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Period 2
Section A (3a-3c)
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
What can you see and what do you know from the pictures
3a Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Which two events does the writer mention
The planes hit the World Trade Center.
The earthquake happened in New Zealand.
2. How did the writer end up missing both events
The first time the writer decided to get a coffee before working. The second time the writer got up late and missed the plane.
end up doing sth. 以做某事而告终
end up with 以……而结束
end up as 最终成为……
Life Is Full of the Unexpected
In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8: 30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. ① I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. ② As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. ③
Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. ④ I felt lucky to be alive. ⑤
Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10: 00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.
But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off. “This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and now I’ve missed my plane. What bad luck! ⑥ ” I thought to myself. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. ⑦ The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing. ⑧
3b Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with each word.
1．lost: ________ _________________________________
2．west: ________ _________________________________
3．below: _______ _________________________________
4．dead: _______ _________________________________
5．empty: _______ ________________________________
found
I found a dog lying on the street.
east
Shanghai is in the east of China.
above
There is a red flag above the blackboard.
alive
To our surprise, he is alive.
full
The basket is full of fruit.
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
e.g. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my...
①I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
be about to do sth. 刚要做某事; 即将做某事
考点1
表示即将发生的动作, 在时间上指最近的将来。不能与immediately, tomorrow 等词连用, 但可与when 构成be about to do... when... 句型, 此时, when 意为“这时”。
考向
表达将要做某事的结构有：be going to do sth.
be to do sth. will/ shall do sth.
e.g. I was about to go to bed last night when there was a knock on the door.
昨天晚上我正要上床睡觉, 这时有敲门声。
Hurry up. The plane is about to take off.
快点, 飞机就要起飞了。
考题1：—Why were you late for school this morning, Tom
—I was about to go to school _______ it began to rain.
A. since B. while C. as D. when
D
【点拨】本题用语境分析法。be about to do sth. 意为“ 刚要做某事”，常与when 引导的从句连用。表示某个动作刚要进行时另一件事突然发生。
decide to do sth. 决定做某事
e.g. He decided to study harder and catch up with other students.
他决定更加努力地学习, 赶上其他同学。
We decided not to go swimming because of the bad weather.
由于天气不好我们决定不去游泳。
考点2
否定形式为decide not to do sth.
拓展：decide on 意为“决定; 选定”, 后接名词、代词或动词-ing。
e.g. Would you like to decide on another time
您要不要选定别的时间？
“决心做某事”的表达：
① determine to do sth.
② make up one’s mind to do sth.
③ make a decision to do sth.
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考题2：[襄阳] 出于新冠肺炎的影响，老师们决定工作日在线上教英语。(decide)
Because of the COVID-19, the teachers ________________
________________________________________________.
【点拨】分析语境可知，“决定”发生在过去，故用一般过去时。decide to do sth. 意为“决定做某事”。
decided to teach
English online on weekdays
②I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.
even though 即使, 尽管
e.g. He went there alone even though he was a little frightened.
尽管他有点害怕, 他还是独自去了那里。
考点3
even though不能与but连用。
even though 为连词，
引导让步状语从句。
辨析：even though 与even if
even though 引导的从句内容往往是真实的, 主要用于引出不利于主句情况的信息, 相当于汉语的“尽管、虽然”。
even if 引导的从句往往是假设性的, 相当于汉语的“即使、纵然、就算、 哪怕”。
e.g. They’ll stand by you even if you don’t succeed.
即使你不成功, 他们也会支持你。
He went out even though it was raining.
尽管正在下雨, 他还是出去了。
I will have a try even though/if I may fail.
哪怕失败, 我也要试一下。
在实际运用中even though和even if 可互换。
考题3：[丹东] The teacher still spoke very loudly _______ he had a sore throat.
A. so that B. as soon as
C. as long as D. even though
【点拨】句意：尽管他喉咙痛，老师仍然大声说话。so that 以便；a s soon a s一…… 就……；as long as 只要；even though 尽管。
D
block /bl k/ /blɑ k/ n. 街区
e.g. He walked around the block three times.
他绕着这个街区转了3 圈。
考点4
block 的其他词义：
n.（方形平面）大块；大楼
v. 阻碍
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③As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound.
wait in line 排队等候
e.g. We’re supposed to wait in line. 我们应该排队等候。
It’s impolite to cut in line while shopping.
购物时插队是不礼貌的。
They stood in a line and went into the library.
他们站成一排，进入了图书馆。
考点5
与……成一排，常用在动词wait，stand等之后。
站成一排
考题4：顾客正在收银机旁排队，没有人想插队。
Customers are ________ ________ ________ at the cash register, and no one wants to cut in line.
waiting in line
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④We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.
stare /ste /, /ster/ v. 盯着看; 凝视
考点6
stare 为不及物动词, 后常接介词at。
e.g. She stared at the footprints, full of fear.
