初中英语山东版八年级UNIT7

[00:02.09]I used 1 to be afraid of the dark 2.
[00:05.64]SECTION A
[00:07.60]1b Listen. Bob is seeing some friends for the first time in four years. What did 3 his friends use to look like?
[01:48.46]2a Listen and check (P) the words you hear.
[01:47.46]2b Listen again and fill 4 in the blanks 5 with the words you hear.
[02:02.27]Hey, Steve! Over here! Don't you remember me?
[02:09.32]Oh, wow! You're Paula, aren't you?
[02:11.96]That's right.
[02:13.11]You used to be really_________ , didn't you?
[02:15.54]Yeah, I wasn't very ________.
[02:17.67]No, you weren't .But you were always.________. wait a minute! Did you use to play the piano?
[02:23.88]Yes, I did. But now I'm more interested 8 in ________. I play soccer and I'm on the swim team.
[02:30.94]Wow ! People sure change.
[02:33.37]SECTION B
[02:46.53]2a listen and check (P) the sentences 9 you hear.
[03:26.89]2b Listen again. What do the girl and the boy say about things in the past and now? Fill in the chart 10.
[04:15.03]3a Read the story about Rose 11 Tang’s problems 13 and then complete 14 the chart.
[04:25.67]My biggest problem 12
[04:24.67]My biggest problem is that I’m too busy.
[04:29.39]When I was 6 young, I used to have so much time, but these days I get up early and stay in school all day.
[04:38.67]Then I go right home and eat dinner, Before I started high school, I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore 15.
[04:51.02]In the evening, I used to watch TV or chat 17 with my grandmother, but now I have to study.
[04:58.10]I love music, and my father used to take me to concerts 18.
[05:03.07]These days, I hardly 19 ever 20 have time for concerts.
[05:07.22]I do my homework and go to bed.
[05:09.67]I really miss the old days.
[05:12.13]He used to cause 21 a lot of trouble 22.
[05:21.80]Martim murray is a fifteen-year-old boy.
[05:26.65]He used to be a "problem child", _________.
[05:33.99]He didn't use to give his mother many problems.
[05:37.86]However, after his father's death 23 a few 24 years ago, Martin's life 25 became 26 much more difficult.
[05:45.25]His mother couldn't afford 28 to pay 29 for her children's education 30.
[05:50.11]To do this, she had 31 to work, and so was not often at home.
[05:55.26]His mother looked after him aas well as 7 she could 27.
[05:54.26]Unfortunately, Martin still caused 32 problems for himself 33 and his family.
[05:59.72]He was not interested in studying, and he often got 35 into trouble with the police 36.
[06:05.18]Luckily, his mother was very patient 37, __________.
[06:11.24]In the end, she made 38 a difficult decision 39: to send him to a boys'boarding school.
[06:17.30]Martin hated 40 it and used to cause a lot of trouble.
[06:22.16]One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school.
[06:25.92]________.
[06:30.78]The head teacher said 41 it was necessary 42 to talk with his mother.
[06:34.85]Martin called his mother, but to his surprise, this phone call changed his life.
[06:40.81]"It was exactly 43 what I needed," he said.
[06:44.57]"My mother helped me to understand how much she had given 44 me.
[06:48.83]She also told me that even 16 though 45 my father was no longer with us, he was watching me, and would 46 always take pride 47 in everything good I do.
[06:57.97]__________.
[07:01.03]I realize 48 that since 49 my father died 50, I have been afraid of being 51 alone 52, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention 53 to me."
[07:10.17]Now Martin has really changed.
[07:13.54]He has been working hard, and is now a top student in his class.
[07:17.98]___________ His mother's love helped him to feel good about him self 34, and as Martin himself says, "It's very important 54 for parents to be there for their children."