1.重点单词：storm，report，area，wind，light，wood，window，flashlight，match，beat，heavily，against，asleep，rise，apart
2．重点短语：in the neighborhood，make sure，pieces of，fall asleep，die down，in a mess，fallen trees，broken windows，in times of difficulty
3．重点句式：
Black clouds were making the sky very dark.
With no light outside，it felt like midnight.
Ben's dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.
Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.
It was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside.
He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3：00 a．m.
Although the storm broke many things apart，it brought families and neighbors closer together.
