人教九年级英语 Unit 4
I used to be afraid of the dark.
Section A (1a- 2d)
tall
silent
straight hair
outgoing
humorous
funny
Mario, you used
to be short,
didn't you?
Yes, I did.
1a. Fill in the chart with words to describe people.
1b. Listen. Bob is seeing some friends for the first time
in four years. What did his friends use to look like?
语法重点一：
Mario used to be short。Mario过去个头矮。
注意以下三个表达法
（1）used to do 过去常常做......
如：He used to get up at six in the morning, but now he gets up at seven.
(2.) get(be) used to doing习惯于…..
如： I am used to getting up at six.
(3 ) be used to do 被用来做……
如： The pens are used to write.
1c. Look at the picture in 1a and
make conversations.
Did Mario use
to be short?
Yes, he did.
He used to be
really short.
What’s he
like now?
He’s tall now.
2a. Listen and check (√) the words you hear.
2b. Listen again and complete the
chart about how Paula has changed.
In the
past
Paula used to be really______.
She was always silent in class.
She wasn’t very _______. She
was never brave enough to ask
questions.
She got good grades in _______.
She was also good in ________.
She used to play the ________.
2b. Listen again and complete the
chart about how Paula has changed.
Now
Now she’s more interested in
________. She plays _________
almost every day. She’s
also on a _________ team.
She still plays the _________
from time to time.
2c. Make conversations about Paula using
the information in 2b.
Paula used to
be really quiet.
I know. She
was always silent
in class.
2d. Role-play the conversation.
This party is such
a great idea!
I agree. It’s been three
years since we last saw
our primary school
classmates.
It’s interesting to
see how people
have changed.
Billy has changed
so much! He used to
be so shy and quiet.
Yeah, his face always
turned red when he
talked to girls!
I used to see him
reading in the library
every day.
That’s because he
was a really good
student. He studied
hard and got good
scores on his exams.
Did he use to
wear glasses?
Yes, and he used to
be thin, too. But look
how big and strong
he is now!
He’s so popular
now. Look at all the
girls around him!
This party is such a great idea.（开）派对是如此好的一个主意。
注意so 和such 的运用，一般so后用形容词或副词，
such后用形容词和名词，如上例可改成
This party is so great an idea.
如：今天天气这么好我可以去钓鱼了。
Today is so nice that I can go fishing.
或Today is such a nice day that I can go fishing.
语法重点二：
It’s been three years since we last saw our primary school classmates.自从我们上次看到我们的小学同学起到现在有三年了。

since 引导一个句子或时间点，相当于for 引导时间段，对应的主句是相应持续性动词的完成时态。非持续性动词对应的时间是时间点。
语法重点三：
如：I have bought the pen for two years.
或 It’s been two years since I bought the pen.
或 I bought the pen two years ago.

They have been away for half an hour.
或 It’s been half an hour since they left.
或They left half an hour ago.
小结训练
( ) 1. He gets used to ____ ( read) English aloud every
morning.
A. read B. reading C. reads
( ) 2. ---What do you think of the book?
---It is _____ that I can’t wait to read .
A. so good book B .such a good book
C. such good book
( )3.The movie _______ for two hours.
A. has begun B. has been on C. began
B
B
B
1. 完成课时作业1。
2.熟读并背诵2d对话。