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Unit 3 Language in use

1. To be able to describe past on-going actions

2. To be able to listen for specific information

3. To be able to role-play with the teacher’s guidance

4. To be able to write about your own experience, using the past continuous

Objectives ：

Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.It was sitting in a tree and smiling at everyone.They were having a tea party in the garden.Where was it going?

表示过去某一时刻或一段时间内正在进行的动作。常和表示过去时间的词组或从句连用。

1. 过去进行时的定义 & 构成 :

构成 : 肯定句 : 主语 +was/ were +V-ing 否定句 : 主语 +wasn’t/weren’t +V-ing 疑问句 : Was/ Were + 主语 +V-ing? Yes, 主语 +was/ were. No, 主语 +wasn’t/ weren’t. 特殊疑问句： What was/were+ 主语 V-ing?

1) 过去进行时表示过去某时间正在进行的动作或持续的行为，常和表过去的时间状语连用。如 : at this time yesterday/ at 9:00 last night/ from 7:00 to 10:00 yesterday morning 等。I was doing my homework at this time yesterday.昨天的这个时候我正在做作业。

2. 过去进行时的基本用法：

2) 过去进行时可用来为另一个动作的发生提供背景。表示背景的句子通常用过去进行时，而另一个句子则用一般过去时。He hurt his leg when he was riding a bike.

他在骑自行车时把腿摔坏了。

1) 表示说话时正在进行的动作用现在进行时。

I am writing a letter now.Look!They are waiting for you.

(am/is/are+doing)

3. 现在进行时和过去进行时的区别：

1 We ___________( work ) on a farm now.

2 Listen! Someone __________ (knock) at the door.3 Lucy ___________( not read) at the moment.4 Where are they? They ___________ (run) outside.

are working

is knocking

isn’t reading

are running

2) 表示过去某时或某段时间正在进行的 动作要用过去进行时。

My parents were watching TV at 8:30 yesterday evening.I wasn’t doing my homework when he called me .

(was/were +doing)

一般过去时和过去进行时的区别：

相同点：两者都表示过去发生的动作。不同点：一般过去时表示过去的时间里发 生的动作，往往已经完成； 过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或 时段正在进行的动作。He read a book last night.

昨天晚上他读了一本书。 ( 读完了 )

He was reading a story book last night.

昨天晚上他正在读故事书。 ( 还没有读完 )

Say what the people were doing.

On Saturday, from about 12 noon to 2 pm, …

Last Sunday, during the day,…

At about seven o’clock last night,…

This morning, on my way to school, …

This time last year, …

1 Underline the correct words.1 Suddenly, all the lights in my house were going off / went off. There was heavy rain outside.3 — I called you up at seven o’clock last night, but nobody answered it. — Really? I’m sorry, but I was teaching / taught a piano lesson at school.4 — I was seeing / saw you and Tom in the library just now. — Oh, we showed / were showing several visitors around the school.

2 Write sentences about what you were doing.

1 At about seven o’clock last night, .2 This morning, on my way to school, .3 This time last year, .4 Last Saturday, from about 1 pm to 4 pm, .

I was having dinner

I met my friend Lingling.

I was staying at my grandparents’ house

I was playing in the park with my friends

3 Work in groups of four. Play a chain game.A: At eight o’clock last night I was watching TV. How about you, B?B: At eight o’clock last night I was sleeping. How about, C?C: At eight o’clock last night I was having dinner. How about you, D?D: …

4 Write down what each member of your group was doing at eight o’clock last night. Sun Li was watching TV at eight o’clock last night.1___________________________________________ __________ 2___________________________________________ __________ 3___________________________________________ ___________4___________________________________________

Ming Hui was playing the guitar at eight o’clock last night.

Liu Yin was doing her homework at eight o’clock last night. Mei Ling was eating an apple at eight o’clock last night. I was checking my email at eight o’clock last night.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in the box.

