What were you doing when the UFO arrived? Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived? Section A

What is this? Ask and answer It is a UFO.

Ask and answer This is a real UFO.

Ask and answer a real UFO

1a What were you doing when the UFO arrived? 1. ___ I was in the bathroom. 2. ___ I was in my bedroom. 3. ___ I was in front of the library. 4. ___ I was in the kitchen. 5. ___ I was in my barber shop. 6. ___ I was in the barber’s chair. d b a c e f

1b Listening a. standing in front of the library / studying in the library b. cleaning my room / sleeping late c. making a smoothie / cooking dinner d. getting out of the shower / talking on the phone e. eating lunch / cutting hair

Explanations: What were you doing when the UFO arrived? 飞碟到达时，你正在做什么？ ⑴ 句中arrive意思是“到达”，是不及物动词，常和介 词in和at连用，其中in后接表示大地点的名词（如：洲、国家、大城市等），而at后接表示小地点的名词（如：村庄、学校、车站等）。例如： He arrived in London last Monday. 他上星期一抵达伦敦。 When did he arrive at the station? 他什么时候到车站的？

⑵ 表示“到达”的动词还有get和reach。其中get是 不及物动词，常和介词to连用，而reach是及物动 词，必须带有自己的宾语。例如： 你什么时候到的香港? When did you get to / reach / arrive in Hong Kong?

2a Listening ___ The alien visited the Museum of Flight. ___ The alien bought a souvenir. ___ A UFO landed on Center Street. ___ The alien went into a store. ___ An alien got out of the UFO. 5 4 1 3 2

2b Listening The boy was walking down the street _____ when a UFO landed. The girl was shopping _____ she saw the alien get out. when when ______ the alien was buying a souvenir, the girl called the police. _____ the alien was visiting the museum, the boy called the TV station. While While

What is this? It is an alien.

Who is this? He is Ted.

Who is this? She is a shop assistant.

What is this? It is a museum.

What is this? It is a souvenir shop.

What is this? It is a street.

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3a An unusual experience 1. What happened when Ted was walking down the street? 2. Where did the alien go first? 3. What did the shop assistant do? 4. Where did the alien go then?

Answers An unusual experience What happened when Ted was walking down the street? A UFO landed right in front of him. 2. Where did the alien go first? A souvenir shop. 3. What did the shop assistant do? She called the police. 4. Where did the alien go then? The Museum of Flight.

Explanation At around ten o’clock in the morning, I was walking down the street when a UFO landed right in front of me. ⑴ 句中when是并列连词，引导一个并列句，意思是 “这时；在那时”。例如： The children were running to move the bag of rice when they heard the sound of a motor bike. 孩子们正要跑过去搬开那袋米，这时他们听到了摩托车的声音。

Edison was not a good student when he was a young boy. ⑵ when还可作从属连词，引导时间状语从句，意思 是“当……的时候”，句中谓语动词可以是短暂性 动词，也可以是延续性动词。例如： When I came home my wife was cooking dinner. 我到家的时候我的妻子正在做饭。 Edison was not a good student when he was a young boy. 爱迪生小时候不是一个成绩好的学生。

⑶ while也可作从属连词，引导时间状语从句，意思 是“当……的时候”，但句中谓语动词必须是延续 性动词。例如： She listened closely while he read the letter. 他读信时，她听得很仔细。

3. I followed it to see where it was going … 我跟着它，想看看它要去哪儿…… 句中动词不定式to see说明动作follow的目的， 作目的状语。又如： He goes to see his grandparents every week. 他每周都去探望他的祖父母。

I was having an English class. Activity 4 Group work What were you doing at 9:30 a.m.? I was having an English class.

What were you doing at 12:00? I was having lunch.

What were you doing at 1:20? I was having a picnic with my classmates.

I was making a snowman with my friends. What were you doing at 4:00 p.m.? I was making a snowman with my friends.

I was playing basketball with my classmates. What were you doing at 5:00 p.m.? I was playing basketball with my classmates.

1) Read the text and fill in the blanks. Section A 学习效果评价 1) Read the text and fill in the blanks. I had a very unusual experience on Sunday. At 1 ten o’clock in the morning, I was walking down the street when a UFO 2 right in front of me. You can imagine how 3 it was! An alien 4 out and walked down Centre Street. I followed 5 to see where it was going, and was very 6 when it went into a souvenir shop. While it was looking 7 the souvenirs, the shop assistant 8 the police. Before the police arrived, the alien left the shop and then 9 the Museum of Flight. While the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station. Isn’t that 10 !

2) Form sentences． 1. when, he, doing, what, was, arrived, UFO, the (?) —————————————————————— 2. a, unusual, on, Sunday, I, very, had, experience (.) 3. follow, see, please, him, going, when, is, he, to (.) 4. was, to, out, get, bed, difficult, it, of (.) 5. about, outside, station, he, think, looking, didn’t, the (.)

Key: 1) 1. around 2. landed 3. strange 4. got 5. it 6. surprised 7. at 8. called 9. visited 10. amazing 2) 1. What was he doing when the UFO arrived? 2. I had a very unusual experience on Sunday. 3. Please follow him to see when he is going. 4. It was difficult to get out of bed. 5. He didn’t think about looking outside the station.