人教版八年级英语下册unit5 Period 4课件.pptVIP

Unit 5  What were you doing when  the rainstorm arrived? ;Revision: when vs. while ;Think of a time when you were late for or couldnt go to an event. What was the event? What was the reason why you were late or couldnt go? Tell your partner the story.;Listen and write short answers to the questions.;Listen again. Number the events [1-6] in the order they happened.;;Do you know the world-famous speech I Have a Dream? It is given by Martin Luther King.;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年获得诺贝尔和平奖。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月的第三个虽期 一作为马丁.路德.金全国纪念日。;Do you know the “911” event that shocked the world? ;世界贸易中心(World Trade Center) 简称“世贸中心”，是一个由两座并立的塔式摩天楼(被称作“双子塔”)、四座办公楼和一座旅馆组成的建筑群，主体于1973年建成使用，曾以世界最高的双子塔闻名于世，是美国纽约的地标之一。2001年9月11日，世贸中心被恐怖分子用所劫持的民航班机撞毁，这就是举世震惊的“9·11事件”。; Look at the pictures and the title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about?;The title can be helpful for you to understand a text. It is also a good idea to read the first sentence of each paragraph before you read the whole text.;Read the passage and answer the questions.; 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.;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 co