Unit 4
Section B
Period 2 (2a— 3b)
Just for Fun!
Please tell us what things you used to like doing when you were a child.
When I was a child, I used to like playing with my friends.
play with my friends
When I was a child, I used to like going to the zoo with my parents.
go to the zoo
When I was a child, I used to like watching TV.
watch TV
When I was a child, I used to like music.
like music
Who would you like to tell about your problems?
parents
close friends
She is a high school student.
2b Read quickly and underline the
problems that Li Wen used to have.
She is a high school student.
2c Put the sentences into the correct
places in the passage.
The keys
1. not being in a place
2. affect
3. a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term
4. by oneself
Match the words or phrases with correct meanings.
influence
absent
boarding school
in person
Don't let me influence your decision.
Many students were absent this morning.
There is a small boarding school in the little town.
You'd better speak to him in person.
Make a sentence with each word or phrase.
influence absent boarding school in person
She used to spend a lot of time playing
games with friends.
She used to watch TV or chat with her grandmother.
1.
Read and answer the questions.
Yes, she did.
7. Does
She hardly ever has time for concerts now. She usually studies and does her homework.
6. Did
She
2e Complete the passage with proper forms of the words and phrases in the box.
The keys
Imagine you are going to start a club to
help students who are not interested in
school work. Think of two activities
you can do with them, and discuss why it might help them.
When you have different opinions with your parents, how do you deal with that?
Discussion
Use the language in this unit to write about how your life has changed since primary school.
What did your parents use to do when they
were children? How is it different from what
you do ? Talk to your parents and fill in the chart.
I like reading comics.
Enjoy a song, You Raise Me Up by Westlife.
Dedicate this song to our parents.
1. influence v. 影响
My dad influenced me to learn German.
我学德语是受爸爸的影响。
We became the best of friends and he influenced me deeply.
我们成了最好的朋友, 他深深地影响了我。
His writings have influenced the lives of millions.
他的作品影响了千百万人的一生。
Language points
知识链接
influence n. 影响
Van Gogh had a major influence on the development of modern painting.
凡·高对现代绘画的发展有着重大影响。
Her influence made me a better person.
她对我的影响使我成为一个更好的人。
Mr. Smith is a man of influence in this town.
史密斯先生是这个镇上有权势的人物。
【注意】
influence n. [U] 影响；作用
What exactly is the influence of television on children?
电视对儿童有什么影响？
influence n. [C]有影响力的人(或事物)
His first music teacher was a major influence in his life.
他的音乐启蒙老师是他一生中对他影响非常大的人。
influence, affect这两个词的共同意思是“影响”。其区别是：
1. affect着重指一时的“影响”; 而influence则往往指对行为、性格、观点等较长时间的、潜移默化的“影响”。
2. 表示不良影响时只能用affect, 不能用influence。
完成句子
【2011肇庆】
校长在会上说的话对她影响极大。
What the headmaster said at the meeting _______________________ on her.
【2011 山东威海】
Do you know what you said has great __________ (影响) on me?
had a great / big influence
influence
2. seldom adv. 不常；很少
Lazy people seldom succeed.
懒惰的人很少会成功。
He is a gentle man and seldom gets angry.
他是个生性温顺的人, 很少生气。
She seldom arrives home before midnight, does she?
她很少午夜之前回家,是吗?
seldom本身带有否定意义, 构成附加疑问句时不用否定词not。
Seldom have I met him recently.
最近我很少见到他。
seldom放在句首时,句子的主谓必须部分倒装。类似的词还有never, hardly, scarcely等。
【注意】
He’s seldom late for school, _______?
A. hasn’t he B. isn’t he
C. has he D. is he
【2013江苏无锡】— Look at the bird over there! It’s so beautiful!
— Wow! It’s a rare crane. It ______ appears in this area.
