新目标初二英语下册unit3period4.ppt

WhatwereyoudoingwhentheUFOarrived?WhileHeYanwasatthedoctor’s,Iwassleepinglateinmybedroom.WhileshewashavingEnglishclass,Iwasstandinginfrontofthelibrary.…Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968.ThiswasoneofthemostimportanteventsinmodernAmericanhistory.Onthisday,Dr.MartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAmerica.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhomurderedhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardabouttheevent.Eventhemosteverydayactivitiescanseemimportant.RobertAllenisnowover40.Hewasjustaschoolstudentatthattime,butherememberswhathewasdoingwhenheheardthenews.“Itwasabright,sunnyday.”Robertremembers.“Wewerehavingfunintheplaygroundwhenthebellrang.Ourteacheraskedustostopwhatweweredoingandlisten.Hetoldusthenews:“DrMartinLutherKingdiedjust10minutesago!Wecouldn’tbelieveit!”Schoolclosedfortheday,andRobertandhisfriendswalkedhometogetherinsilence.DrMartinLutherKing’smurdertookplaceaboutthirtyyearsago,beforemanyAmericanswereborn.However,inmorerecenttimes,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkwasdestroyedbyterrorists.Eventhedate-September11,2001–hasmeaningtomostAmericans.Notalleventsinhistoryareasterribleasthis,ofcourse.ManyAmericansalsosaytheyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhenmanfirstwalkedonthemoononJuly20,1969.Inmorerecenthistory,mostChineserememberwhattheyweredoingwhenYangLiweibecamethefirstChineseastronautinspace.YangwentintospaceonOctober15,2003.HisflightaroundtheEarthlastedabout22hours.Whenhereturned,hebecameanationalheroinChina,andbecamefamousallovertheworld.ReadformoredetailsTheWorldTradeCenterwasdetroyedbyterrorists.Write“T”fortrueand“F”forfalse.1.MartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAustralia.()2.SomepeoplemayforgetwhomurderedMartinLutherKing.()3.RobertAllenrememberedtheywerehavingfunintheplaygroundwhentheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYork.()4.MartinLutherKinghasbeendeadforabout42yearstillnow.()5.TheWorldTr