【正文】 new magazines in your school library. 3. — Did you call your mom? — Yes. But she didn’ t ________. 4. Listen, Jim. Your alarm is __________ in your room. Step 9 Homework Write a short passage. Your passage should include the following information. 1) What were you doing at 8:00 yesterday evening? 2) Where were you? 3) Who were you with? Section A 2 (3a3c) Step 1 Revision Ask your partner what he/she was doing last night, then give a report. Step 2 Free talk Rainstorm is ing… Preparation… After the rainstorm… Step 3 Reading 1. Fast reading Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para. 1 The activities during (在 …… 期間 ) the rainstorm. Para. 2 The result (結(jié)果 ) after the rainstorm. Para. 3 The weather before the rainstorm. Para. 4 The preparation (準(zhǔn)備 ) before the rainstorm. 2. Work on 3a. Read the passage and answer the following questions 1) What was the weather like before the heavy ran started? 2） What was the neighborhood like after the storm? Keys: 1. Black clouds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 2. The neighborhood was in a mess. 3. Work on 3b. Read the passage again and plete the sentences using information from the passage. 1) When the news on TV was reported, strong winds were _____________ outside. 2） While Ben’s mom was making sure the radio was working, his dad ________________. 3) Ben _____________________ when the heavy rain finally started. 4) When Ben _______________at 3:00 ., the wind _________________. Keys: 1) were blowing 2) was putting pieces of wood over the windows 3) was helping his mom make dinner 4) fell asleep: was dying down Step 4 Speaking Work on 3c. Discuss the questions with a partner. “Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought families and neighbors closer together.” What other can bring people closer together? How can we help each other in times of difficulty? Step 5 Language points 1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. 此句中介詞 with表示一種伴隨狀況，同時(shí)還包含著某種因果關(guān)系，表示 “因某 種狀況的存在而導(dǎo)致 ……”, 因此可翻譯成 “由于；因?yàn)?”等。 . With my parents away, I’m the king of the house. 我爸媽不在家，我可是家中的“王 ”了！ I can’t work with all that noise going on. 由于那噪音響著，我無(wú)法工作。 2. Ben’s dad… w hile his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. 1) 此句中的連 詞 while 的 意思是 “當(dāng) …… 的時(shí)候；和 …… 同時(shí) ”，while 還可以表示 “而；然而；但 ”之意，用來(lái)說(shuō)明和強(qiáng)調(diào)兩種事情或情形不同。 . Tom is active and outgoing while his sister Rosa is shy and quiet. 湯姆活躍外向，而他的妹妹羅莎卻害羞靦腆。 2) make sure“確認(rèn)，查明，核實(shí)；確保；設(shè)法保證 ”，其后可接句子，或接介詞 of 及賓語(yǔ)，用來(lái)引入需要確認(rèn)的內(nèi)容。 . Could you make sure what time he’s arriving? 你能確認(rèn)一下他幾點(diǎn)到達(dá)嗎？ Make sure you turn off the TV before you leave the house. 在你離開(kāi)屋子前確認(rèn)關(guān)了電視。 3) 此句中的 work表示機(jī)器，器官等 “運(yùn)作，運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn) ”，這是動(dòng)詞 work的一種基 本用法。 . The radio doesn’t work. 收音機(jī)壞了。 3. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the window. ◆ beat 作動(dòng)詞，可意為 “敲打；錘砸 ”。 如： The rain beat against the windows. ◆ beat 作動(dòng)詞，可意為 “打??；取勝 ”。 如： I can easily beat him at golf. ◆ beat 作動(dòng)詞，可意為 “(心 )跳動(dòng) ”。如： Her heart beat so quickly that she could hardly 【運(yùn)用】根據(jù)句意，選出下列各題中劃線部分的含義。 A. (心 )跳動(dòng) B. 敲打；錘砸 C. 打?。蝗? 1) He often beats me at chess. __________ C 2) She’s still alive — her heart is still beating. __________ A21世紀(jì)教育網(wǎng)版權(quán)所有 3) The boy is beating a drum. __________ B 4. It was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. It is adj.+ to do sth. 做??怎么樣。 It is adj. for sb. to do sth. 對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)做??怎么樣。 . It is important for us to learn English. 對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)學(xué)英語(yǔ)很重要。 活學(xué)活用： 1) 在街上踢球很危險(xiǎn)。 It is _______________ soccer on the street. 2) 每天早上讀書(shū)對(duì)你來(lái)說(shuō)很有必要。 It is ________ for you _______ in the morning. 3) 對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)完成作業(yè)很容易 It is ____ for him __________________. 5. Ben could not sleep at first. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 . sleep 可作動(dòng)詞，意為 “睡覺(jué) ”；它也可作名詞，意為 “睡眠；睡覺(jué) ”。 如： The baby is sleeping. Please be quiet. I didn’t get much sleep last night. asleep 是形容詞，意為 “睡著 ”，強(qiáng)調(diào)狀態(tài)，常作表語(yǔ)。 fall asleep 意為“進(jìn)入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng)；睡著 ”。如： My daughter was asleep with her head on her arms. He was so tired that he fell asleep at his desk. 根據(jù)句意，用 sleep 或 asleep 填空。 1) We ________ very well every night. 2) I need to get some ________. 3) He was ________ the minute he lay down. die down逐漸變?nèi)?；逐漸消失 . When you saw him, his anger had died down a bit. 你看見(jiàn)他的時(shí)候，他的火氣已經(jīng)下去了。 與 die 相關(guān)的短語(yǔ) : die away 逐漸減弱；逐漸模糊 die out 滅絕；消失 die of/ from 死于 …… 6. When he woke up, the sun was rising. rise v. amp。 n. 做動(dòng)詞時(shí)，常用作不及物動(dòng)詞，意為 “升起；增加；提高 ”。并且還有 “起床 ”的意思。 raise 常用作及物動(dòng)詞，含有 “(人為地 )使升起；使提升 ”的意思，并且還有“籌集；飼養(yǎng)；撫養(yǎng) ”的意思。 根據(jù)句意選用 raise 或 rise 的適當(dāng)形式填空。 1) Tom _______ his head when he heard the sound. 2) The moon has not _______ yet. 3) My brother often _______ at about 6:30 . 4) We _______ money to help the sick girl yesterday. Step 6 重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ) feel like at first fall asleep die down make sure wake up in a mess clean up help each other in times of