人教版八年级英语下册Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came

Unit 5

What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

教学目标：

1

语言目标：能运用过去时态描写过去发生的事情

2

技能目标：能听懂有关过去发生事件，能简单描写过去发后 的事件

3

情感目标：能过学习本课，培养学生在困境中互帮互助的品质

教学重点

单词短语

: rainstorm, suddenly, alarm , go off , pick up , strange, report, area, wood, light,

window, match, beat, heavily, against, asleep, fall asleep, die down, rise, apart, passage, pupil,

bright, play ground, bell, completely, silence, in silence, recently, date, tower, at first, realize, truth

句子

:

1. What were you doing at eight last night? I was taking a shower.

2. What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm?

She was doing her homework.

3. What was he doing when the rainstorm came?

He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came.

4. What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily?

When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner.

5. What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?

While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework

语法：过去进行时。

教学难点

:

when, while

引导的时间状语从句中的过去时和过去进行时

课时划分

Section A 1 (1a -2d)

Section A 2 (3a-3c)

Section A 3 (Grammar Focus-4c)

Section B 1 (1a-2e)

Section B 2 (3a-self check)

Section A 1 (1a-2d)

Step 1 Warming up

Yesterday, there was a rainstorm. Where were they when the rainstorm came?

Here are some reports.

For example:

A: Where were you when the rainstorm came?

B: I was in the library.

A: What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

B: I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop.

1a Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match the statements with the people in

the picture.

1. _____ I was in the library.

2. _____ I was in my house.

3._____ I was on the street.

4._____ I was at the bus stop.

Step 2 Listening

：

What were they doing when the rainstorm came?

Let’s listen.

Pay

attention to “was/were +doing”

1b Listen to the TV report and circle the correct response.

a. doing my homework / studying

b. playing basketball / reading

c. going to work / waiting for the bus

d. walking home / shopping

Step 3 Speaking

Look at the pictures and answer the questions by using “was/were

+

doing”

For example:

A: What was the boy doing at the time of the rainstorm?

B: He _____________________.

Pair work: 1c Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of

the rainstorm.

Step 4 Listening

2a Listen and number the pictures 1-5.

2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.

Step 5 Speaking

2c Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and

a TV reporter.

2d Role play the conversation.

Step 6 Language points

1. My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late.

alarm

n

.

闹钟

e.g. What time shall I set the alarm for?

我该把闹钟拨到几点钟响？

2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.

1) begin

v.

(began)

开始

e.g. I’ll begin whenever you’re ready.

你什么时候准备好我就开始。

常用的句型：

begin to do

与

begin doing

一般来说，

begin to do

和

begin doing

可以互换，但在以下三种情况下，用

to do

。

I.

主语不是指人，而是

it

等。

如：

It began to rain.

II. begin

后接表示心理活动的词。如：

begin to know

还有

believe, wonder, think

等词。

III. begin

本身是

ing< /p>

形式，为避免重复后接

to do

。

即：

beginning to do

2) heavily

adv

.

在很大程度上；大量地

e.g. moving heavily

吃力地移动

It was raining heavily.

雨下得很大。

3. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, …

suddenly

adv.

突然；忽然

e.g. I sudde

nly remembered that I hadn’t locked the door.

我忽然想起没有锁门。

4. That’s strange.

strange

adj.

奇特的，奇怪的；不可思议的

e.g.

a strange noise

奇怪的声音

He’s always

here;

it’s strange you’ve never met him.

他经常在这，你却没有见过他，真是不可思议。

5. I called at seven and you

didn’t pick up.

pick up(=pick up the phone)

接电话

pick up

还有以下含义：

1)

拾起；抱起

e.g. The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore.

孩子们在海边捡到许多贝壳。

Pick that book up.

把那本书拣起来。

2)

搭载

e.g. The car stopped to pick me up.

汽车停下来接我。

Step 7 Speaking

Make a survey. Ask your partners in your group what they were doing at the following time. Fill

in the form then give a report.

