新目标八年级下2014版英语最新教材 - 图文

Section B

1a Think of a time when you were late for or couldn’t go to

an event. What was the event? What was the reason why you were late or couldn’t go? Tell your partner the story.

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?

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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. ____1___Kate left the house. ________Kate waited for someone to walk by. ________Kate realized her bag was still at home.

1d Talk about why Kate missed the school basketball competition. Student A

begins a sentence with while or when. Student B completes the sentence.

A：When the school basketball competition started …

B：When the school basketball competition started, Kate was still making her way to school.

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2a Look at the pictures and title in the passage. What do you think the passage is about?

2b Read the passage and answer the questions.

1.What are the two events in the passage? 2. When did they happen?

Reading the Title and First Sentences

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 Do You Remember What You Were Doing?

before you read the whole text.

People often remember what they were doing when

they heard the news of important events in history. In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. This was an important event in American history. On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.

Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time. “It was a bright, sunny day,”

Robert remembers. “We were having fun in the playground when the school bell rang. Our teacher said, ‘Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.’ We were completely surprised!” School closed for the day, Robert and his friends walked home in silence.

More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. Even the

date-September 11, 2001-has meaning to most Americans.

This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers working in her office near the two towers. “My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center! I didn’t believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that.”

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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 playing soccer when Dr. King was killed. ___________3.Robert and his friends were surprised to hear the news.

___________4.Kate Smith was watching a movie when a plane hit the tower. ___________5.Kate didn’t think her friend was telling the truth about the event.

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. There was no school for the rest of the day. Robert and his friends went home without saying anything.

3. September 11, 200 — the date alone means something to most people in the US. 4. I had trouble thinking clearly after that because I was very afraid.

2e How much do you remember about the events in the passage? Test your partner.

A：When did Dr. Martin Luther King die? B：He died on …

3a Make notes about an event you remember well. What was the event? When did it happen? Where did it happen? What were you doing? What were your friends doing? Why was it important? Why do you remember this event?

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3b Write a short article about the important event in 3a. Try to write three paragraphs.

First, write about the event (when and where it happened).

Next, write about what you and some of your friends were doing when this event happened. Then, write about why this event was important. An important event that I remember well was _____________. It happened in/on _______________at/in ____________________________. When I heard the news of this event/When this event happened, I was____________________________ . My friends were ______________________. This event is very important to me because _________________________./I remember this event well because _____________________________________.

Self Check

1 Fill in the blanks with when or while.

1. ____________I was walking home from school, I saw a strange light in the sky. But________________ I pointed it out to my friend, it went away.

2. ________________I told my older brother about the strange light in the sky, he just laughed and didn’t believe me.

3. _____________my brother was laughing, the television news reported that other people had seen the light as well.

2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.

When I ____________ (be) in the sixth grade, I __________(join) a piano competition. I ___________(practice) for four hours every day and my piano teacher_________(come) three times a week to___________(help) me. Then the big day finally__________(arrive). I________(be) so nervous when they____________(call) my name. I________(go) up and_________(start) to play. While I__________(play), everyone________(sit) still and listened. I played the song without any mistakes. Then I_________(wait) for them to call out the winner. When I__________(hear) my name, my heart_________(beat) so quickly I thought I would stop breathing. I couldn’t believe it. I___________(win)! It___________(be) the happiest day of my life!

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