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Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A (1a-3C)
1
Careful reading
Let’s do a scanning!
How did the writer end up missing both events?
The writer went to get a coffee first and was not in the office when the plane hit the World Trade Center.
The writer had overslept and missed the flight, so he avoided the earthquake.
以……结束
2
Read Para. 1 and finish the mind map.
While-reading
When
Where
How
Feeling
I felt lucky____________.
I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was _______ go up when I decided to _______________. The coffee place was ______________ from my office.
miss
event
By the time 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
had hit
two blocks east
to be alive
stared
in disbelief
the September
11 event in New York
On September 11, 2001.
In New York.
be about to do sth
将要做某事
in line with
与......成一排
stare v. 盯着看,凝视
disbelief n.
不信,怀疑
September 11 attacks were made by human beings.
3
Read Para. 2 and finish the mind map.
While-reading
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 ___ ____.
unexpectedly turned into
the
earthquake in New Zealand
The other planes were _____ so I had to wait ______ the next day.
jumped out of
went straight
got to
taken off
full
till
February 21,2011.
In New Zealand.
The earthquake was caused by nature.
4
February 21,2011
felt lucky to be alive
The September 11 attack in New York
The earthquake in New Zealand
September 11,2001
events
Time
Process
Feeling
bad luck had turned into a good thing
①arrived at my building
②decided to get a coffee
first
③was waiting in line
④heard a loud sound
⑤the first plane had already
hit my office
①my alarm had never gone off
②jumped