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Unit5

Whatwereyoudoingwhentherainstormcame?SectionB1a~2e1a.

Thinkofatimewhenyouwerelatefororcouldn’tgotoanevent.Whatwastheevent?Whatwasthereasonwhyyouwerelateorcouldn’tgo?Tellyourpartnerthestory.

Pre-listening1b.

Listenandwriteshortanswerstothequestions.

Q:Whatisthe

passagemainlyabout?________Katesawadogbythesideoftheroad.________Kategottothebusstop.________KatecalledtheAnimalHelpline.________Kateleftthehouse.________Katewaitedforsomeonetowalkby.________Katerealizedherbagwasstillathome.①1c.

Listenagain.Numbertheevents[1-6]intheordertheyhappened.4261531d.TalkaboutwhyKatemissedtheschoolbasketballcompetition.StudentAbeginsasentencewithwhileorwhen.StudentBcompletesthesentence.A:Whentheschoolbasketballcompetitionstarted...B:Whentheschoolbasketballcompetitionstarted,Katewasstillmakingherwaytoschool.Post-listening1.Katerealizedherbagwasstillathome.realize作及物动词，其后可接名词、代词或从句作宾语。realizev.

理解；领会；认识到e.g.Bobdidn’trealizehismistake.鲍勃没有意识到自己的错误。ListeningisimportantinlearningEnglish,buthedoesn’trealizeit.听力在学习英语中很重要，但他没有意识到这一点。LanguagePointsLet’sPredictLookatthetitleandthepicturesinthebook,whataretheevents?∙

Dr.MartinLutherKing∙

AnAfricanAmericanwhofought

forthecivilrightsfortheblack∙

Hegotkilledin1968.∙

TheWorldTradeCenterinNewYork∙

Itwastakendownbyterrorists.∙

911

(September.

11.

2001)Pre-reading2a.

Lookatthepicturesandtitleinthepassage.Whatdoyouthinkthepassageisabout?Thepassageisabouteventsthathappenedinthepast./ˈpæsɪdʒ/n.章节；段落ReadingtheTitleandFirstSentencesThetitlecanbehelpfulforyoutounderstandatext.Itisalsoagoodideatoreadthefirstsentenceofeachparagraphbeforeyoureadthewholetext.While-reading2b.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1.Whatarethetwoeventsinthepassage?2.Whendidtheyhappen?Dr.MartinLutherKingwaskilled;TheWorldTradecenterinNewYorkwastakendownbyterrorists.April4,1968;Septenmber11,2001.Pleasereadthefirstsentenceofeachparagraghandthenworkoutasummaryofthispassage.ThepassageisabouttwoimportanteventsthathappenedintheUShistory—Dr.MartinLutherKingwaskilledandtheWorldTradeCenterwastakendownbyterrorists.It’salsoaboutRobertAllen’sandKateSmith’smemoriesabouttheseevents.Let’sscan!Readthefirstparagraphandanswerthequestion.∙WhydomanypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968?

BecauseDr.MartinLutherKingwaskilledonthis

dayanditwasanimportanteventinAmerican

history.DoYouRememberWhatYouWereDoing?Peopleoftenrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenewsofimportanteventsinhistory.InAmerica,forexample,manypeoplerememberwhattheyweredoingonApril4,1968.ThiswasanimportanteventinAmericanhistory.Onthisday,Dr.MartinLutherKingwaskilled.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhokilledhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenews.

例如/ɪˈvent/n.

发生的事情；（尤指）重要事情，大事RobertAllenisnowover50,buthewasaschoolpupilatthattime.“Iwasathomewithmyparents,”Robertremembers.“Wewereeatingdinnerinthekitchenwhenweheardthenewsontheradio.Thenewsreportersaid,‘Dr.Kingdiedjust10minutesago’.Myparentswerecompletely

shocked!①

/ˈpjuːp(ə)l/n.学生；（尤指）小学生

/ʃɒkt/v.

使震惊；使惊愕/kəmˈpliːtli/adv.彻底地；完全地Readthelastparagraphandanswerthequestion.∙WhatwasKateSmithdoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterwastakendown?

Shewasworkinginherofficenearthe

twotowers.∙HowdidKateSmithfeelafterthataccident?

Shewassoscaredthatshecouldhardlythinkclearly

afterthat.Morerecently,mostAmericansrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkwastakendownbyterrorists.Eventhedate—September11,2001—hasmeaningtomostAmericans.ThiswasadayKateSmithwillneverforget.Sheremembersworkinginherofficenearthetwotowers.“MyfriendshoutedthataplanejusthittheWorldTradeCenter!Ididn’tbelievehimatfirst,butthenIlooked/ˈriːs(ə)ntli/adv.最近，不久前

拆除

/ˈterərɪst/n.恐怖分子（terrorist的复数）/deɪt/n.日期；日子/ˈtaʊə(r)/n.塔；塔楼outofthewindowandrealizedthatitwastrue.IwassoscaredthatIcouldhardlythinkclearlyafterthat.②”2c.Readthepassageagain.Arethefollowingstatementstrue(T)orfalse(F),oristheinformationnotgiven(NG)?_______1.EveryoneinAmericarememberswhokilledDr.King.

