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课件网) Unit 6 When disaster strikes Grammar After completing the unit, you will be able to: · use words and expressions in the unit to talk about natural disasters. · use the past continuous tense to tell natural disaster stories. · describe ways of saving lives. 一般现在时：用来描述现在的习惯、客观规律和真理 Quick Review Warm up Earthquakes happen suddenly. 一般过去时：描述过去发生的动作 The earthquake hit the city yesterday. 一般将来时：用来描述将来发生的动作 We will learn how to stay safe in disasters. 现在进行时：描述现在正在发生的动作 People are running out of the building now. 现在进行时用来描述“现在正在发生的动作或做某事” 那么“过去正在发生的动作或做某事”，该叫什么时态呢？ Enjoy a movie and fill in the blanks. - It seemed to be such a lovely day at the beginning. I _____ on the balcony, drinking a a cup of coffee. - The sun _____, someone_____ a violin in the street and I_____ a beautiful afternoon . - I _____ hungry, so I decided to make spaghetti. - I_____ the label, when the jar just slipped out of my hands and fell down. There was glass and red sauce all over the floor and splattered all over my shoes. I looked around and noticed that everyone _____ at me. People _____ and whispering to each other. Soon I noticed that I_____ a trail of red footprints through the store. - She _____ . Maybe she_____ about how clumsy I was . Fill in the blanks with right words. was smiling was thinking was reading was staring were smiling was feeling was sitting was shining was playing was enjoying was leaving smile think stare smile leave read sit shine play enjoy feel 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. Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage. 这些结构描述了什么类型的动作？ 5 3. By six o'clock the next morning, many buildings were still shaking. 4. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. 5. women were calling, children were crying and men were shouting. 6. People were trying to find their families in the dark 2. That night, I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. 1. My mother and I were staying in a town near Pompeii. 过去进行时 ◆结构: was / were + v.+ing ◆含义: 动词的过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或某一时 间段内正在进行或发生的动作。 昨天上午10点钟小明和小鹏在公园踢足球。 My sister was reading at home at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Xiaoming and Xiaopeng were playing football in the park. 昨天上午10点钟我妹妹在家看书。 Look and say. When I got home, my little cat was playing with a ball. When I got home, my mother was cooking in the kitchen. 当我回家时，我妈妈在厨房作饭。 当我回家时我的小猫在玩球。 Look and say. 基本公式： 肯定式：主语 + was/were + 动词-ing He was reading. / They were running. 否定式：主语 + was/we ... ...
