Unit 5 It Was Here Just NowPart BNew words agoaboutthousand以前大约；左右千New wordsLet’s learn moreLet’s learn more Liu: Dad, were you at this school thirty years ago?Dad: Yes, I was. But the school was small at that time. Liu: Was there a library?Dad: Yes, there was. But there weren’t so many books in it. Liu: Were there any trees?Dad: Yes, there were. Look, they are still there, beside the playground. Liu: Was there a computer room thirty years ago ？Dad: No, there wasn’t. Liu: How many students were there at that time?Dad: About six hundred students. Liu: Now there are about two thousand.Dad: Yes. It’s a big school now.Language points1.Was there a library? 那里过去有图书馆吗？本句是 there be 句型的一般过去时的一般疑问句 , 其结构为： Was/Were(+ 冠词 )+ 名词 ... ?若要表达过去某处有某人或某物，我们可以使用句型： There was/were + 某人 / 某物 +某地 (+ 过去的时间状语 ) 。2.About six hundred students. 大约六百名学生。(1) 本句中 about 意为“大约”。常用在数量词 之前，表示不确定数。农场里大约有 30 匹马。There are about thirty horses on the farm. (2)six hundred 意为“六百”。如果 hundred 后面 有 of ， hundred 要用复数，即 hundreds of，表 示“数以百计的……；大量的；许多的”。许多人喜欢听音乐。Hundreds of people like listening to music.Ask and answerWhat do you wear on a rainy day?I wear a raincoat and rain boots.WeatherWearrainysunny raincoatsunglassesglovescloudy windyskirtrain bootssweatersnowydresswarm jacketT-shirtshortstrousersscarfPlay rolesWhat do you wear on a sunny day?I wear skirt.Let’s chantLet’s chantWhere were you yesterday?I was in my house.Where was your house yesterday?It was on my back.Where were you yesterday?I was in my car.Where was your car yesterday?It was on the farm.Look and say Thirty years ago, my mother was ... Her house was ... The air was ... There was/were ... Now, my mother is...The buildings are ... The air is ... There is/are ... Exercise 一、英汉互译。1.at that time _________________2.so many ___________3.six hundred students ___________4. 走路上学 _____________5. 大约两千名学生 ______________________在当时相当多600 名学生walk to schoolabout two thousand students二、单项选择。( )1.____ you at this school thirty years ago? A. Was B. was C. Were( )2. —Was there a library? — _________ A. Yes, there were. B. No, there was. C. Yes, there was.( )3. How _____ students were there at that time? A. about B. many C. muchCCB( )4. Now there are about two ____ students. A. thousands B. thousand C. thousands of( )5. Where ____ you yesterday? A. were B. was C. areBA
