Unit 8 Safe and sound (Grammar ）课件 2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件聚焦过去进行时，通过"Look and say"观察灾难场景中人们的动作导入，结合对话阅读让学生感知动词形式，总结出"was/were + v-ing"的构成规则，再通过例句辨析与一般过去时的差异，最后借助when/while/as连接复合句练习及写作任务，构建从感知到运用的学习支架。 其亮点在于情境化设计贴近生活，从对话填空到短文填空再到写作任务层层递进，语言点如"heavily""clear"等辨析精准。通过观察总结规律培养思维品质，写作框架和示例提升语言运用能力，学生能在真实语境中掌握时态，教师可借助结构化资料高效开展教学。

Safe and Safe and sound sound Unit 8 初中英语译林版八上 Grammar Learning objectives 通过本课时的学习,学生能够: 01 通过阅读对话、观察例句及总结规律,准确掌握过去进行时的构成(was/were + v-ing),并能清晰区分其与一般过去时在描述过去动作时的差异。 重点 02 通过分析含 when、while、as 的复合句,理解这三个时间连词在连接过去进行时与一般过去时句子中的用法规则,并能在简单语境中正确运用它们造句。 重点 03 通过完成对话填空、短文填空及写作练习,熟练运用过去进行时描述过去特定时间发生的动作。 重点 Look and say They were running, helping each other, looking for safe places... What do you think the people were doing when the disaster happened? Read and answer Read the conversation below and pay attention to the use of the past continuous tense. What verb forms are used to talk about the actions in progress? Suzy: There was an accident near our school at 4:10 yesterday afternoon. It happened as we were going home from school. Amy: I know. I saw it while I was riding my bike home. It was raining when the police arrived. Suzy: I didn't see it. I hope no one was badly hurt. was/were + v-ing Read and answer How do we form the past continuous tense? Suzy: There was an accident near our school at 4:10 yesterday afternoon. It happened as we were going home from school. Amy: I know. I saw it while I was riding my bike home. It was raining when the police arrived. Suzy: I didn't see it. I hope no one was badly hurt. was/were + verb-ing Summarize Work out the rule! We use the past continuous tense to talk about things that were happening at a particular time in the past. We form the past continuous tense like this: _ + v-ing. was/were Read and answer What words are used to connect the two parts of each sentence? What do these words mean? I was working when the earthquake started. People were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were raining down. As I was trying to find my way out, I suddenly heard some noise above me. When, while and as can be used as conjunctions of time. They all mean “during the time that....” Read and learn When a shorter action happened at the same time as a longer action, we use the past continuous tense for the longer action and the simple past tense for the shorter action. When there are two long actions, we often use while. Eg: We were watching in fear while the firemen were putting out the fire. Read and learn If the longer action is in the main clause, we often use when to join the clauses. Millie was watching TV when lightning hit a nearby building. Read and complete Another snowstorm hit Harbin. Simon is asking his grandpa about it. Complete their conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Simon: Hello, Grandpa. How was your day? Grandpa: Not bad. Thank you, Simon. We just had the third snowstorm of this winter. It (1) _ (get) stronger while I (2) _ (read) the newspaper at about 7 this morning. What about you, Simon? was getting was reading Read and complete Simon: We’re all very well, Grandpa. It (3) _ (snow) here in Beijing when we went to the Palace Museum during the day. Lots of people (4) _ (enjoy) the beauty of the Palace Museum in the snow. Grandpa: Sounds nice. Maybe I (5) _ (watch) the wonderful view on TV while you (6) _ (visit) there. Simon: Yeah, it was really wonderful. Come and take a look by yourself next time. was snowing enjoyed was watching were visiting Read and complete Simon’s cousin Vicky is writing about the snowstorm. Complete her article with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Harbin woke up to a winter wonderland last week. There was a big snowstorm. When I got up on Saturday morning, it (1) _ (snow) heavily. was snowing Joy after the snowstorm Read and complete The wind (2) _ (blow) hard all morning, but that just meant more time for fun inside with my family. It stopped snowing in the afternoon. Guess what I did? I built a snowman! I (3) _ (draw) a big smile on his face, put my hat on his head and took a photo. was blowing drew Read and complete When it was almost time for dinner, I went home. Some people in the neighbourhood (4) _ (clear) the snow from the streets. When I got home, my parents (5) _ (get) dinner ready. While we (6) _ (enjoy) our meal, it began to snow again. It was so nice to have hot jiaozi on a cold day! were clearing were enjoying were getting Let’s write Write about an emergency or a natural disaster that happened in your hometown, or one you heard about, using the past continuous tense. Introduction: Introduce the emergency/disaster, time and place. Process: Describe what people were doing when the event happened (use past continuous tense for long actions, simple past for short/interrupting actions). Ending: Share results or feelings about the event. Writing Framework Writing Example A Sudden Heavy Rainstorm in My Hometown Last July, a heavy rainstorm hit my hometown on a Friday evening. At 7 p.m., my family and I were having dinner when the wind started blowing hard. Soon, it was raining heavily. Outside, some people were running to their homes with umbrellas, but the wind was so strong that their umbrellas turned inside out. My mom was checking the windows to make sure they were closed when we heard a loud noise—our neighbor’s tree had fallen down. My dad and I were trying to call the property management for help, but the phone signal was bad for a few minutes. After about two hours, the rain stopped. The streets were covered with water, but luckily no one was hurt. Looking back, I felt a little scared but also grateful that my family was safe. Writing Example Language points 1. heavily /'hev li/ adv. 大量地 (1)描述天气,指雨、雪等的量很大;snow /rain heavily下大雪/雨 (2)表示方式,指人做事的动作幅度很大。 heavily 的形容词是heavy,意为“重的”,也可以用来描述各种天气情况,如大雨、暴雪、暴风雨等。 heavily 是副词,用于修饰动词、形容词或其他副词,表示程度、方式或状态。具体语境有: Let's practice 1: Look! It is raining _ (heavy). We can’t go out with our friends. heavily 2: Because of the _ (大量的)rain, my dad drove me home as carefully as he could that day. heavy 3: 因为雪下得很大,他们不得不推迟了他们的计划。 Because it _ _, they had to put off their plan. snowed heavily Language points 2. clear /kl (r)/ vt. 清除,清理 (1) clear out 彻底清除 (2) be clear about 对某事很清楚 (3) It’s clear that...意为“很明显……” clear 作动词意为“清除,清理”,是及物动词,后面可以直接加名词作宾语;clear 还可以作形容词,意为“清晰的;清楚的”。常见表达: clear 作形容词时其副词是clearly,意为“清楚地”。 Let’s practice 1: The old man _ (清扫) his small garden every morning. clears 2: Our English teacher always explains grammar _ (清晰地) to us. clearly 3: 这个星期天我想彻底清理一下我的卧室。 I want to _ _ my bedroom this Sunday. clear out Language points 3. wake up 醒来 (1)作不及物动词短语,意为“(自然) 醒来”; (2)作及物动词短语,意为“叫醒某人”;此时若宾语是代词,要放在中间。 (3)表示提醒注意,意为“醒醒;醒悟”; (4)Wake up and smell the coffee! 是一个英语谚语,意为“认清事实” 。 wake up 是一个“动副型”短语,含义主要有: Language points 4. stop snowing 雪停了 辨析: stop doing 与stop to do stop doing stop to do 用于表示立即中断正在进行的动作,常用于请 求、命令或提醒某人停止某个活动。 常用于描述由于某种原因而中断当前的活动去 做另一件事的情况。 “It’s too hot. Let’s stop to have a rest,” he stopped working and said to us. “天气太热了,我们停下来休息一会儿吧。”他停下了工作对我们说。 Summarize Basic Form Core Usage Sentence Construction Rules Conjunctions for Time Past Continuous Tense Conjunctions: when, while, as Common Meaning: “during the time that...” Usage in Tense Matching: Connect past continuous and simple past clauses (as per tense rules above) Homework 01 Base: Complete 5 sentences with the correct forms of the given verbs (using past continuous or simple past tense). 02 Practice: Write a 60-word paragraph about “what you were doing at 8 p.m. last Sunday” (using past continuous tense). 03 Expand: Interview one family member about a small emergency they once experienced, and then write a 100-word note to describe it. BYE BYE BYE BYE $