A. always B. usually
C. seldom D. often
D
C
【2013山东菏泽】 —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
A
3. They were proud of him.
proud adj. 自豪的；骄傲的
It was a proud moment for John when he shook hands with the President.
汤姆与总统握手, 这是一个令其很自豪的时刻。
Jack was proud of his high score in the exam.
杰克为考试中得到高分而自豪。
We are very proud that a pupil from our school has won the prize.
我们学校的一个小学生得了奖, 我们感到很自豪。
【搭配】
be proud of sb. / sth. 为某人/某事而骄傲(自豪)
My parents are proud of me.
我的父母以我而骄傲。
2) be proud to do sth. 为做某事而感到骄傲(自豪)
I am proud to walk up Mount Tai.
登上泰山我感到自豪。
(2009·哈尔滨中考) You can find a way to reach your goals when you are proud _______ yourself and stand tall like a sunflower.
　　A. on B. from C. of
(2011年安徽) We felt ________ when Liu Xiang won the first prize again in the race.
　 A. brave B. proud
C. successful D. worried
C
B
知识链接
pride n. 自豪；骄傲；引以自豪的人或物
My teaching is my pride and joy.
我的教学工作是我的快乐和骄傲。
The new car was the pride of the whole family.
新汽车是全家人引以自豪之物。
She looked with pride at the result of her work.
她自豪地看着自己的工作成果。
fill with pride 充满自豪感
have / take pride in 以…自豪
hurt pride 伤害自尊心
put pride in pocket 抑制自尊心, 忍辱
speak with pride 自豪地说

take pride in ＝ be proud of 对…感到自豪/骄傲
— Li Na won the tennis championship in
the French Open on June 4 2011.
— We take pride in her. She is the first
Asian professional tennis player to win it.
A. are interested in
B. are terrified of
C. are proud of
D. are used to
【解析】take pride in的同义短语为be proud of, 意为“以…而感到自豪/骄傲”。
C
【2013 甘肃白银】B. 根据汉语意思完成句子，每空限填一词。

今天我以学校为荣，明天学校以我为傲。
Today I’m ________ of my school and tomorrow my school will take ______ in my success.
proud
pride
【2013山东烟台】六、完成句子
根据所给汉语，将下列句子补充完整。(每空一词)

他父亲对他的事情感到自豪。
His father _______ great _______ in what he has done.
takes
pride
【2013云南昆明】根据句意，用括号中所给词的适 当形式填空。

We are very _______ that a student from our school has won the prize. (pride)
proud
4. Li Wen began to cause problems for himself and his family.
cause v. 造成, 引起
She is always causing trouble for people.
她总是给人添麻烦。
What caused his illness?
是什么使他生病？
知识链接
cause, make和get都具有“使役”意义。其区别是：
1. cause强调的是什么原因使某人做某事; make则具有强制的意味, 即强迫某人做什么事; get是指以说服或命令之方式让某人做某事。
2.使用cause和get时, 应当用cause / get sb. to do sth. 句型, 而使用make时, 应当用make sb. do sth. 句型。
cause可用于cause sb. sth. (给某人带来……)和
cause sb. to do sth. (使某人做某事)结构中。
His unhealthy diet caused him some illness.
他的不健康的饮食给他带来了一些疾病。
I'm afraid I'm causing you much trouble.
恐怕我给你增添很多麻烦。
What caused you to do that?
什么原因促使你那么做？
cause还可以用作名词, 意为“原因”, 相当于reason。
Smoking is one of the causes of heart disease.
吸烟是引起心脏病的原因之一。
What was the cause of the accident?
造成这一事故的原因是什么?
You have no cause to complain.
你没有理由抱怨。
同义句转换。
He brought some trouble to his parents.He _______ some trouble ____ his parents.
用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
What caused her __________ (change) her ideas?
caused
for
to change
【2011•扬州】— I’m sorry I went out for a smoke. I was very tired.
— There’s no ______ for this while you are at work.