她盯着脚印, 充满了恐惧。
考向
辨析：stare 与look
stare 指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视, 有时含有无礼的意味。
look 指集中注意力看, 强调动作, 后接宾语时要加at, 也可单独使用, 以引起对方的注意。
e.g. It’s impolite to stare at others.
盯着别人是不礼貌的。
Please look at the picture. What can you see
请看图片。你能看到什么
拓展：stare 还可以作名词, 意为“凝视; 注视”。
e.g. She gave me a blank stare. 她面无表情地盯着我。
考题5：The man s at us like a tiger facing a group of rabbits.
tared
in disbelief怀疑地，难以置信地
考点7
in disbelief 为固定短语, 在句中作状语, 常与stare at sb.、shake one’s head 等搭配使用。
e.g. Bill’s family stared at him in disbelief.
比尔的家人难以置信地盯着他。
考向
disbelief 是由否定前缀dis- 加belief 构成。是不可数名词，意为“不信；怀疑”。
“in+ 表示情感的名词”可用作状语，表示一种情感状态。常见的有：
①in anger 愤怒地
②in surprise 惊讶地
③in excitement 兴奋地
④in despair 绝望地
考题6：我们直愣愣地盯着燃烧着的大楼上升起的黑烟，无法相信这一切。
We stared ________ disbelief at the black smoke ________ above the burning building.
【点拨】根据中英文对照可知，“直愣愣地”表示人们是难以置信的状态；in disbelief“难以置信地”，固定短语；rise“升起”，动词。此处用其现在分词形式rising 表示smoke 与rise 之间的主动关系。
in
rising
(重点) above / 'b v/ prep. 在……上面 adv. 在上面
e.g. The plane flew above the clouds.
飞机在云层上方飞行。
Put it on the shelf above.
把它放在上面的搁板上。
考点8
作介词
作副词
辨析：above, over 与on
词义 两物体之间的关系 反义词
above 在……上方 不接触, 不垂直 below
over 在……正上方 不接触, 垂直 under
on 在……上面 有接触面
e.g. She lifted her hands above her head.
她双手举过头顶。
There are two bridges over the river.
河上有两座桥。
I put the book on the desk.
我把书放在了桌子上。
拓展：above 作介词时, 还可意为“超过”, 表示数量、数目等方面超过, 还可以表示在质量、重要性等方面超过。
e.g. The temperature is above zero today.
今天气温在零度以上。
He is above the others in ability.
他的能力优于其他人。
考题7：[绍兴改编] The moon was a the tall tree in the east.
【点拨】月亮在树的上方，并且不与树表面接触，所以用介词above。
bove
burning adj. 着火的; 燃烧的
e.g. Teachers are often compared to burning candles.
教师经常被比喻为燃烧的蜡烛。
I believe nobody likes the burnt toast.
我觉得没有人喜欢吃烤焦了的面包片。
考点9
adj. 烧焦的；烧伤的
burn 的常见短语：
① burn out 烧尽；熄灭
② burn down 烧毁
拓展：(1) burn 作动词, 意为“着火; 燃烧”, 既可作及物动词, 也可作不及物动词。(burnt, burnt; burned; burned)
e.g. Take care not to burn your fingers. 注意别烧着指头。
(2) burn 还可作名词, 意为“烧伤; 烧痕”。
e.g. There are several burn marks on the table cover.
桌布上有几处烧痕。
考题8：[ 河北改编] 你能闻到一些烧焦的东西吗？去看看发生了什么事情。
Can you smell ___________ ___________ Go and see what’s happening.
something burning
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⑤I felt lucky to be alive.
alive / 'la v/ adj. 活着; 有生气的
考点10
构词法记单词
许多动词变形容词常在词首加a-，常见的有：
① a + live = alive 活着
② a + sleep = asleep 睡着的
③ a + wake = awake 醒着的
alive 的常见表达：
① bring sth. alive 使某物变得活跃
② keep sb./sth. alive 使某人或某物活着/继续存在
辨析：alive, living, live 与lively
alive 意为“活着; 有生气的”, 修饰人或动植物, 可作表语、宾语补足语或后置定语, 但不作前置定语。反义词为dead。
living 意为“活着的”, 修饰人或物, 可作表语或前置定语。作表语时相当于alive。
live 意为“活的”时作形容词, 可修饰人或物, 作前置定语。它还有“现场直播的”之意。
lively 意为“活泼的; 生气勃勃的”, 修饰人或物, 常描述人及其行为或活动, 作表语或定语。
e.g. He is one of the most famous writers still alive.
他是仍然健在的最著名的作家之一。
Water is very important for all living things in the world.
水对世界上所有的生物都很重要。
We were so excited to see the real live elephants.
