Oxford English 5B M2 U3

In those days By Hu Min

This is Jack. He is rich now. He has a golden goose. It lays golden eggs.

Jack and his mother now live with the goose. They have a big house. They have a lot of money.

But Jack was poor in those days. His mother was poor, too. They were poor. They had a house. Their house was small.

They had a cow. Their cow was old. Jack and his mother were hungry, but they hadn’t any food. They hadn’t any new clothes. And they hadn’t any money in those days.

Simple past tense 一般过去时

• 一般过去时主要表示过去某时发生 的动作或情况（包括习惯性动作）。• 一般过去时由动词的过去式表示。• am ， is 的过去式是 was• are 的过去式是 were• have ， has 的过去式是 had

2009

Wednesday

Date:1st April

yesterday today

2009

Friday

Date:3rd April

2009

Thursday

Date:2nd April

the day before yesterday

Today is Friday. It is the third of April.

Yesterday was Thursday. It was the second of April.

The day before yesterday was Wednesday. It was the first of April.

was am / is

I was a baby. Now I am an adult （成年人） .

Read and think

Look at these pictures. My father and mother were … in those days. … …Now they are …

Look and say:Look at this picture.There was/were … Now there is/are …in the picture.How wonderful!

How many rooms has Jack in his house?

Jack has six rooms and a yard in his house. He has a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a garage and a yard in his house. But look at this old and small house. Jack had not six rooms in it in those days. He hadn’t a yard. He hadn’t…

Oh, Jack and his mother had a poor life in those days.

Fill in the blanks:Jack ____ poor in those days. Now he ___ rich.Jack’s mother ____ poor. Now she ___ rich.Jack and his mother _____ poor. Now they ____ rich.Their house _____ small. Now their house __ big.They ______ any food. Now they ______ a lot of food.Jack ______ new clothes. Now he _____ new clothes.Jack and his mother _______ any money. Now they ______ a lot of money.

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My storyGood time with the American teachers

in those days

Watch carefully and answer:

1.Who are they?

2.Where were they from?

3.Where were they in those days?

4.What had they got?

Wendy, Jane, Lucy and Peter came to Shanghai in the summer of 2007. They were from America.

Jane was in the classroom.

Lucy was in the classroom, too.

We were in the supermarket.

Look! Jane and Lucy were in the street.

They were in the park,

doing morning exercises with the old people.

Lucy was at the market.

They were at Karaoke.

Jane was at the Children’s Palace.

They were at the People’s Square,

in front of Shanghai Museum.

They were on Nanjing Road.

They were at the Bund.

They were at Yu Garden.

We were at Zhou Zhuang.

Wow, how beautiful!

There were so many people.

We were on the bridge. What had we got in our hands?

Jane and Lucy were interested in Chinese musical instruments.

We had a very good time!

Try to tell the story

Wendy, Jane, Lucy and Peter came to Shanghai, in 2007. They were from America. They had a good time in Shanghai in those days:• In the morning, they were in/at… They had…• In the afternoon, …• In the evening, …• At the weekend, …• Oh, what a happy time they had in those days!

Homework

1.Tell your happy/sad story in those days to your friends.

2.Write “Jack’s story in those days”.

Thank you!