Lesson 117: Tommy’s breakfast

Watch the story and answer the question

1. What does she mean by ‘change’ in the last sentence?

Key words and expressions

• dining room 饭厅
• coin 硬币
  • note 纸币
• mouth 嘴
• swallow 吞
• later 后来
• toilet 厕所，洗室

Language points

1. When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor.

2. There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.

3. While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.

4. He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them!

5. Later that morning, when I was doing the housework, my husband phoned me from the office.

6. “How’s Tommy?” he asked.

7. “I don’t know,” I answered, “Tommy’s been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven’t had any change yet!”

8. 过去进行时

9. look for 寻找；find 找到

   1. He looked for his pen everywhere in the room, but he hasn’t found it yet.

10. all

    1. find all of them.
    2. We all like this place.

11. while 后边一般接持续性的动作

    1. While I was having tea, my husband was reading the newpaper.

12. both 两者都

    1. They are both students.
    2. Both of them are students.

13. 过去完成时 had + 过去分词

14. later 晚些时候；earlier 早些时候

15. have/has been to 去过某个地方

16. toilet 厕所

    1. bathroom
    2. washroom

Sentence patterns

过去进行时：was/were + 现在分词

1. He phoned me when I was doing the housework.
   1. when 使用最宽泛，一点时间、一段时间都可以
2. While we were having breakfast, our son put two coins into his mouth.
   1. while 一段时间，强调延续性
3. Just as I was buying the tickets, the train left.
   1. just as 当正。。。
4. While my friends were having tea, I was reading the paper.

Lesson 118: What were you doing?

Pattern drill

1. knock at the door, have breakfast
   1. When did someone knock at the door?
   2. Someone knocked at the door when I was having breakfast.
   3. What were you doing when someone knocked at the door?
   4. I was having breakfast when someone knocked at the door.
2. arrive, leave the house
   1. When did the postman arrive?
   2. When I was leaving the house, the postman arrived.
   3. What were you doing when the postman arrived?
   4. When the postman arrived, I was leaving the house.
3. ring, open the fron door
   1. When did the telephone ring?
   2. Just as I was opening the front door, the telephone rang.
   3. What were you doing when the telephone rang?
   4. When the telephone rang, I was opening the front door.
4. slip and hurt herself, get off the bus
   1. When did she slip and hurt herself?
   2. She slipped and hurt herself while she was getting off the bus.
   3. What was she doing when she slipped and hurt herself?
   4. She was getting off the bus when she slipped and hurt herself.
5. cut himself, shave
   1. When did he cut himself?
   2. He cut himself while he was shaving.
   3. What was he doing when he cut himself?
   4. He was shaving when he cut himself.
6. work in the garden, cook the dinner
   1. What was your wife doing while you were working in the garden?
   2. My wife was cooking the dinner while I was working in the garden.
   3. What was he doing while you were cooking the dinner?
   4. While I was cooking the dinner, he was working in the garden.