人教版八年级英语下册《What were you doing when the rainstorm came?》SectionB PPT(第3课时)，共10页。
本单元以“谈论过去正在发生的事情”为话题，讲述了大事件发生时人们正在进行的各种活动。具体到书面表达中，要求同学们会对过去正在发生的事情进行描述，在写这类短文时，要运用相应的过去时态，如一般过去时或过去进行时等。在写作时要注意以下几点：
①明确中心思想，无论是看图写作，还是情景描写，都要围绕文章中心展开；
②要注意记叙文的几个要素，即把时间、地点、人物、事件、起因、经过、结果等交代清楚；
③要合理安排好写作的顺序；
④叙述事件时语言简洁，把文章写得生动、详实。
教材中出现的相关句型：
①When you called，I was in the kitchen helping my mom.当你打电话时，我正在厨房帮助我的母亲。
②When you called，I was having a shower.当你打电话时，我正在洗澡。
③While you were sleeping，I called Jenny and she helped me.当你睡觉的时候，我给詹妮打了电话，她帮助了我。
④I was sleeping at that time.那时我正在睡觉。
⑤He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came.当暴风雨来的时候，他正在图书馆看书。
⑥While Linda was sleeping，Jenny was helping Mary with her homework.当琳达睡觉的时候，詹妮正在帮助玛丽做家庭作业。
⑦An important event that I remember well was…我记忆最深的一件重大事情是……
⑧The event happened in/on…这件事情发生在……
⑨When the event happened/When I heard the news of this event，I was…当这件事发生时/当我听到有关这件事的新闻时，我正在……
⑩I remember this event well because…我把这件事记得很清楚，是因为……
句型拓展：
①At the time of the typhoon，I was so scared that I stayed in bed without moving.
②I had trouble walking home because it rained heavily.
③While my dad was closing the windows，my mom was sweeping the floor.
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