Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?第二课时（Section A 3a—3c）【自学指导】阅读P35 3a课文内容，翻译下面的短语。
1. 狂风大作2. 家外面3. 乌云3. 将天空变得很暗4. 由于外面没有光5. 感觉像半夜6. 一场猛烈的暴风雨7. （在）这个地区8. 社区里9. 一块块木板10. 确认11. 重重地敲打窗子12. 玩纸牌游戏13. 玩得开心14. 由于一场严重的暴风雨在外面肆虐着15. 一开始16. 逐渐减弱17. 大约在凌晨三点18.睡着，进入梦乡19 .醒来20. 一片狼藉21. 倒下的树22. 砸破的窗子（玻璃）23. 清扫24. 把……破坏（得支离破碎）25. 使得人们更亲近了【预习指南】1.beat v. 敲打；打败[观察] Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.当雨水开始猛烈地敲打窗户的时候，本正在帮助他的妈妈做饭。
[探究] beat作动词，意为“敲打”，其过去式是beat，其过去分词是beaten。
[辨析] beat与winbeat表示“打败”对手，和表示人、球队、对手等的词搭配。
win 表示“赢得”比赛、竞赛、奖牌、奖杯等，通常和match, competition, game, medal, prize等搭配。
We beat them by score 2 to 1. 我们以2:1打败了他们。
Which side won the football match? 哪一方赢了这场足球（橄榄球）赛？【活学活用】The boy is ____________(敲打)the drums and he looks very excited.2.against prep. 倚；碰；撞[观察] I put my bicycle against the wall. 我把我的自行车靠在墙上。
[探究] against是介词，意为“倚；碰；撞”。
[拓展] against作介词时还可译为“反对；不同意”，此时其反义词是for，表示“支持”。
如：Are you for it or against it?你对这件事是赞成还是反对？【活学活用】Most people are ________building a paper factory near here. They are worried the river will get polluted. A．for B．with C．against D．Beyond3. fall asleep 睡着[观察] He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3：00 a．m.在凌晨3 点左右的时候，风开始减弱，最后他睡着了。
[探究] fall asleep是固定搭配，意为“睡着”，其中asleep是表语形容词，意为“睡着的”。
[拓展] fall ill 生病As a result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. 结果他经常生病，成绩下降了。
4. With no light outside,it felt like midnight,由于外面没有光, 感觉像是半夜.a. 和…在一起；和；同；跟She lives with her parents. 她同父母住在一起。
b. 有；具有；带有a girl with (= who has) red hair 一位红发女郎c. 用；使用；以；借using sthCut it with a knife. 用刀把它切开。
d. 由于（某种感情或身体状况）I was too weak with hunger to cry. 我饿得都没有力气哭了。
e. 表示覆盖或装有Fill the bowl with sugar. 把这个碗装满糖。
f. （行为或情况）与……有关Be careful with that glass. 小心那只玻璃杯。
g. 对于（用于表示对某人或某事具有某种感情或态度）I hope you’re not angry with me. 我希望你没生我的气。
h. 与……对立，反对，表示行为或活动涉及的对象Stop fighting with your brother! 不要和弟弟打架！I used to play chess with him. 我以前常常和他下国际象棋。
i. 表示某人的行为方式或某事的发生方式He prepared everything with great care. 他精心筹备各项事宜。
‘Oh, I’m not in a hurry,’ she said with a smile. “哦，我不急。
”她微笑着说道。
j. 表示姿势、状态或某人做某事时的情形He stood with her back to me. 她背对着我站着。
She fell asleep, with a baby crying beside her. 她睡着了，身边有个婴儿在哭。
k. 因为，由于With John away there’s more room in the house. 因为John不在，家里宽敞了一些。
I can’t do my homework with all this noise going on. 这么吵，我没法做作业。
【达标检测】Ⅰ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 起初我没有注意到地上那么多的落叶。
I didn’t notice so many fallen leaves on the ground ________ ________.2. 直到风减弱了我才睡觉。
I didn’t sleep until ________ ________ ________ ________.3. 昨晚灯亮着我就睡着了。
Last night I ________ ________ with the light on.4. 刚才我听到大雨猛烈地敲打在窗户上。
Just now I heard the heavy rain ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.II. 根据短文内容及括号内所给动词的提示填空。
Hello, I’m Billy. One day when I went by the park, t he three girls Mary, Susan and Molly (1) _________ (walk) in the park. I wanted to play with them but I was afraid to speak to them, so I hid (藏) behind a tree and watched them. While I (2) _________ (watch) them, suddenly a cat ran down the tree. The three girls were shocked. After a while they calmed down (平静下来). Then they (3) _________ (begin) to talk about their dreams.Mary said, “I (4) _________ (become) a famous musician when I grow up.” While Mary (5) _________ (talk) about her dream, something else happened. A small boy ran to them. While he (6) _________ (run), he fell down. Mary stopped talking. All of us (7) _________ (go) to help the boy. He was hurt badly. When we (8) _________ (discuss) which hospital we would take him to, the boy’s mother ar rived. Without saying anything, she (9)_________ (call) 120 for help. While all of us (10) _________ (wait) for help, another accident happened. What happened? A snake appeared.Ⅰ. 1. at first 2. the wind died down 3. fell asleep4. beat heavily against the windowsII. 1. were walking 2. was watching 3. began 4. will / am going to become 5. was talking 6. was running 7. went 8. were discussing 9. called 10. were waiting。