新目标英语八年级下册unit3_reading_ppt.ppt

Look at the pictures of these famous events. Talk about them in small groups. When did they happen? What were you doing, or where you when you heard the news? Unit 3 ReadingDo you remember what you were doing? Language points heard hear 的过去式 hear about 听说 Have you heard about him from anywhere? 你从什么地方听到过他吗？ kill 杀死；致死（不带任何感情 ） murder 谋杀（有目的的、有不好色彩的） He was killed yesterday, but nobody know who murdered him. 他昨天被害了，可是没有人知道谁谋杀了他。 Unit 3 What were you doing when the UFO arrived? Reading Section 1 Before You Read Hong Kong returned to the motherland. Beijing was made host to the 2008 Olympics. The World Trade Center in New York was destroyed. Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Yang Liwei flew around the Earth. The earthquake in Wenchuan occurred. Beijing 2008 Olympics opened. The celebration meeting for 60th of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square. take place 发生 recent 近来的,新近的 World Trade Center 世界贸易中心 destroy 破坏,毁坏 terrorist 恐怖分子 meaning 意义,意思,含义 as... as... 象...一样 became 变得 flight 飞行,,航班,逃跑 earth 地球 hero 英雄 flew fly的过去式 Beijing International Airport 北京国际机场 heard hear的过去式 modern 现代的 kill 杀,杀戮; Memphis 孟菲斯(美国城市) murder 谋杀,凶杀 hear about 听说 bright 明亮的,阳光的 playground . 操场 bell 钟,铃 rang ring 的过去式 told tell的过去式(分词) silence 沉默,寂静; Dr Martin Luther King was murdered. Do you know this man? What do you know about him? 马丁·路德·金（1929年1月15日－1968年4月4日），著名的美国民权运动领袖。1948年大学毕业。1948年到1951年间，在美国东海岸的费城继续深造。1963年，马丁·路德·金晋见了肯尼迪总统，要求通过新的民权法，给黑人以平等的权利。1963年8月28日在林肯纪念堂前发表《我有一个梦想》的演说。1964年度诺贝尔和平奖获得者。1968年4月，马丁·路德·金前往孟菲斯市领导工人罢工被人刺杀，年仅39岁。1986年起美国政府将每年1月的第三个星期一定为马丁路德金全国纪念日。 Section 2 While You Read 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.