Look at the picture and talk about what
they were doing when the plane hit the
World Trade Center.
What was/were
sb. doing when
the plane hit
World Trade
Center?
Sandy
Twin
brothers
Sammy
father
mother
dog
1b Listen and write short
answers to the questions.
1. What event happened at the school yesterday?
2. Who missed the event?
3. Which team won at the event?
What happened to the girl? Let’s listen.
The school basketball competition.
Kate.
John’s team.
1c Listen again. Number the events [1-6] in
the order they happened.
____ Kate saw a dog by the side of the road.
____ Kate got to the bus stop.
____ Kate called the Animal Helpline.
____ Kate left the house.
____ Kate waited for someone to walk by.
____ Kate realized her bag was still at home.
1
2
3
4
5
6
2a Look at the pictures and the title in the
passage. What do you think the
passage is about?
Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
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 Title and First Sentences.
2b. Read the passage and answer the
questions.
1. What are the two events in the
passage?
2. When did they happen?
1. What are the two events in the passage?
2. When did they happen?
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
The World Trade Center in New York
was taken down by terrorists.
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed
on April 4, 1968.
The World Trade Center in New York
was taken down by terrorists
on September 11, 2001.
2c. Read the passage again. Are the
following statements true (T) or
false (F), or is the information
not given (NG)?
___ 1. Everyone in America remembers
who killed Dr. King.
___ 2. Robert Allen was eating lunch when
Dr. King was killed.
___ 3. Robert’s parents were shocked to hear
the news.
___ 4. Kate Smith was watching a movie when
a plane hit the World Trade Center.
___ 5. Kate didn’t think her friend was telling
the truth about the event.
F
F
T
F
T
2d. Underline sentences from the passage
with similar meanings to the ones below.
1. Not everyone will remember who killed him,
but they can remember what they were doing
when they heard that he got killed.
2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.
Although some people may not remember who
killed him, they remember what they were
doing when they heard the news.
We finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone means
something to most people in the US.
4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that
because I was very afraid.
Even the date --- September 11, 2001 --- has
meaning to most Americans.
I was so scared that I could hardly think
clearly after that.
in history
in silence
at first
important events
the rest of....
more recently.
so … that
1. 在历史上
2. 默默地
3. 首先
4. 重要事件
5. 剩余的
6. 更近的
7. 如此......以致
I. 根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子,每空
一词。
1. 昨天下午五点钟你哥哥在做什么?
What ________ your brother ________
at five yesterday afternoon?
2. 昨天我回到家时,我妈妈在洗衣服。
My mother _____ ________ clothes
________ I ________ home yesterday.
was washing
was doing
when got
3. 你做作业时,你妹妹在干什么?
What ________ your sister ________
________ you ________ ________
your homework?
while were doing
was doing
Ⅱ. 根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各
题,每空一词(含缩略形式)。
1. I was running in the park at 7:00
yesterday morning. (改为一般疑问句并
作肯定回答)
—________ ________ ________ in the
park at 7:00 yesterday morning?
—________, ________ ________.Yes I was
Were you running
2. I was flying kites with my friends at this
time last Sunday. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ ________ ________ at
this time last Sunday?
3. They were playing basketball from three
to four yesterday. (改为否定句)
They ________ ________ basketball from
three to four yesterday.
weren’t playing
What were you doing
1. Remember the words and
phrases in this lesson.
2. Finish the exercises in the
workbook.