Time

Yesterday 7:00

Yesterday 8:00

Yesterday 9:00

Report:

Tom was reading.

Peter was shopping…

A: What were you doing yesterday at 7:00?

B: I was reading.

Step 8 Summary

Names

Tom

Peter

Tom

Peter

…

reading

shopping

walking

…

…

doing

1.

在图书馆

in the library

2.

在的时候

at the time of

3.

去上班

go to work

4.

等公共汽车

wait for the bus

5.

走路回家

walk home

6.

在街上

on the street

7.

打篮球

play basketball

8.

弹钢琴

play the piano

Step 9 Exercise

根据上下文内容填空。

Mary

: What ______ you doing last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick ____.

Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom.

Mary: I see. I called _____ at 8 and you didn’t _______ then either.

Linda: What was I doing at 8? Oh, I know. When you called, I was ______ a shower.

Mary: But then I called again at 9.

Linda: Oh, I _____ sleeping at that time.

Mary: So early? That’s strange.

Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why _____ you call so many times?

Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were ________, I called Jenny and she

helped me.

Step 10 Homework

1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.

2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Section A 2 (3a-3c)

Step 1 Revision

1. Ask students to talk about what they were doing last night in groups of four then give a report.

2.

写出下列短语

在图书馆

in the library

在

……

的时候

at the time of

去上班

go to work

等公共汽车

wait for the bus

走路回家

walk home

在街上

on the street

打篮球

play basketball

Step 2 Presentation

Ask the students to look at the picture and think about what has happened.

Step 3 Reading

3a Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions

1) What was the weather like before the heavy ran started?

2

）

What was the neighborhood like after the storm?

Keys: 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.

2. The neighborhood was in a mess.

3b Read the passage again and complete the sentences using information from the

passage.

1) When the news on TV was reported, strong winds were _____________ outside.

2

）

While

Ben’s mom was making sure

the radio was working, his dad

________________.

3) Ben _____________________ when the heavy rain finally started.

4) When Ben _______________at 3:00 a.m., the wind _________________.

Keys: 1) were blowing

2) was putting pieces of wood over the windows

3) was helping his mom make dinner

4) fell asleep: was dying down

Step 4 Speaking

3c Discuss the questions with a partner.

“Although

the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors

closer tog

ether.”

What other can bring people closer together? How can we help

each other in times of difficulty?

Step 5 Language points

1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.

此句中介词

w ith

表示一种伴随状况，同时还包含着某种因果关系，表示

“

因某

种状况的存在而导致

……”,

因此可 翻译成

“

由于；因为

”

等。

e.g. With m

y parents away, I’m the king of the house.

我爸妈不在家，我可是家中的

“

王

”

了！

I can’t work with all that noise going on.

由于那噪音响着，我无法工作。

2. Ben’s

dad

… while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were

working.

1)

此句中的连词

while

的意思是

“

当

……

的时候；和

……

同时

”

，

while

还可以表示

“

而；然

而；但< /p>

”

之意，用来说明和强调两种事情或情形不同。

< br>

e.g. Tom is active and outgoing while his sister Rosa is shy and quiet.

汤姆活跃外向，而他的妹妹罗莎却害羞腼腆。

2) make sure“

确认，查明，核实；确保；设法保 证

”

，其后可接句子，或接介词

of

及宾语，用来引入需要确认的内容。

e.g. Could you make sure what time he’s arriving?

你能确认一下他几点到达吗？

Make sure you turn off the TV before you leave the house.

在你离开屋子前确认关闭了电视。

3)

此句中的

work

表示机器，器官等

“

运作 ，运转

”

，这是动词

work

的一种基本

用法。

e.g. My watch is waterproof

—

that means it would work fine even if it’s in water.

我的手表是防

水的

—

这就是说即便在水里它也会正常运转。

3. It was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.

It is

adj.

