Unit12Section+A3a-3c课件2022-2023学年人教版九年级英语全册.

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section A (3a-3c) Learning aims 1 掌握单词、短语:block, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, alive, airport, till, west, cream, workday, pie, bean, market, in line with, show up, by the end of 掌握句子:Life is full of the unexpected. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. By the time I got back to school, the bell had rung. 2 掌握过去完成时,能读懂描述难以预料的事情的文章。 3 2 2011年2月22日 新西兰大地震 What can you see in the picture? What happened in New Zealand on Feb.22nd? I think there was an earthquake in New Zealand on that day. 2·22新西兰克莱斯特彻奇地震 2011年2月22日中午12时51分,新西兰第二大城市克莱斯特彻奇发生里氏6.3级强烈地震,震源深度距离地表仅有4公里。新西兰警方表示,地震共造成182人遇难,成为新西兰80年来死伤最为惨重的地震。 4 1. Can you guess what the passage is about? 2. Can you imagine what happened to the writer? Life is full of the unexpected. 3a Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. Which two events does the writer mention? 2. How did the writer end up missing both events? The writer mentions the September 11 attack in New York and the earthquake in New Zealand. 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. Skimming 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. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. 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. I felt lucky to be alive. Scanning 1 Read para 1 and answer the questions. Read paragraph 2 and make the correct order of the following sentences. I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on Febr