Unit3 SectionA Grammar Focus-4c 精品教案
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.
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
when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_______引导时间状语从句，主句用_____________时态，从句用一般过去时态。
③ While I was sleeping in the bedroom, someone knocked at the door.
④ David fell while he was riding his bike.
主句的动作是短暂性的，从句的动作是持续性的，此时用_________引导从句，主句用____________时态，从句用过去进行时态。
⑤ While Andy was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper.
⑥ He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.
主句和从句的动作在过去的某时刻或某段时间同时发生，而且动作都是持续性的，此时用_________引导从句，而且主句和从句都用_____________时态。
Practice: 汉译英。
Step 5 活学活用
4a. Look at the table and write sentences with both while and when.
John Mary
take photos buy a drink
play the piano leave the house
clean his room turn on the radio
shop take the car to the car wash
4b. Fill in the blanks with was, were, when or while.
At 7:00 a.m., I woke up. _____ I ____ making my breakfast, my brother ______ listening to the radio. ________ I was eating, the radio news talked about a car accident near our home. My brother and I went out right away to have a look. _____ we got to the place of the accident, the car _____ in bad shape from hitting a tree. But luckily the driver ____ fine. The roads ______ icy because of the heavy snow from the night before.
Step 6 Speaking
4c. What were you doing at these times last Sunday Fill in the chart. Then ask your partner.
You Your partner
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
Step 7 Exercises
I. 根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子，每空一词。
1. 昨天下午五点钟你哥哥在做什么？
What ________ your brother ________ at five yesterday afternoon
2. 昨天我回到家时，我妈妈在洗衣服。
My mother _____ ________ clothes ________ I ________ home yesterday.
3. 你做作业时，你妹妹在干什么？
What ________ your sister ________ ________ you ________ ________ your homework
Ⅱ. 根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词（含缩略形式）。
1. I was running in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning. (改为一般疑问句并作肯定回答)
—________ ________ ________ in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning
—________, ________ ________.
2. I was flying kites with my friends at this time last Sunday. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ ________ ________ at this time last Sunday
3. They were playing basketball from three to four yesterday. (改为否定句)
They ________ ________ basketball from three to four yesterday.
Step 8 Homework
After class, please make some dialogues with the phrases and sentences in 4c.Unit3 SectionA 3a-3c 精品教案
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 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… 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”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。
asleep是形容词，意思是“睡着的”，强调状态，常作表语。短语fall asleep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.Unit3 SectionA 1a-2d 精品教案
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 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 Names doing
Yesterday 7:00 Tom reading
Peter shopping
Yesterday 8:00 Tom walking
Peter …
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
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.
