Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came

八年级下册Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?重点短语/知识点详解/语法一、重点短语1. make sure 确信;确认2. beat against... 拍打… …3. fall asleep 进人梦乡；睡着4. die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐消失5. wake up 醒来6. in a mess 一团糟7. break.. . apart 使……分离8. in times of difficulty 在困难的时候9. at the time of 当.......时候10. go off (闹钟)发出响声11. take a hot shower 洗热水澡12. miss the bus 错过公交车13. pick up 接电话14. bring... together 使……靠拢15. in the area 在这个地区16. miss the event 错过这个事件17. by the side of the road 在路边18. the Animal Helpline 动物保护热线19. walk by 走路经过20. make one’s way to在某人去……的路上21. hear the news 听到这个消息22., important events in history 历史上的重大事件23., for example 例如24., be killed 被杀害25., over 50 5 0多(岁）26. a school pupil 一个小学生27. on the radio 通过广播28., in silence 沉默;无声29., more recently 最近地;新近30., the World Trade Center 世贸中心31., take down 拆除;摧毁32., have meaning to 对……有意义33., remember doing sth. 记得做过某事34., at first 首先;最初35. point out指出36. go away 离开，消失37.wait for 等待38. as well 也39.tell the truth 说实话40.call out 喊出二、知识点详解：1. miss作及物动词，意为“没赶上，错过”I got up late so I missed the early bus.拓展：1)miss作及物动词，意为“想念，思念”。

e.g.: I miss my parents very much.2)miss（用于姓名或姓之前,尤指对未婚女子的称呼)“小姐”通常大写e.g.: Our English teacher is Miss Zhang.2. either 意为“也”用于否定句，一般放句末e.g.: I didn't come to school yesterday, either.also意为“也”一般用于肯定句和疑问句，常放句中e.g.: She speaks English and she also writes English.too 意为“也”一般用于肯定句和疑问句，常放句末e.g.: Are you going to work, too?3. so many 意为“那么多”，修饰可数名词4. 辨析when和whileWhen “当……时”其谓语可以是延续性动词，也可以是非延续性动词。

e.g.: The sun was rising when we got there.While “当……时，在……期间”其谓语动词必须是延续性动词，常用于过去进行时中e.g.：While he was walking in the park, the accident happened.5.light不可数名词，意为“光，光亮，光线”拓展：1）可数名词，意为“电灯，光源”e.g.: Don’t cross the road when the traffic lights are red.2) 形容词，意为“轻的，浅色的”e.g.: Is the box heavy or light?I like the light green dress.3) 动词，意为“点燃，照亮”e.g.: He sat down and lit a cigratte.(lit 是light 的过去式)6.wood1)不可数名词，意为“木，木头，木材”apiece of wood一块木头e.g.：There are many kinds of wood growing in the forest.2)可数名词，意为“树林”，常用复数e.g.: She is afraid of walk through the woods at night.7. make sure 意为“务必，确认，确保”常用搭配： make sure of 和make sure thate.g.: Make sure that you put down every word she says.We must make sure of it.8. beat (beat, beaten)1)不及物动词，意为“敲打，（风，雨）冲击，（心脏，脉搏）跳动”e.g.:Someone was beating on the door.2) 及物动词，意为：“打，敲，锤砸，打败”e.g.:We beat them by 3:2.9. against 1)介词，意为“触，碰，撞，倚，靠”e.g.: The rain beat against the car windscreen.2)介词，意为“反对，违反”e.g.: They are against the plan.10. try及物动词，意为“尝试，打算，努力做”e.g.: I try hard not to laugh.拓展： 1）不及物动词，意为“尝试”e.g.: Itried but didn’t succeed.2) 可数名词，意为“尝试，努力”e.g.:Let me have a try.3) 短语：try on “试穿，试戴”；try out“试验”；try to do sth.“努力去做，试图去做”，但不一定成功；e.g.: I’ll try to get there on there.try doing sth. “试着（用某种方法或手段）做某事”e.g.: You could try phoning his home number.11.have fun = have a good time= enjoy oneself 意为I“玩的开心，作乐，玩乐”12.fall asleep 意为“进入梦乡，睡着”辨析：1）asleep “睡着”做表语e.g.: He is asleep on the sofa.2) sleepy “要睡的，困倦的，寂静的”做表语和定语e.g.: I feel sleepy. I’m going to bed.3) sleeping “睡着的”做定语e.g.: A young woman with a sleeping baby in her arm got on the bus.还可表示与睡有关的东西。

如：sleeping bag(睡袋)sleeping car(卧铺车厢)sleeping pill(安眠药)13. die down 意为“逐渐变弱，逐渐消失”e.g.: The loud music died down after the police came.14. wake up 意为“醒来，把。

弄醒”e.g.:Shewakes up early every morning.15. rise (rose, risen) 不及物动词，意为“上升，升起，提高”主语常为物e.g.:The sun is rising.raise 及物动词，意为“抬高，升起，提高”主语常为人e.g.: The girl raised the box to the truck.16. apart 副词，意为“分离，分开”e.g.: She took the radio apart to repair it.17. close 1) 形容词，意为“亲密的，亲近的，近的”e.g.: Jenny is one of my close friends.2) 动词，意为“关闭”e.g.: Close the door, please.18. luckily 副词，意为“幸运的，幸亏”做状语。

e.g.: Luckily, she found my book.lucky 形容词，意为“幸运的，有好运的”e.g.: Nine is my lucky number.luck 不可数名词，意为“好运，幸运，运气”e.g.: Good luck to you.19. icy形容词，意为“结满冰的，冰冷的，冷淡的”e.g.: It’s not easy to walk on the icy roads.ice不可数名词，意为“冰”拓展：英语中，一些与天气有关的名词，加后缀-y可构成相应的形容词。

ice-icy(结冰的) cloud-cloudy（多云的） snow-（下雪的）sun-sunny（有阳光的）frost-frosty（结霜的） rain-rainy（下雨的） wind-windy（有风的） fog-foggy （有雾的）20.kill及物动词，意为“杀死，致死”e.g.：He can kill an ox.was killed 意为“被杀害”是一般过去式的被动语态。

结构为：助动词was/were+过去分词。

当句子的主语为动作的承受着或不清楚动作的执行者时，可用被动语态来表示。

e.g.:A lot of people were killed in the earthquake.21. over 介词，意为“多于；超过（某数量，时间，价钱等）”=more thane.g.: His grandfather is more than seventy.Over 意为“结束”e.g.: Class is over.22. pupil 可数名词，意为“学生，尤指小学生”e.g.:There are forty students in the class.23. the rest of ……意为“剩余的。

”e.g.: Tom is from England and the rest of us are from China.24. silence 不可数名词，意为“沉默，缄默，无声”，常用短语：insilence意为“沉默，无声”e.g.: She is eating dinner in silence.silent形容词，意为“寂静的，无声的”e.g.: He kept silent when he heard the news.25. scared 形容词，意为“害怕的，恐惧的”做表语，近义词为afraid.e.g.: She is scared of mice.26. hardly 副词，意为“几乎不，几乎没有”，表示否定含义。