Many changes have taken place in my life since primary school. I used to live with my parents. Now I have to find time to visit them at weekends. I used to wear glasses. Now my eyes have bee better. I can work without glasses. I used to like short hair. Now, I don’ t mind it. I used to play piano. Now, it isn’ t my favorite music instrument. I like playing violin very muchnow. 4a Asking and filling When you are home talk to your parents and fill in the chart on page 14 to find out what your parents used to do when they were children and how it is different from what you do. I? My parents used to? Books I like reading the textbooks. My parents used to read newspapers. Music I like playing violin. My parents used to play er’ hu. Sports I like watching football match on TV. My parents used to run on the playground in the morning. Food I like eating rice. My parents used to have bread for lunch. Favorite subject at school I like studying English at school. My parents used to study Chinese at school. Favorite things I like puters. My parents used to be fond of bikes. 4b Doing groupwork Now you shall talk with your classmates about your parents. Take notes of their life stories. framecolypos:。 ypos:。 positionto:blockabovetext。 botstyle:none。 ypos:。 positionto:blockabovetext。 botstyle:none。 frameheight:。 framewidth:: Did you use to be afraid of the dark? B: Yes, I did. A: Are you still afraid of the dark? B: No, I’ m not. How about you? A: Me? Oh, yes! I’ m terrified of the dark. B: So, what do you do about it? A: I go to sleep with my bedroom light on. framecolypos:。 frametype:image。 leftstyle:none。 framewidth:。 frameheight:。 framewidth:: Yes, he did. Now he’ s tall. A: Zhao Juan used to be black. B: Yes, she did. Now she’ s white. A: Zhang Limei used to be sad. B: Yes, she did. Now she’ s happy. A: Zhu Wenjun used to be dirty. B: Yes, he did. Now he’ s clean. 2a Listening and checking Next turn to page 11 and we are going to listen to a tape and check the words we hear. 2b Listening and filling in the blanks On page 11, listen for information to be filled in the blanks. Remember to pay attention to the form of the language while listening. Tapescript Girl1: Hey, Steve! Over here! Don’ t you remember me? Boy1: Oh, wow! You’ re Paula, aren’ t you? Girl1： That’ s right. Boy1: But you used to be really quiet, didn’ t you? Girl1: Yes. I wasn’ t very outgoing. Boy1: No, you weren’ t. But you were always friendly. Wait a minute! Did you use to play piano? Girl1: Yes, I did. But now I’ m more interested in sports. I play soccer and I’ m on the swim team. Boy1: Wow! People sure change. Do pay attention to the form of the language while listening. Tapescript Girl1: My sixyearold brother started school this week. Boy1: He’ s really lucky. Life was great when I was six. Girl1: Really? Why? Boy1: Oh, schoolwork was really easy. Girl1: Not for me. I didn’ t use to like tests. Now I don’ t worry about tests. Boy1: And we used to play every day after school. Now we just study all the time. Girl1: Yeah, but we used to walk to school. Now