Unit 12 Section A 3a-3c 课件 2022-2023学年人教版英语九年级全册

Life is full of the unexpected. Section A Unit 12 Lead-in What can you see in the pictures? Guess what happened. Lead-in A 7.8 magnitude(量级) earthquake struck(侵袭) Turkey on February 6th Lead-in Here are two unexpected events that happened some years ago. Do you know them? 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. 以…结束 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. be about to do sth. 准备做某事 = even if 即使 街区 排队 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. 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. vt. 撞击 stare at 盯着 难以置信地 在…上面 燃烧的 活着的 径直去 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!” I thought to myself. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing. 起飞 直到 意料之外地 变为 3b Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with