A. cause B. excuse
C. matter D. choice
【解析】cause指的是“原因”；excuse指的是“借口”；matter指的是“麻烦事”；choice指的是“选择”。根据句意：在上班时没有借口出去抽烟。
B
5. He was absent from classes, ...
absent adj. 缺席；不在
Three members of the class are absent today.
班上今天有三人缺席。
Sometimes he would be absent for a couple of days.
他有时会离开几天。
After the party he telephoned his absent friends.
晚会后他打电话给没有赴约的朋友。
知识链接
absent from home 不在家
absent from one's native place 背井离乡absent from school 缺课
absent from work 缺勤
absent in one's mind 心不在焉
absent without reason 无故缺席
He was absent from London.
他不在伦敦。
He was absent in London.
他不在这里，而在伦敦。
【注意】
我们班没有一个人缺席。
No one / Nobody in our class is absent.
6. ... he failed his examinations.
fail v. 失败；未能(做到)
failed his examinations相当于failed to pass his examinations / failed in the examinations
We must hang together, or our plan will fail.
我们必须齐心协力, 否则我们的计划就会失败。
failure n. 失败
知识拓展
fail to do sth. 或 fail (in) sth./doing sth. 意思是“未能做某事，在某方面或做某事遭到失 败”。例如：
I failed to work out / (in) working out the problem.
我没能解出这道题。
He never fails to write to his mother every week.
他从来没有忘记每周给母亲写信。
【2011四川绵阳】If you don’t work hard for most of the 
year and then work hard for only a few days before the exam, you will probably_______. 
A. succeed       B. finish      
C. fail        D. pass
C
7. Teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person.
advise v. 建议；劝告；忠告
What would you advise?
你有什么建议?
She advised holding a class meeting.
她提议召开一次班会。
If you don't feel well, I advise you to stay in bed.
如果你感到不舒服,我建议你卧床休息。
advice n. 劝告；忠告；建议
I advise you ____ before ____ job.
A to wait; deciding to accept
B. to wait; to decide accepting
C. waiting; deciding to accept
D. waiting; to decide accepting
A
医生劝他不要饮酒。
“素食星期一”建议人们每周至少有一天不吃肉，这样我们可以更好地保持健康。
The doctor advised him not to drink.
"Meatless Mondays" advises people ____________ at least one day each week, so we can ___________ in a better way.
not to eat meat
keep healthy
8. to one’s surprise 令某人惊奇的是…
To one’s surprise, he is our teacher’s husband.
让我吃惊的是, 他竟然是我们老师的丈夫。
to one’s surprise通常用作插入语，置于句首，用逗号与后面的句子隔开。
surprise n. 惊讶
surprise v. 使吃惊
surprising adj. 令人吃惊的
surprised adj. 吃惊的
be surprised at 对…感到吃惊
be surprised to do sth 做某事而感到惊讶
be surprised + that从句 因...而惊讶
知识链接
Sandy didn't tell her parents that she was going home because she wanted to give them a _______.
A. gift B. call
C. surprise D. note
______ his surprise, she succeeded in climbing up the high mountain.
A. At B. To C. In D. On
C
B
根据句子意思，用括号中所给英语单词的适当形式填空。
The news is not so ___________.
We are sure he can get it. (surprise)
2) We are ___________ at the ____________ news. (surprise)
surprising
surprised
surprising
知识拓展
经典例析
The child’s mouth formed a big “O” _______ .
A. to his surprise B. in surprise
C. by surprise D. at surprise
【点拨】选B。句意：那个孩子惊奇地张着嘴像个大“O”。in surprise“惊奇地”，故选B。
9. even though 即使；纵然；尽管
I’ll go to the concert even though it rains.
即使下雨，我也要去听音乐会。
He never apologizes even though he knows that he is wrong.
他从不道歉，即使他自知错了。
Even though you do not like it, you must do it.