+ to do sth.

做

……

怎么样。

It is

adj.

for sb. to do sth.

对某人来说做

……

怎么样。

e.g. It is important for us to learn English.

对我们来说学英语很重要。

活学活用：

1.

在街上踢球很危险。

It is _______________ soccer on the street.

2.

每天早上读书对你来说很有必要。

It is ________ for you _______ in the morning.

3.

对他来说完成作业很容易

It is ____ for him __________________.

4. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.

fall asleep

进入梦乡，睡着

asleep

adj.

睡着

区别

sleepy, asleep & sleep

sleepy

是形容词，可意为

“

困倦的；瞌睡的

”

，可作定语和表语。如：

I’ll go to bed. I’m sleepy

.

我要去睡觉了。我困了。

aslee p

是形容词，意思是

“

睡着的

”

，强调状态，常作表语。短语

fall as leep

意为

“

入睡；睡

着

”

。如：

Grandma fell asleep when watching TV

.

奶奶看电视时睡着了。

sleep

可作动词，意为

“

睡觉

”

，也可作名词 ，意为

“

睡眠；睡觉

”

。

如：

My father is sleeping. Please keep quiet.

我父亲在睡觉，请保持安静。

die down

逐渐变弱，逐渐平息

e.g. When you saw him, his anger had died down a bit.

你看见他的时候，他的火气已经下去了。

5. When he woke up, the sun was rising.

rise

是不及物动词，意为：

（价格 、水位等）上涨；

（月亮、太阳等）上升。

e.g. It is too hot. The temperature rises by 6

℃

today.

太热了。今天的气温一下子上升了

6

摄氏度 。

Step 6

重点短语

feel like

at first

fall asleep

die down

make sure

wake up

in a mess

clean up

help each other

in times of difficulty

Homework

Read the text and remember the language points.

Preview next lesson.

Section A 3 (Grammar focus-4c)

Step 1 Revision

Look at the pictures and make up the sentences.

Step 2 Grammar Focus

读下列句子，能否总结出句子中包含的语法？

1. What were you doing at eight last night?

I was taking a shower.

2. What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm?

She was doing her homework.

3. What was he doing when the rainstorm came?

He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came.

4. What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily?

When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner.

5. What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?

While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework.

Step 3

过去进行时

1.

基本概念：过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或一段时间内 正在进行的动作。这一

特定的过去时间除有上下文暗示以外

,

一般用时间状语来表示。

2.

结构

was / were ( not ) +

动词

-ing

3.

句式

肯定式：

I/He/She/It was working.

We/You/They/ were working.

否定式

:

I/He/She/It was not working.

We/You/They/ were not working.

疑问式和简略回答

:

Was I working?

Yes, you were.

No, you were not.

Were you working?

Yes, I was.

No, I was not.

Was he/she/it working?

Yes, he/she/it was.

No, he/she/it was not.

Were we/you/they working?

Yes, you/we/they were.

No, you/we/they were not.

注：

1) was not

常缩略为

wasn’t; were not

weren’t

。

2)

一般过去时与过去进行时用法的比较

:

一般过去时表示在过去某个时间发生过的

动作或存在的状态

,

而过去进行时则表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行

的动 作。

例如

:

David wrote a letter to his friend last night.

大卫昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。

(

信写完了。

)

David was writing a letter to his friend last night.

大卫昨晚一直在给 他的朋友写信。

(

信不一定写完。

)

Practice: Look at the picture and make up the dialogues.

Step 4

过去进行时中的

when

和

while

whe n

和

while

都可表示

“

当

……

的时候

，引导时间状语从句。你知道两者在过去进

行时 中的用法有什么不同吗？

请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全空格中的内容。

①

I was walking to school when I saw a cat in a tree.

②

When Sally arrived home, her mother was cleaning the house.

主句的 动作是持续性的，而从句动作是短暂性的，此时用

_______

引导时间状语