1 The dog is the cat in the garden.2 is this machine ?3 He _________________ and was very bored.4 She is how to finish the story.5 I wrote to him , but he did not answer.

have nothing to do once or twice run after think about what…for

running after

What for

had nothing to dothinking about

once or twice

6 Complete the passage with the words in the box.

Alice was sitting with her sister by the (1)_____ and her sister was reading a book. Her sister’s book had no pictures or (2) in it. Then a white rabbit with (3) eyes ran by. There was nothing (4) about that. Then the rabbit took a watch out of its (5) and looked at it. Alice followed the rabbit and fell down a (6) . Alice had a lot of adventures in Wonderland.

conversations hole pink pocket river strange

river

conversationspink

strangepocket

hole

7 Listen and complete the sentences.Paragraph 11 One day, I was with my friends. We were having a ______in a field and I saw something strange.2 There was a cat with a pink nose sitting in a tree.3 It looked like it was eating the in the tree.Paragraph 24 While I was looking at it, the cat got out of the tree, jumped down to the , and walked across the and sat next to us.5 The cat got up and close to me.6 I to it and it smiled at me.

picnicwhite

leaves

groundfield

cametalked

Paragraph 3

7 I found some biscuits in my and gave it to

the cat.

8 Soon, it was eating biscuits and at us.

pocket

smiling

8 Read the play and act it out.

( The Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Mouse are having a tea party. Alice arrives and sits down. )

March Hare: It wasn’t very polite of you to sit down. We didn’t ask you. Alice: I didn’t know it was your table. Anyway, there are cups of tea for more than three people.

Mad Hatter: That’s because it’s always tea time. Alice: I don’t understand.Mad Hatter: We don’t have time to wash the things…March Hare: So we just move around the table…(Mouse sings a song.)March Hare: Stop singing, Mouse!(Mouse stops singing and falls asleep.)Mad Hatter: He’s asleep. Mouse: I wasn’t asleep! I heard every word you were saying.March Hare: Tell us a story! Alice: Yes, please do!

Mad Hatter: And be quick. Or you’ll be asleep again before it’s done. Mouse: Once upon a time, there were three little sisters, and they lived…March Hare: Take some more tea. Alice: I didn’t have any tea, so I can’t have more.Mad Hatter: You mean you can’t take less. It’s very easy to take more than nothing. Alice: Nobody asked you!Mad Hatter: I want a clean cup. Let’s all move one place.

( The Mad Hatter moves, and the Mouse follows

him. The March Hare knocks the milk over when

he is moving into the Mouse’s place. Alice takes the

place of the March Hare. Alice is not happy

because there is milk on the table in front of her. )

Alice: Well, really! This is the stupidest tea

party I’ve been to in all my life!

Stories In the past, not many people could read

or write, so people listened to stories. Some stories were popular, and they changed every time someone told them. The stories passed from generation to generation. Finally, someone wrote them down.

For example, in China today people still love old stories like The Monkey King .

Some people say that new stories written in books today are not as entertaining as the old ones. Do you agree?

Language points1 It wasn’t very polite of you to sit down. 你坐下来是非常不礼貌的。 be polite （ of sb. ） to do sth. （某人）礼貌地做某事

It is not polite of you to cut the speaker short.

你打断发言者的话 , 真不礼貌。 This boy is polite to everyone.

这个男孩对所有人都很礼貌。

2 Mouse stops singing and falls asleep. 老鼠停止了唱歌，然后睡着了。（ 1 ） stop to do 　停止，中断做某事后去做另一件事。　 stop doing 　停止正在做的事。They stop to smoke a cigarette. 他们停下来，抽了根烟。I must stop smoking. 我必须戒烟了。

（ 2 ） fall asleep = be asleep 睡着，入眠 I couldn’t fall asleep for a long time. 我久久不能入睡。 I don’t know when I fell asleep last night. 我不知道昨晚什么时候睡着的。

3 Once upon a time, there were…

once upon a time 从前，很久以前

= a long time ago

= long long ago

Once upon a time, there lived three monks in a

small temple. 从前，一个小寺庙里住着三个和尚。

4 The March Hare knocks the milk over…

knock sth. over 打翻，撞翻…I was careless to knock over the inkbottle.

