人教版八年级英语下册《What were you doing when the rainstorm came?》SectionB PPT教学课件(第2课时)，共30页。
Objectives
To learn to know about the events.
To learn to understand the background of the events.
To learn the new words: passage, pupil, completely, silence, recently, date, tower, truth...
Revision
At 11:00 am last Sunday, I was in the park.
I was watching someone swimming at 11:10 am last Sunday.
At 11:15 am last Sunday….
At 11:20 am last Sunday ...
Warming-up
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.What are the two events in the passage?
2.When did they happen?
Reading the Title and First Sentences
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.
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.
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.”
More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center
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.
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.
2. No one said anything for the rest of 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.
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.
Language points
1. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
这一天，马丁•路德•金博士遇害了。
马丁•路德•金(Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968)是世界上知名的美国民权运动领袖。
was killed 的意思是“被杀害”，表被动关系。
2. …most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
绝大多数美国人都记得纽约世贸中心被恐怖分子摧毁时他们在做什么。
1）纽约世贸中心（ World Trade Center ）简称“世贸中心”，是美国纽约的地标之一。2001年9月11日，世贸中心被恐怖分子用所劫持的民航班机撞击摧毁，这就是举世震惊的“911事件”。
2）take down 意为“摧毁” 。
3. She remembers working in her office near the two towers.她当时记得自己正在距两座塔楼不远的办公室工作。
1）towers 指世贸中心的双子塔。
2）remember (someone) doing sth 是固定搭配。
表示 “记得某人做过某事”, 其中remember可表示“记得；回忆起；想起”等意思。如：
I don’t remember seeing him anywhere.
我不记得在什么地方见过他。
Homework
Search more information about Dr. Martin Luther King and discuss with your classmates.
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