Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came Section A（1a-2d）课件2024-2025学年人教版英语八年级下册

Period 1 Section A(1a-2d) Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? 教材原图 What were people doing yesterday at the time of the rainstorm/'reɪnstɔː(r)m/? 课文呈现 1a Where were the people at the time of the rainstorm? Match the statements with the people in the picture. 1. ______ I was in the library. 2. ______ I was in my house. 3. ______ I was on the street. 4. ______ I was at the bus stop. b 公共汽车停靠站(n. ) a d c 课文呈现 1b Listen to the TV report and circle the correct responses. a. doing my homework/studying b. playing basketball/reading c. going to work/waiting for the bus d. walking home/shopping 课文呈现 1c Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of the rainstorm. A: What was the girl doing at the time of the rainstorm? B: She was... She was writing something in her house. 课文呈现 1 2 3 4 5 2a Listen and number the pictures [1—5]. I ______ so busy ______ for the umbrella that I didn’t see a car coming. My alarm/ə'lɑː(r)m/ didn’t go off so I ______ up late. ① I took a hot shower and ______ some warm food. I ______ for the bus when it began /bɪ'ɡæn/ to rain heavily/'hevɪli/. ② I ______ to the b us stop but I still missed the bus. 课文呈现 2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a. I ______ so busy _________ for the umbrella that I didn’t see a car coming. My alarm/ə'lɑː(r)m/ didn’t go off so I ______ up late. I took a hot shower and ______ some warm food. I _____________ for the bus when it began /bɪ'ɡæn/ to rain heavily/'hevɪli/. I ______ to the b us stop but I still missed the bus. was looking woke ate was waiting ran 课文呈现 2c Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter. TV reporter: Tell us what happened yesterday morning. Boy: ... TV reporter: So, when the rainstorm suddenly /'sʌdənli/ came, what were you doing? ③ Boy: ... 课文呈现 2d Role-play the conversation. Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. ④ Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom. Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. ⑤ Linda: What was I doing at eight? Oh, I know. When you called, I was taking a shower. 课文呈现 Mary: But then I called again at nine. Linda: Oh, I was sleeping at that time. Mary: So early? That’s strange /streɪndʒ/. ⑥ Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call so many times? Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me. 在那时，常用于 过去进行时。 课文呈现 1 My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late. go off （闹钟）发出响声 There was something wrong with my alarm. It didn’t go off. 我的闹钟出了问题。它不响了。 Lights will go off if no one is in the room. 如果房间里没人灯将会熄灭。 I don’t know why he went off without saying goodbye. 我不知道他为什么不辞而别。 Meat is starting to go off. 肉开始变质了。 敲黑板 go off为 不及物动词短语， 后不接宾语。 考点精讲 go off 的其他含义： （电）中断；（灯）熄灭 离开（尤指去做某事） （食物、饮料）变质、变坏 考点精讲 考题1: My alarm didn’t go o so I woke up late. ff 返回 考点精讲 2 I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily. (1) begin /bɪ'ɡɪn/ v. 开始 （begin—began—begun） begin 后接名词、代词、动词不定式或动名词作宾语。 We will begin work on the project tomorrow. 我们将于明天开始这个项目的工作。 We began to work as soon as we got there. 我们一到那里就开始工作了。 考点精讲 Our neighbors went downstairs and began chatting outside. 我们的邻居们下楼了，开始在外面聊天。 The play begins with the main character as a boy and ends with him as an old man. 这出戏以主角是一个男孩开始，以他是一位老人结束。 拓展： (1)begin 还可作不及物动词。 I wonder when the movie will begin this evening. 我想知道今晚电影什么时候开始。 考点精讲 (2) begin对应的名词为beginning，其意思为“开头；开端”。at the beginning of...“在……的开头/ 开端”。 At the beginning of the class, the teacher didn’t say anything. 刚开始上课的时候，老师什么都没说。 考点精讲 begin 的常用短语： begin to do sth. = begin doing sth.开始做某事 begin with... 以……开始 to begin with 起初；首先 谚语记单词 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行，始于足下。 