Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark
be afraid of 害怕 be terrified of 害怕
with the light on worry about 擔心 chew gum 嚼口香糖
these days 目前，如今 not…anymore 不再
［詞匯復習］recycling:
short hair 短發 curly hair 卷發
long hair 長發 straight hair 直發
tall 高的 short 矮的
（be）medium height 中等身高 thin 瘦的
heavy 重的，沉的 (have/has) a medium build 中等胖瘦
［語法分析］
一、本單元語法重點內容是used to這個句型。
1. “主語+used to+動詞原形+其它”。在這個句型結構中used to的含義為“過去常常”。表示過去的習
慣，暗示現在已無此習慣，請看圖：
dave在過去幾年中一直在factory（工廠）中工作，但現在他在supermarket（超市）中工作，所以dave
used to work in a factory. 隱含的意思是：dave worked in a factory before but he doesn’t
work
there now.
如果用時間軸表示的話，應該是這樣的。
2. 我們可以說i used to work…/she used to have…/they used to be…等等，也就是說used這個詞沒
有人稱的變化，to后面接動詞原形。
used tobe
work
have
play etc.
請看例句：
•when i was a child, i used to like chocolate
•i used to read a lot of books but i don’t read much these days.
•liz has got short hair now but it used to be very long.
liz現在梳短發，但以前她是長發。
•they used to live in the same street as us, so we often used to see them.