人教版英语九年级Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.
一、重点短语
1.used to do 过去常常做
2.deal with 对付 应付
3.be proud of 为……骄傲 ，感到自豪
4.take pride in 为……感到自豪
5.from time to time 时常，有时
6.in public 公开地
7.in person 亲身，亲自
8.take up sth 开始做，接受，占用
9.not……anymore 不再
10.worry about 为……担忧
11.hang out 闲逛
12.think about 考虑
13.be alone 独处
14.on the soccer team 在足球队
15.no longer 不再
16.make a decision 做决 定
17.to one’s surprise 令某人吃惊的是
18.even though 尽管
19.pay attention to 对……注意，留心
20.in the last few years 在过去的几年里
21.be afraid of 害怕
22.turn red 变红
23.tons of attention 很多关注
24.be careful 当心
25.give up 放弃
26.a very small number of …极少数的……
27.give a speech 作演讲
28.all the time 一直 总是
29.be interested in 对……感兴趣
30.change one’s life 改变某人的生活
31.take care of 照顾
32.one of…, ……之一
二、重点句型
1. I used to be afraid of the dark.
我过去常常前害怕黑暗.
2.I go to sleep with my bedroom light on.
我开着卧室的灯睡觉.
3. I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends.
以前我常常花很多时间和我的朋友们玩游戏.
4. I hardly ever have time for concerts.
我几乎没有时间去听音乐会.
5. My life has changed a lot in the last few years.
我的生活在过去几年里改变了很多.
6. It will make you stressed out.
那会使你紧张的.
7. It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot.
玉梅似乎变化很大.
三、考点解析
Section A
考点① She was never brave enough to ask questions.她从来没有足够的勇气去问问题。
enough此处用作副词，意为“足够地”。修饰形容词或副词时，置于其后。enough还可以用作形容词，修饰名词，位于名词前后皆可。
He is old enough to look after himself.
他足够大，可以照顾自己了。
There’s enough time\time enough.
有足够时间。
助记:enough在句中的位置：修饰名词很自由，可以置前也可后。若是修饰形或副，一定后置莫忘记。
The young man is ________ to save the girl in the river.
A. enough brave B. brave enough
C. enough bravely D. bravely enough
答案：B
考点② She was always silent in class.她在课堂上总是沉默。
silent意为“不说话的，沉默的”:
be silent意为“沉默”，
keep silent意为“保持沉默”。
Why did he keep silent all the time?
为什么她一直保持沉默?
助记:
silently adv. 沉默地
silent adj.
silence n.沉默
→ in silence 沉默地
考点③ 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，开始用唱歌来应对她的羞涩。
（1）take up意为“开始从事”，后跟名词、动名词的作宾语。
It’s difficult to take up a new subject.
开始一个新课题是很困难的。
You’d better take up learning computer.
你最好开始学习电脑。
—Mr. Lee said he ________ teaching English because he loved children.
—Yes. And his love for children and teaching makes him a great teacher.
A. turned up B. took up
C. gave up D. set up
拓展：take up 还有“占用；占据”之意。
Practising the piano is always taking up his time.
练习钢琴总是占用他的时间。
（2）deal with意为“对付，应对”，常与how连用。
He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应对许多。
—How did you deal with the sick dog?
你怎么处理那只生病的狗？
—I sent it to the animals’ hospital.
我把它送到了宠物医院。
(1)How would you like to deal ___ the broken windows?
A.with B.on
C.at D.in
(2) —Many students don’t know how to ___ stress and become worried.
—I think they’d better ask their teachers for help.
A.argue with B.deal with
C.quarrel with D.come up with
考点④ As she got better, she dare to sing in front of her class...
当她变得好点时，她敢在她的同学面前唱歌了……
dare此处用作实义动词，意为“敢于；胆敢”，其第三人称单数形式为dares，过去式为dared，其后常接带to的动词不定式。
He dares to touch the dog.
他敢摸这只狗。
I didn’t dare to swim in the river.
我不敢在河里游泳。
拓展：dare还可用作情态动词，意为“敢，敢于”，后接动词原形，通常用于否定句中。
I dare not sleep alone.
我不敢独自睡觉。
I daren’t tell her the truth.
我不敢对她讲实话。
The boy is very brave. He ________ to catch the thief without thinking of anything else.
A. dares B. wants
C. asks D. allows
He didn’t dare ___ (speak) in front of the people.
考点⑥ You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. 为了成功你的确需要很多天赋和艰辛的工作。
require及物动词，意为“需要，要求”。常用搭配为：require sb. to do sth. ，意为“要求某人做某事”。
The letter requires an immediate answer.
这封信需要立即回复。
We required him to keep it secret.
我们要求他对这件事保密。
注意：主语是事物时，require后接不定式的被动形式或动名词（用主动形式表被动意义）。
The machine requires repairing.
这台机器需要修理。
To do the work well _________ great attention.
