Unit 3 Grade 8 Do you remember what you were doing? Gaoxin NO.1 High School Cheng Jun

Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics

Beijing was made host to the 2008 Olympics

I HAVE A DREAM I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Do you know them? 1. Martin Luther King was murdered. July 20, Yang Liwei flew around the earth. September11, The World Trade Center was October 15, 2003 destroyed in New York. 4. Man walked on the moon for the April4,1968 first time.

Can you answer these questions? 1. What was one of the most important events in modern American history? 2. How did Robert know the news that Martin Luther King was killed? 3. What were Robert and his friends doing when the school bell rang? 4. Do you remember the date of October 15,2003 well? Why?

Can you catch the meaning? 1. The passage tells that ________________. A. Deng did a lot to make the country richer. B. Deng also worked for Hong Kong ’ s return to the motherland. C. Deg brought back the college examination system in China. D. All above. D

2. Deng’s idea of opening up helps our country ______________. A. win the war against Japan B. win the War of Liberation C. develop more quickly D. learn new skills 3. Hong Kong returned to our motherland in ________. A B C D C D

4. We can learn from the passage that Deng paid much attention to _________. A. the China Youth Development Foundation B. a fund for young science lovers C. the growth of the young people D. the college examination system C

Oct.12, 2005

Nov.11, 2001

Nov.11,2005

Feb. 15, 2006

Talking and writing in groups Do you remember it well? Why? When did it happen? What were you doing when you heard the news?

Homework Read the passage and try to retell it to your partner. Write about an event that you remember well or something happened to you. Give dates and say why you remember it, and what you were doing at the time when you heard the news.

Thank you!