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Unit 5
What were you doing when the rainstorm came?
Section B(2a-2e)

Do you know any important events in history?
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Date: September 3 , 2015
review troops 阅兵
The date has meaning to most Chinese.
October 15, 2003
Yang Liwei flew around the Earth.
This was a day Chinese people will never forget.
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This was a day Chinese people will never forget.
2008.8.8 8:00 p.m.
The Olympic Games in China

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Do you know the man and these events?
Date: April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King
He was killed.
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World Trade Center
It was taken down by terrorists.
Date: September 11, 2001
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2a
Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about?
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Reading
This passage will talk about the future events .
This passage will talk about the past （过去的）events.
This passage will talk about the present （现在的）events.
Guess what the passage will talk about according to the title. （根据题目判断大意）
Read the first sentence of each paragraph (段落)and tell true or false to each statement.（判断正误）
1. People often forget what they were doing when they heard the important news.
2. Robert was a primary school student at that time.
3.The writer will give us an event which happened in recent times(近年来，近代)
4. Kate Smith can’t forget September 11, 2001.
F
T
T
T

People often remember what they were doing when they
heard the news of important events in history.
More recently(不久前，最近), most Americans remember
what they were doing when the World Trade Center in
New York was taken down by terrorists.
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget .

Robert Allen is now over 50,but he was a school pupil
at that time.
Reading
Read Part 2 carefully, first finish the chart and then answer the questions.

Part 2
Event
Date

The World Trade Center in New
York was taken down by terrorists.
September 11, 2001
1. What was Kate doing when the World Trade Center was taken down?

2. How did Kate Smith feel when she heard the news?
She was working in her office.
She was so scared that she could hardly think clearly.
Reading
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.
Reading
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 in New York was taken down by
Reading
terrorists. Even the date — September 11, 2001
— has meaning to most Americans.

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.”
Reading
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 September11, 2001.
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed; the World
Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
2b
Reading
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
2c
Reading
1. Not everyone will remember who killed him, but they can remember what they were doing when they heard that he got killed.
Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
Although some people may not remember who killed him ,they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
2d
Reading
2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.


3. September 11, 2001— the date alone means something to most
people in the US.
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
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.
Reading
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...
April 4, 1968.
2c
Reading

Let's think about some important things that happened in the past.

Talking
On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
这一天，马丁·路德·金博士遇害了。
Language points
一般过去时的被动语态，
其结构为“was/were＋动词的过去分词”。
Some graduates were sent to mountain villages
to teach children there.
一些大学毕业生被派往山村教那里的孩子们。
2. She remembers working in her office near the two towers.
remember to do sth. “记得去做某事(还没做)”；remember doing sth. “记得做过某事(已做过)”。
Language points
我会记得给她写封信。
I will remember ________ a letter to her.
你不记得昨天打过电话给我了吗?
Don’t you remember _____ me yesterday?
to write
calling
Language points
3. at first起先；起初
at first 多用于句首或句末，暗示与后来的情况或动作不同，其反义短语为at last“最后，终于”。
The work was hard at first, but I got used to it later.
起初这工作很难，不过后来我习惯了。
Language points
【辨析】at first与first of all
at first 与at the beginning同义，表示“起初(但后来……)”
，与后来发生的事相对照。 At first, I didn’t want to go, but I soon changed my mind.起初我并不想去，但很快我改变了主意。
first of all
与first同义，表示“首先；最重要”，说明顺序，后面常接next, then等。 First of all, open the window.首先，打开窗户。
Language points
________, the Internet was only used by the government, but now it’s widely used in every field.
A. As usual　 　 B. At first　　
C. After all D. So far
B
Language points
Make notes about an event you remember well.
What was the event?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
What were you doing?
The Beijing Olympic Games.
On August 8，2008.
In Beijing.
I was watching TV.
3a
Writing
Write a short article about the important event in 3a.Try to write three paragraphs.
First, write about the event(when and where it happened).
Next, write about what you and some of your friends were doing when this event happened.
Then, write about why this event was important.
3b
Writing
An important event that I remember well was ________________
_________. It happened in/on ________________ at/in ________.
When I heard the news of this event/When this event happened, I was _____________. My friends were ________.
This event is very important to me because _________________ ___________________/I remember this event well because _____________________________.
the Beijing Olympic
August 8, 2008
Beijing
watching TV
playing
it was an important
I’m a Chinese and I love sports
Games
event for all Chinese
Let's Do It
上个星期日下午三点，我市突然下起大暴雨，你的朋友们正在做着不同的事情。请你根据下面表格的内容，写一篇120词左右的短文。
Name Doing Place
Julia 看书 城市图书馆
Jim 等公共汽车 在公交站
Tim and Mike 观看动物表演 在动物园里
Peter and I 打电脑游戏 在我家里
Let's Do It
A heavy rainstorm hit our city at 3：00 p．m. last Sunday. My friends in the city were doing different things at that time. Julia was reading in the city library. She could hear strong winds outside and the rain beat heavily against the windows. Jim was waiting for the bus at the bus stop. He didn't take an umbrella with him， so he was all wet. Tim and Mike were watching the animal shows in the zoo.
Let's Do It
Luckily, they found somewhere to get out of the rain. Peter and I were playing computer games in my home. However, because of the loud noise outside, we could hardly hear each other. Although we didn't care about it, we lost interest in the games. We didn't have fun with the rainstorm.
Let's Do It
Fill in the blanks with when or while.
1.________I was walking home from school，I saw a
strange light in the sky. But ________ I pointed it out to
my friend，it went away.
2．________ I told my older brother about the strange light
in the sky，he just laughed and didn't believe me.
3.________ my brother was laughing，the television news
reported that other people had seen the light as well.
While
when
When
While
Self Check 1
Let's Do It
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
When I ________ (be)in the sixth grade, I ________ (join)a piano competition. I ________ (practice)for four hours every day and my piano teacher ________ (come)three times a week to ________ (help)me. Then the big day finally ________ (arrive).
I ________ (be)so nervous when they ________ (call)my name. I ________ (go)up and ________ (start)to play. While I
was
joined
practiced
came
help
arrived
was
called
went
started
Self Check 2
Let's Do It
___________(play), everyone ________ (sit)still and listened. I played the song without any mistakes. Then I________ (wait) for them to call out the winner. When I ________ (hear)my name, my heart ________ (beat)so quickly I thought I would stop breathing. I couldn't believe it. I ________ (win)! It ________ (be)the happiest day of my life!
was playing
sat
waited
heard
beat
won
was
Let's Do It
一、根据首字母提示或用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. My father gave me a__________ (complete) new computer
yesterday.
2. What's happening in Yunnan________ (recent)?
3. He is reading a p from a magazine.
4. We can see the whole city from the top of the old t .
5. Every p in this primary school must be in the classrooms at 8 a.m.
completely
recently
assage
ower
upil
Let's Do It
二、根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词
11.其余的学生都通过了期末考试。
______ _______ ______the students all passed the final exam.
12. 你帮我把这堵墙拆掉好吗？
Could you help me________ ________the wall?
13. 当我听到你出事故后， 我很震惊。
I________ ________when I heard about your accident.
The rest of
take down
was shocked
Let's Do It
14. 我要做一些对自己有意义的事。
I want to do something that _______ _______ _______ me.
15. 我们几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。
We______________ ________ believe our eyes.
has meaning to
could/can hardly
Let's Do It
本节课主要学习了美国历史两件大事发生时人们正在做的事， 学会了借助短文标题和每段的第一句话理解文章，提高了阅读理解能力;同时通过阅读引发对重要事件的回忆，并进行写作练习。
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