评优课知识介绍.ppt

New Orleans Hurricane (2005) About 200,000 people died. Thousands of houses fell down. Over 240,000 people died . Over 160,000 people were badly wounded. Tangshan Earthquake (1976) Simon: Hi Mille! I saw you in the library yesterday. ______ you _______ (look) for books there? Millie: No, I ______ . I _____ _______ (look) for a video about earthquakes. Simon: Did you find anything? Millie: Yes, I did . I found one about the earthquake in Tangshan in 1976 and watched it last night . Simon: Can you tell me something about it? Millie: Sure. The video shows the terrible situation after the earthquake. Soldiers _____ ______ (help) people get out from under all the stones and bricks. People who survived _____ ______ (stay) together in an old house. Many social workers went there to help too. Simon: What ____ the social workers _____(do) there? Millie: Some ____ ______ (look)after the people in need while others ____ ______ (give) out food and clean drinking water to the local people. Were looking wasn’t was looking were helping were staying were doing were looking were giving The past continuous tense was/were+v.ing What did the video show? Millie…when Simon saw her… At last she found… The video showed… Soldiers … People who survived … Some social workers…while others… Change the dialogue into a passage. The past continuous tense Millie was looking for a video about earthquakes when Simon saw her in the library yesterday. At last she found one about the earthquake in Tangshan in 1976. The video showed the terrible situation after the earthquake. Soldiers were helping people get out from under all the stones and bricks. People who survived were staying together in an old house. Some social workers were looking after the people in need while others were giving out food and clean drinking water to the local people. Let’s challenge ourselves! The past continuous tense a policeman What were they doing at 8: