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人教版 八年级下册
Unit 5
What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
核心考点精讲精练
1. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
当开始下大雨的时候, 我正在等公交。
由when引导的时间状语从句, when: 当……的时候, 既可指时间点, 也可指时间段。
e.g. Leonard was nine when his father died.
父亲去世时Leonard九岁。
When he stayed in China, he wrote the book.
他在中国时,写了这本书。
begin v. = start (began, begun) 开始
e.g. I began teaching in 1984.
我在 1984 年开始教书。
begin to do / doing sth. 开始做某事
begin with 以……开始
e.g. In the third year students begin to study Chinese.
学生在第三年开始学习汉语。
The word “cat” begins with the letter “c”.
单词 cat 以字母 c 开头。
beginner n. 新手;初学者
beginning n. 开始; 开端
at the beginning of … 在……开始
【语境应用】英译汉。
When the piano teacher only taught beginners at the beginning of this term, Mary began to learn from her.
当这位钢琴老师在这学期初只教初学者时,Mary就开始跟她学习了。
2. I called at seven and you didn’t pick up.
我7点给你打电话, 但你没接。
pick up = pick up the phone 接电话
【拓展】pick up的其他含义:
1) 捡起; 拾起
e.g. Please pick up all these pieces of paper.
请把纸都捡起来。
2) (开车)接人;搭载
e.g. Who will pick the children up after school?
谁去接放学的孩子?
注意:当宾语为名词时,可放在pick与up中间或pick up之后,但当宾语为代词时,只能放在pick与up中间。
【语境应用】选出划线部分的汉语意思。
A. 接电话 B. 开车去接 C. 捡起; 抱起
1) I plan to pick up my friend at the train station at 5. ___
2) The boy picked up some stones and then threw them at the birds. ___
3) The phone rang and I picked it up. ___
B
C
A
3. So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me.
所以你睡觉的时候, 我打电话给Jenny, 她帮了我。
while: 当……的时候, 强调在某事发生或进行期间,指某一时间段,所引导的从句中谓语动词通常是延续性动词。
e.g. They arrived while we were having dinner.
他们来时我们正在吃饭。
when & while
单词 含义及用法 例句
when 当……的时候,其引导的从句谓语动词既可为短暂性动词也可是延续性动词 When he saw me, he said “hel