八年级英语上册 Unit 3 What were you doing when the rainstorm

Unit 3What were you doing when the rainstorm came?

Section A Period One

Words & expressions

rainstorm alarm go off begin heavily suddenly pick up strange

n. 暴风雨 n. 闹钟 (闹钟)发出响声 v.开始 adv.在很大程度上；大量地 adv. 突然；忽然 接电话 adj.奇特的；奇怪的

What are people doing in the picture?

dancing

jumping

riding

singingdrinking

lifting playing basketball

writing

climbing

relaxing

To learn to talk about past events To learn to tell a story To learn new words and phrases: alarm, begin, heavily, suddenly, strange, go off, pick up

Focus on:1. -What were you doing at eight last night? -I was (taking a shower). 2. -What was he doing when the rainstorm came? -He was (reading in the library) when the rainstorm came. 3. -What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping? -While Linda was (sleeping), Jenny was (helping Mary with her homework).

Look at the pictures and guess What happened last night?

Where were they and how do you know that? What were they doing when the rainstorm came last night?

Possible answer: She was at home. I can see the bed in the picture. She was doing her homework at that time.

Possible answer: I think he was in the library. I can see many books and some people looking for books. He was reading at that time.

Possible answer: I think she was at a bus stop. I can see the stop board. She was waiting for the bus at that time.

Possible answer: I think he was on the street. I can see an umbrella in his hand. He was walking home at that time.

Where were the people at the time of the 1a rainstorm? Match the statements with the people in the picture.

1. ___ b I was in the library. 2. ___ a I was in my house. 3. ___ I was on the street. d 4. ___ I was at the bus stop.

c

This is a TV report. There is a TV reporter and another four people: one girl, one boy, one man and one woman. Listen. What were they doing at the time of the rainstorm?

1b Now circle the correct responses

according to the recording.

a. doing my homework / studying b. playing basketball / reading c. going to work / waiting for the bus d. walking home / shopping

Listen again and fill in the blanks. were people______ doing at the time of What ____ the rainstorm _________? The girl was at home doing __________________. her homework was reading at the library after The boy___________ school. was waiting for the bus after The woman_____________________ work. The man________________ was walking home from the supermarket.