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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
(Section A 3a)
A helicopter
（直升机）
is burning.
The smoke is
rising above …
workers
[ b n ]
[ 'b v]
[ w k (r)]
a helicopter accident
an unexpected
Life is full of the unexpected.
What unexpected things might happen to the writer
an earthquake
an explosion
(爆炸)
a storm
Let’s predict!
How many events are mentioned in the passage
Two unexpected events are mentioned in the passage.
2. What are the events about
Let’s read for general information!
Let’s read for details!
911 incident
(911事件)
World Trade Center
be built in 1973
Manhattan, New York
symbol
…were hit by two planes driven by terrorists(恐怖分子).
a loud noise
was burning
Black smoke was rising above the burning building.
a terrible terrorist attack(恐怖袭击)
when
where
911 incident
(911事件)
on September 11, 2001
in New York,
America
an earthquake
on February 22, 2011
in New Zealand
/'zil nd/
February 22
February 21
in different time zones
(在不同时区)
February 21
February 22
Oceania(大洋洲)
to the southeast of…
/ i ɑ ni /
What a terrible
disaster(灾难)!
Let’s read for details!
when
where
911 incident
(911事件)
on September 11, 2001
in New York,
America
an earthquake
on February 22, 2011
in New Zealand
/'zil nd/
terrible
events
1.Did the writer get hurt in any of the events
No. He avoided being hurt because he
ended up missing both events.
2.How did the writer miss both events
Let’s read for details!
3.How did the writer feel in these events
September 11, 2001
how he missed the event
how he felt
… was about to…when…
… went to…even though…
two blocks east from…
…arrived at… at around 8:30
main streets
a block
September 11, 2001
how he missed the event
how he felt
… was about to…when…
… went to…even though…
two blocks east from…
unbelievable/unexpected
lucky to be alive
…arrived at… at around 8:30
… was waiting in line with…,
Before he_________ the others outside to see what was going on,
the first plane _______________ his office building.
could join
had already hit
“We stared in disbelief at the black smoke
rising above the burning building.”
February 21, 2011
how he felt
overslept
By the time he ________the
airport, his plane to New
Zealand__________________.
…were full ,…had to wait till…
angry/upset
(bad luck)
lucky/happy
The next morning,…heard
about…the day before.
how he missed the event
got to
had already taken off
“This is the first holiday I have taken in a year, and I have missed my plane. What bad luck!”
“My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.”
Let’s read and imitate!
September 11, 2001
February 22, 2011
This morning, I arrived at my
office building at 8:30. I ______
________ to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. So I went to my favorite coffee place _____ _______ it was two _______ east from my office. As I was waiting ____ ______ with other office workers, the World Trade Center _____ ____ by a plane. I ______ ___the smoke ____ ______ and felt lucky to be _______.
Yesterday, I _______ in the morning. _____ the time I went to the ________, the plane to New Zealand ____ already______ ____. I had to wait _____ the next day. I thought it was ____ ______. But this morning, I heard about the _____________ in New Zealand. I thought my bad luck had unexpectedly _________ ______a good thing.
was
about
even though
blocks
in line
was hit
stared at
in disbelief
alive
overslept
By
airport
taken off
till
bad luck
earthquake
Complete the two diaries according to what you have learned.
had
turned into
Let’s think further!
Do you think the writer’s experiences were good or bad
Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
塞翁失马，焉知非福。
He lost his job and missed his holiday journey.
He saved his life in the end.
We can never know what will happen in the future,
but we can cherish(珍惜) what we have now.
Homework:
1. Finish 3b on page 91.
2. Find sentences with “when”, “as”, “before”, “by the time” in the passage and think about the tenses(时态) of the sentences.中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. (Section A 3a)
Homework Sheet
I. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the brackets (用所给词的适当形式填空)
1. By the time we woke up, the sun _______________ (rise) up high in the sky.
2. By the time he was 14, he _____________ ( set up ) a small chemistry lab of his own.
3. When we _______(arrive) at the station, they _____________(wait) for more than twenty minutes.
4. One of the men couldn’t move, because he ______________ (break) his legs.
5. They __________________(have) breakfast before they ______________(arrive) at the hotel.
II．Join these two sentences together with before, by the time, when.（用before, by the time, when连接两个句子）
1.The sun set. We returned to the hotel.
2. I did not understand the problem. He explained it.
3. He finished homework. His parents went home.
plete the article. (用所给词的适当形式补全短文)
I had an amusing experience last year. After I 1. _______________ (leave) a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I 2. _______________(stop) and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he 3. _______________ (get) into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he 4. ___________(reply) in the same language. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I 5. __________________ (reach) the town soon, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, “Do you speak English ” As I soon learnt, he was English himself.
Answers:
I 1. had risen 2. had set up 3. arrived, had waited 4. broke 5. had had, arrive
II 1. Before/By the time/When the sun set, we had returned to the hotel.
Before/By the time/When we returned to the hotel, the sun had set.
2. Before he explained it, I had not understood the problem.
3. Before/By the time/When his parents went home, he had finished homework.
III 1. had left 2. stopped 3. had got 4. replied 5. had reached
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