Unit 5  What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section A:Period 11a-2d
一、 Key phrases: 1.in the library / house / 在图书馆/家里；2. on the street 在街上；3. at the bus stop 在公交车站; 4. wait for the bus 等公交车; 5. walk home 走回家; 6. go off （闹钟）发出响声; 7. take a hot shower 洗个热水澡
二、 Key sentences: 1. What was the girl doing at the time of the rainstorm? 暴风雨时女孩正在干什么？
She was doing her homework. 她正在做家庭作业。
2. Tell us what happened yesterday morning. 告诉我们昨天早晨发生什么了。
3. My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late. 我的闹钟没有响，所以我起晚了。
4. I was so busy looking for the umbrella that I didn’t see a car coming.
我是如此忙于伞以至于我没有看见一辆车正开过来。
三、 Listening materials. 听力材料
Section A, 1b
[in the studio]
Reporter: The weather is beautiful today! But yesterday’s rainstorm was the heaviest one so far this year. So, what were people doing yesterday at the time of the rainstorm?今天的天气很好！但是昨天的暴雨是我今年到现在为止最厉害的一次。 那么，下暴雨的时候，你在干什么呢
[outside the studio, on the street]
Girl: I was at home doing my homework. But I could hear the heavy rain against my bedroom window. 我在家写作业。但是我能听到大雨敲打我卧室窗子的声音。
Boy: I was reading at the library after school. I’m so glad I didn’t decide to play basketball. 放学后我在图书馆看书。我是那么开心，我没有去打篮球
Woman: I was waiting for the bus after work. Then the rain suddenly started and I got all wet. 我下班后在等公交车。然后是大雨突然降临，我全淋湿了
Man: I was walking home from the supermarket. Luckily, I had an umbrella, but I still got wet! 我在从超市往家走。幸运的是，我带了雨伞，但是我仍然淋湿了
[back in the studio]
Reporter: Looks like many people were caught in the rain yesterday. Many took hours to get home …看来许多人昨天淋了雨，许多人花费了几个小时才到家
Section A, 2a, 2b
Boy: Yesterday was a terrible day. 昨天是可怕的一天。
My alarm didn’t go off so I woke up late. 我的闹钟没响，所以我醒晚了
It was seven thirty when I woke up, and I needed to be at school by eight! 当我醒的时候已经七点半了，并且我需要八点之前到校
I ran to the bus stop… but, I still missed the bus.我跑向车站，但是我还是错过了公交车
It was eight thirty when I got to school.当我到达学校的时候，已经八点半了
My teacher was angry and I felt bad all day. 我的老师很生气，我感到很糟糕
At four thirty, it was time to go home. 在四点半，到了回家的时候
I was waiting for the bus when… all of a sudden … it began to rain heavily. 突然下起大雨的时候，我正在等公交车
It was like… a really crazy rainstorm！真是一场疯狂了的暴风雨啊
I thought I had an umbrella in my schoolbag, so I kept trying to look for it. 我原以为我带了雨伞，所以一直在寻它
I was so busy looking for the umbrella that I didn’t see a car coming. 我是这么忙于寻雨伞，以至于没看见一辆车驶过。
And it got water all over me! 我全身上下弄了一身水
I was waiting like that … completely wet … for maybe almost an hour. 我完全湿透了，就那样等了几乎是一个小时
Finally, the bus came and brought me home.最后，公交车来了，把我带回家
I took a hot shower and ate some warm food. It felt so good to be home! 我洗了一个热水澡，吃了一些热饭，我感觉在家真好啊
Section A  2d Role-play the conversation.
Mary: What were you doing last night, Linda? I called at seven and you didn’t pick up. 琳达，昨晚你在干什么 ？我七点给你打电话，但是你没有接
Linda: Oh, I was in the kitchen helping my mom. 奥，我在厨房，帮妈妈做饭呢
Mary: I see. I called again at eight and you didn’t answer then either. 我明白了，我八点的时候又给你打电话，那你还是没接
但是你没有Linda: What was I doing at eight? Oh, I know. When you called, I was taking a shower. 八
点我在干什么呢？ 奥， 我想起来了，当你打电话的时候，我正在洗澡
Mary: But then I called again at nine. 但，我九点给你打电话的时候呢
Linda: Oh, I was sleeping at that time. 奥，那时我在睡觉
Mary: So early? That’s strange. 这么早啊，太奇怪了
Linda: Yeah, I was tired. Why did you call so many times? 是的，我累了。你为什么打这么多次电话呢
Mary: I needed help with my homework. So while you were sleeping, I called Jenny and she helped me. 我的作业需要你给我帮忙。因此，当你睡觉的时候，我给詹妮打电话，她给了我帮助
Period 2 3a-3c  Unit5What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
I. 重点词组
1. make the sky very dark.使得天空很黑
2.put pieces of wood over the windows把木块放在窗户上
3. play a card game  玩纸牌游戏
4. die（dying） down死掉
5. clean up 打扫
6. break（broke） many things apart把很多东西分离
II.重点句子
1. What was the weather like before the heavy rain started?
暴风雨开始前天气是什麽样子？
2 while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.
而他的母亲正在确认闪电，收音机正在播放。
3.Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.
当暴雨正击打窗户的时候本正在帮他母亲做饭。
4. it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
很难在暴风雨天气娱乐。
5. the sun was rising太阳正在升起。
6. it brought families and neighbors closer together.它把家人和邻居们的心拉得更靠近了。
III. 3a 原文
The Storm Brought People Closer Together
暴风雨让人们彼此靠的更近
Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. 本可以听到大风就在阿拉巴马州
他家门外。
Black clouds were making the sky very dark. 天空被乌云遮盖的一片昏暗。