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Do You Remember What You Were Doing?
你还记得你当时正在做什么吗？
People often remember what they were doing when they heard the news of important events in history.
当人们听到历史上重大新闻事件的时候，他们总能记住那时候他们正在做什么。
In America, for example, many people remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968. This was an important event in American history.
比如在美国，许多人们都记得在1968年4月4日那天他们正在做什么。这是美国历史上的一件重大事件。
On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. Although some people may not remember who killed him,
这一天，马丁·路德·金博士被刺杀。虽然有些人或许记不清是谁刺杀了他，
they remember what they were doing when they heard the news.
但是他们记得当听到这条新闻时他们正在做什么。
Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school pupil at that time.
罗伯特·艾伦已经50多岁了，但是那时候他还是一个学生。
"I was at home with my parents," Robert remembers. "We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio.
“我和父母正在家里，”罗伯特回忆道，“我们正在厨房吃晚饭，收音机就播放了这条新闻。
The news reporter said, 'Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago.' My parents were completely shocked!
新闻是这样说的，‘金博士就在10分钟前被刺杀’。我的父母当时完全震惊了！
My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in silence."
之后他们一句话都没有说，我们静静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.
而最近，很多美国人都记得当世贸中心被恐怖分子摧毁的时候他们正在干什么。
Even the date - September 11, 2001 - has meaning to most Americans.
甚至2001年9月11日这个日期对很多美国人来说都意义非凡。
This was a day Kate Smith will never forget. She remembers working in her office neat the two towers.
这是凯特·史密斯永远无法忘记的一天。她记得当时她在双塔附近的办公室里工作。
"My friend shouted that a plane just hit the World Trade Center!
“我的朋友大声惊呼道，一架飞机撞上世贸大楼！
I didn't believe him at first, but then I looked out the window and realized that it was true.
我起初并不相信，但是当我透过窗户往外看的时候，我才意识到这是真的。
I was so scared that I could hardly think clearly after that."
我当时非常害怕，以至于后来发生了什么我都记不清了。”
