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Use phrase “ used to ” to write about Yu Mei Step 3 Reading ? Martin Murray is a fifteenyearold boy. He used to be a “ problem child” , (1) . He didn’ t use to give his mother many problems. However, after his father’ s death a few years ago, Martin’ s life became much more difficult. His mother couldn’ t afford to pay for her child’ s education. To do this, she had to work, and so was not often 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, (2) . In the end, she made a difficult decision: to send him to a boy’ s boarding school. Martin hated it and used to 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 to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his surprise, this phone call changed his life. “ It was exactly what I needed,” 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. (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 he is now a top student in his class. (5) . 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.” 1 after his father’ s death a few years ago. 2 and didn’ t give up trying to help him. 3 even th teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time. 4 That’ s when I decided to change. 5 How was he able to change. Step 4 Phrases : 1. 一個十五歲的男孩 4. 支付她的孩子的教育費用 6. 和警察發(fā)生沖突 8. 最后 /終于 9. 做出一個艱難的決定 10. 把他送到一個男子寄宿式學(xué)校 ? 12. 即使,盡管 13. 對?感到自豪 14. 害怕獨自一人 15. 對我更加留心 /關(guān)照 Sentences: 1. 他過去常常引起很多麻煩 2. 他的媽媽盡可能好地照顧他 3. 他的媽媽非常有耐心,沒有放棄努力去幫助他 4. 校長說對馬汀來說和他的媽媽交談一下很有必要 5. 即使我爸爸不再和我們一起了,但他一直在看著我并且會一直對我所做的一切美好的事情而感到自豪 6. Martin 現(xiàn)在一直工作努力并成為他班上最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)生之一 Step 5 3b: Read the staeents below. Circle “ true /false /don’ t know ” according to the reading: 1. false 2. true 3. true 4. don’ t know 5. false 疑難點: Used to be/do 表示過去常常做某事。時態(tài)只有過去,沒有人稱和數(shù)的變化。 Be used to sth/doing sth 表示習(xí)慣于某事或者習(xí)慣做某事,有人稱,時態(tài)和數(shù)的變化。 He used to hike by himself . He is used to this kind of life. He is used to eating rice now.