英语下阅读难点4 book2.pdf

Unit4

ActiveReading[1]

StartingPoint(p44)

1Matchtheheadlineswiththeevents.

1theattackontheWorldTradeCenterinNewYork

in2001(twoheadlines)

Americanunderattack;Terrorinthesky

Terroristsfromagroupcalledhijacked

fourpassengerjetsandcrashedtwooftheminto

enormousbuildings(theTwinTowers)inNewYork

City,killingaround3,000people.Thethirdplane

wascrashedintoaWashingtonbuilding(the

Pentagon)andthefourthcrashedafterpassengers

attackedthehijackers.

2thefirstnamedpaceflightin2003

countsdowntospacelaunch

ThelaunchproceededsmoothlyandsentYang

LiweiintheShenzhouVspacecraftintoorbitround

theearth,makingthethirdcountrytoputa

manintospace.

3thefirstmoonlandingin1969

TheEaglehaslanded

TheApollo11missiontookmentotheMoonforthe

firsttime.OnJuly20th,1969theLunarModule

descendedtothesurfaceandNeilArmstrongtook

thefirststepontheMoon.Themodulewasnamed

Eagle,aftertheAmericannationalbird.

4thesuccessfulmatingoftwogiantpandasinan

Americanzoo(1983)

Pandaromanceblossomsincapital

ThePRCgavetheUStwopandasasagestureof

friendshipin1972.LingandlingandHsingHsing

becamethestarsofWashingtonNationalZoo.The

cubof1983unfortunatelydiedjustafterbirth.

Theirothercubsdidnotlivelongeither.LingLing

diedin1992,andHsingHsingdiedin1999.

5theassassinationoftheUSin1963

Kennedyassassinated:arrestsuspect

Thepopularyoung35th,JohnF,Kennedy,

waskilledbyagunshotwhendrivingthrough

Dallas,Texasin19