云南省大理市喜洲镇第一中学九年级英语全册-Unit-2-I-used-to-be-afraid-of-the-dark课件2-人教新目标版.ppt

Now she has short hair. She used to be long hair. * Now she likes playing tennis. She used to play football. * Now she has many friends. She used to be alone. * It seems that Yu Mei has changed a lot. She used to be ___ when she was younger, but now she is tall. She used to be ___, but now she has many good ___. I remember she used to play football, but now she likes playing ___. She used to have ___ ___, but now she grows it long. She looks more beautiful than before. Look at the pictures about Yu Mei and fill in the blanks. * Now use the sentences you described Yu Mei to compose a short passage about Yu Mei. * Reading 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