(共21张PPT)
Unit5
What were you doing
when the rainstorm came?
SectionA 3a-3c
New words
侯课准备：
课本，练习本，笔记本，红笔黑笔
侯课任务：
熟读左侧单词
Free Talk
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
1. What can you see in the photo?
2. Why everything is in a mess?
3. What will a storm bring us?
4. How can a storm bring people closer?
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
1. What can you see in
the photo?
A broken house and broken windows .
Rubbish is everywhere.
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
2. Why everything is in
a mess?
Because a storm happened in the area.
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
3. What will a storm bring us?
On the one hand, it broke many things apart; on the other hand, it brought families and neighbors closer together.
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
1. What can you see in
the photo?
2. Why everything is in
a mess?
3. What will a storm
bring us?
4. How can a storm
bring people closer?
They can help each other and clean up the neighborhood together after the storm.
Fast Reading
What does this passage want to tell us?
Skim the passage and underline the topic sentence(中心句）.
Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.
Reading tip:
Pay attention to the first and last sentence in each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
The activities during the rainstorm.
The result after the rainstorm.
The weather before the rainstorm.
The preparation before the rainstorm.
Fast Reading
Match each paragraph with its main idea.
①
②
③
④
After the storm
Before the storm
During the storm
The order:
time
1 Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area.
Read Para.1 carefully and answer the question.
Careful Reading
What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?
Strong winds were blowing, and black clouds were making the sky very dark.
2 Everyone in the neighborhood was busy. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table.
Read Para. 2 and fill in the blanks.
Careful Reading
Everyone in the neighborhood was busy.
Ben’s father
Ben’s mother
__________ pieces of wood over the windows.
__________ sure the flashlight and radio were working.
____ some candles and matches on the table.
was putting
was making
put
to strengthen the windows
3 Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. After dinner, they tried to play a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
Read Para. 3 and write T for true or F for false.
1.It rained hard outside.
2.Ben’s family had fun playing a card game.
T
F
Careful Reading
4 Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m.When he woke up, the sun was rising. He went outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.
Read Para. 4 and answer the queations.
Careful Reading
1.What was the neighborhood like after the storm?
2.What did Ben and his family do then?
It was in a mess. Fallen trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.
They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together.
Complete the sentences using information from the passage.
1. When the news on TV was reported, strong winds
____________ 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 ______________.
was putting pieces of wood
were blowing
was helping his mom make dinner
fell asleep
was dying down
3b
Careful Reading
over the windows
1. The ___ dishes lay on the floor and no one was in the room.
A. breaking B. broken C. broke D. break
2. — Why do you always sleep _______?
— Because I’m afraid of the dark.
A. by yourself B. with the door open
C. with the window open D. with the light on
3. — What was Tom doing ____ it was raining?
— He was doing his homework in the bedroom.
A. since B. while C. when D. if
4. Betty was doing her homework ____ the door bell rang.
A. when B. if C. because D. and
Exercises
3c
Discuss the questions with a partner.
1. What other things can bring people closer together?
After Reading
“Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.”
2. How can we help each other in times of difficulty?
earthquake
flood
illness
...
cheer them up
give away things they need
raise money for them
provide food and medicine
.......
When we face difficulties, we should work thgether and help each other so that we can get over the difficulties more easily.
I'm sure that when spring has blossomed , we'll return to our school and people in Wuhan will return to their happy lives.
Wuhan Refueling! China Refueling!
1.Remember the new words and phrases
2.Try to retell the story to your classmates.
Homework
