Unit 10 By the time I got outside, the bus had already left．
The Third Period
 

Ⅰ． Teaching Aims and Demands
1． Knowledge Objects
（1） Key Vocabulary
bell, ring, go off, rush, run off, on time, give sb. a ride, relative,
lock, break down
（2） Target Language
By the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom．
By the time I got there, the bus had already left．
2． Ability Objects
Train the students’ reading skill with target language．
Train the students’ speaking skill with target language．
3． Moral Object
Have you ever done anything carelessly?
Share your story with your friends．
Ⅱ．Teaching Key Points
1． Guide the students to read the article in activity 3a．
2． Help the students do the oral practice with the target language．
Ⅲ．Teaching Difficult Points
1． Help improve the students’ reading skill by Activity 3a．
2． Help the students describe what has happened to them with the target language．
Ⅳ．Teaching Methods
1． Get the main idea by reading．
2． Pairwork．
Ⅵ． Teaching Procedures
Step I Greeting and Introduce
Step II Revision
Ask and answer: Do you like English? How do you learn English? How do you get to school, on foot, by bike or by bus？ Have you ever been late for school?
Say: I’ve ever been late for work, because I overslept. Now please read the story and find the answers to the questions. ( show the questions to the students ).
Step III 3a
This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language．
Task 1. Show some questions to the Ss.
1, Has the writer ever been late for school?
2, Did his alarm clock go off?
3, Did he catch up with the bus?
4, How did he get to school?
5, Was he lat for school?
Ask the students to listen to the tape and answer the questions. Then find the new words in the story.
Check the answers and read the new words
overslept睡过头 bell n． 钟；铃 ring v． 鸣;响
\ go off 闹钟（闹响） wake up 醒来 rush v．冲；
rush off 跑掉;迅速离开 on time 准时 lock v． 锁；锁上
give sb． a ride让某人搭便车 break down 损坏；坏掉
Point to the words one by one and teach the students to read them．Get the students to read the story
Task 2. Groupwork; Write the events in the correct order. Then check the answers.
1. alarm clock didn’t go off 2. father went to the bathroom
3. woke up late 4. took shower
5. had some breakfast 6. bus left
7. ran to the bus stop 8. started walking
9. get a ride with a friend 10. bell ringing
11. go to school 12. got to class
Get some students to report their answers to the class． Write the events on the blackboard as they report, putting the events in the correct order．
Task 3. Translate the main sentences
1. I’ve never been late for school, but yesterday I came very close.
我上学从未迟到过，但是昨天差一点儿就迟到了。
2. be late for 意为“……迟到”，for为介词，所以其后须跟名词。
Don’t be late for the meeting．
开会别迟到了。
3. My alarm clock didn’t go off, …
闹钟没有大响……
go off 意为“爆发，大响”。
e.g: Although the alarm clock went off, he didn’t wake up．
虽然闹钟大响, 但是他还是没有醒来。
4. Luckily, my friend Tony and his dad came by his dad’s car and they gave me a ride.
幸运的是, 我的朋友托尼和他的爸爸乘他爸爸的小车过来了, 他们带了我一程。
give sb a ride 意为“让某人搭便车”。ride在此为名词“搭车，乘车”的意思。
e.g: Can you give me a ride, Jack? 杰克，能让我搭个便车吗？
5. I only just made it to my class．我恰好到教室
make it 意为“成功了，做成了”。这里指的是没有迟到，准时到达。例如：
－Have you got the job? －你得到那份工作了吗？
－Yes, I made it．－是的，我成功了
6. Get the students to try to repeat the story.(Using the events on the blackboard)
7. Next ask students to pick out the sentences with the Past Perfect Tense． Tell them to underline them and come up with the reason to use the tense．
Ask two students to read their answers and explain the sentences．Sentences with the Past Perfect Tense in the article:
1．By the time I woke up, my father had already gone into the bathroom and…
2. Unfortunately, by the time I got there, the bus had already left
the Past Perfect Tense．
过去完成时: 1. 构成: had +V-p.p
2. 过去完成时态的含义:
主要是表示在过去某个时间,或是动作之前已经发生或完成的动作.也就是：过去的过去.
3.过去完成时态的用法：
Then ask the students to read the article aloud．
Step IV 3b
This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language．
Call the students’ attention to the photo of the woman sleeping． The girl is sleeping． She may oversleep． How about you? Have you ever overslept?
Get a students to answer the question. such as Yes, I have． /No, I haven’t．
There are six questions in the box．Get students to read the questions and have
the students ask and answer
T: Have you ever overslept?
S1: Yes, I have.
T: Why did you oversleep?
S1: Because my alarm clock didn’t go off.
T: What did your teacher do?
S1:(help)My teacher told me not to be late again.
asked me to get up early.
said nothing.

Get the students to read the phrases and conversation on the Bb, ask and answer.
Step V 3c
This activity provides listening and speaking practice using the target language． Ask the whole class to read the instructions together．Ask the students to work in pairs． Encourage them to ask as many questions as they can．
Ask students to choose a question , make a conversation and write it in their exercise books． Ask some pairs to say their conversations to the class
Step Ⅵ Doing exercises
Step VII Summary
Say, In this class, we’ve learned an article． And we’ve done much practice in reading, listening, speaking and writing． We’ve done much practice with the target language．（找同学来总结）
Step VIII Homework
1． Listen to the tape and read the article.
2． Write a conversation in Activity 3c．
Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design
Unit 9 By the time I got outside, the
bus had already left．(Section A)
Words and phrases Answers to Activity 3a:
overslept睡过头 1． alarm clock didn’t go off
bell n． 钟；铃 2． father went to bathroom
ring v． 鸣;响 3． woke up late
go off 闹钟（闹响） 4． took shower
wake up 醒来 5． had some breakfast
rush v．冲； 6． bus left
rush off 跑掉;迅速离开 7． ran to bus stop
on time 准时 8． started walking
lock v． 锁；锁上 9． got a ride with a friend
give sb． a ride让某人搭便车 10． bell ringing
break down 损坏；坏掉 11． got to school
12． got to class




随堂练习
练习：请用所给词的正确形式和提示完成下列各句。
1. When I ________ (get home), I____________ (realize)
I ___________(leave) my keys in the backpack.
2. By the time I ____ (get) back to school, the bell ___________ (ring).
3. By the time I ______(walk) into the class, the teacher__________ (start) teaching already.
4. I have never _______ (be) late for school.
5. Tom missed the early bus because he ___________（睡过头）in the morning.
6. Luckily, the driver___________________ (让我搭了便车)yesterday afternoon。
7.He knows he can’t get to school _____________(按时).
8.On Sundays my alarm clock _______________(不闹响).