注：

1) was not常缩略为wasn’t; were not常缩略为weren’t。

2) 一般过去时与过去进行时用法的比较: 一般过去时表示在过去某个时间发生过的动作或存在的状态, 而过去进行时则表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作。 例如:

David wrote a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。(信写完了。)

David was writing a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚一直在给他的朋友写信。(信不一定写完。)

Practice: Look at the picture and make up the dialogues. Step 4 过去进行时中的when和while

when和while都可表示“当……的时候”，引导时间状语从句。你知道

两者在过去进行时中的用法有什么不同吗？ 请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全空格中的内容。

① I was walking to school when I saw a cat in a tree.

② When Sally arrived home, her mother was cleaning the house. 主句的动作是持续性的，而从句动作是短暂性的，此时用_______引导

时间状语从句，主句用_____________时态，从句用一般过去时态。 ③ While I was sleeping in the bedroom, someone knocked at the door.

④ David fell while he was riding his bike.

主句的动作是短暂性的，从句的动作是持续性的，此时用_________

引导从句，主句用____________时态，从句用过去进行时态。

⑤ While Andy was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper. ⑥ He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.

主句和从句的动作在过去的某时刻或某段时间同时发生，而且动作都

是持续性的，此时用_________引导从句，而且主句和从句都用_____________时态。

Practice: 汉译英。

Step 5 活学活用

4a. Look at the table and write sentences with both while and when.

John take photos play the piano clean his room Mary buy a drink leave the house turn on the radio 45

shop take the car to the car wash 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.

Step 6 Speaking

4c. What were you doing at these times last Sunday? Fill in the chart.

Then ask your partner. You Your partner

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

9:00 p.m. Step 7 Exercises

I. 根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子，每空一词。 1. 昨天下午五点钟你哥哥在做什么？

What ________ your brother ________ at five yesterday afternoon? 2. 昨天我回到家时，我妈妈在洗衣服。

My mother _____ ________ clothes ________ I ________ home

yesterday.

3. 你做作业时，你妹妹在干什么？

What ________ your sister ________ ________ you ________ ________ your homework? Ⅱ. 根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词（含缩略形式）。 1. I was running in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning. (改为一般疑问句并作肯定回答)

—________ ________ ________ in the park at 7:00 yesterday morning?

—________, ________ ________.

2. I was flying kites with my friends at this time last Sunday. (对划线部分提问)

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________ ________ ________ ________ at this time last Sunday? 3. They were playing basketball from three to four yesterday. (改为否定句)

They ________ ________ basketball from three to four yesterday. Step 8 Homework

After class, please make some dialogues with the phrases and sentences in 4c.

Section B 1 (1a-2e)

Step 1 Presentation

1a Think of a time when you were late for or couldn’t go to an event. What was the event?

What was the reason why you were late or couldn’t go? Tell your partner the story.

Step 2 Listening

What happened to the girl? Let’s listen.

1b. Listen and write short answers to the questions. 1. What event happened at the school yesterday?

2. Who missed the event?

3. Which team won at the event?

1c Listen again. Number the events 1-6 in the order they happened. ____ Kate saw a dog by the side of the road.

____ Kate got to the bus stop.

____ Kate called the Animal Helpline. ____ Kate left the house.

____ Kate waited for someone to walk by.

____ Kate realized her bag was still at home. Step 3 Speaking

1d. Talk about why Kate missed the school basketball competition.

Student A begins a sentence with while or when. Student B completes

the sentence.

A: When she got to the bus stop, Kate …

B: When she got to the bus stop, Kate realized that her bag was still at home.

A: While she was running back home, …

B: While she was running back home, she saw a dog by the side of the road.

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2a. Look at the pictures and the title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about? 阅读指导：

Read the title and first Sentences.

The title can be helpful for you to understand a text. It is also a

good idea to

read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole

text.

Step 5 Reading

2b. Read the passage and answer the questions.

1. What are the two events in the passage?

2. When did they happen?

2c. Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or

false (F), or is the information not given (NG)? ___ 1. Everyone in American remembers who killed Dr. King. ___ 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed. ___ 3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear the news.

___ 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the World

Trade Center.

___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about the event.

2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the

ones below.

1. Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed. 2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.

3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone means something to most people in the US.

4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.

Step 6 Language points 1. passage n. 章节，段落

passage 作“(文章的)段落”解时, 不限于文章的一个自然段, 也可以由若干句话或若干个 paragraphs 组成。

passage 也可作“一段, 一节”解, 一般指讲话、文章或乐曲的一部分。 e.g. The teacher spent an hour in explaining this passage.

老师用了一小时来讲解这一段。

Choose the correct order of the following sentences to form a

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