_______2.RobertAllenwaseatinglunchwhenDr.Kingwaskilled.

_______3.Robert’sparentswereshockedtohearthenews.

_______4.KateSmithwaswatchingamoviewhenaplanehittheWorldTradeCenter.

_______5.Katedidn’tthinkherfriendwastellingthetruthabouttheevent.FFTFT/truːθ/n.实情；事实2.Noonesaidanythingfortherestofdinner.1.Noteveryonewillrememberwhokilledhim,buttheycanrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthathegotkilled.2d.

Underlinesentencesfromthepassagewithsimilarmeaningstotheonesbelow.Althoughsomepeoplemaynotrememberwhokilledhim,theyrememberwhattheyweredoingwhentheyheardthenews.Myparentsdidnottalkafterthat,andwefinishedtherestofourdinnerinsilence.3.September11,2001—thedatealonemeanssomethingtomostpeopleintheUS.Eventhedate—September11,2001—hasmeaningtomostAmericans.4.IhadtroublethinkingclearlyafterthatbecauseIwasveryafraid.IwassoscaredthatIcouldhardlythinkclearlyafterthat.MartinLutherKingWhatWhenWhereWhatwasRAdoingHowdid…feelTheWorldTradeCenterWhatWhenWhereWhatwasKSdoingHowdid…feelRetellthestory…waskilled…onApril4,1968…InAmeria…waseating…wascompletelyshocked…September11,2001…inNewYork…wastakendown…wasworking…wassoscaredthatPost-reading2e.Howmuchdoyourememberabouttheeventsinthepassage?Testyourpartner.A:WhendidDr.MartinLutherKingdie?B:Hediedon...1.Myparentswerecompletelyshocked!①completelyadv.彻底地；完全地；完整地e.g.completelydifferent截然不同completelyandutterlybroke彻底破产I’vecompletelyforgottenhername.我完全把她的名字给忘了。Theexplosioncompletelydestroyedthebuilding.爆炸完全毁掉了那栋大楼。LanguagePoints②completeadj.（用以强调）完全的，彻底的；完整的，整个的e.g.Wewereincompleteagreement.我们意见完全一致。acompletechange彻底的变化incompletesilence万籁俱寂acompleteguidetoeventsinOxford牛津大事的全套手册thecompleteworksofTolstoy托尔斯泰全集③completev.完成，结束；使完整，使完美e.g.She’sjustcompletedamaster’sdegreeinLaw.她刚读完法律硕士学位。

Theprojectshouldbecompletedwithinayear.这项工程必须在一年之内完成。Ionlyneedonemorecardtocompletetheset.我只差一张卡片就配齐全套了。1.我完全把她的名字给忘了。I’ve_____________forgottenhername.2.整个事情彻底失败了。Thewholethingwasa___________failure.3.你们有一个小时的时间来完成这次测验。You’reallowedanhourto___________thetest.completelycompletecompleteInstantTraining2.IwassoscaredthatIcouldhardlythinkclearlyafterthat.hardlyadv.

几乎不；几乎没有e.g.There’shardlyanytealeft.没有剩什么茶了。Shehardlyevercallsme(=almostnever).她几乎从未给我来过电话。（尤用于can或could之后，主要动词之前，强调做某事很难）e.g.Icanhardlykeepmyeyesopen(=I’malmostfallingasleep).我困得都快睁不开眼了。IcouldhardlybelieveitwhenIreadtheletter.读到那封信时，我简直不敢相信。（表示不大可能、不合理或愚蠢）e.g.Heishardlylikelytoadmithewaswrong.他不大可能承认自己错了。It’shardlythetimetodiscussitnow.现在还不是讨论的时候。【拓展】①hardly、scarcely和barely均可指刚刚、几乎不，与any和anyone等词以及形容词和动词连用，置于can、could、have、be等与动词的主要部分之间：e.g.Theyhavesoldscarcelyanycopiesofthebook.这书他们几乎没卖出几本。Ibarelyrecognizedher.我几乎认不出她了。Hiswordswerebarelyaudible.他的话勉强听得见。Icanhardlybelieveit.我几乎不敢相信。Ihardlycanbelieveit.（×）②hardly、scarcely和barely为否定词，不应与not或其他否定词连用：e.g.Ican’thardlybelieveit.（×）③hardly和scarcely可表示几乎从不、难得，但barely不这样用：e.g.Shehardly(ever)seesherparentsthesedays.这些日子她难得见到她父母。Shebarelyseesherparentsthesedays.（×）一、根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。1.Readthep__________carefully,thenanswerthequestions.2.

Weares__________thatsuchalittleboyspeaksEnglishsowell.3.

Wecanseetwot__________onthetopofthemountain.4.

Lucysaidnothing,juststandingthereins__________.5.—What’sthed__________today?

—It’sJune3rd.Exercisesassagehockedowersilenceate二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。1.Thereare50__________(pupil)inourclass.2.Jack__________(realize)hismath