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Section A (2a-2d)
Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
alarm; go off; begin; heavily; suddenly; pick up; strange; all of a sudden; answer the telephone.
Key sentences:
1. I was so busy looking for the umbrella that I didn't see a car coming.
2. When you called, I was taking a shower.
3. While you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me.
To learn the past progressive tense.
What were you doing when
the rainstorm came
I was...when the rainstorm came.
Look and say
Tom: I was watching TV when the rainstorm come.
Jerry: I was playing computer at that time.
Lily: I was taking a bath at the time of rainstorm.
Pre-listening
Prediction
Where was the boy What was the boy doing in each picture
Let's predict!
What was the boy doing
Perhaps he was waiting for a bus when a car suddenly came over to him.
Let's predict!
He was looking at his
alarm clock.
闹钟
What was the boy doing
Let's predict!
He was eating a meal.
He was standing there when it started to rain.
He was running after a bus.
While-listening
2a
Listen and number the pictures [1-5].
4
1
5
3
2
2b
Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.
I _____ so busy _______ for the umbrella that I didn't see a car coming.
was looking
My alarm didn't go off so I _____ up late.
woke
4
1
I took a hot shower and _____ some warm food.
I ___________ for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
ate
was waiting
I ____ to the bus stop but I still missed the bus.
ran
5
3
2
( ) 1. The boy didn't wake up until seven thirty because his
alarm didn't work.
( ) 2. He arrived at school at eight.
( ) 3. He still didn't catch the bus although he ran to the bus
stop.
( ) 4. While he was waiting for the bus, it suddenly started to
rain heavily.
( ) 5. While he was busy looking for the umbrella in his
schoolbag, a car came and got water all over him.
Listen and judge the sentences True or False.
T
F
T
T
T
Listen again and read.
Boy: Yesterday was a terrible day. My alarm didn't go off so I woke up late. It was seven thirty when I woke up, and I needed to be at school by eight! I ran to the bus stop ... but, I still missed the bus. It was eight thirty when I got to school. My teacher was angry and I felt bad all day. At four thirty, it was time to go home. I was waiting for the bus when ... all of a sudden ... it began to rain heavily.
adv. 在很大程度上；大量地
发出响声
begin v.开始
突然
It was like ... a really crazy rainstorm! I thought I had an umbrella in my schoolbag, so I kept trying to look for it. I was so busy looking for the umbrella that I didn't see a car coming. And it got water all over me! I was waiting like that ... completely wet ... for maybe almost an hour. Finally, the bus came and brought me home. I took a hot shower and ate some warm food. It felt so good to be home!
be busy doing sth.忙于做······
so...that....如此······以至于
adv. 完全地
遍布
see sb./sth. doing
Post-listening
2c
Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.
TV reporter: Tell us what happened yesterday morning.
Boy: ...
TV reporter: So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, what were
you doing
Boy: ...
suddenly= all of a sudden
adv. 突然；忽然（adj.sudden)
Retell the story
Tell us what happened yesterday morning.
I was late. My alarm didn't go off. It was seven thirty when I woke up. I ran to the bus stop but I still missed the bus. When I got to school, it was eight thirty. My teacher was angry and I felt bad.
So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, what were you doing
I was waiting for the bus at that time. All of a sudden, it began to rain
heavily. I thought I had an umbrella. I was so busy looking for it that I didn't see a car coming. And it got water all over me.
And then what happened Did you get on the bus at last
I waited for almost an hour, completely wet. Finally, I got on the bus and came home. I took a hot shower and ate some warm food. I felt good to be home.
Role-play the conversation.
2d
Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda I called at seven and you didn't pick up.
Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom.
Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didn't answer then either.
Linda: What was I doing at eight Oh, I know. When you called, I was taking a shower.
When引导的时间状语从句
接电话
Mary: But then I called again at nine.
Linda: Oh, I was sleeping at that time.
Mary: So early That's strange.
Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call so many times
Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me.
adj. 奇特的；奇怪的
While引导的时间状语从句
What was Linda doing at seven At eight At nine
Where was she at seven At eight At nine
Mary is asking what Linda was doing last night in the classroom.
Read the conversation in 2d and answer the questions.
When What Where
7: 00 p.m.
8: 00 p.m.
9: 00 p.m.
taking a shower
helping her mother
sleeping
in the kitchen
in the bathroom
in the bedroom
Make sentences: Mary was ... in ... at ...
Mary was helping her mother in the kitchen at seven.
Mary was taking a shower in the bathroom at eight.
Mary was sleeping in the bedroom at nine.
