Unit3Grade8WhatwereyoudoingwhentheUFOarrived?之Doyourememberwhatyouweredoing?ReadingWordstudyflightplaygroundbellearthI’mahero.You’reheroes,too.hero•terrorist恐怖分子•murder谋杀;凶杀•destroy破坏;毁坏•kill杀死;致死WorldTradeCenter•September11,2001•tragedy悲剧•tusnami[tju:na:mi]海啸Groupwork:Whatyouweredoingwhenyouheardthenews?•LiuXiangwonthegoldmedalatthe2004Olympics•Iwas…Groupwork:Whatwereyoudoingwhenyouheardthenews?YangLiweiflewaroundtheearthonOctober15,2003.Groupwork:Whatwereyoudoingwhenyouheardthenews?LiangJingruwasinXiamenonJanuary23,2005.Groupwork:Whatwereyoudoingwhenyouheardthenews?Beforeyoureadpage24…•MartinLutherKing马丁·路德·金(1929-1968)•2005年1月16日是美国黑人民权运动领袖马丁·路德·金75周岁的诞辰。在美国,这一个日子被政府确定为法定节假日。Doyourememberwhatyouweredoing?Section1BeforeYouReadGROUPWORKLookatthepicturesofthesefamousevents.Talkabouttheminsmallgroups.Whendidtheyhappen?Whatwereyoudoing,orwherewereyouwhenyouheardthenews?LiuXiangwonthegoldmedalatthe2004OlympicsPictureBeijingwasmadehosttothe2008OlympicsSection2WhileYouReadDoyourememberwhatyouweredoing?Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.IntheUnitedStates,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968.ThiswasoneofthemostimportanteventsinmodernAmericanhistory.Onthisday,DrMartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAmerica.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhomurderedhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardabouttheevent.hear—heardmodern现代的;现代化的kill杀死;致死Memphis孟菲斯(美国田纳西州西南部一城市)murder谋杀;凶杀hearabout听说Eventhemosteverydayactivitiescanseemimportant.RobertAllenisnowover40.Hewasjustaschoolstudentatthattime,butherememberswhathewasdoingwhenheheardthenews.“Itwasabright,sunnyday.”Robertremembers.“Wewerehavingfunintheplaygroundwhenthebellrang.Ourteacheraskedustostopwhatweweredoingandlisten.Hetoldusthenews:“DrMartinLutherKingdiedjust10minutesago!Wecouldn’tbelieveit!”Schoolclosedfortheday,andRobertandhisfriendswalkedhometogetherinsilence.bright明亮的;发亮的playground运动场;操场bell钟;铃;门铃ring—rangtell—toldclose关闭silence寂静;沉默insilence静静地DrMartinLutherKing’sMurdertookplaceaboutthirtyyearsago,beforemanyAmericanswereborn.However,inmorerecenttimes,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkwasdestroyedbyterrorists.Eventhedate–September11,2001–hasmeaningtomostAmericans.takeplace发生recent最近的;近来的WorldTradeCenter世界贸易中心destroy破坏;毁坏terrorist恐怖分子meaning意思;含义havemeaningto对…有意义Notalleventsinhistoryareasterribleasthis,ofcourse.ManyAmericansalsosaytheyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhenmanfirstwalkedonthemoononJuly20,1969.Inmorerecenthistory,mostChineserememberwhattheyweredoingwhenYangLiweibecamethefirstChineseAstronautinspace.YangwentintospaceonOctober15,2003.HisflightaroundtheEarthlastedabout22hours.Whenhereturned,hebecameanationalheroinChina,andbecamefamousallovertheworld.as…as像…(一样)become—becameflight航班;班机earth地球hero英雄notall并非所有的Section3AfterYouRead3aMatchtheeventswiththecorrectdates.1.DrMartinLutherKingwasmurdered.2.YangLiweiflewaroundtheEarth.3.TheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYork.4.Manwalkedonthemoonforthefirsttime.September11,2001April4,1968July20,1969March15,1979October15,2003fly—flew3bWriteaboutaneventthatyourememberwell.Givedatesandsaywhyyourememberit,andwhatyouweredoingatthetimewhenyouheardthenews.Section4GoForIt!Doyouthinksomethinggoodcancomeoutofsomethingterrible?Discussinyourgroups.Howcanterribleeventsbringpeopletogether?Whileyouread…•Questions1.WhenwasDr.MartinLutherKingmurdered?2.WherewasDr.MartinLutherKingkilled?3.Whatwastheweatherlikethatday?4.WhathappenedinNewYorkonSeptember11,2001?5.Whendidmanfirstwalkedonthemoon?6.WhobecamethefirstChineseastronauttoflyaroundtheearth?7.HowmanyhoursdidittakeYangLiweitoflyaroundtheearth?Afteryouread…•DoP253a•DoP253bSection4GoForIt!•Discussiontopic:•Doyouthinksomethinggoodcancomeoutofsomethingterrible?•Howcanterribleeventsbringpeopletogether?Homework•Readthetext(P24Section2)again.•Keepthenewwordsinmind.Copythem.•Reviewthewholeunit.Getreadyforthetest.•Pre-readUnit4.Thankyouforlistening!