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UNIT 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A(3a-3c)
Reading 1
To learn new words and phrases.
block, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, alive, airport, till, west,
was about to, in line with, in disbelief, think to oneself, turn..into...
To narrate past events.
Learning objectives
2
Watch a video
She is a lucky woman.
What do you think of the woman?
The two unexpected events happened to the writer.
The first unexpected thing
The second unexpected thing
Is he a lucky or unlucky man?
Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para. 1 The earthquacke in
New Zealand
Para. 2 The September 11
atrract in New York
Fast-reading
How much do you know about the two events ?
The September 11 atrract in New York
Para. 1
Read para. 1 carefully and answer the questions.
Careful-reading
1.When did the September 11 atrract
happened?
2.What did the writer decide to do first?
3.What happened to his office building?
4.How did the writer feel after the event
happened?
On September 11, 2001
The writer decided to get a coffee.
The first plane hit his office building.
The writer felt lucky to be alive.
[əˈlaɪv]adj. 活着
The writer is a lucky person
Read Para.1 again and finish the mind map.
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.
Post-reading
Did the writ