Unit 5
What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A 2a-2d
1.What was the girl doing at the time
of the rainstorm?
1).本句是过去进行时态,该时态表示过去
某时间点或某个时间段某动作正在进行,由助动词was/ were+ v-ing
2).at the time of “当…的时候”
e.g. He was still working at the time of lunch.
e.g. What were you doing at nine yesterday morning?
--I was playing in the park.
Pair work
Talk about what the people in 1a were doing at the time of the rainstorm.
1c
A: What was the girl doing at the
time of the rainstorm?
B: She was…
What were these children doing at 10:00 last Sunday morning?
Li Lei
the twins
Joy
Jack
Lin Tao
Kate
Alarm
Words study
Storm
Wind
Pick up
Click it.
2a
Listen and number the pictures [1-5].
5
4
1
3
2
2a
1. My alarm didn’t go off so I ____ up late.
2. I ____ to the bus stop but I still missed the bus.
3. I __________ for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
4. I ___ so busy ______ for the umbrella
that I didn’t see a car coming.
5. I took a hot shower and ___ some warm
food.
woke
ran
Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the
sentences in 2a.
was waiting
was looking
2b
ate
Listen again and decide True or False.
1) The boy didn’t wake up until seven thirty because his alarm didn’t work.
2) He arrived at school at eight.
3) He still didn’t catch the bus although he ran to the bus stop.
4) While he was waiting for the bus, it suddenly started to rain heavily.
5) While he was busy looking for the umbrella in his schoolbag, a car came and got water all over him.
T
T
F
T
T
Pair work
Use the information in 2a to retell the story in a conversation between the boy and a TV reporter.
2c
TV reporter: Tell us what happened
yesterday morning.
Boy: …
TV reporter: So, when the rainstorm
suddenly came, what were
you doing?
Boy: …
Listen and complete the following tasks
7:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
help
sleep
shower
kitchen
bedroom
bathroom
What was Linda doing at seven? At eight? At nine?
Where was Linda at seven? At eight? At nine?
Make sentences using the information above.
Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda?
I called at seven and you didn’t pick up.
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.
Linda: What was I doing at eight? Oh, I know.
When you called, I was taking a shower.
Mary: But then I called again at nine.
2d. Role-role the conversation.
Linda: Oh, I was sleeping at that time.
Mary: So early? That’s strange.
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.
2. 写出下列短语
in the library
at the time of
go to work
wait for the bus
walk home
on the street
play basketball
1. 在图书馆
2. 在……的时候
3. 去上班
4. 等公共汽车
5. 走路回家
6. 在街上
7. 打篮球
Language points
1. My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up
late.
alarm n. 闹钟= alarm clock
e.g. What time shall I set the alarm
for?
我该把闹钟拨到几点钟响？
Language points
2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.
1) begin v. (began) 开始
e.g. I’ll begin whenever you’re ready.
你什么时候准备好我就开始。
常用的句型：
begin to do与begin doing
一般来说，begin to do和begin doing可
以互换，但在以下三种情况下，用to do。
主语不是指人，而是it等。
如：It began to rain.
begin后接表示心理活动的词。如：begin to know, 还有believe, wonder, think等词。
begin本身是ing形式，为避免重复后接to do。 即：beginning to do
2) heavily adv. 在很大程度上；大量地
e.g. moving heavily 吃力地移动
It was raining heavily. 雨下得很大。
3. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, …
suddenly adv. 突然；忽然
e.g. I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t
locked the door.
我忽然想起没有锁门。
5. I called at seven and you didn’t pick up.
pick up(=pick up the phone) 接电话
pick up 还有以下含义：
　1) 拾起；抱起  
e.g. The children picked up many sea 
shells at the seashore.     孩子们在海边捡到许多贝壳。      Pick that book up.     把那本书捡起来。
2) 搭载  
e.g. The car stopped to pick me up.     汽车停下来接我。 
  We’ll send the ambulance to pick him 
up.   我们要派一辆救护车把他接走。
2.I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either.
1)either adv “也” 用于否定句中
e.g. I don’t like physics and he doesn’t like it either.
2)either pron “两者中的(一个)”
e.g. There are many shops on either side of the street.
4. That’s strange.
strange adj. 奇特的，奇怪的；
不可思议的
e.g. a strange noise 奇怪的声音
He’s always here; it’s strange you’ve
never met him.
他经常在这，你却没有见过他，真是
不可思议。
1. 感觉像
2. 首先
3. 入睡
4. 逐渐变弱
5. 确信
6. 醒来
7. 一团糟
8. 清洁
9. 互相帮助
10. 在困难时期
feel like
at first
fall asleep
die down
make sure
wake up
in a mess
clean up
help each other
in times of difficulty
重点短语
pick up
with+宾语+宾语补足语
过去分词作前置定语修饰名词
when和while的区分
课时重点回顾
Review
Spelling Bee
1. English-Chinese
rainstorm, alarm, storm, wind, light, area, wood, window, flashlight, match, against, asleep
2. Chinese-English
(闹钟)发出响声；开始；大量地；突然；接电话；奇怪的；报道；敲打；睡着；逐渐变弱；升起；倒下的；分离
When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best.
Test your spelling.
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1. When he saw a wallet on the ground, he ____ at once. （2013湖南益阳）
A. picked it up
B. gave it up
C. picked up it
2. The _____ dishes lay on the floor and no one was in the room.
A. breaking B. broken
C. broke D. break
单项选择。
3. —Why do you always sleep ___?
—Because I’m afraid of the dark.
（2013山东烟台）
A. by yourself
B. with the door open
C. with the window open
D. with the light on
4. — What was Tom doing ____ it was
raining?
— He was doing his homework in the
bedroom.
A. since B. while
C. when D. if
5. Betty was doing her homework ____
the door bell rang.
A. when B. if
C. because D. and
翻译下列句子。
1. - 当暴风雨来临的时候，她在干什么？
- 当它来的时候她正在购物。

2. 当这个男孩正在街上走的时候，下起了暴雨。
What was she doing when the
rainstorm came?
- She was shopping when it came.
While the boy was walking down the street, the rainstorm suddenly came.
3. 莉莉太累了，半小时后就进入了梦乡。
4. 妈妈打电话时我正在写作业。
I was doing my homework ______ my
mother _____ _______ on the phone.
5. 汤姆到学校的时候我正在跑步。
I _____ _______ when Tom _____ ____
school.
while
was running got to
was talking
Lily was so tired that she fell asleep after half an hour.
Homework
发挥想象，连词成文。
(50-100字)
strange, rainstorm, suddenly, flashlight, die down, fallen, apart
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