Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
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People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. This was an important event in American history. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
本课时继续学习了过去进行时的用法。 注意过去进行时与一般过去时的区别 及其构成。
Quiz
2e How much do you remember about the events in the passage? Test your partner.
A: When did Dr. Martin Luther King die? B: He died on …
1. Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.
2. No one said anything for the rest of our dinner.
hit the World Trade Center. F
5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about the event. NG
2d Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. “I was at home with my parents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, ‘Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago’. My parents were completely shocked! My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in sileead the new words learned in this lesson aloud.
2. Make a survey about your classmates’ important events. What were they doing?
►A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. 只要一个人还有追求，他就没有老。直到后悔取代了梦想，一个人才 算老。 ►Bad times make a good man. 艰难困苦出能人。 ►Life is a path winding in the mountain, bumpy and zigzagging. 生活是蜿蜒在山中的小径，坎坷不平。
1. Everyone in America remember who killed Dr. King. F
2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed. F
3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear the news.T 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane
10. World Trade Center = WTC 世界贸易中心 11. take down 拆除 12. terrorist (n.) 恐怖分子
13. have meaning to sb. 对某人来说有意义 e.g. This movie has special meaning to Lisa. 这部电影对于丽莎来说有特别的意义。
探究点一 Reading
2b Read the passage and the two questions.
1. What are the two events in the passage? Dr. Martin Luther King was killed; The World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. 2. When did they happen? The first event happened on April 4,1968.
The second happened on September 11, 2001.
2c Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)?
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More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. Even the date— September 11, 2001—has meaning to most Americans.
7. the rest of … 剩下的...... e.g. The rest of the students are from England. 剩下的学生来自于英格兰。 e.g. The rest of the paper is used for drawing. 剩下的纸是用来画画的。
8. in silence 安静地 e.g. They just sit there in silence. 他们只是很安静地坐在那里。 9. silent (adj.) 安静的 e.g. Please keep silent. 请保持安静。
4. over = more than 超过 e.g. There are over 7,000 students in our school. 在我们学校有七千多个学生。 5. on the radio 通过收音机 6. die 死亡 (动词) 强调死亡的瞬间动作，不能和一段时间连用。
e.g. My neighbor died for 10 years. (F) e.g. My neighbor died 10 years ago. (T)
B. Do you know this famous building?
WTC = World Trade Center 世界贸易中心
C. Can you guess what happened?
2a Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about?
著名的美国民权运动领 袖。1948年大学毕业。 1948年至1951年期间， 在美国东海岸的费城继 续深造。1963年，马丁· 路德·金晋见了肯尼迪总 统，要求通过新的民权 法，给黑人以平等的权 利。
1963年8月28日，在林肯纪念堂前， 发表了《我有一个梦想》的演说。 1964年度诺贝尔和平奖的获得者。 1968年4月，马丁·路德·金前往孟菲斯 市，领导工人罢工后，被人刺杀，时 年39岁。从1986年起，美国政府将每 年1月的第3个星期一，定为马丁路德 金全国纪念日。
14. at first 起初，首先 at last 最后
15. so … that ... 如此…...以至于…... e.g. My sister is so young that she can’t go to school by herself. 我妹妹是如此小以至于她不能自己去上学。
Summary
探究点二 Language points
1. in history 在历史上
2. was killed 被杀 此处为一般过去时的被动语态（was+past participle)
3. although (conj.) 虽然 在英语中不能与but 连用；此外 because与so也不能连用。
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This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers working in her office near the two towers. “My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center! I didn’t believe him at first, but then I looked out of the window and realized that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”