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阅读短文，回答问题。
Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
你记得当时你在做什么吗？
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.
当人们听到一个重大历史事件的消息时，他们通常都记得自己正在做什么。
In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968.
例如，在美国，许多人都记得在1968年4月4日他们在做什么。
This was an important event in American history.
这是美国历史上的一个重大事件。
On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
在这一天，马丁·路德·金博士被杀害了。
Although some people may not remember who killed him, they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
尽管有些人可能不记得是谁杀害了他，但他们都记得当听到这个消息时他们在做什么。
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time.
罗伯特·艾伦现在50多岁了，但那时他还是一个小学生。
"I was at home with my parents, " Robert remembers.
"我当时和我的母一起在家里，"罗伯特回忆说
"We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio.
"当我们从广播中听到这个新闻时，我们正在厨房里吃晚饭。
The news reporter said, 'Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago'.
那个新闻记者说'金博士就在十分钟前去世了'。
My parents were completely shocked!
我的父母都十分震惊！
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence. "
在那之后，我的父母没有说话,我们默默地吃完了剩下的晚餐。"
More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists.
最近，绝大多数美国人都记得当纽约的世贸大厦被恐怖分子摧毁时他们正在做什么。
Even the date-September 11, 2001-has meaning to most Americans.
甚至2001年9月11日这个日子对大多数美国人来说都具有特殊的含义。
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.
她记得当时她正在距两座塔楼不远的办公室里工作。
"My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center!
我的朋友惊呼一架飞机刚刚撞上了世贸大楼！
I didn't believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true.
我最初不相信他，但接着我往窗外看，意识到那是真的。
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that. "
我是那么害怕以至于我几乎不能清楚地想起那之后的事了。
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