知识点
短语：
1. used to 过去常常
2. be afraid of 害怕
3. from time to time 时常，有时
4. turn red 变红
5. take….up 开始做
6. deal with 对付、应付
7. not….anymore 不再
8. tons of attention 很多关注
9. worry about 为…..担忧
10. be careful 当心
11. hang out 闲逛
12. give up 放弃
13. think about 考虑
14. a very small number of…. 极少数的……
15. be alone 独处
16. give a speech 做演讲
17. in public 当众
18. all the time 一直，总是
19. on the soccer team 在足球队
20. be proud of 为……骄傲
21. no longer 不再
22. be interested in 对…….感兴趣
23. make a decision 做决定
24. in person 亲自
25. to one’s surprise 令某人吃惊的是
26. change one’s life 改变某人的生活
27. even though 尽管
28. take care of 照顾
29. think of 关心、想着
30. take pride of 为……感到自豪
31. pay attention to 对…..注意，留心
32. one of…… …….之一
33. in the last few years 在过去的几年里
固定词组：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常做某事
2. be afraid of doing sth. 害怕做某事
3. give up doing sth. 放弃做某事
4. have to do sth. 必须做某事
5. make sb. do sth. 让某人做某事
6. try to do sth. 尽力做某事
7. adj. + enough to do sth. 足够……而能做某事
8. be prepared to do sth. 准备做某事
9. see sb. doing sth. 看见某人在做某事
10. take up doing sth. 开始做某事
11. begin to do sth. 开始做某事
12. require sb. to do sth. 要求某人做某事
13. decide to do sth. 决定做某某
14. make a decision to do sth. 决定做某事
15. It’s hard to believe that…… 很难相信……….
16. It has been + 一段时间 + since + 从句 自从……以来已经有很长的时间了
17. dare to do sth. 敢于做某事
18. It’s + adj. + for sb. + to do sth. 对某人来说做某事是……的
重点句型：
1. I used to be afraid of the dark. 我过去常常怕黑。
2. It’s hard to believe that he used to be a “problem child ” until a conversation with his parents his way of thinking. 很难相信他过去是一个“问题少年”，直到一次和他的父母的谈话影响了他的想法。
3. It’s very important for parents to be there for their children. 父母陪伴在他们的孩子身边是很重要的。