即使你不喜欢这工作，你也得做。
_______ TV has some benefits, _______ sometimes it has a bad influence.
A. Even though；but B. though；but
C. Although；/ D. even if；but
【点拨】选C。though / although / even though / even if均为连词，意为“虽然；尽管；即使”，用来引导让步状语从句。需要特别注意的是：这些连词不能与连词but 同时出现在同一个复合句中。
--- This dress was last year’s style.
--- I think it still looks perfect ____ it has gone out this year.
A. so that B. even though
C. as if D. ever since
Mrs. Shute wouldn’t leave the TV set, ____ her children were waiting for their supper.
A. if B. because
C. even though D. as soon as
B
C
10. pay attention to 对……注意, 留心
这里to是介词, 后面可以接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。
I have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me.
我努力让我的妈妈更加关注我。
You should pay attention to spelling this word.
你应该注意拼写这个单词。
【2007泰州市】 Students should pay attention to ________ the teacher in class.
A. hear B. listen to
C. listening to D. hearing of
【答案】C
pay attention to与notice都作“注意”解，但notice 指无意注意，且强调结果，而pay attention 则是指有意识地去注意谋事物，不强调结果。
I didn’t notice the man passing me.
我没注意从我旁边路过的那个人。
Have you noticed that she wore a beautiful skirt today?
你注意到她今天穿了条挺漂亮的裙子吗？
Pay attention to what he will say.
注意他要说什么。
You should pay attention to your spelling.
你应注意你的拼写。
根据括号内的汉语提示完成句子。1. He used to _______ _______ ______
_______ (惹许多麻烦).
2. Li Wen a __________ (15岁的) boy.
3. He was _______ ______ (缺席) the meeting.
4. I have to do some thinking before _______
___________ (作决定).
cause lots of
trouble
15-year-old
absent from
making
a decision
练习
按要求完成下列句子, 每空一个词组。 1. 使他吃惊的是, 这个电话改变了他的生活。
_______________, this phone call changed his life.
2. 他的父亲不再与他们在一起了。
His father was _________ with them.
To his surprise
no longer
3. 他总是以我做过的每件好事为荣耀。
He would always ________________ everything good I did.
4. 我已经尽力让妈妈更多地注意我。
I have tried to make my mother      ___________________ me.
take pride in
pay more attention to
Write a passage in about 100 words with the help of the following points about Zhanghua’s life change. The first sentence has been given.
【2011山东枣庄】
Zhuanghua's life has changed a lot in the last few years.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One possible version:
Zhuanghua's life has changed a lot in the last
few years. In the past, he used to have much
time to play after school. He spent a lot of time
playing games with his friends. When he
finished his homework, he often watched TV
or chatted with his grandma. On Saturday, he
often went to concerts with his father.
But now his school life has changed a lot. He
is very busy every day. He has to get up
early and stays in school all day. Because he
has to study hard. He hasn’t any more time
to play games with his friends. He has to do
his homework and goes to bed late every
night. He hardly has any time for concerts.
He misses the old days very much.
我国某山区张各庄为对外开放单位。请用英语为来访宾客简单介绍张各庄小学。内容要点如下：
1、背景
张各庄(Zhang Ge Zhuang) 远离其他村庄。过去儿童上学困难；1988年成立本村小学(primary school)。
2、现状
教师：3人，均为本村人，中学毕业后回村执教。
学生：48人
班级：5个
科目：语文、数学、自然(science)、音乐、美术、体育
3、 学费：免费
Practice
One possible version:
Zhang Ge Zhuang Primary SchoolUntil 1988 Zhang Ge Zhuang had no school of its own. It was pretty hard for the children of the village because they had to go to school in other villages which were all far away.
Now Zhang Ge Zhuang Primary School has three teachers and they teach 48 pupils. The teachers had finished middle school education before they returned to teach here.
The pupils are divided into five different classes. Six subjects are taught. They are Chinese, maths, science, music, drawing and physical education.
Education is free for all children in the village.