内容正文:
Unit 5 What were you doing
when the rainstorm came?
Section A 3a-3c
What’s a storm?
Which words can describe it?
Strong winds
Black clouds
A heavy rainstorm
rain
Predicting
Pre-reading
Black clouds were making the sky very ________.
dark
with little or no light
It felt like midnight.
There were strong winds and a heavy rain.
The rain beats heavily against the windows.
The rain was beating heavily against the windows.
倚; 碰; 撞(prep.)
反对 (prep.)
对抗 (prep.)
beat v.打败;战胜;超过
beat v.敲打
broken cars
rubbish everywhere
fallen trees
The street was in a mess.
If your family were in a storm,
what things would you prepare? Choose three.
1 matches
3 food
4 an iphone
6 a radio
2 candles
water
7 money
5 flashlights
What’s the main idea of the story?
A. A rainstorm in Alabama
B. A happy family in Alabama
C. The friendly people in Alabama
Reading tips:
The title and the picture of the story can help you get the main idea.
Predicting
Who is the story about?
Where did the storm happen?
In Alabama
It's about Ben
[ælə'bæmə]
While - Reading
What kind of passage is it?
narration(记叙文)
B. argumentative(议论文)
It tells something happened in the past.
It talks about an opinion.
Fast-reading
While - Reading
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Reading tip:
Pay attention to (关注)the first and last sentence(句子) in each paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A . The activities during (在……期间) the rainstorm.
B . The result (结果) after the rainstorm.
C . The weather before the rainstorm.
D . The preparation (准备) before the rainstorm.
Before the storm
During the storm
After the storm
It’s in the order of(顺序) ____
time
Ben could hear _____ _____ outside.
_______ ______were making the sky very dark.
With ______ ______ outside, it felt like midnight.
1.What was the weather like before the heavy rainstorm started?
2.What preparations(准备) were people doing before the storm?
Everyone was busy. Ben’s dad was putting pieces of ______over the windows.