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Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came? At 11:00 am last Sunday, I was riding a bike in the park. Revision I was watching someone swimming at 11:10 am last Sunday. At 11:15 am last Sunday…. At 11:20 am last Sunday ... 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月的第三个星期一作为马丁·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? 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 before you read the whole text. Do You Remember What You Were Doing? 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. “I was at home with my parents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, ‘Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.’ My parents were completely shocked! My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner 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