Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
重点短语:
go off pick up fall asleep
die down make one’s way in silence
take down at first wait for
in a mess the rest of have meaning to
basketball competition as well make sure
语言知识归纳:
1. while 当……的时候
作连词引导时间状语从句,在while引导的从句中,其谓语动词只能是延续性动词,强调主从句中
的动作或状态同时发生。
While I was watching TV, someone knocked at the door.
when意为“当……时”,动作有一前一后的意思。
When I passed that room I heard someone singing.
while 作连词时也可理解为“然而”,表示转折关系。
I like apples while my sister doesn’t.
【例题】( ) Tom likes reading a newspaper____he is having breakfast.
A.until B.while C.because D.though
( )Mary was talking on the phone ____someone knocked at the door.
A.while B.before C.when D.after
2. make sure 查明;确信
① make sure of sth.
② make sure to do sth.
③ make sure that + 从句
【例题】( ) Read your English paper again and ____there is no mistake in it before you hand it in.
A.make sure B.turn up C.come out D.look for
3. I got to the bus stop but I still missed the bus.
get意为“到达”时,是不及物动词,后面跟地点名词时,要加介词to。
How can I get to the nearest supermarket ?
表示“到达”的三种形式:
① arrive 意为到达
arrive at + 小地点
arrive in + 大地点
② get to 后接地点名词。
He got to school at 7:00 this morning.
③ reach意为“到达”,是及物动词,后面直接跟地点名词。
When did you reach America?
【例题】( ) Please write to me as soon as you _____ your school.
A.get to B.reach to C.arrive D.come
( ) -When did your aunt______in Shandong? -Yesterday afternoon.
A.reach B.get C.arrive D.come
4. People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.
hear动词, 意为“听说”。常用结构为:
① hear sb. do sth. 听见某人做某事
② hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事
③ hear of/about sb. /sth. 听说某人或某事
④ hear from sb. 收到某人的来信
⑤ hear + that从句 听说……
【例题】( )Tom likes to _____others but he never writes to them.
A.hear B.hear of C.hear about D.hear from
( )-When did you _____the news? -Just now.
A.hear about B.hear from C.heard D.hearing
5. I played the song without any mistakes.
without介词,意为“无;没有”,其反义词为with,后接名词、代词或动词ing。
Fish can’t live without water.
He went to work without having breakfast.
【例题】她没敲门就进了房间。
She entered the room_______ ________at the door.
你不戴眼镜能看得清东西吗?
Can you see clearly __________your _______