3. To take telephone messages, you should do the following: 1. Read the form and get an idea of what should be written down. 2. Get the spelling of the caller’s name and the phone number correctly. They are usually repeated in the conversation. 3. Write only the necessary notes of the message.

4. 1. Caller’s name: ___________________ Caller’s phone number: ___________________ Message: ___________________________________ 2. Caller’s name: ___________________ Caller’s phone number: ___________________ Message: ___________________________________

5. 3. Caller’s name: ___________________ Caller’s phone number: ___________________ Message: ___________________________________

6. Sun Fei:_________________________________ Liu Mei: _______________________________________ _____________________________________ Chen Yu:____________________________________ Sally: _______________________________________ _____________________________________ Success means overcoming problems. Ann plays the violin for love, not just to win competitions. B: What does success mean to you? Ma Lin works hard for the national pride. Volunteers did a lot to help the Games become a great success.

7. 根据句意和所给的首字母完成下列句子。 1. If everyone obeys the traffic rules, there will be fewer and fewer traffic a________. 2. We all a______ her because she saved the children from the fire before the firemen came. 3. In the 29th Olympic Games, China won 100 m______ in total. ccidents dmire edals

8. 4. Spring Festival is a n_______ holiday. 5. If Simon has any problems in studying, he will try his best to o_________ them. 6. They take great p____ in their son, Lang Lang, who is one of the greatest pianists in the world. 7. Maggie isn’t married, so she is a s_____ woman. 8. Chen Mei looks so cool every time she plays the v____. ational vercome ride ingle iolin

9. Language 过去进行时

10. What is the boy doing? He is sleeping. / He is dreaming. What are they doing? They are seeing a film. 现在进行时： is/are/am + doing

11. What were they doing from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on Dec 8th? They were answering questions. They were reading a poem.

12. What was he/she doing from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on Dec 8th? She was drawing a poster. He was working on computer.

13. 1. 构成： 过去进行时 was / were + doing 2. 用法一： 表示过去某时正在进行的状态或动作。 I was reading a book at 5 p.m. yesterday. What were they doing just now? My mother was washing clothes at 9 last night. What was he researching all day last Sunday?

14. 1. Li Jie _________________________ at 7:30. 2. She ______________________________ at 8:30. 3. She and some friends _____________ _________________ at 9:30. 4. They _______________________________ at 11:00. was getting ready to go out was travelling on the underground were buying food in the market were preparing lunch for fifty people

15. 5. They __________________ at 12:30. 6. They ______________________________ ________ at 14:30. 7. She and a friend _____________________ ____________________ at 15:30. 8. She ________________________________ at 16:30. were having lunch were tidying up and washing the dishes were relaxing in a tea shop with a friend was going home on the underground

16. S1: What were you doing while Li Jie was getting ready to go out? S2: I was sleeping while Li Jie was getting ready to go out. Practice: 用法二：表示在过去的某个时间，前后两 个动作是同时进行的。

17. S1: What were you doing while she was travelling on the underground? S2: I ___________ while she was travelling on the underground. 用法二：表示在过去的某个时间，前后两 个动作是同时进行的。 Practice: 如果主要动作和背景动作都是延续的或同 时发生的，那么主从句的动词都可用过去 进行时

18. My brother fell while he was riding his bicycle. It was raining when they left the station. 短 短 长 长 用法三： 描述一件事发生的背景；一个长 动作发生的时候，另一个短动作发生。

19. 过去进行时常与 when, while 连用，意思是 “ 当 …… 之时 ” 。 while 后面一般跟延续性动词，常用进行时； when 后面既可跟延续性动词，也可跟瞬间动 词，常用过去式。

20. A: What were you doing, Sammy, when the alarm went off? B: I was playing the violin. Example: 2. Sandy ____________________________. 3. Twin brothers ______________________. 4. Father ____________________________. 5. Mother ____________________________. 6. The dog ___________________________. was talking on the phone were watching TV was reading a newspaper was writing a letter was eating

21. (1) I ______ a shower at that time. A. have B. had C. am having D. was having (2) As she ____ the newspaper, Granny ___ asleep. A. read; was falling B. was reading; fell C. was reading; was fallingD. read; fell (3) Mary _______ a dress when she cut her finger. A. made B. is making C. was making D. makes D B C