鲁教版（五四学制）八年级上册英语教案：Unit 3 What were you doing when the rainstorm came Section A

Unit 3 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

Section A 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. 写出下列短语

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

[来源:.Com]Step 2 Presentation

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

[来源:]Step 3 Reading

3a Read the passage quickly 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?

[来源:.Com]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 4 Speaking

3c Discuss the questions with a partner.

“Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors

[来源:]closer together.” What other can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of difficulty? Step 5 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

[来源:]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 6 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 Homework

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