Unit 3 Reading:

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Unit 3 Reading Do you remember what you were
doing ?
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Brian 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?
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Self-Check
shopping

• 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. Dont _________! I can hear you.

get out
took off
landed
shout
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900-930 at the doctors
1000-1100 had English class
1200-100 had lunch with her mother
200-330 at the visited aunt in hospital
400-500 went shopping
While He Yan was at the doctors, I was going to
the
class.
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While He Yan was at the doctors, 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 in the park. While
she was visiting her aunt in hospital, I was
studying in the classroom. While she was going
shopping, I was going home.
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Circle the words that dont 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

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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 heard the news?
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2130 on August 27th,2004
Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004
Olympics
When did it happen?
It happened at 2130 on August 27th,2004.
Where were you when you heard the news? I was
in What were you doing ? I was
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July 13th,2001
Beijing was made host for the 2008 Olympics
When did it happen?
Where were you when you heard the news? I was
in What were you doing ? I was
It happened on July 13th,2001.
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Groupwork What were you doing when it happened?
Names Activities he/she was doing



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Who was he? Do you know anything about him?
be killed be murdered
April 4, 1968
Memphis
murder murdered
Dr Martain Luther King
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Robert Allen
Have fun in the playground
tell--told
couldt believe
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World Trade Center
September 11,2001
destroy--destroyed
has meaning to
terrorists
take place
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July 20, 1969
Walk on the moon
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first Chinese astronaut in space
go into space fly around the earth for 22 hours
on October 15,2003
National hero
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• Listen to the tape, then answer the following
  questions
• 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.
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Scan this text, match the events with the correct
dates.

1. September 11, 2001
2. April 4, 1968
3. July 20, 1969
4. March 15, 1979
5. October 15, 2003

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.

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Read the text slowly, find out the anwers to some
more questions.
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Answer these 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?.
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Writing
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.
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Discuss
Do you think something good can come out of
something terrible? Discuss this question in
your groups.How can terrible events bring
people together?
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have a quiz
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?