Reading八年级人教新目标下册Unit3WhatwereyoudoingwhentheUFOarrived?WordstudyflightplaygroundbellearthI’mahero.You’reahero,too.heroterrorist恐怖分子murder谋杀;凶杀destroy破坏;毁坏kill杀死;致死WorldTradeCenterSeptember11,2001tragedy悲剧tusnami[tju:na:mi]海啸Section1BeforeYouReadLiuXiangwonthegoldmedalatthe2004Olympics.Whatwereyoudoingwhenyouheardthenews?Beijingwasmadehosttothe2008Olympics.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。Section2WhileYouReadPeopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.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AnswerthefollowingquestionsReadParagraph1:WhydomanypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968?BecauseDrMartinLutherKingwaskilledinthecityofMemphisinAmericaonthisday.ReadParagraph2:WhatwasRobertAllendoingwhenheheardthenews?Hewashavingfunintheplaygroundwhenthebellrang.ReadParagraph3:WhenwastheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkdestroyedbyterrorists?ItwasonSeptember11,2001.ReadParagraph4:WhydidYangLiweibecomeanationalheroinChina?BecausehewasthefirstChineseastronautinspace.Manwalkedonthemoonforthefirsttime.Section3AfterYouReadJuly20,1969YangLiweiflewaroundtheEarth.October15,2003DrMartinLutherKingwasmurdered.April4,1968TheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYork.September11,20011.DrMartinLutherKingwasmurdered.2.YangLiweiflewaroundtheEarth.3.TheWorldTradeCenterwasdestroyedinNewYork.4.Manwalkedonthemoonforthefirsttime.September11,2001April4,1968July20,1...
