英语人教版八年级下册Unit 5 .doc

Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?Zida middle schoolcuiliTeaching aims：1 Language goal：Use past tense to describe what happened in the past2 Skill goal：Can understand the past events, a brief descripition of events that happened in the past3 Emotion goal: Undergraduate through learning，to cultivate studentsquality of helping each other in difficult situationsKey points：Words and phrases: 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, truthSentences: 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 homeworkGrammar：past continuous tenseTeaching difficulties :when, while ,the past tense and the past continuous tense of the adverbial clause of timeSection A 2 (3a-3c)Step 1 Revision 1. Ask students to talk about what they were doing last night in groups of four then give a report.2. Write the following phrases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 PresentationAsk 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 questions1) What was the weather like before the heavy ran started?Black clouds were making the sky very dark.With no light outside, it felt like midnight.2）What was the neighborhood like after the storm?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 were blowing outside. 2）While Bens mom was making sure the radio was working, his dadwas putting pieces of wood over the windows3) Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the heavy rain finally started.4) When Ben fell asleep at 3:00 a.m., the wind was dying down .Step 4 Speaking3c 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 points1. 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 our teachers away, were the king of the class. I cant study with all that music. 2. Bens 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. Tony is outgoing while Marry is quite.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 hes coming?Make sure you turn off the light before you leave the room.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 work.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. 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 & sleepsleepy是形容词，可意为 “困倦的；瞌睡的”，可作定语和表语。如： Im sleepy.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：Ifell asleep when listening to the tape.sleep可作动词，意为 “睡觉”，也可作名词，意为“睡眠；睡觉”。 如：The baby is sleeping. die down逐渐变弱，逐渐平息e.g. When you saw him, his anger had died down a bit. 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. Step 6 Ke