课程内容

《Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.》
  Free talk
Do you like to read fairy stories?
A fairy tale is a story written for,or told to children.
The story often includes elements of magic(魔法).
Now look at the following pictures.
Can you tell me the name of each story?
Ma Liang and His Magical Writing Brush
Adventure of ShuKe and BeiTa
Cinderella
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Monkey King
Treasure Island
Have you read this story-book?
What's its name?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The list of characters
 Alice
the Mad Hatter 疯帽匠
hatter n.帽子制造者，帽商
the March Hare 三月兔
The White Rabbit
Alice the Cheshire Cat
the Cheshire Cat柴郡
The Red King
The Red Queen
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(or Alice in
Wonderland)is an 1865 novel written by English
author Lewis Carroll.
 New words
fall v.(fell)  下落、跌落
follow v.      跟随
hole  n.       洞、孔、穴
rabbit  n.     兔、家兔
ground  n.     地面
tea party      茶会
Listen and number the words as you hear them.
fall(4)   follow(2)    hole(5)    rabbit(3) 
strange(1) 
Listen again and number the pictures.
sees the Cheshire Cat(2)
has a tea party at the March Hare's house(3)
follows a white rabbit(1)
Listen and answer the questions.
1.Who is reading the book?
  Lingling is reading the book.
2.Has Tony read the book?
  Yes,he has.
Listen and answer the questions.
1.What was Lingling doing?
  She was reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
2.What's the book?
  It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a
rabbit hole into a fantasy world.
3.What did Alice see when she fell down the hole in the
ground?
  She saw the Cheshire Cat.The Cat was sitting in a tree
and smiling at everyone.
4.What was the Queen of Hearts doing when Alice met her?
  She was playing a strange game.
Read again an complete the notes.
1.Alice was sitting with her sister by the river.
2.The wihite rabbit with a watch ran past.
3.The Mad Hatter,the March Hare and a mouse were having a tea
party.
4.The Queen of Hearts was playing a strange game.
Complete the sentences with words in the box.
   fall  hole  smile   strange    watch
1.Something is strange if it is not usual.
2.You smile when you are happy.
3.You can carry a watch.It tells you the time.
4.A rabbit hole is a place where rabbits live.
5.You fall when you move down quickly to the ground.
   Language points
fall
   fall意为“下落、跌落”，为动词；其后可接behind
意为“竞赛等落在（对手）的后面，输给别人”此外，fall
还可作名词，意为“跌倒；秋天”。如：
Leaves change color and fall in autumn.
秋天树叶会变颜色并且掉落。
I don't want to fall behind other students.
我不想落在其他学生的后面。
The boy had a bad fall and hurt his leg.
这个男孩摔了一跤，伤了自己的腿。
Leaves trun yellow in fall.
秋天树叶黄了。

[拓展]
fall over sb./sth.被......绊倒
fall off 下降，跌落
fall down 掉下，落下，跌倒，价格下跌
fall in love with 爱上，喜爱
fall into 陷入，变成，分成，养成
fall asleep入睡，睡着
       Read the conversation and complete the passage.
Then,act the conversation out with your partners.
     Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
   One day,Alice was sitting by the river with a book,but
she wasn't reading it.Suddenly,a white rabbit ran past her.
It was looking at its watch.It was running because it was
late.The white rabbit was going to a tea party with the Mad
Hatter,the March Hare and a mouse.
   Oh,there were already a lot of people there.They were the
March Hare,the Mad Hatter,a mouse,the Red Queen and the
Cheshire Cat.The Queen was playing a strange game.The
Cheshire Cat was smiling at everyone.

