(共17张PPT)
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A
(3a-3b + 4b)
Warming - up
3a
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
1. Which two events does the writer mention
The writer mentions the September 11 attack in
New York and the earthquake in New Zealand.
2. How did the writer end up missing both events
The writer went to get a coffee first and was not in the office when the plane hit the World Trade Center. He/she had overslept and missed his/her flight, so he/she was able to avoid the earthquake.
Interaction & Extension
Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions.
1.What time did the writer arrive at World Trade
Center on September 11, 2001
2. What did the writer decide to do first
3. How far was the coffee place away from his office
He arrived at about 8:30 a.m.
He decided to get a coffee first.
It was 2 blocks east from my office.
Interaction & Extension
I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 11, 2011 and
realized that my alarm never went off.
B. By the time I got to the airport, my plane to New
Zealand had already taken off.
C. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake
in New Zealand the day before.
D. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day.
E. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.
AEBDC
Read the second paragraph and order the sentences.
Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with each world.
3b
lost: _______ _______________________.
west: ______ _______________________.
below: ______ ________________________.
dead: ______ _______________________.
empty: _____ ______________________.
found
I found money on the floor.
east
The sun rises in the east.
There was a bird flying above us.
above
alive
The writer is still alive.
full
The bottle is full of water.
1.世贸中心
2.正打算做…突然
3.两个街区
4.排队/ 插队
5.盯着…
6.不相信的
7.从床上跳起
8.直接去机场
9.盘算，心中想
10.变成
Research & Extension
the World Trade Center
be about to …when
two blocks
wait / cut in line
stare at
in disbelief
jump out of bed
go straight to the airport
turn into
think to oneself
I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
正打算做…突然：
be about to…when
我正打算去学校，突然开始下雨。
I was about to go to school when it began to rain.
昨晚我刚要开电脑，突然停电了。
I was about to turn on the computer when the electricity
was cut off last night.
Puzzling sentences
我正要上楼，这时我决定先去买杯咖啡
stare at...
盯着…：
We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above
the burning building.
不要像那样看着我。
Don’t stare at me like that.
不信任地：
in disbelief
他不信任的上下打量我
He looked at me up and down in disbelief.
我们直愣愣地盯着燃烧着的大楼上升起的黑烟，无法相信。
Practice makes perfect
His mother is dead, but this father is a man _____.
A. living B. lively C. alive D. live
2. --- Do you know when he came back
--- Yes. At about twelve. I was just about ____ to bed.
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
3. The plane is flying ____ the clouds.
A. on B. off C. into D. above
4. She didn’t _____ at the meeting yesterday afternoon.
A. show up B. show off C. attend D. show around
5. Who’s the greatest man ______
A. live B. alive C. living D. lively
3c
Retell one of the events to your partner. Use these words and phrases to help you.
stare, in disbelief, take off, unexpected, burn, above, alive, till / until, arrive at, be about to, even though
On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building in the morning and was about to enter the office building, when suddenly I decided to buy a coffee. The unexpected thing came about when I was waiting in the line that a plane crashed the office building where I work. People were staring at the burning plane in disbelief. How dangerous it was!
4b
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
By the time I arrived at the party, everyone else _____
already __________.
2. When he put the noodles into a bowl, he realized he ___________to add the green beans.
3. By the time my mother came back from the market , I ____ already __________ the door to go for my piano lesson.
rush out, forget, arrive at, go into, show up ,find out
showed up
had
had forgotten
had
rushed out
4. Before she got to the airport, she ____________ about
the earthquake.
had found out
5. When she _________ the movie theater, she
remembered she had forgotten to feed her dog.
6. Before she got a chance to say goodbye, he ____________ the building.
arrived at
had gone into
1.世贸中心
2.正打算做…突然
3.两个街区
4.排队/ 插队
5.盯着…
6.不相信的
7.从床上跳起
8.直接去机场
9.盘算，心中想
10.变成
Summary
the World Trade Center
be about to …when
two blocks
wait / cut in line
stare at
in disbelief
jump out of bed
go straight to the airport
turn into
think to oneself
Some key phrases
Practice makes perfect
Life is ______ the unexpected. Whatever we do, try our
best.
A. full of B. proud of C. instead of D. because of
2. ---What’s this
--- Oh, my god. It’s a gift for James. I forgot _____ it
this afternoon.
A. to post B. posting C. post D. posted
3. The people who are more confident have more ______ to
make themselves successful.
A. education B. chances C. pride D. excuses
