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课件网) Unit 6 能够正确使用过去进行时。 能运用阅读材料中的词汇和 “Useful expressions”，创作关于自然灾害的英语故事，锻炼英语叙事和语言表达的得体性。 airline n. 航空公司 weekday n. 工作日 On weekdays, many people choose to take the railway instead of the airline when traveling to nearby cities. 工作日时，很多人去附近城市旅行会选择乘坐铁路出行，而不是搭乘飞机。 railway n. 工作日 rainstorm n. 暴风雨 service n. (车、船等的)交通服务，班次 The sudden rainstorm delayed all railway and bus services on that weekday morning. 那场突如其来的暴雨导致那天工作日早上所有的铁路和巴士班次都延误了。 search v. 寻找，搜索，搜寻 motherland n. 祖国 I often search for stories about our motherland's history to learn more about her glory. 我经常查找关于祖国历史的故事，以便更多地了解她的辉煌。 terrible adj. 剧烈的；厉害的；非常严重的 The terrible storm last night broke many trees and cut off the power in our neighborhood. 昨晚那场剧烈的暴风雨吹断了许多树，还切断了我们小区的电力供应。 What was Pliny the Younger doing when the ground shook very hard When the volcano erupted, what were people doing 5 Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. (a) That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. (b) We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. What do the words in red mean The form of past continuous: was / were doing The meaning of past continuous: To talk about ongoing past actions. Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage. 1. My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. 2. By six o’clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. 3. All around us, women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting. 4. People were trying to find their families in the dark. 过去进行时 一、构成及用法 过去进行时由“was / were +动词-ing形式”构成，表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作。常与过去进行时连用的时间状语有at eight yesterday morning, at that time, at this time yesterday, from eight to ten yesterday morning等。 e.g. I was reading in the library at this time yesterday. The kids were watching TV at eight last night. 二、各种句式 肯定式：主语+ was / were +动词-ing形式(+其他). e.g. I was having an English class at that time. 否定式：主语+ wasn’t / weren’t +动词-ing形式(+其他). e.g. My brother wasn’t sleeping at five yesterday afternoon. We weren’t swimming at this time yesterday. 疑问式：Was / Were +主语+动词-ing形式(+其他) 其肯定回答为：Yes, 主语(人称代词)+ was / were. 否定回答为：No, 主语(人称代词)+ wasn’t / weren’t. e.g. —Were you walking the dog at this time yesterday —Yes, I was. —No, I wasn’t. 三、while和when引导的时间状语从句 过去进行时还可用于含when或while引导的时间状语从句的复合句中。 e.g. He was reading in the library when the rain came. When Alice called me yesterday, I was having dinner with my family. 若在主句动作进行期间，when引导的从句的动作发生了，则主句用过去进行时，从句用一 ... ...
