初中英语人教新目标版八年级下 Unit 3 reading 课件.pptVIP

Unit 3 Do you remember what you were doing? Reading The earthquake in Wenchuan happened on May 12, 2008. : earthquake Time: May 12, 2008 Place: Wenchuan, Sichuan Do you remember what you were doing? Event thing that happens, esp. sth important Do you remember what you were doing? People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. P1 Even the most everyday activities can seem important. P2 Dr Martin Luther King’s murder took place about thirty years ago, before many Americans were born. P3 Not all events in history are as terrible as this, of course. P4 The text may tell us: the important events in history things people were doing at that time people’s feelings/the author’s opinion ______________________________ Yang liwei ________________ Man first walked on the moon ________________ ______ ______________________________ September 11,2001 ____________ _______________ 1.______ April 4,1968 Dr Martin Luther King was killed Memphis in America The World Trade Center in New York was destroyed by terrorists New York July 20,1969 October 15,2003 became the first Chinese astronaut in space Please get the information about the and fill in the chart. When Who What Where events Read the text and answer the following questions. The text tells us four events ,How many of them are about Americans? What are they? How did Americans feel when Dr Martin Luther King was murdered? How do you know that ? 3. Who was Dr Martin Luther King? People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history. In the United States, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. This was one of the most important events in modern American history. On this day, Dr Martin Luther King was killed in the city of Memphis in America. Although some people may not remember who murdered him, they remember what they were doing when they heard a