人教版八年級英語下冊《What were you doing when the rainstorm came?》SectionB PPT教學(xué)課件(第2課時)，共30頁。

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.

這一天，馬丁•路德•金博士遇害了。

馬丁•路德•金(Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968)是世界上知名的美國民權(quán)運動領(lǐng)袖。

was killed 的意思是“被殺害”，表被動關(guān)系。

2. …most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.

絕大多數(shù)美國人都記得紐約世貿(mào)中心被恐怖分子摧毀時他們在做什么。

1）紐約世貿(mào)中心（ World Trade Center ）簡稱“世貿(mào)中心”，是美國紐約的地標(biāo)之一。2001年9月11日，世貿(mào)中心被恐怖分子用所劫持的民航班機撞擊摧毀，這就是舉世震驚的“911事件”。

2）take down 意為“摧毀” 。

3. She remembers working in her office near the two towers.她當(dāng)時記得自己正在距兩座塔樓不遠的辦公室工作。

1）towers 指世貿(mào)中心的雙子塔。

2）remember (someone) doing sth 是固定搭配。

表示 “記得某人做過某事”, 其中remember可表示“記得；回憶起；想起”等意思。如：

I don’t remember seeing him anywhere.

我不記得在什么地方見過他。

Homework

Search more information about Dr. Martin Luther King and discuss with your classmates. 

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