考点精讲 考题2: The children ___________ (begin) to talk about the project after the teacher divided them into groups. began 考点精讲 (2) heavily /'hevɪli/ adv. 在很大程度上；大量地 heavily 常修饰动词，常用来描述雨、雪下得大。其对应的形容词为heavy。 It snowed heavily last night. = The snow was heavy last night. 昨天晚上雪很大。 We decided to stay at home because it was raining heavily. 我们决定待在家里，因为雨下得很大。 考点精讲 When I walked home last night, the wind was blowing strongly. 昨天晚上我走路回家时，风刮得正大。 敲黑板 形容风大常用strong 或 strongly。 考点精讲 小贴士 当rain/snow 作动词时，rain/snow heavily 表示“雨/雪下得大”；当rain/snow 作名词时，heavy rain/snow表示“大雨/ 大雪”。 考点精讲 考题3: Look! It is raining ___________ (heavy). We can’t go out with friends. heavily 返回 考点精讲 3 So, when the rainstorm suddenly came... suddenly /'sʌdənli/ adv. 突然；忽然 The light went out suddenly. It was very dark and nothing could be seen clearly. 灯突然熄灭了。太黑了并且什么也看不清楚。 All of a sudden, wham! I fell off my bicycle. 突然，砰！我从我的自行车上摔了下来。 常用于指某事发生得快且出乎意料,可用于句首、句中或句末。 suddenly 对应的形容词为sudden，其意思为“忽然的；突然的”。all of a sudden意为“突然”。 考点精讲 考题4: When the storm ___________ (sudden) came, my friends and I were walking home from school. suddenly 返回 考点精讲 4 I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. pick up 接电话 The old man was ill so badly that he couldn’t pick up the phone. 老人病得很厉害，他不能接电话。 When the phone rings, please pick it up and say “Hello!”. 当电话响起时，请接起它并说“喂！”。 敲黑板 “动词+ 副词”结构的短语，相当于pick up the phone 或answer the phone。 考点精讲 拓展：pick up 还有以下用法： 捡起； 拾起 We will pick up rubbish in the People’s Park because there is a lot of garbage over there. 我们将在人民公园捡垃圾，因为那里有很多垃圾。 搭载； (开车)接人 Can you pick me up at the airport? 你能到机场接我吗？ 学会 Children pick up languages very quickly. 儿童学习语言很快。 考点精讲 图解助记 pick up 的一词多义： 考点精讲 考题5: You shouldn’t drop the pieces of paper on the ground. Please p them up. ick 返回 考点精讲 5 I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. either /'aɪðə(r)/, /'iːðə(r)/ adv. 也 Sorry. I don’t know, either. 对不起。我也不知道。 He also knows the answer. 他也知道答案。 My mother is a teacher, too. 我的妈妈也是一名老师。 I guess he can pass the exam as well. 我猜他也能通过考试。 考点精讲 辨析：either, also, too 与as well either 用于否定句句末。 also 用于肯定句，位于be动词、助动词和情态动词之后，行为动词之前。 too 用于肯定句句末，其前一般加逗号。 as well 用于肯定句句末。 考点精讲 拓展： (1) either 作代词时，意为“（两者中的）任何一个”，作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。 —Which would you prefer, orange juice or coffee? 橙汁和咖啡，你更喜欢哪一个？ —Either is OK. 任何一个都可以。 Either of the students does well in their studies. 两个学生中，无论是谁学习都不错。 考点精讲 (2) either 作限定词时，意为“（两者之中）任一的”，作前置定语修饰单数名词。 There are a lot of trees on either side of the street. 街道的两边有许多树。 (3) either...or... 意为“或者……或者……”。 Either you or I am wrong. 要么是你错了，要么是我错了。 敲黑板 either...or... 连接两个主语时，谓语 动词在人称和数上要与 邻近的主语一致。 考点精讲 谚语 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。 考点精讲 考题6: —I’m sorry I don’t know his address. He’s new here. —I don’t know, _______. A. also B. too C. as well D. either D 【点拨】either 两者中的任意一个；any 三者或三者以上的任意一个；neither 两者都不；none 没有一个。根据句意可知，纽约和洛杉矶中的任意一座城市都不太喜欢。 考点精讲 考题7: I’ve visited New York and Los Angeles, but I don’t like _______ of them very much. A. either B. any C. neither D. none A 返回 考点精讲 6 That’s strange. strange /streɪndʒ/ adj. 奇特的；奇怪的 My blood ran cold when I heard a strange noise outside at dark night. 当我在漆黑的夜晚听到外面有奇怪的声音时，我的血液都凉了。 I thought that was pretty strange at first, but now I’ve gotten used to it. 起初我觉得那很奇怪，但现在我已经习惯了。 The house was strangely quiet. 这座房子静得出奇。 作定语 作表语 strange 既可作定语也可作表语。其对应的副词为strangely，意为“异常地；奇怪地”。 考点精讲 拓展：strange 还有“陌生的；不熟悉的”之意。stranger 是其名词，意为“陌生人”。 City life is strange to my uncle. 我叔父不熟悉都市生活。 考点精讲 语境助记 A stranger said something strange to me on my way to school this morning, and he acted very strangely. 今天早上在我上学的路上一个陌生人对我说了一些奇怪的话，并且他的行为很奇怪。 考点精讲 考题8: Did you find anything _______________（奇怪的）in the room? strange 返回 考点精讲 $$