A. suggests B. requires
C. advises D. introduces
答案：B
Section B
考点① When he was a little boy, he seldom caused any problems, and his family spent a lot of time together.当他还是小男孩的时候，他很少引起任何问题，他的家人在一起度过了很多时光。
seldom副词，意为“很少，不常”，相当于not often。常置于行为动词之前、助动词、情态动词等之后。
She seldom goes home.
她很少回家。
He is seldom late for school.
他上学很少迟到。
拓展：在书面语中，seldom, hardly等表示否定意义的词置于句首时，主谓部分要倒装，即把助动词或连系动词be提前。
Seldom do I speak Japanese．
我很少讲日语。
注意：含有seldom, hardly, never, few, little, nothing, nobody等否定含义的词的句子变反义疑问句时，其附加问句应用肯定式。
The old man seldom reads newspapers, does he?
这位老人很少看报，是吗？
—Would you like to see a movie with us?
—I’d love to. And I’m so excited because I ______ have a chance to see it.
A. always B. usually
C. seldom D. often
—Do you like seeing a movie on your mobile phone?
—No. I ______ do that because it makes me uncomfortable.
A. seldom B. often
C. usually D. sometimes
考点② Li Wen’s unhappiness began to influence his schoolwork.李文的不快乐开始影响他的学业。
influence此处用作及物动词,意味“影响”。
What he said can’t influence his daughter’s decision.
他所说的话不会影响女儿的决定。
拓展：influence用作名词，意为“影响”:
have a\an ...influence on\upon...意为“对……有……的影响”。
His education has a great influence on his life.
他的教育对他的生活有很大的影响。
We know what we read can ___ our thinking.
A.face B.realize
C.influence D.lose
考点③ Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations.
他有时旷课，并且考试不及格。
（1）be absent from意为“缺席……”。absent此处为形容词，意为“缺席；不在”。
He was absent from the meeting because of illness.
他由于生病缺席了会议。
How many students are absent today?
今天有多少学生缺课？
拓展：absent还可用作及物动词，意为“（使）缺席”。
Why did you absent yourself from yesterday’s party?
你为什么缺席了昨天的聚会？
（2）fail动词，意为“不及格；失败；未能（做到）”。
fail to do sth.“未能做成某事”。
Your plans failed.
你们的计划失败了。
I failed to finish the work on time.
我未能按时完成工作。
拓展：“考试不及格”有多种表达方式：
fail the exam,
fail in the exam,
fail to pass the exam
—Why did John look unhappy?
—Because he ______ the last exam.
A. passed B. failed
C. gave D. took
考点④ Finally, Li Wen’s parents made the decision to send him to a boarding school.最后，李文的父母决定送他去寄宿学校。
make a decision to do sth.意为“决定做某事”，相当于decide to do sth.。
He made a decision to learn English well.
他决定学好英语。
拓展：
① decision名词，意为“决定”。
② decide动词，意为“决定”。
He decided to learn English well.
他决定学好英语。
1.The children decide ___ their school yard this Friday afternoon.
A.clean B.to clean
C.cleaning D.cleaned
2.At last,he made an important ___.(decide)
考点⑤ She advised them to talk with their son in person.她建议他们亲自与儿子谈谈。
（1）advise sb. to do sth.意为“建议某人做某事”。
What would you advise me to do?
你想建议我做什么？
Why don’t you advise your son ______ a decision by himself?
A. make B.to make
C. made D. making
（2）in person 意为“亲身；亲自”。
He said he would do that in person.
他说他将亲自做那件事。
考点⑥ Now I understand that even though they are busy, they are always thinking of me.现在我明白了，尽管他们很忙，他们总是想着我。
be always doing sth.意为“总是做某事”，通常表示说话人的某种情绪，如赞扬、责备等。
He is always helping others.
他总是乐于助人。
You are always making the same mistake.
你总是犯同样的错误。
注意：always do sth. 意为“总是做某事”，指陈述事实，不含感情色彩。
His father always reads newspapers in the morning.
他父亲总是在早晨看报纸。
考点⑦ They take pride in everything good that I do . 他们为我做的每件好事感到自豪。
take pride in意为“为……感到自豪”，in为介词，后跟名词、代词或动词-ing形式。pride此处为不可数名词，意为“自豪，骄傲”。
His father takes great pride in his result.
他的父亲为他的成绩感到非常自豪。
Mary took pride in winning the competition.
玛丽为赢得比赛而感到自豪。
提示：be proud of意为“为……感到自豪”，可以与take pride in互换。
The young mother took pride in her son.
=The young mother was proud of her son.
—Mom,I was the first to reach the top of the mountain.
—Good job,Jack.I’m ____ of you.
A.careful B.proud
C.tired D.afraid
四、单元语法
used to 的用法
1. used to意为“过去经常；以前常常”，是一个固定结构，属于情态动词范畴，其后跟动词原形。它表示过去存在的某种状态或过去某种经常性、习惯性的行为或动作，并意味着这种情况目前已不复存在，因此，它只能用于过去时，不可以用于现在时。
He used to play basketball with his friends after school.
他过去放学后常与他的朋友们打篮球。
We used to travel around the country.
我们过去常去全国各地旅行。
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