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Unit 5
Section B
Period 2 (2a-2e)
学习目标
Read to learn which two events the passage talks about
To learn new words: passage, pupil, completely, silence, recently, date, tower, truth
Do you know this man? What
do you know about him?
Introduction of Dr .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。
2a. Look at the pictures and title in the
passage. What do you think the passage
is about?
Read the passage and answer the questions.
2b
1. What are the two events in the passage?
Dr. Martin Luther King was killed; the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
2. When did they happen?
April 4, 1968; September 11, 2001.
What was Robert Allen doing when he heard the news?
He was eating dinner in the kitchen.
___ 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
dinner
working in her office
Some people may not remember
Read the passage again. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F), or is the information not given (NG)?
2c
2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
2. No one said anything for the rest of dinner.
We finished the rest of our dinner in silence.
3. September 11, 2001---- the date alone means
something to most people in the US.
Even the date --- September 11, 2001 --- has meaning to most Americans.
2d. Underline sentences from the passage with similar meanings to the ones below.
4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that