初中英语人教版八年级下册The storm brought people close.ppt

1、Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?,3a-3c,重庆市荣昌区永荣中学周顺平,strong winds,a heavy rain,black clouds,Bens family,Read the passage and answer the following questions.,1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?,2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?,Task 1,1. Wha

2、t was the weather like before the heavy rain 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.,Task 2,How do you paragraph(分段）the passage？choose the right answer。,A: (1

3、) / (2) (3) / (4),B: (1) (2) / (3) / (4),B,According to the passage ,it tells us.,Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.,Before rainstorm,radio,help mom make dinner,While-rainstorm,play a card game,After the rainstorm,How was the neighborhood?,

4、broke.apart,what should we do?,brought families and neighbors closer together,before,when/while,after,Read the passage again and tell the following sentence true( T ) or false( F ). ( ) 1.The strong winds could be heard outside Bens home. ( ) 2.The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstrom was in A

5、labama. ( ) 3.Everyone in theneighbourhood was free.,T,T,F,Task 3,( ) 4. Bens mom prepared the flashlights ,the radio,some candles and matches. ( ) 5. After dinner,Bens family had fun playing a card game. ( ) 6.Bens neighbours helped clean up the neighbourhood.,T,F,T,Complete the sentences using inf

6、ormation from the passage.,1. When the news on TV was reported, strong winds _ outside. 2. While Bens mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad _ _.,was putting pieces of wood over the windows.,were blowing,Task 4,3. Ben _ when the heavy rain finally started. 4. When Ben _ at 3:00 a.m., the

7、 wind _.,was helping his mom make dinner,fell asleep,was dying down,Discuss the questions with your partners.,“Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.” What other things can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of di

8、fficulty?,Task 5,Task 6,Thinking about the following questions:,1.What do people learn from the big event? 2.The storm are not always bad ,why or not? 3. If students dont help each other,what will happen?,Summary,Strong winds Black clouds No light outside,Busy(dad. mom ),The sun was rising,Busy(people),Whi