Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?重点单词alarm n. 闹钟begin v. 开始heavily adv. 在很大程度上；大量地suddenly adv. 突然；忽然strange adj. 奇特的；奇怪的storm n. 暴风雨wind n. 风light n. 光；光线；光亮report v. & n. 报道；公布area n. 地域；地区wood n. 木；木头window n. 窗；窗户match n. 火柴beat v. 敲打；打败against prep. 倚；碰；撞asleep adj. 睡着rise v. & n. 升起；增加；提高fallen adj. 倒下的；落下的apart adv. 分离；分开icy adj. 覆盖着冰的；冰冷的kid v. 开玩笑；欺骗realize v. 理解；领会；认识到passage n. 章节；段落pupil n. 学生completely adv. 彻底地；完全地shocked adj. 惊愕的；受震惊的silence n. 沉默；缄默；无声recently adv. 不久前；最近date n. 日期；日子tower n. 塔；塔楼truth n. 实情；事实重点短语1. go off （闹钟）发出响声2. pick up（=pick up the phone) 接3. fall asleep 进入梦乡；睡着4. die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐消失5. have a look 看一看6. make one’s way 前往；费力地前进7. in silence 沉默；无声8. take down 拆除；往下拽；记录9. at first 首先；最初重点句型1. —What were you doing at eight last night?—I was taking a shower.2. —What was she doing at the time of the rainstorm?—She was doing her homework.3. —What was he doing when the rainstorm came?—He was reading in the library when the rainstorm came.4. —What was Ben doing when it began to rain heavily?—When it began to rain, Ben was helping his mom make dinner.5. —What was Jenny doing while Linda was sleeping?—While Linda was sleeping, Jenny was helping Mary with her homework.重点语法1. make sure 意为“确认；查明；核实；确保；设法保证” ，其后可接句子，或接借此 of 及宾语，用于引入需要确认的内容。
2. remember（someone ）doing something 固定搭配，意为 “记得（某人）曾经做过某事”3. 连词 when 和 while 引导的状语从句4. 过去进行时过去进行时由“was/were +动词-ing”构成，表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作这一特征的过去时间除有上下文暗示以外，一般用时间状语来表示。