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Unit 5 What were you doing when the
rainstorm came
一、必背短语
Section A
部分
1.
在?的时候
3.
接（电话）
5.
拍打?
7.
逐渐变弱；逐渐消失
9.
一团糟
11.
错过公交车
at the time of
pick up
beat against ?
die down
in a
mess
miss the
bus
2.
（闹钟）响铃
4.
进人梦乡；睡着
6.
确信；确认
8.
醒来
10.
使??分离
12.
洗热水澡
Section B
部分
1.
在路边
3.
在某人去??的路上
by the side of the road
2.
走路经过
make one’s
way to ?
4.
历史上的重大事件
walk by
important
events
in
history
5.
沉默；无声
7.
拆除；摧毁
9.
记得做过某事
11.
实话说
in silence
take down
remember doing sth.
to tell
the truth
6.
最近地；新近
8.
对??有意义
10.
首先；最初
12.
其余的，其他的
more recently
have meaning
to
at first
the rest of
go off
fall asleep
make sure
wake up
break ?
apart
take a hot
shower
【教材内容解析】
Section A
1.
What were you doing yesterday at the
time of the rainstorm? (P. 33)
此句是过去进行时
，表示过去某个时候正在发生的动作，结构为：
was/were doing
sth.
。
They were
watching TV at nine o’clock last night.
2.
My alarm
didn’t
go off
so...(P. 34)
go off
此处表示“发出响声”，还可以表示“爆炸、离开
、停止运转”。
The alarm went off
at 7 a.m. yesterday.
A bomb went off
just now.
Danny decided go off on his
own.
3.
I called
at seve
n and you didn’t
pick
up
. (P. 34)
pick
up
意为“接电话”，相当于
answer the
phone
。
Why don’t
you pick up/answer the phone?
【拓展】
pick
up
还可以表示“捡起、开车接送”。
My pen is under your desk. Can you pick
it up for me?
Can you pick me up at the
station?
4. I called again at eight and
you didn’t answer then
either
. (P. 34)
also, too, as well
与
either
都可以表示“也”，但是用法不同。
also
too
as well
either
放在句中行为动词前，
be
动词、助动词和情态动词之后。
用于肯定句中，放在句尾，前面用逗号隔开。
用于肯定句中，放在句尾，前面不用逗号隔开。
用于否定句句末。
He also
wants to go.
He wants to go, either.
He wants to go as well.
He
doesn’t want to go either
5.
With no light
outside
, it
felt
like
midnight. (P. 35)
(1)
with
这里用作介词，表示伴随状况，意为“由于、因为”。
With John away, there’s more room in
the house.
(2)
feel
like
表示“感觉像、感觉好似”
The interview only took ten minutes,
but it felt like hours.
【拓展】
feel like
还可以表
示“想要”，后接动词时，用
doing
的形式。
He didn’t feel like going
swimming.
6.
Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood
over the windows while his mom was
making sure
the
flashlights and radio were working. (P. 35)
make sure
意为“确保”，后接
of
短语或者
that
从句。
I tried to make sure of the
problem.
Make sure that no one finds
out about it.
7.
She also put some candles and
matches
on the table. (P.
35)
match
此处用作名词，表示“火柴”。
Don’t let your children play
with matches.
【拓展】
match
用作名词还可以表示“比赛”，用作动词，意为“般配”。
Our team won the football game.
This pair of shoes match your dress
well.
8.
Ben was
helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to
beat
heavily
against
the
windows. (P. 35)
(1)
beat
用作动词，表示“敲打、拍打”，还可以表示“战胜、打败”，宾语是对手。
They beat drums to cheer up the
players.
I beat her at swimming
yesterday.
(2)
ag
ainst
用作介词，表示“碰、撞”。
The rain beat against the windows.
【拓展】
against
用作介词，还可以表示
“倚着、靠着”或者“反对”。
The worker
put the leader against the wall.
We
were rowing against the current.
They
are against building a factory here.
9.
He finally
fell asleep when the wind was
dying
down
at around 3:00 a.m. (P. 35)
die
down
意为“逐渐变弱、逐渐消失”。
The wind finally died down.
10.
When he
woke up
, the sun was
rising
. (P. 35)