【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 used to play soccer, but now she plays tennis. Yu Mei used to be very quiet, but now she is very outgoing. Expressions Section B,1a: in gym class 在體育課上運動 pictures 畫畫 3a: 1. these days 目前 ,如今 2. get up 起床 3. go right home 馬上回家 . spend… ( in) doing (時間 /金 錢 )… on sth. 在某方面花 ( 時間 /金錢 ) It take sb. … to do sth. 花費某人 (多長時間 )去 做某事 5. not…any more =no more 不再 …… 6. chat with sb. 和某人聊天 sb. to sw. 帶某人去某地 8. hardly ever 幾乎沒有 9. have time =be free 有空 /時間 one’s homework 做作業(yè) 11. go to bed 去睡覺 懷念 ,想念 ,惦念 12. miss 錯過 Miss 小姐 13. in the last few years 在過去的幾年里 (用于現(xiàn) 在完成時 ) 14. daily life 日常生活 15. favorite subject at school 在學(xué)校最喜歡的科目 Difficult sentences : big problem is that I’m too busy. 最大的問題是我太忙 . used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends . 我過去花太多時間和朋友一起玩游戲 . 3. My life has changed a lot in the last few years. 在過去的幾年里我的生活改變了很多 . 在句型變化中不用另找助動詞 ,即 My life has not changed a lot in the last few years. Has my life changed a lot in the last few years? Yes ,it has./No, it hasn’t. Self check : ! 1)am afraid of (因為 be包括 is/ am / are) of +名詞 /動名詞 be afraid to+ 動詞原形 that +句子 (主語 +謂語 +……) 2) worry about 3)have to 4) miss 5) used to It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot. 喻梅似乎變化很大。 seem作系動詞，意為“好像，仿佛”，常用于“ seem (to be)+形容詞 /名詞 /介詞短語 /動詞 ing”中。 The street seemed shining in the sun. 【 拓展 】 (1)seem+不定式（ to do） It seems to rain. (2) seem to do 可用 “ It seems + that ”替換。 He seems (to be) happy. = It seems that he is happy. (3) “It seems + that從句 /as if從句”表示猜測或判斷。語氣比較委婉，不那么肯定。 It seems as if it is going to rain. 互動訓(xùn)練 。 at the clouds. It seems ______(rain). 2. In the last three or four hundred years the world’s population ___________(grow) very quickly. 。 。 It _______ that Lucy has _________ a lot. to rain has grown seems changed 4.（ ） It’s nice of you to ____ so much time showing me around your school. A. take B. spend C. cost D. have 5.（ ） I was so tired that I could ____walk any farther. A. nearly B. hardly C. really D. suddenly 6.（黃岡中考） I’m very tired these days because of studying for physics. Why not ____music. It can make you ____. A. listen to, to relax B. listen to, relax C. listening to, relax D. listening to, to relax 7.（南京中考） I used to love this film when I was young. But I ____ it that way any more. A. don’t feel B. didn’t feel C. haven’t felt D. hadn’t felt 8. How much does the ticket ___from Shanghai to Beijing? A. cost B. take C. spend D. pay Reading He used to cause a lot of trouble Section I Before you read Tell your partner about a time your parents helped you with a problem. Example: didn’t use to study hard at schoolgot bad gradesfather helped him to understand that it was important to do well at school. Section 2 While you read He used to cause a lot of trouble. Martin Murray is a fifteen yearold boy. He used to be a “problem child”, but a recent conversation with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. However,___________________ _______________,Martin’s life became much more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s after his father’s death a few years ago education. To do this, she had to work, and so was often not at home. His mother looked after him as well as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems for himself and his family. He was not interested in studying and he often got into trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient ________________ ______________. In the end, she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boys’ boarding school. Martin hated it and used to and didn’t give up trying to help him cause a lot of trouble. One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. ___________________________________ ________________.(3) The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his surprise, this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly what I need,” he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was watching me and would always take pride in everything good I do.” Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time __________________________(4). I realize that since my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.” Now Martin has really changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his ? His mother’s love helped him to feel good about himself, and as Martin himself says, “It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.” That’s when I decided to change How was he able to change 要點解析 1. He used to cause a lot of trouble. 他過去常常惹許多麻煩。 cause ，引起，使得。它可接不定式作賓語補(bǔ)足語。 Does smoking cause cancer? The cold weather caused the plants to die. 【 拓展 】 cause ，起因 What was