I used to be afraid of the dark重点词汇与短语1．terrify使害怕、使恐惧 2. chew咀嚼3．afford买得起 4. cause造成、引起5. chat聊天6. patient有耐心的、忍耐的7. decision决定、决心8. necessary 必须的、必要的9. waste 浪费、滥用10. used to过去常常11. be interested in 对......感兴趣12. be afraid（terrified）of 害怕、恐怕13. on the swim team在游泳队14. with the bedroom light on 开着卧室的灯15. give up放弃16. go to sleep 入睡17. get into trouble with给某人找麻烦18. make a decision下决心19. to one’s surprise令人惊奇的是20. take pride in引以为自豪21. pay attention to注意22. no longer不再课文语法讲解ed to的用法 :否定形式：usedn’t to do didn’t us e to do反意疑问句：usedn’t / didn’t回答：Yes, I used to/ Yes, I did. No, I usedn’t adj: useful / useless adv: usefully/ uselesslya used car= a second-hand car“used to加不定式”表示过去常常干某事，现在不在干了。
例如:I used to go to work by bus. Now I take a taxi.She used to be very shy.be used to doing表示习惯于干某事。
be used to do 被用来做… use…to do…用…来做…be/get used to doing 习惯于做eg: He used to sit under the trees.The river used to be very clear.I’m surprised to see you smoking. You never used to.eg: Are you used to the life in the North China?Tom said that he was used to driving the car.eg: That tool is used to dig holes.Plastic can be used to make all kinds of things.【例如】I am used to getting up early and going to bed early.He is used to being praised by others.So the sentence “I used to be afraid of the dark.” means in Chinese: 我过去常害怕黑暗。
注意“used to”的疑问形式和否定形式：—Did you use to be afraid of the dark?—Yes, I used to be afraid of the dark.—Did he use to be afraid of the dark?—No, he did not use to be afraid of the dark.1a Filling in the chart2.be afraid to与be afraid of的用法区别英语语法The little girl was afraid _____ on the wooden bridge, for she is afraid _____ into the river.A.to walk, of fallingB.to walk, to fallC.of walking, of fallingD.of walking, to fall应该选哪一个答案呢？解析：该题考查的是be afraid to与be afraid of的用法区别。
在解答该题之前，让我们先来了解一下它们的用法与区别：be afraid to do不敢，胆怯去做某事，是主观上的原因不去做，意为“怕”；be afraid of doing担心出现doing的状况、结果。
doing 是客观上造成的，意为“生怕，恐怕”。
例如：She was afraid to step further in grass because she was afraid of being bitten by a snake.她生怕被蛇咬着，而不敢在草丛中再走一步。
She was afraid to wake her husband.她不敢去叫醒她丈夫。
She was afraid of waking her husband.她生怕吵醒她丈夫。
此题的句意为“这个小女孩儿不敢在木桥上走，因为她生怕掉进河里。
”由此可知，正确答案为A项。
3. .be interested in ；interest中考英语重点单词1） interest作名词。
①意为“兴趣”时,常作不可数名词。
常见短语show / have interest in (doing) sth.,意为“对……表现出 / 有兴趣”。
如: She showed great interest in the meeting.她对这次会议表现出极大的兴趣。
②意为“业余爱好”或“感兴趣的事”时,常作可数名词。
如:He has two great interests. One is sports and the other is music.他有两大爱好:一个是体育,另一个是音乐。
2）. interested是形容词,常用结构be interested in (doing) sth.意为“对(做)……感兴趣”,主语是人。
如:John is interested in history. 约翰喜欢历史。
He is interested in drawing pictures.他对画画感兴趣。
3）. interesting也是形容词,意为“令人感兴趣的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。
如:The story is very interesting. 这个故事很有趣。
This is an interesting movie. 这是一部有趣的电影。
3. 4. terrifyterrify vt. 使害怕；使恐惧terrify sbterrifying 可怕的sb be terrified of= be very afraid of be terrified that eg: a terrifying experienceThe woman looked terrified.He sat in the corner like a terrified child.4. 5. go to sleep 入睡go to sleep 入睡=get to sleep =fall asleepgo to bed 上床睡觉be asleep 睡着了adj. sleeping 正在睡的/asleep睡着的（只做表语，放在be或系动词之后）/sleepy想睡的a sleeping bag睡袋; sleeping pills安眠药; a sleeping car卧铺火车eg: He fell asleep ten minutes ago.=He has been asleep since ten minutes ago.=He has been sleeping since ten minutes ago.=He has slept since ten minutes ago.6. chat聊天，先谈chatted- chatted Chat with/to sb about sth Chatting room聊天室gossip 八卦7. daily n. 日报China Daily; People’s Daily weekly, monthly, quarterly adj.每日的，每天的= everyday daily life= everyday life8. death.死亡，不可数：We have to face our families’ death.可数：死（的人命) Car accidents caused many deaths.adj. dead 死的deadly 致命的（作adj 时）dying 垂死的vi. die—died—died—dying短语die of 死于疾病，饥饿，寒冷等内部因素die from 死于（车祸等外部因素）eg: When I thought of my dog’s _______, I felt very sorry.Don’t touch that pills.It’s _______I’m terrified of the _______ snake.His mother ______ _____ cancer when he was five years old.His mother died in 2002. = His mother ____ ____ ____since 2002.=It’s 6 years since his mother ______. =6 years ______ ______ since his mother ______.9. afford=have enough time/money to do sth 买得起，负担得起常于can ,could ,be able to连用eg: I’m so busy that I can’t afford such a long holiday.Tom can’t afford to buy such an expensive house.10. patient n. 病人adj. 有耐心的<==>没有耐心的impatientn. patience<==>impatience do sth with patience = do sth patiently be patient with sb/ at sth eg: I’m always patient with my little dog.11. in the end = at last= finally 最后<==> in the beginningat the end of 在…的末尾，在…末端（时间，空间）<==> at the beginning of by the end of 在...＋时间段用于过去完成时/ 将来完成时eg：He had finished his work by the end of last week.You can find a shop at the end of the street.He thought he couldn’t finish the work on time, but in the end , he did it.12. decision n.决定，决心cnmake a decision to do = decide to do = make up one’s mind to doeg: He made a decision to travel to Beijing.13. necessaryadj. necessary<==>unnecessaryadv. necessarily<==>unnecessarilyeg: It is necessary for sb to do sth=sb needs to do sth= there is need for sb to do sth.sb find/think/suppose it (is) necessary to do sth.It’s necessary for us to know what we want to be in the future.14. even though (1) = even if 即使，纵然,eg: Even though it was very late, he was still watching TV.(2) = although/ though 虽然I can still remember, even though it was so long ago.虽然这是很久以前的事情，我还是记得。