Fill in the blanks.
Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda I called at seven and
you didn’t .
Linda: Oh, I was in the helping my mom.
Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didn't answer then .
Linda: What was I doing at eight Oh, I know. When you called, I was
taking a .
pick up
kitchen
either
shower
Mary: But then I called again at nine.
Linda: Oh, I was sleeping .
Mary: So early That's strange.
Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call
Mary: I needed help with my homework. So you were sleeping,
I called Jenny and she helped me.
at that time
so many times
while
Language points
1. My alarm didn't go off so I woke up late.
为不及物动词短语。
go off (闹钟)发出响声
I have set the alarm clock to go off at 7 a.m.
【拓展延伸】go off 的其他常见含义：
go off
离开
(食物、饮料)变质；变坏
(电、灯)熄灭；(电)中断
He went off early this morning.
Meat goes off easily in hot weather.
Suddenly the lights went off.
wake up 醒来
wake up 在此处意为“醒来”，用作不及物动词短语，其后不能接宾语。
I usually wake up at six o'clock in the morning.
【拓展延伸】wake up还可意为“叫醒”，此时为“动词+副词”型短语，其后可接宾语。当宾语是代词时，代词要放在wake和up中间。
The alarm clock wakes me up at seven every morning.
2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
begin v. 开始
begin作动词，同义词是start。常见用法有：
begin to to sth. = begin doing sth. 开始做某事
begin with 以······开始
to begin with 首先；起初
He sat down at the desk and began/started to write.
She began/started teaching English at the age of 25.
The party began with a game.
To begin with, we have to consider the passengers' safety.
3. I called at seven and you didn't pick up.
pick up 接电话
pick up在此处相当于pick up the phone, 与answer the phone同义。
Lucy was watering the flowers in the garden, so she didn't pick up the phone/answer the phone.
捡起；拾起 You should pick up the paper on the ground.
整理；收拾 Let's pick up the living room.
搭载；驾车去接(某人) Shall we go to the airport to pick up your sister
(偶然)得到；学会 She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
逮捕；抓捕 He was picked up by police and taken to the station for questioning.
得(某种疾病) She seemed to pick up a terrible cold .
【拓展延伸】pick up的其他常见含义：
4. I called again at eight and you didn't answer then either.
either adv. 也
either在此作副词，用于否定句句末。
Jenny won't go and Bill won't either.
【拓展延伸】
(1) either还可作代词，意为“（两者中的）任何一个”。
You can keep either of the photos.
(2) either还可作限定词，意为“（二者之中）任一的”，修饰可数名词单数。
You can park on either side of the street.
Either plan is better than mine.
过去进行时（Past continuous tense）
表示过去在某一时刻或某一段时间内正在进行的动作或存在的状态。
定义
结构
主语+be(was/were)+动词的现在分词
I was cooking at 8:00 p.m. yesterday.
过去进行时的用法
表示过去某一时刻正在进行的动作：
eg. I was drawing at that time yesterday.
表示过去某一时间段内正在进行的动作:
eg. I was reading last night.
表示一个动作发生时，另一个动作正在进行:
eg. When my mum came home, I was sleeping.
表示一个动作正在进行,另一个动作突然发生:
eg. When I was walking, it rained.
表示两个动作同时进行.
eg. While I was sweeping the floor, she was cooking,
时间状语标志：
at this（that）time +过去时间
at +过去时间点
those days
from ... to ... +过去时间
when/while 引导的时间状语从句
Exercises
一、单项选择。
1. The boss was late for the meeting because his alarm clock didn't _____.
A. go off B. go out C. go on D. go out
2. ______, Tom! It's time to get up and go to school.
A. Wake up B. Make up C. Grow up D. Look up
3. Can you help me _____ the pen It's under your chair.
A. ask for B. look for C. pick up D. put up
A
A
C
4. Earthquakes always happen _____, so it is difficult to know when they come.
A. hopefully B. suddenly C. usually D. luckily
5. How _____ it rained yesterday! We had to cancel our football match.
A. heavily B. light C. heavy D. lightly
B
A
1.我(那会儿)正在洗澡，所以没有接电话.
I was taking a shower, so I didn't ______ _____ the phone.
2.你不去，我也不去。
If you're not going, I'm not going _______.
3.很奇怪，这时候开始下起了大雨。
At that moment, strangely, it ______ ____ rain ________.
began to heavily
二、完成句子。
either
pick up
Homework
1. Preview the passage on Page 35.
2. Preview the new words and phrases.
3. Do the exercises in students’ book.
Thank you!
