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Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
你还记得你在做什么吗？
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.
人们常常记得当他们听到历史上重要事件的消息时他们在做什么。
In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4,19-68.
例如，在美国，许多人都记得他们在1968年4月4日所做的事情。
This was an important event in American history.
这是美国历史上的一件大事。
On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
在这一天，马丁·路德·金博士被杀。
Although some people may not remember who killed him,
虽然有些人可能不记得是谁杀了他，
they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
他们记得听到这个消息时正在做什么。
Robert Allen is now over 50,
罗伯特·艾伦现在50多岁了，
but he was a school pupil at that time.
但他当时是一名小学生。
"I was at home with my parents, "
“我当时和父母在家，”
Robert remembers. "
罗伯特回忆道。"
We were eating dinner in the kitchen
我们正在厨房吃晚饭，
when we heard the news on the radio.
这时我们从收音机里听到了这个消息。
The news reporter said,
新闻记者说，
'Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago'.
“金博士10分钟前去世了”。
My parents were completely shocked
我的父母完全震惊了！
My parents did not talk after that,
我父母在那之后就不说话了，
and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence. "
我们沉默地吃完了剩下的晚餐。"
More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing ,
最近，大多数美国人都记得自己在做什么，
when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
当纽约世贸中心被恐怖分子拆毁时。
Even the date-September 11,2001-has meaning to most Americans.
即使是2001年9月11日，对大多数美国人来说也有意义。
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget.
这是凯特·史密斯永远不会忘记的一天。
She remembers working in her office near the two towers.
她记得自己在双塔附近的办公室工作。
"My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center
“我的朋友喊道，一架飞机刚刚撞上世贸中心！
I didn't believe him at first,
起初我不相信他，
but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true.
但后来我看着窗外，意识到这是真的。
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that. "
我太害怕了，从那以后我几乎不能清晰地思考。"
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