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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm
came?
Section B（2a-2e）
1.语言能力：能够熟练掌握用when、while引导时间状语从句来表达过去的时
间，并且熟练运用所学单词和句型来讨论过去的事情。
2.文化意识：通过学习美国历史上马丁路德金遇害和911世贸大厦恐怖袭击两
件重大事件，同时谈论了两名亲历者的经历和感受，引导学生关注人类面临
的全球性挑战，激发自身作为世界公民的忧患意识和责任意识，同时培养学
Teaching
生崇尚自由民主、热爱和平的意识。
Aims
3.思维品质：通过让学生总结阅读方法和技巧，提升学生阅读理解的逻辑性，
进而增强学生的阅读分析能力。由书本对美国历史的重大事件的了解延伸到
现在发生在中国的重大事件的介绍，培养学生发散性思维和创造性思维。
4.学习能力：学生能够学会看插图和标题预测文章的内容，运用略读与寻读技
能提升阅读效率，学会自主总结阅读技巧和方法，并且有意识地运用知识迁
移策略来完成小组活动。
Teaching
Difficulties 能够总结出本文所用到的阅读方法和技巧，学会描述事件以及表达感受。
Teaching
Aids A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Lead in
Free talk
The T can present the pictures on PPT P7-8. Then ask the Ss the
following questions.
Do you know this man?
What do you know about him?
Background
The T can introduce the background of Martin Luther King to
the Ss.
Ask the Ss to watch a video called I have a dream on PPT P10.
1Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
2a
Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think
the passage is about?
Ask the Ss to choose the best answer.
A. The passage talks about the future events.
B. The passage talks about the present events.
C. The passage talks about the past events.
While-reading
2b
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. What are the two events in the passage?
2. When did they happen?
Then the T can present a chart:
Event Time
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. April 4, 1968
The World Trade Center in New York September 11, 2001
2was taken down by terrorists.
Reading Strategy
Reading 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.
Ask the Ss to analyse the passage’s structure.
Listen to the passage and explain the key words and phrases.
Ask the Ss to read Para.1-2 and complete the table.
Ask the Ss to read Para.1-2 and fill in the blanks.
3Ask the Ss to read para. 3-4 and complete the table.
Ask the Ss to read Para. 3-4 and fill in the blanks.
2c
Read the passage again. Are the following statements true(T) or false(F),
or is the information not given(NG)?
____ 1. Everyone in America remembers who killed Dr. King.
4____ 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.
Answers:1.F 2.F 3. T 4. F 5. T
2d
Ask Ss to 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.
Answers:1.Although some people may not remember who killed him, they
remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
2.My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our
dinner in silence.
3. Even the date — September 11, 2001 — has meaning to most
Americans.
4. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.
2e
How much do you remember about the events in the passage? Test your
partner.
5Step 3 Language points learning
1.More recently, most Americans remember what ... by terrorists. The
language
recently adv. 不久前；最近
points are
recently作副词，可用于一般过去时（表示时间点）或现在完成时（表 for
reference
示一段时间）中。
only.
We received a letter from him recently.
I have been very tired recently.
【拓展延伸】recent作形容词，意为“最近的”，修饰名词。
Our way of life has changed a great deal in recent years.
2.I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.
hardly adv. 几乎不；几乎没有
hardly 作副词，表示否定含义。 当 hardly 出现在反意疑问句中时，后
面的附加疑问部分要用肯定形式。有类似用法的词还有 seldom, never,
few等。
We hardly have time to have breakfast.
John can hardly understand any Chinese, can he?
3. Kate didn't think her friend was telling the truth about the
event.
truth n. 实情；事实
truth在此处作不可数名词，是true的名词形式。
to tell the truth“说实话”。
That cannot hide the truth.
To tell the truth, I don't want to go to the party.
6【拓展延伸】
truth n.实情；事实
true adj.符合事实的
truly adv.真正；确实
It is true that young people truly love this new kind of shared bikes.
You should believe the truth.
Step 5 Summary & Homework The
homework
Summary can vary
Ask the Ss to do the exercises on PPT P34-36. with the
Homework specific
Read and recite the new words and phrases. conditions
Do the exercises in students’ book. .
In this period，the most important thing is reading.It is a good time to
train the students' ability of reading quickly and efficiently.Usually we do
some work to deal with new words and phrases before reading.While
reading，students should learn to catch the main and the most important
Teaching ideas as quickly as they can.They must learn some new words and new
Reflection language items.They are supposed to be able to use dictionaries to look up
the new words.They need to have reading strategies and the teacher should
teach them these.After reading, we can talk about the reading passage and
discuss some questions to check how well the students learn from the
passage.
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