Unit 5 What were you doing
when the rainstorm came?
Section A 2
3a-4c
Learning aims:
语言知识目标:
1.掌握以下单词和词组：
storm,report,area,wind,light,wood,window,
flashlight,heavily,against,fall asleep,die down,rise,apart.
2.语法:
（1）熟悉并应用过去进行时；
（2）学会使用 "when" and "while"。
能力目标:
提高我们的阅读能力。
情感目标:
培养我们在危难中的互助精神。
A: What were you doing at nine last Sunday morning?
B: I was sleeping . How about you?
A: I was doing my homework.
B: You’re kidding(开玩笑)!
last Sunday
9:oo a.m.
while
Fill in the chart. Make a similar dialogue.
Revision
sleeping
doing homework
A: What were you doing at nine last Sunday morning/afternoon?
B: I was sleeping . How about you?
A: I was doing my homework.
B: You’re kidding(开玩笑)!
1. What is the weather like before a rainstorm?
2. What's the neighborhood like after the storm?
However,Ben,an Amrican boy, had a bad Sunday in Alabama（阿拉巴马州，美国城市.
From this picture,what was happening in the area?
Before our reading, let's do some work.
Ben
Match the phrases.
( )1.bring/brought people closer together
( )2.with no light outlight

( )3.put ... over...

( )4.pieces of wood

( )5.beat heavily

( )6.die down

( )7.in a mess

( )8.break/broke ...apart
A.几块木头

B. 外面没有一点光

C. 狠狠地击打

D. 把...分开

E. 使人们更紧密起来

F. 把...放（钉）在...上

G. 逐渐变弱/消失

H. 一片狼藉/一团糟
E
C
H
G
A
D
F
B
Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.
1. What was the weather like before
the heavy rain started?(In the first paragragh)
2. What was the neighborhood like
after the storm?(In the last paragragh)
Ben
Before the rainstorm,the black clouds were making the sky very dark .With no light outside, it felt like  midnight.
After the rainstorm,the neighborhood was in a mess.Fallen trees,broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.
Strong winds were blowing.
2. What was the neighborhood like after the storm?
1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?
Careful reading. Fill in the blanks.
1. When the news on TV was reported,
strong winds ____________ outside.
2. While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad ________________________________________.
was putting pieces of wood over the windows
were blowing
3. Ben ______________________________
when the heavy rain finally started.
4. When Ben ___________ at 3:00 a.m.,
the wind ______________.
was helping his mom make dinner
fell asleep
was dying down
看谁最细，最准，最快？
A:Before the rainstorm
C:After the storm
B:During the storm
B
A
C
Before the rainstorm
After the rainstorm
During the rainstorm
Strong winds ____________ outside.
Black clouds ___________ the sky very dark. ______no light outside, it _________midnight.
Everyone in the neiborhood was busy.
(Ben's dad ___________pieces of wood over the windows while his mom __________ sure the radio was working.)
A serious rainstorm was happening in the area.
Ben__________ his mom make dinner when the rain beat heavily against the windows.

The neighborhood was __________.
Although the storm _______ many things _______, it ________ families and neighbors _______________.
were making
felt like
With
were blowing
brought
apart
broke
in a mess
closer together
was helping
was putting
was making
(T: a TV reporter B:Ben )
T: Yesterday's raistorm was very heavy.Ben,could you
please tell us something about it?
B: Sure.
T: Well,what was the weather like before the heavy rain started?
B:Before the rainstorm black clouds ...
T:What were you doing when the storm came?
B: I was helping...
T:What was the neighborhood like after the storm?
B: Everything was...
T:So, what did your family do the next morning?
B:We jioned ...
Your show time!
T:Great.Although the storm broke many
things apart, it brought families and neighbors
closer together.”

What other things can bring people closer together?
earthquake
drought
flood
How can we help each other in times of difficulty？ 困难时期
？
We can give out our books,clothes and food to people in need(需要帮助的人).
Listen !
Ben
小小一结
1.你学会了哪些词组？
2.你学了哪些句型？
1.bring/brought people closertogether
2.with no light outlight
3.put ... over...
4.pieces of wood
5.beat heavily
6.die down
7.in a mess
8.break/broke ...apart
1.While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad was putting pieces of wood.
2.What was the weather like before the storm?
3.你会用when 和while了吗？
While John was taking photos,Mary bought a drink.
John was taking photos when Mary bought a drink.
时间状语从句
主句
主句
时态为__________。
时间状语从句
跟延续性动词，时态_________。
过去进行时
一般过去时
Look at the table and write sentences
with both while and when.
活学活用
4a
2. While John was playing the piano, Mary left the house.
John was playing the piano when Mary left the house.
Homework
Finish 4a and 4b.
Read the text again and remember language points.
Preview next lesson.
4b. Fill in the blanks with was, were, when or while.

At 7:00 a.m., I woke up. _____ I ____ making my breakfast, my brother ______ listening to the radio. ________ I was eating, the radio news talked about a car accident near our home. My brother and I went out right away to have a look. _____ we got to the place of the accident, the car _____ in bad shape from hitting a tree. But luckily the driver ____ fine. The roads_____ icy because of the heavy snow from the night before.
While
was
was
When
While
was
was
were