新人教版九年级Unit4I_used_to_be_afraid_of_the_dark实用课件.ppt

学习目标： 能够正确使用used to 结构描述或询问过去的情况。 He used to cause a lot of trouble Martin Murray is a fifteen-year-old 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. death n. 死;死亡 afford v.买得起;负担得起(常与can 或be able to连用) but a recent conversation with his mother changed his life 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) . cause v. 造成；使发生 himself pron. (反身代词)他自己；他本身 patient adj. 有耐性的；忍耐的 and didn’t give up trying to help him in the end 最后；终于 decision n.决定；决心 make a decision 下决定；下决心 Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time 1.His mother looked after him as well as she could. as well as 是并列连词,意为”又;和….一样,连接两个相等的句子,但强调前面的部分. The girl is as well as beautiful. 那个女孩长得漂亮而且个子也高． Your grandmother as well as your parents is going to take you to the park. 你的奶奶和你的父母准备带你去公园． 注意：as　well　as　连接并列成分作主语时，谓语动应与其前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一一致 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 m