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P353a The Storm Brought People Closer Together Ben could gear strong winds outside his home in Alabama.Black couds were making the sky very dark. With no light outside ,it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. Everyone in the neighborhood was busy.Ben｀s dad was putting pieces of wood over the windows while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working. She also put some candles and matches on the table. Ben was helping his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows.Afterdinner,they teied to play a card game,but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. Ben could not sleep at fist .He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00a.m. When he woke up,the sun was rising.He went out side with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. Fallen trees,broken windows and rubbish were everywhere.They joined the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart,it brought families and neighbors closer together. P382b 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 peple 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 aschool 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 report said, ‘Dr.King deied 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 the were doing when the World Trade Center in New Yo