Unit-5-What-were-you-doing-when-the-rainstorm-came？-教案

Unit-5-What-were-you-doing-when-the-rainstorm-came？-教案

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.

Step5 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 suddenly 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 al ways 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 6 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

Step 7 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 8 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

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

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 together.” 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with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 my 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… wh ile 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”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. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the window.

◆beat作动词，可意为“敲打；锤砸”。

如：The rain beat against the windows.

◆beat作动词，可意为“打败；取胜”。

如：I can easily beat him at golf.

◆beat作动词，可意为“(心)跳动”。如：

Her heart beat so quickly that she could hardly breathe.

【运用】根据句意，选出下列各题中划线部分的含义。

A. (心)跳动

B. 敲打；锤砸

C. 打败；取胜

(1) He often beats me at chess. __________ C

(2) She’s still alive— her heart is still

beating. __________ A

(3) The boy is beating a drum. __________ B

4. 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 __________________.

5. Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down

at around 3:00 a.m.

sleep可作动词，意为“睡觉”；它也可作名词，意为“睡眠；睡觉”。如：The baby is sleeping. Please be quiet.

I didn’t get much sleep last night.

asleep是形容词，意为“睡着”，强调状态，常作表语。fall asleep意为“进入梦

乡；睡着”。如：

My daughter was asleep with her head on her arms.

He was so tired that he fell asleep at his desk.

根据句意，用sleep或asleep填空。

(1) We ________ very well every night.

(2) I need to get some ________.

(3) He was ________ the minute he lay down.

Keys: sleep, sleep, asleep

die down逐渐变弱；逐渐消失

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。

与die 相关的短语:

die away 逐渐减弱；逐渐模糊

die out 灭绝；消失

die of/ from 死于……

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

rise v. & n.做动词时，常用作不及物动词，意为“升起；增加；提高”。并且还有“起床”的意思。

raise常用作及物动词，含有“(人为地)使升起；使提升”的意思，并且还有“筹集；饲养；抚养”的意思。

根据句意选用raise或rise的适当形式填空。

1. Tom _______ his head when he heard the sound.

2. The moon has not _______ yet.

3. My brother often _______ at about 6:30 a.m.

4. We _______ money to help the sick girl yesterday.

Keys: raised, risen, rises, raised

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.