英语人教版八年级下册U5

2a Look at the pictures and the title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about?
Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
Reading skills
Read the title and first Sentences.
2. When did they happen?
The first event happened on April 4, 1968. The second event happened on September 11, 2001.
Task 2
2c Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)?
(Paragraph 4)
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 the window and realized that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”
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We ___ ___ ______in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio
4.我吓坏了，事后脑子里一片茫然。 I was ___ ____that I could hardly ____ _____after that. 5.甚至日期---2001年9月11日---对大多数美国人来说都有意义。 .Even the date—September 11, 2001-- ____ ________ _____ most Americans.
What are the two events? When did they happen?1a-Fra biblioteke Grammar
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Unit5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ？ Section B 2a—2e
The title can be helpful for you to understand a text. It is also a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole text.
1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson. 2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.
Test
1.人们常常记得当他们听到历史上的重大事件的新闻时他们正在做什么。 People often remember ____they ____ important events____ ____. ____when they heard the news of
2.这是美国历史上的重大事件。
This was____ ________ _____ in American history. 3.当从广播中听到这条消息时，我们正在厨房吃晚饭。
(Paragraph 3)
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.
Even the date—September 11, 2001—has meaning to most Americans.
4.I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”
F 1. Everyone in America remember who killed Dr. King.
F 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when Dr. King was killed.
T 3. Robert‟s parents were shocked to hear the news. F 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the World Trade Center. T 5. Kate didn‟t think her friend was telling the truth about the event.
Selfcheck
Evaluation
Answer 1 Correct 1 Make a conversation 2
Language points
passage n.章节；段落 pupil n. 学生 completely adv.彻底地;完全地 shocked adj.惊愕的；受惊的 silence n.沉默；缄默 in silence 沉默；无声 recently adv.不久前；最近 take down 拆除；往下拽 terrorist n. 恐怖分子 date n. 日期 tower n. 塔
Task 1 2b. Read and listen to the passage
and answer the questions. 1. What are the two events in the passage?
The first event is that Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. The second event is that The World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists(恐怖分子).
Read the passage paragraph by paragraph.
Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
(Paragraph 1)
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.
Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
Task 3
2. No one said anything for the rest of our dinner.
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the . rest of our dinner in silence.”
3. September 11, 2001—the date alone means something to most people in the US.
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 … A:What was Robert Allen doing when he heard the news? B:He... … …
(Paragraph 2)
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 silence.”