Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? SectionB2a-2e课件（PPT23张无素材）

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Unit 5
What were you doing
when the rainstorm came?
SectionB2a-2e
Learning aims

1.Words
passage, pupil, completely, shocked, silence, recently, terrorist, date, tower, truth;
2.Phrases
in silence, take down ;
3.能用过去进行时表达自己过去正在做的事情.
Do you still remember the Wenchuan earthquake?
A: What were you doing when
you heard the sad news?
B: I was preparing my English exam in the class .
c:I was sleeping .
d:I was ....
Free talk
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
2a
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.


Task 1
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.
fast reading
Task 2
Read the passage quickly and answer the question.
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
Read Para.1finish the task.
___1. People often forget what they were doing when they heard the important event in history.
___2. Dr. King was killed on April 4,1968.
___3. Some people may not remember who killed him.
Task 1: According to the passage, write T or F
F
F
T
Careful reading
Careful reading
Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. This was an important event in American history. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. Although some

people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.

一般过去时的被动语态 was/were +及物动词的过去分词，翻译成 被....
1.What were Allen and his parents doing when they heard the news?


2.What did they do after hearing the news?
Read Para.2finish the task.
They were eating dinner in the kitchen.
His parents did not talk after that and they finished the rest of their dinner in silence.
careful-reading
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. “I was at home with my parents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, ‘Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.’ My parents were completely shocked! My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.”
_________1.The World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
_________2.Kate was working at home when it happened.

_________3.She believed her friend at first.

_______4.She was so scared that she could hardly think clearly after that .
Read Para.3 -4 and write T orF
T
F
F
T
More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. Even the date — September 11, 2001 — has meaning to most Americans.
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers working in her office near the two towers. “My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center! I didn’t believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”

careful-reading
have meaning to sb 对某人有特殊意义

一般过去时的被动语态 was/were +动词过去分词
hardly 副词，几乎不,表示否定意义
hard adj--艰难的，坚硬的
adv---努力地，猛烈地
Martin King was killed when __________________
What Allen’s family were doing They were _____________Robert’s parents was ___________ .They didn’t talk and finished the rest of dinner ____________
The World Trade Center was taken down when _________________________
What Kate was doing She remember s___________ in the office.
At first, she didn’t believe her friend . She was so _______ she could hardly think clearly after that.
April 4, 1968
eating dinner
shocked
in silence
September 11, 2001, 1968
working
scared
last-reading
2c Read the passage again. Are the following 2cstatements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)?
___4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the
World Trade Center.
___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about
the event.
___1. Everyone in American 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.
F
F
T
T
F
2dUnderline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
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.
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.
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.
2eHow 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 …
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）。
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。
Language
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.
这本书对这位老人来说有意义。
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
Exercises
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
Revise the new words and phrases in the passage in 2b.
Try to retell and recite 2b
Homework