八年级英语下册单元知识点总结Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?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 走路通过 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 一种小学生27. on the radio 通过广播 28. in silence 沉默;无声29. more recently 近来地;新近 30. the World Trade Center 世贸中心31. take down 拆除;摧毁 32. have meaning to 对……故意义33. remember doing sth. 记得做过某事 34. at first 首先;最初二. 重点短语句型详解.1. What were people doing yesterday at the time of the rainstorm? 【解析 1】过去进行时 ⑴ .使用方法:①过去某个时间正在发生的动作 He was cooking at six last night. ② 过去某段时间正在发生的动作 I was staying here from March to May last year.去年从 3 月到 5 月,我一直呆在这里。⑵ .与过去进行时连用的时间状语,常见的有 at nine last night/ at that time= then/at this time yesterday /或有 when the teacher came in/ while he was reading 的提醒⑶ 过去进行时的构成:was\were +目前分词⑷ 过去进行时的四个基本句型 肯定句 He was cooking at six last night. 否认句 He was not cooking at six last night. 一般疑问句 Was he cooking at six last night? 两回答 Yes ,he was....