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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…
Names
Tom
Peter
Tom
Peter
…
doing
reading
shopping
walking
…
…
A: What were you doing yesterday at
7:00?
B: I was reading.
Step
8 Summary
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。
M
ary: 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
< br>”
之意，用来说明和强调两种事情或情形不同。
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
常缩略为
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.