UNIT 5 Section B 2a-2e（第4课时）人教版初中英语八年级下

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Section B(2a—2e)
UNIT 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came
第 4 课 时
学 习 目 标
学习本课时新单词及短语：
单词：passage, pupil, completely, shocked, silence, recently,
terrorist, date, tower, truth;
短语： in silence, take down ;
1
能用过去进行时表达自己过去正在做的事情。
2
课 堂 导 入
Do you still remember the Wenchuan earthquake
A: What were you doing when
you heard the sad news
B: I was in the class preparing
my English exam.
课 堂 学 习
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed on April 4, 1968.
This is an important event in American history.
A plane hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This has meaning to most Americans.
2a
Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about
Do You Remember What You Were Doing
title
（标题）
The past events
Task 1
Fast-reading
Event about Dr. Martin Luther King
Event about the World Trade Center
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Skimming: Read the passage, match each paragraph with its main idea.
Task 2
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.Martin Luther King__________on_____________.
2.The World Trade Center in New York ___________________________on_______________.
was killed
was taken down by terrorists
What are the two events
When did they happen
April 4, 1968
September 11,2001
2b
Careful-reading
Read Para.1&2 and finish the tasks.
___1. Everyone in America remembers who killed Dr. King.
___2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed.
___3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear the news.
Task 1: Write T or F according to the passage.
F
F
T
1.Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.
2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.
Task 2: Find out the sentences with similar meanings.
Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
Read Para.3&4, finish the tasks.
___1. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the
World Trade Center.
___ 2. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about
the event.
F
T
Task 1: Write T or F according to the passage.
Task 2: Find out the sentences with similar meanings.
3. September 11, 2001 — the date alone means something to
most people in the US.
4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very
afraid.
Even the date — September 11, 2001 — has meaning
to most Americans.
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.
Post-reading
Martin Luther King was killed when __________________
What Allen’s family were doing They were _____________. Robert’s parents were ___________ .They didn’t talk and finished the rest of dinner ____________.
The World Trade Center was taken down when _________________________
What Kate was doing She remembers___________ in the office.
At first, she didn’t believe her friend . She was so _______ that she could hardly think clearly after that.
April 4, 1968
eating dinner
shocked
in silence
September 11, 2001
working
scared
How much do you remember about the events in the passage Test your partner.
A: When did Dr. Martin Luther King die
B: He died on …
A: When was the World Trade Center taken down
B: It was on …
2e
Language points
1. My parents were completely shocked！
completely adv. 彻底地；完全地。其形容词形式为complete （完全的，
完整的）。
The two buildings are completely different.这两栋建筑完全不同。
I feel my vacation is complete when my best friend is with me.
当我的挚友和我一起时候，我感觉我的假期是完整的。
【拓展】
complete也可作动词，意为“完成” 。
The project must be completed within a year.
这项工程必须在一年之内完成。
2. My parents did not talk after that, and we finished
the rest of our dinner in silence.
silence n．沉默；缄默；无声。in silence 沉默地，无声地。相当于 silently。
You’d better leave the room in silence/sliently.
你最好静静地离开这个房间 。
3. Even the date — September 11, 2011 — has meaning to most Americans.
have meaning to sb. 对某人来说有意义, 相当于be meaningful to sb.。
The old book has meaning to the old man.
这本旧书对这位老人来说有意义。
课 堂 达 标
Ⅰ.单项填空
1. Please remember ________ your notebook here tomorrow.
A. brings B. brought C. bringing D. to bring
2. Pass me the glasses, Tony. I can ________ watch TV clearly.
A. hardly B. really C. rather D. quite
3. Only Jim was in the classroom, and the rest of students _______ on the
playground.
A.is B. are C. was D. were
4. —Why do they want to _______the building
—They want to build a new school here.
A. calm down B. write down C. break down D. take down
D
A
D
D
Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. What’s happening in Yunnan ___________(recent)
2. We hope that the little girl can tell us the ________(true).
3. Mary closed her eyes and listened to music in_________(silent).
4. I am sorry, but I must say you are ___________(complete) wrong.
recently
truth
silence
completely
Homework
Revise the new words and phrases in
the passage in 2b.
Revise the past continuous tense:
was/were + v.-ing
Thank you !