Unit 3 Reading:

Do you remember what you were doing ?

Brian StormBrian Storm Play a game: Ask two students to come to the blackboard. Back to back, one does an action, the other answers what he/she was

doing?

Self-Check

1. The girl___________when she saw a car accident.

2. I was so tired this morning. It was difficult to ____________of bed.

3.My flight to New York______________ from Beijing International Airport.

4.It was raining when the plane __________in London.

5. Don’t _________! I can hear you.

shopping

get out

took off

landed

shout

10:00-11:00 had English class

9:00-9:30 at the doctor’s

12:00-1:00 had lunch with her mother

2:00-3:30 at the visited aunt in hospital

4:00-5:00 went shopping

While He Yan was at the doctor’s, I was going to the class.

While He Yan was at the doctor’s, I was going to the class.While she was having an English class, I was having a test. While she was having lunch with her mother, I was playing inthe park. While she was visiting her aunt in hospital, I was studying in the classroom.While she was going shopping, I was going home.

Circle the words that don’t belong.

1. Walk clim jump down alien

2. Bathroom bedroom newspaper kitchen

3. Barber UFO cut hair barber shop

4. When scared while how long

Look at the pictures of these famous events. Talk about them

in small groups. When did they happen? What were you doing, or where were you when you hea

rd the news?

Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics

Where were you when you heard the news?I was in…What were you doing ?I was…

21:30 on August 27th,2004

When did it happen?It happened at 21:30 on August 27th,2004.

Beijing was made host for the 2008 Olympics

Where were you when you heard the news?I was in…What were you doing ?I was…

July 13th,2001

When did it happen?It happened on July 13th,2001.

Names Activities he/she was doing

Groupwork:What were you doing when it happened?

Who was he?

Do you know anything about him?

Dr Martain Luther King

be killed= be murdered

April 4, 1968

Memphis

murder—murdered

Robert Allen

Have fun in the playground

tell--told

could’t believe

World Trade Center

destroy--destroyed

terrorists

take place

September 11,2001

has meaning to…

July 20, 1969

Walk on the moon

first Chinese astronaut in space

go into spacefly around the earth for 22 hours on October 15,2003

National hero

Listen to the tape, then answer the following questions:

1. Why did people remember April 4, 1968 in the United States?

2. What was Robert Allen doing when Martin was murder?

1. Because Martin Luther King was killed.

2. He was having fun in the playground.

Scan this text, match the events with the correct dates.

1. Dr Martin Luther King was murdered.

2. Yang Liwei flew around the Earth.

3. The World Trade Center was destroyed in New York.

4. Man walked on the moon for the first time.

A. September 11, 2001

B. April 4, 1968

C. July 20, 1969

D. March 15, 1979

E. October 15, 2003

Read the text slowly, find out the anwers to some more questions.

1.What do many American people remember? Why?2.Where was Martin Luther king killed?3.What was Robert Allen when Martin Luther King was killed?4.What was he doing when he heard the news?5.What did their teacher ask them to do then?6 .Who destroyed the World Trade Center? Was that a terrible event in history?7.Who became the first Chinese astronaut in space?8.What did he do in space?9.What did he became when he returned?.

Answer these questions:

Write about an event that you remember well. Give dates and say why you remember it, and what you were doing at the time when you heard the news.

Writing

Do you think something good can come out of something terrible? Discuss this question in your groups.How can terrible events bring people together?

Discuss

Divide the whole class into two groups. Each team thinks of 5 questions. You must know the answer. Then ask and answer the questions in turn. Which team knows more? 

have a quiz