我不小心撞翻了墨水瓶。He knocked a glass over. 他把玻璃杯打翻了 。A boy was knocked over by a passing car .

汽车把那个孩子撞到了。knock sth off+ 地点 把…从某处撞倒 A boy was knocked off his bike by a passing car .

The cat knocked the vase off the table and broke it

. 猫打碎了桌子上的花瓶。

5 Alice takes the place of the March Hare.

take the place of 代替，取代 Electricity will take the place of coal soon.

不久以后，电将取代煤。 take one’s place 代替某人 My brother is ill, and I’ve come to take his place.

我兄弟病了，我来接替他。 take place 意为“发生”，相当于 occur 或 happen

Great changes are taking place in my hometown .

我的家乡正发生着巨大的变化。

9 Make notes about your story. Think about: when it happened what you were doing at the time what happened first what happened next what happened finally a Friday evening waiting at the bus stop a car stopped …

Then write the story, use your notes help you :

It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop after school when a car stopped and the driver opened the door. It was my father. “Quick, get in!” he told me. I was very surprised, but I did as he said. At first, I was worried that something bad had happened. Then I noticed my mother. She was also in the car and on the back seat, there were some bags of clothes and some food. My father was driving the car, but he was not driving home. He was driving out of the town. “Where are we going?” I asked. It was a warm evening and lots of people were walking alone the road. It was the last day of term. Did my parents have a big surprise for me? We were going somewhere special — but where? The next I can remember is falling asleep. When I woke up, I saw the tea, we were at the beach. My father was smiling. “Here we are,” he said. The summer holiday starts now!

11 Work in pairs. Discuss and revise your story. And read your story to your classmates.

一 . 就划线部分提问：1. Lucy was thinking of it at 12 yesterday.

What was Lucy doing at 12 yesterday?

What was Lucy doing at 12 yesterday?

What were you doing at 9:00 last Monday?

2. They were sweeping on the floor at ten o’clock.

3. We were having a party at 9:00 last Monday.

Exercise

1. He ____ doing his homework now.

A. is B. was C. were

2. ___ they playing with Tom when I

saw them?

A. Were B. Was C. Are

3. He ____ writing while I was singing.

A. Were B. Was C. Are

二 选择题

A

A

B

4. Tony ____ down from his bike when he rode

to school.

A. falls B. fell C. felt

5. — Was Jack doing his homework?

—_______.

A. No, he wasn’t. B. No, he was.

C. Yes, he wasn’t.

B

A

6 She reached the top of the hill and stopped

___on a big rock by the side of the path.

　　 A. to have rested B. resting 　 C. to rest 　 D. rest

C

7 I can't ____because it's too noisy here .

A. sleep B. fall asleep

C. go to bed D. rest

B

三、根据汉语提示完成下列句子。

1. “ 昨天早上七点钟你干什么了？”What ____ you _______ at 7am yesterday?2. 当你回来时，他正在看电视吗？____ he _________ TV when you came back?3. 当我离开时，他正在做家庭作业。He ___ ______ his homework when I left.4. 昨天中午他在哪里等你？ ________ ___ he ______ for you at noon yesterday?

were doing

Was watching

was doing

Where was waiting

1. He was cooking when I came in.

( 改为否定句 )

He _____ _______ when I came in.

2. They were watching TV at eight last

night. ( 就划线部分提问） _____ _____ they _____ at eight last

night?

wasn’t cooking

What were doing

四、句型转换。

3. There’s nothing wrong with my bike. ( 改为同义句） There ____ ________ ______ with my bike.4. She saw a book on the desk. ( 完成反意疑问句 ) She saw a book on the desk, _____ ___?5. I’m doing my homework at home now.( 时间 状语换成 at this time yesterday) I ___ _____ ___ _________ at home at this time yesterday.

isn’t anything wrong

didn’t she

was doing my homework

Homework

Try to act your favourite story out with your classmates.