1. Life is full of the unexpected.
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Life is full of the unexpected.

2. Life is full of the unexpected.
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.

3. watch a video !

4. alive
活着，有生气的
in disbelief
不相信
stare at
盯着看

5. Before reading 着火的，燃烧的 在……上面；在上面 above burning 着火，燃烧
burn (burnt,burnt;burned,burned)
着火，燃烧

6. Skimming 快速浏览 Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
1.How many events does the writer mention?
2. Which two events does the writer mention?
A. the September 11 attack in New York
B. the earthquake happened on May 12,2008
in Sichuan Province,China
C.the earthquake in New Zealand
Two

7. Scanning 仔细阅读 Read Paragraph 1 carefully and answer the questions.
1.What time did the writer arrive at the World
Trade Center on September 11,2001 ?
2.Did the writer decide to have breakfast first when he was about to go up?
3.When was the writer hear a loud sound?
4.How did the writer and others stare at the black
smoke rising above the burning building ?
5.Did the writer feel lucky or unlucky to be alive?

8. 1.What time did the writer arrive at the World Trade Center on September 11,2001 ?
He arrived there at around 8:30 a.m.
2.Did the writer decide to have breakfast first when he was about to go up?
No.
be going to do something very soon

9. 3.When did the writer hear a loud sound?
As he was waiting in line with other office workers.
与……成一排
4.How did the writer and others stare at the black smoke rising above the burning building ?
They stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building
5.Did the writer feel lucky or unlucky to be alive?
He felt lucky to be alive.

10. Scanning 仔细阅读
Read Paragraph 2 carefully and put the sentences in order.
A.I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21，2011 and
realized that my alarm had never gone off.
B. By the time I got to the airport ,my plane to New
Zealand had already taken off.
C. The next morning ,I heard about the earthquake in
New Zealand the day before.
D. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next
day.
E. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.
=until A E B D C

11. Scanning 仔细阅读
Read Paragraph 2 carefully and put the sentences in order.
A.I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21，2011 and
realized that my alarm had never gone off.
E. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.
B. By the time I got to the airport ,my plane to New
Zealand had already taken off.
D. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next
day.
C. The next morning ,I heard about the earthquake in
New Zealand the day before.

12. Scanning 仔细阅读
Read the whole passage carefully again and complete(完成) the chart in your groups.
Event
Date
Place
How did the writer end up missing both events? 1 2

13. Scanning 仔细阅读
Read the whole passage carefully again and complete(完成) the chart in your groups.
Event
Date
Place
How did the writer end up missing both events? 1 2
The World Trade Center was hit by a plane.
He decided to get a coffee first from a coffee place two blocks away.
September 11,2001
In New York
He missed his plane to New Zealand.
February 21，2011
In New Zealand
Earthquake

14. west After reading 3b 1.lost: _____ ________________________ found
Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with each word.
1.lost: _____ ________________________
2.west: _____ ________________________
3.below:_____ ________________________
4.dead : _____ ________________________
5.empty:_____ ________________________
found
east
above
alive
full

15. After reading 3c 9.11 attack earthquake Retell(复述) one of the events .
arrive at ; be about to , even though; wait in line with… ，hear a loud sound ; hit ; stare in disbelief,above, burning ; alive.
earthquake
wake up ;jump out of bed ; take off ; full , wait,till ; the next morning , hear about ; turn into .
e.g. On September 11,2001,I arrived at my……

16. After reading 3c 9.11 attack earthquake Retell(复述) one of the events .
arrive at ; be about to , even though; wait in line with… ，hear a loud sound ; hit ; stare in disbelief,above, burning ; alive.
earthquake
wake up ;jump out of bed ; take off ; full , wait,till ; the next morning , hear about ; turn into .
e.g. On September 11,2001,I arrived at my……

17. After reading 3c earthquake 9.11 attack Retell(复述) one of the events .
September 11,2001,arrived at ; go up , decided to get a coffee ;favorite coffee place , two blocks east ; waiting in line with… ，heard a loud sound ; had hit my office building ; stared in disbelief,above, burning ; felt lucky.
February 21,2011, woke up ;jumped out of bed , airport ; got to the airport , had taken off ; full , wait,till ; the next morning , heard about ; bad luck , unexpectedly,turned into .

18. 1.It's rude to _________(盯着看) other people.
2.He listened to this strange story ____________
(怀疑). 
3.The plane is flying _______(在……上面) the
clouds.
4.Luckily , she was ____ after the earthquake.
A. living B. live C. lively D. alive
stare at
in disbelief
above

19. 5. I didn’t believe he could drive ____ he told me. A. once B. while C
5.I didn’t believe he could drive ____ he told me.   A. once  B. while  C. since  D. till
6.He ___________(即将) leave the city.
7.At last , I ran away from the _______
(burn)building.
is about to
burning

20. Live in courage
and 
face the life with smile.

21. happened to yourself . 1.Read the whole passage aloud several times
2.Remember the new words and phrases.
3.Practice narrating a past event
happened to yourself .