Unit 5  What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

 Section A 1 (1a-2d)

教学目标：

1 语言目标：能运用过去时态描写过去发生的事情

2 技能目标：能听懂有关过去发生事件，能简单描写过去发后的事件

3 情感目标：能过学习本课，培养学生在困境中互帮互助的品质

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单词短语: rainstorm, suddenly, alarm , go off , pick up , strange, report, area, wood, light, window, match, beat, heavily, against, asleep, fall asleep, die down, rise, apart, passage, pupil, bright, play ground, bell, completely, silence, in silence, recently, date, tower, at first, realize, truth

句子: 

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

语法：过去进行时。
教学难点: when, while引导的时间状语从句中的过去时和过去进行时

教学过程：

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.