Read the following sentences and pay attention to the tense of them.
One day she was sitting by the river with a book,but she wasn't reading
it.
It was looking at its watch.
Why was it running?
Where was it going?
A cat was sitting in a tree.
过去进行时
过去进行时表示过去某一时刻或某段时间正在进行的动作。过去进行时由“was/were+
动词-ing形式”构成。
1.过去进行时的各种句式：
肯定句：主语+was/were+动词-ing形式。如：
I was reading at this time yesterday.
昨天这个时候我正在看书。
否定句：主语+was/were+not+动词-ing形式。如：
I wasn't reading at this time yesterday.
昨天这个时候我没在看书。
疑问句：
(1)一般疑问句：was/were+主语+动词-ing形式。
肯定回答：Yes,主语+was/were.否定回答：No,主语+wasn't/weren't.
如：
--Were you reading at this time yesterday?
--昨天这个时候你在看书吗？
--Yes,I was./No,I wasn't.
--是的，我在看。/不，我没在看。
(2)特殊疑问句：疑问词+was/were+主语+动词-ing形式。如：
What were you doing at this time yesderday?
昨天这个时候你在做什么？
What was he researching all day last Sunday?
上周日他一整天都在研究什么？
2.过去进行时的用法基本用法：
(1)表示过去某一时刻或某一段时间内正在进行的动作，常与时间状语
at that time,at that moment,at this time yesterday,at ten o'clock
yesterday等连用。如：
Were you playing basketball at four yesterday afternoon?
昨天下午四点你们在打篮球吗？
(2)表示在过去一段时间内持续进行的动作（有时也可以有间歇）。如：
We were watching TV from seven to nine last night.
昨天晚上七点到九点的时候我们在看电视。
She was singing from 7:00 to 7:30 last night.
她昨晚七点至七点半在唱歌。
特殊用法：
(1)常用于介绍故事的背景。如：
Once an Arab was traveling in the desert.
从前，有个阿拉伯人在沙漠中旅行。
(2)when引导的从句表示一个短暂的时间点，谓语动词用一般过去时，主句
用一般过去时或过去进行时；while引导的从句表示一段持续的时间，主句为
一般过去时，从句谓语动词用过去进行时。如：

I was writing a letter when he came in.
当他进来时，我正在写信。
The telephone rang while she was washing.
当她正在洗衣服时，电话响了。
(3)过去进行时常与always,continually等连用，表示过去反复发生的行为
动作，带有赞美、厌烦等感情色彩。如：
He was continually asking her questions.
他一直在问她问题。
Ask and answer.
What were you doing at 7 o'clock last night?
I was doing some housework.
I was having dinner.
What were you doing between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock yesterday?
I was doing my homework.
I was watching TV.
What was your father doing when you came back home yesterday?
He was cooking.
What was your brother doing when you saw him half an hour ago?
He was playing computer games.
What was Tom doing at that time last Sunday?
He was playing the piano.
How about David?
He was riding a bike.
What were they doing at that time last week?
They were shopping.
How about them?
They were having a picnic.
What were they doing at 9 o'clock last night？
They were reading.
How about Tan Mei's family?
They were going to the cinema.
Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.
1.---The Cheshire Cat was sitting on the grass.
  ---No,it wasn't.It was sitting in a tree.
2.---The White Rabbit was looking at its watch.
  ---Yes,it was.
   Do an interview.
Tom:Hello,Dave.
Dave:Hello,Tom.
Tom:What were you doing at 7:00p.m.last Saturday?
Dave:I was watching TV.
Tom:That sounds relaxing.What was your mother doing?
Dave:She was cleaning the house.
...

1.She was reading the book all night.(变成否定句)
  She wasn't reading the book all night.
2.My parents were running at ten o'clock
last night.(对划线部分提问)
  What were your parents doing at ten o'clock last night?
3.Betty was travelling round the world.(改为反义疑问句)
  Betty was traveling round the world,wasn't she?

1.At this time yesterday they__a picnic by the river.
A.had B.were having C.have had D.have
2.He was__a white shirt yesterday.
A.wear B.wore C.wearing D.wears
3.He__his father on the farm the whole afternoon last Sunday.
A.helps B.would help C.was helping D.is helping
4.I__a football game on TV from 7:00 to 9:00 last night.
A.watch B.was watching C.watched D.am watching
5.She was looking at her watch,__?
A.wasn't she B.was he C.didn't she D.did she
6.My mother__watching TV now.
A.weren't B.aren't C.isn't D.wasn't
动词的适当形式填空
1.She was watching(watch)TV when her mother came in.
2.John and Tom were reading(read)a book at 10:00 a.m.
last Sunday.
3.It was raining(rain)hard at 9:00 p.m.last night.
4.Suddenly he was jumping out of bed and running(run)
downstairs.
5.Sally was making(make)dinner when her mum came back.

Homework
Write what you were doing at different times in Activity 6.