Unit 2  I used to be afraid of the dark

    如：i’m terrified of being alone.
    我害怕獨自一人呆著。
  4. i go to sleep with my bedroom light on. (section a 3b)
    我把臥室的燈開著睡覺。
    with的短語表方式
    課文section b 3a 難點
  5. these days
    “…but these days i get up early and stay in school all day.”
    these days是個詞組，意思是“現在，這幾天”
    your son’s trouble is very common these days.
    你兒子的毛病現在是極常見的。
  6. right
    then i go right home and eat dinner.
    right在這里是副詞，意為“直接地”。
    如：the wind blew right in our faces.
    風迎面吹來。
  7. have to
    but now. i have to study.
    have to意為“必須”側重于客觀上的必要。
    其句型為have (has) to+動詞原形
    如：we have to leave now.
    he has to work on sunday.
    i had to do my homework last sunday.
  8. hardly ever.
    these days, i hardly ever have time for concerts.
    hardly ever = very seldom.很少
    he hardly ever goes to bed before midnight.
    他很少在午夜以前就寢。
  9. miss
    i really miss the old days.
    ①miss在這里為“懷念”的意思。
    how he misses his mother while she is away in london!
    他媽媽在倫敦期間，他多么想念她啊！
    ②此外miss還有“缺”的意思。
    i’m afraid that jim will miss a lot of his lessons.
    恐怕jim會缺很多課。
    ③錯過
    i missed catching the 2：15 train.
    我未趕上2點15分的火車。
    ④missing 失去的，缺少的，不在的，失蹤的。
    they are looking for the missing child.
    他們在尋找失蹤的孩子。
  10. it seems that…(selfcheck)
    it seems that yumei has changed a lot.
    it seems as if he would recover.
    看來他好像會康復的。
    it seemed that the day would never end.
    那天好像沒有盡頭似的。
  (jerry lynn williams)