Unit 5 What were you doing when the rain ？ Section B reading（课件）

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2a Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about
Do You Remember What You Were Doing
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.
Read the Title and First Sentences.
Do You Remember What You
Were Doing
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.
v.记得
重大事件的消息
在美国历史上
例如
在这一天
被杀害
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.”
v.超过
v.在收音机上
彻底地，完全地
adj.震惊
静静地
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.
恐怖主义者
拆除
对...有意义
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.”
袭击
世贸大厦
v.意识到
如此恐怖 以至于
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1.What are the two events in the passage
2. When did they happen
The first event happened on April 4, 1968,
and the second one happened on September
11, 2001.
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed; the World
Trade Center in New York was taken down by
terrorists.
2c. Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)
___ 1. Everyone in America remembers
who killed Dr. King.
___ 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when
Dr. King was killed.
___ 3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear
the news.
___ 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when
a plane hit the World Trade Center.
___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling
the truth about the event.
F
F
T
F
T
2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
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 dinner.
Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
We finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone
means something to most people in the US.
4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.
Even the date --- September 11, 2001 --- has meaning to most Americans.
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.