人教版九年级英语上册《I used to be afraid of the dark》SectionA PPT(第2课时)，共21页。
Warming up
1.What was your life like in the past? And now?
2.How did your life change?
Read the article and identify the paragraphs [1-3] in which the following information appears.
____how Candy's life has changed
____Candy's advice to young people
____Candy's background
Language Points
1.Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness. 坎迪告诉我她过去非常害羞，于是开始唱歌来对付她的羞怯。
take up 意为“开始做”，通常指开始某项工作、某个爱好等。尤其指做以前从未做过的事或作为消遣的事。
take up doing sth.意为“开始做某事”。
e.g.:He is going to take up a hobby like painting.
My father took up learning English at the age of forty.
deal with 意为“对付；应付”。
e.g.:He has learned to deal with all kinds of difficulties.
2. I always have to worry about how I appear to others,and I have to be very careful about what I say or do.
我总是不得不为怎样出现在别人面前而担忧，并且我必须注意我说的话和所做的事。
worry about 意为“为……担心，为……担忧，为……烦恼”。
e.g.:She always worries about some little things.
Don’t worry about your son and he is well.
【拓展】worry的过去分词可转化为形容词使用，构成
be worried about，相当于worry about。
e.g.:Mothers are always worried about their children.
=Mothers always worry about their children.
Exercise
一、根据首字母提示补全单词。
1. The boy d____ to talk back (顶嘴) in class.
The teacher is very angry.
2. The young man isn't a boss. He is only a g_____.
Look!He is standing at the gate.
3. Can you imagine how difficult the road to s______ is?
So you must work hard to succeed.
4. If you are p_______ to give up your good job,you can go with me.
二、选择方框中的短语，用其正确形式填空。
take up think about hang out deal with not ... anymore
1. Mo Yan ________ writing for many years.
He is very famous in the field.
2. Maybe nobody _________ in the city because the city is polluted badly.
3. He will _________ the problem by himself.
4. The monkey _________appear to us ________.
5. I'm ____________ giving up my good life and will have a hard life.
... ... ...
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