九级第二单元第三课时课件.ppt

patient 我们的班主任老师对每个学生都很有耐心. no longer/more=not … any longer/more 他不再玩电脑游戏了. * * * * Reading Section 1 Before You Read PAIRWORK Tell your partner about a time your parents helped you with a problem. Make notes. 1. Liu Qing – didn’t use to study hard at school – got bad grades – father helped him to understand that it was important to do well at school 2. . Learning Strategy: USING CONTEXT Always use the information around the word or phrase you don’t understand. You can learn new language in this way, or understand what is necessary to complete a task. Section 2 While You Read 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