Section A 2d—3c教学设计

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? Section A (2d-3c) 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

教学重点

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

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. 2d Role play the conversation. Step 2 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。

Step3 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

Yesterday 7:00

Yesterday 8:00

Yesterday 9:00

Report:

Tom was reading.

Peter was shopping…

A: What were you doing yesterday at 7:00? B: I was reading. Step 4Presentation

Ask the students to look at the picture and think about what has happened. Step5 Reading

Names

Tom

Peter

Tom

Peter

…

doing

reading

shopping

walking

…

…

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 6 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? Step7 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 8 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

Step 9Summary

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 Step10Exercise 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 11 Homework 1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.