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课件网) Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section A 3a-3c Language Goal: Narrate past events Life is full of the unexpected. Let’s scan How many events are mentioned in this passage What are they Two. the earthquake in New Zealand The September 11 attacks in New York How did the writer end up missing both events When Where How the Sep.11 Attacks Feeling On September 11, 2001. I felt lucky_____. I arrived at my building _____. I was _____ go up when I decided to _____. The coffee place was _____ from my office. miss event When I waited _____other office workers, the first plane __ my office building. We _____ at the black smoke rising above the burning building. about to get a coffee first in line with hit two blocks east to be alive stared in disbelief In New York. Read Para.1 carefully and finish the mind map. at around 8:30 a.m 2.What did the writer decide to do first 1.What time did the writer arrive at World Trade Center that day 3.How far was the coffee place from his office 4.What happened to his office building 5.How did the writer feel after the event happened September 11 attacks were made by human beings. How did the writer end up missing the first event Read Para.2 carefully and finish the mind map. How did the writer end up missing the second event When Where How Feeling My bad luck had _____ ____a good thing. I _____ ____ ___ bed and _____ _____to the airport. By the time I _____ __ the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already _____ ____. turned into The other planes were _____ so I had to wait _____ the next day. jumped out of went got to taken off full till February 21,2011. In New Zealand. the earthquake The earthquake was caused by nature. straight In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the world Trade Center. 1. ____ September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up 2.____ I decided to get a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east 3.____ my office. 4.____ I was waiting in line 5.____ other office workers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside to see 6._____ was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising 7._____ the burning building. I felt lucky to be alive. The first event Interaction when from with what above On As Almost 10 years later, I 1.____ up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off. I jumped 2.___ of bed and went straight to the airport. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand 3.___ already taken off.“This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and now I’ve 4._____ my plane. 5._____ bad luck!” I thought to 6._____. The other planes were full so I had to wait 7.___the next day. The next morning, I 8._____ about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had 9._____ turned into a good thing. The seco ... ...
