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Unit 14 I remember meeting all of you in Grade 7. Section A 3a-3c 九年级(全) Objectives To learn the poem I remember To learn some useful words and expressions overcome graduate caring ours look back at make a mess keep one’s cool Free talk Life is full of the unexpected. flood洪水 typhoon台风 earthquake地震 tsunami海啸 mudslide泥石流 snowstorm雪灾 sandstorm沙尘暴 air crash空难 A Very Lucky Man Today I will tell you about some unexpected events that happened to me. Lead-in Pre-reading How many events are mentioned?What are they? Look and predict. Two. 9.11 attack and an earthquake in New Zealand. How many parts can we divide the passage into? Two. “9·11事件”又称“911恐怖袭击事件”、“美国911事件”等,指的是美国东部时间2001年9月11日上午(北京时间9月11日晚上)恐怖分子劫持的4架民航客机撞击美国纽约世界贸易中心World Trade Center和华盛顿五角大楼The Pentagon的历史事件。包括美国纽约地标性建筑世界贸易中心双塔在内的6座建筑被完全摧毁,其它23座高层建筑遭到破坏,美国国防部总部所在地五角大楼也遭到袭击。“911”事件是发生在美国本土的最为严重的恐怖攻击行动,遇难者总数高达2996人。 September 11 attacks were made by human beings. 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。克莱斯特彻奇因为遭受强烈地震的破坏而变成一片废墟。 Some disasters are caused by the forces of nature. Listen and find out the sentences with had+done. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off. 我还来不及钻入人丛中去看个究竟,第一架飞机已冲进我的办公室大楼。 但是,我到机场的时候,我的去新西兰的航班已起飞了。 Reading task My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing. 我的坏运气出乎意料地变成了好事情。 3a Read the passage 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. 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. 2. How did the writer end up missing both events? Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. When and where