Mary

tall/ shortmedium heightstraight / curly hairlong / short hairheavy/ thinyoung/ old

Fill in the chart with words to describe people.Fill in the chart with words to describe people.1a

Appearance Personality

outgoingfunny helpfulcute kindfriendlyconfident

Jiang Wen used to wear glasses, but

now he doesn’t wear glasses.

Zhang yishan used to be short, but he

is tall now.

Listen. Bob is seeing some

friends for the first time in

four years. What did his

friends use to look like?1b

1. Mario used to be ______. He used to wear _______.

2. Amy used to be _____. She used to have _______ hair.

3. Tina used to have _____ and _____ hair.

shortglasses

tallshort

red curly

Look at the picture in 1a and

make conversations.

Look at the picture in 1a and

make conversations.

1c

Did Mario use to be short?

Yes, he did. He used to be really short.

What’s he like now?

He’s tall now.

Did Amy use to have short hair?

Yes, she did. She used to have short hair.

What’s she like now?

She has long hair now.

Look at these words

and remember them.

___ friendly ___ outgoing

___ serious ___ humorous

___ silent ___ active

___ brave ___ quiet

___ helpful

adj. 有幽默感的；滑稽有趣的

2a

adj. 不说话的；沉默的

adj. 有帮助的

Listen and check (√)

the words you hear.2a

___ friendly ___ outgoing

___ serious ___ humorous

___ silent ___ active

___ brave ___ quiet

___ helpful

Listen again and complete the

chart about how Paula has

changed.

2b

In the past

1. Paula used to be really _____. She was

always silent in class. She wasn’t very

________. She was never brave enough

to ask questions.

2. She got good grade in ______. She was

also good in ______. She used to play

the ______.

outgoing

quiet

science

musicpiano

1. Now she’s more interested in ______.

She plays ______ almost every day.

She’s also on a _____ team.

2. She still plays the _____ from time to

time.

soccer

sports

swim

piano

Now

Paula used to

be really quiet.

Make conversations about Paula

using the information in 2b.

2c

I know. She was

always silent in

class.

She wasn’t very outgoing. She was never brave enough to ask questions.

But she was always friendly. She got good grades in exams. And she was really good in music class, too. She used to play the piano.

Read the conversation and

complete the blanks.2d

Bill has changed so much! He used to be

____ and _____. His face always ______

___ when he talked to girls! He studied

hard and got good ______ on his exams.

He used to be ____, but now he is ___

and _______.

shy quiet turned

red

scores

thin big

strong

Role-play the conversation.

This party is such a great idea!

2d

I agree. It’s been three years since we last saw our primary school classmates.

It’s interesting to see how people have changed.

Bill has changed so much! He used to be so shy and quiet.

【拓展】几个易混结构的比较：

结构 意义 to 的作用used to do sth. 过去常常做

某事不定式符号

use ... to do sth. 用……做……

be used to do sth.

被用来做……

be used to doing sth.

习惯于做某事

介词

根据所给汉语提示完成英语句子。1. My uncle __________________( 以前是个

司机 ), but now he is an actor.

2. Tom’s father ____________________( 过去常常看书 ) after lunch.

3. Mary __________________( 以前常常骑自行车 ) to work, but now she

_________________( 习惯步行 ) to work.

4. The pencil ______________( 被用来书写 ).

used to be a driver 

used to read (books)

used to ride a bike

is used to walking 

is used to write

such 为形容词，意为“这（那）样的；主要修饰名词；so 是副词，意为“这（那）么；如此地”，主要修饰形容词、副词和分词。

4. This party is such a great idea!

He used to be so shy and quiet.

such 与 so 辨析

I. 根据汉语提示填空，完成句子。1. He has plenty of _________ ( 幽默的 ) stories to tell us. 2. You’d better keep _______ ( 沉默 )

about what happened. 3. The lazy cat isn’t very ________ ( 有

用的 ) in catching mice. 4. Tom got the highest ______( 得分 ) in

the exam.

humorous

silent

helpful

score

“such + a / an + 形容词 + 可数名词单数 形式”相当于“ so + 形容词 +a / an + 可数名词单数形式”，表示“如此……的一个……”。e.g. She is such a lovely girl. =

She is so lovely a girl.

她是这个如此可爱的女孩。

选用 such 或 so 填空。1. The man told us ____ funny a story.

2. She has _____ a beautiful dress.

3. How can you get ____ much money to

buy the car?

4. Don’t go out in ______ cold weather.

5. Don’t eat _____ quickly.

so 

such

so 

such

so

II. 用 used to 将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。1. 他过去常常在卧室抽烟。

2. 汤姆过去常常去那儿看电影，但现在他 不去了。

He used to smoke in the bedroom. 

Tom used to go to the movies there, but

now he doesn’t go there.

Recite the conversation in 2d.