看到活生生的大象我们非常兴奋。
Do you know the girl who is lively at the party
你认识那个在聚会上活泼的女孩吗？
考题9：[ 泰州] The documentary For the Sake of Peace (《为了和平》) brings the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (抗美援朝战争) ________ on screen.
A. living B. lively C. alive D. live
【点拨】考查形容词辨析。living 活着的，可修饰人，也可修饰物；lively 活泼的；生气勃勃的；alive 活着的，着重于状态；live 活的，可修饰人或物，作前置定语。bring sth. alive on screen 意为“使某物鲜活地呈现在屏幕上”，固定搭配。
C
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⑥What bad luck!
感叹句
考点11
感叹句是表达喜、怒、哀、乐以及惊奇、惊讶等强烈感情的句子, 通常由 what 或how 引导。
考向
此句是what 引导的感叹句，what 后接名词，名词前加形容词bad。这里省略了主语和谓语。
感叹句的用法歌诀：感叹句很简单，what, how 放句前；
how 后跟形或副，what 后把名词连；名词如果是单数，
前面冠词a 或an；主语、谓语放后面，省略它们也常见。
what 引导 感叹句 What+a/ an+ 形容词+ 可 数名词单数(+ 主语+ 谓语) ！ What a beautiful season autumn is! 秋天是一个多么美丽的季节啊！
What+ 形容词+ 可数名词 复数或不可数名词(+ 主语+ 谓语) ！ What valuable suggestions you gave me! 你给了我多么宝贵的建议啊！
how 引导 感叹句 How+ 形容词或副词(+主语+ 谓语) ！ How pale her face looks!
她的脸看上去是多么苍白！
How+ 主语+ 谓语！ How time flies! 时光飞逝！
考题10：[营口] —Look! The kids are playing on the playground.
—________ great time they are having!
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
【点拨】考查感叹句。句子中心词是time，短语have a good time，此处符合“What+a/an+adj.+ 可数名词单数+ 主语+谓语”的结构，应用What a 引导感叹句。
C
考题11：[绥化] —I went to the charity (慈善机构) as a volunteer last Saturday.
—Good job! ________ valuable the experience was!
A. What B. How C. What a
【点拨】句子是感叹句， 中心词是形容词“valuable” ，此处符合句型结构“How+adj.+ 主语+谓语！”。
B
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⑦The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day.
till /t l/ prep.& conj. 到; 直到
考点12
till 既作介词也作连词, 相当于until, 引导时间状语从句。具体用法有：
用在肯定句中, 句中(主句) 的谓语动词用延续性动词, 表示该动作或状态一直持续到till/ until 所表示的时间为止。
考向1
e.g. He was reading books till/ until 10:00 p.m.
他读书一直读到晚上十点。
用在否定句中, 句中(主句) 的谓语动词用短暂性动词, 表示该动作或状态直到till/ until 所表示的时间才发生。常用于not... till/ until... 结构, 意为“直到……才……”。
e.g. We didn’t know the result until the match finished.
直到比赛结束我们才知道结果。
考向2
拓展：till 不能用于句首, 也不能用在以not 开头的短语或从句里, 而until 可以。
e.g. Until now I have always lived alone.
直到现在我仍然一直独自生活。
Not until 9:00 yesterday evening did we finish the work.
直到昨晚九点, 我们才完成这项工作。
考题12：[铁岭、葫芦岛] I don’t understand my teacher’s great love _______ I become a teacher myself.
A. if B. until C. since D. though
【点拨】考查连词词义辨析。由前面的not 可知，not 与until 搭配， 意为“直到……才……”。if 如果；since 自……以来；though 虽然，尽管。
B
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⑧My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.
turn into 变成
e.g. Some people have turned into live streamers.
一些人变成了网络主播。
We can do an experiment to turn water into ice.
我们可以做一个实验, 把水变成冰。
考点13
turn A into B 意为“把A 变成B”。
turn 构成的短语：
① turn on 打开
② turn up（把音量）调高
③ turn in 上交，提交
④ turn off 关掉
⑤ turn down（把音量）调低；拒绝
⑥ turn over 翻身；翻转
⑦ turn left/ right 左转/右转
辨析：turn into 与change into
turn into 既指形式上的改变, 也指状态上和本质上的改变。
change into 强调外在形式上的改变。
e.g. The big table turns into a bed. 大桌子变成了一张床。
A few weeks later, winter turned into spring.
几周过后，冬去春来。
She changed into the working clothes. 她换上了工作服。
考题13：一年内，她从问题儿童变成了模范学生。
In one year she _________ from a problem child _________ a model student.
turned
into
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本节课主要学习了作者描述的两件生活中出乎意料的事, 在学习短文的同时掌握了知识点end up missing, be about to…when…, wait in line, stare, alive的用法。
