2dRole-playtheconversation.Matt:Whywereyoulateforclasstoday,KevinKevin:Myalarmclockdidn’tgooff!Ikeptsleeping,andwhenIwokeupitwasalready8:00a.m.!Matt:Oh,no!Kevin:SoIjustquicklyputonsomeclothesandrushedoutthedoor.Matt:Youdidn’teatbreakfastKevin:No,Ididn’tevenbrushmyteethorwashmyface!ButbeforeIgottothebusstop,thebushadalreadyleft.Matt:ThenhowdidyougethereKevin:Luckily,Carl’sdadsawmeonthestreetandgavemealiftinhiscar.Matt:Well,atleastbythetimeyougottoschool,youwereonlyfiveminuteslateforclass.SectionA

3a-3cUnit12Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.earthquakeflood

洪水typhoon臺(tái)風(fēng)

snowstorm

暴風(fēng)雪mudslide

泥石流

aircrash

空難sandstorm

沙塵暴tsunami

海嘯unexpectedthingsinourlivesHaveyoueverseenormetanythingunexpectedLeadinInourlives,someoftheunexpectedeventscomefromnature,andsomearemadebyhumanbeings.Todaylet’slearnsomeunexpectedeventsthathappenedtothisgirl.theearthquaketheSeptember11thattacks3aP91LifeIsFulloftheUnexpectedWhichtwoeventsdoesthewritermention“9·11事件”又稱“911恐怖襲擊事件”、“美國(guó)911事件”等，指的是美國(guó)東部時(shí)間2001年9月11日上午，恐怖分子劫持的4架民航客機(jī)撞擊美國(guó)紐約世界貿(mào)易中心WorldTradeCenter和華盛頓五角大樓ThePentagon的歷史事件。包括美國(guó)紐約地標(biāo)性建筑世界貿(mào)易中心雙塔在內(nèi)的6座建筑被完全摧毀，其它23座高層建筑遭到破壞，美國(guó)國(guó)防部總部所在地五角大樓也遭到襲擊。“911”事件是發(fā)生在美國(guó)本土的最為嚴(yán)重的恐怖攻擊行動(dòng)，遇難者總數(shù)高達(dá)2996人。September11attacksweremadebyhumanbeings.BackgroundOnSeptember11th,in2001,somethingunexpectedhappenedinAmerica.AplanehittheWorldTradeCenter.Thebuildingwereburning.Andtheblacksmokeroseabovethetwobuildings.AnearthquakehappenedonFeb.22ndinNewZealand.Housesandbusesweredestroyed.2011年2月22日中午12時(shí)51分，新西蘭第二大城市克萊斯特徹奇發(fā)生里氏6.3級(jí)強(qiáng)烈地震，震源深度距離地表僅有4公里。新西蘭警方表示，地震共造成182人遇難，成為新西蘭80年來死傷最為慘重的地震。克萊斯特徹奇因?yàn)樵馐軓?qiáng)烈地震的破壞而變成一片廢墟。Somedisastersarecausedbytheforcesofnature.ReadPara.1carefullyandanswerthequestions.1.WhattimedidthewriterarriveatWorldTradeCenteronSeptember11,20012.Whatdidthewriterdecidetodofirst3.Howfarawaywasthecoffeeplacefromhisoffice4.Whathappenedtohisofficebuilding5.HowdidthewriterthinkaftertheeventhappenedThewriterarrivedatWorldTradeCenterataround8:30a.m.Thewriterdecidedtogetacoffeefirst.Itwastwoblockseastfromhisoffice.Itwashitbyaplaneandtheblacksmokerisingabovetheburningbuilding.Thewriterfeltluckytobealive.3aInMay2001,IfoundajobinNewYorkattheWorldTradeCenter.OnSeptember11,2001,Iarrivedatmybuildingataround8:30a.m.Iwasabouttogoup

whenIdecidedtogetacoffeefirst.Iwenttomyfavoritecoffeeplace

eventhoughitwastwoblockseastfrommyoffice.AsIwaswaitinginlinewithotherofficeworkers,Iheardaloudsound.BeforeIcouldjointheothersoutsidetoseewhatwasgoingon,thefirstplanehadalreadyhitmyofficebuilding.Westaredindisbeliefattheblacksmokerising

above

theburningbuilding.Ifeltluckytobealive.beabouttodo:準(zhǔn)備做某事evenif/though即使waitinline(withsb):排隊(duì)等候某人cutinline插隊(duì)hit--hit--hitstareindisbelief:難以置信地盯著disbelieve(v)不信任，懷疑ReadParagraph2andmakethecorrectorderofthefollowingsentences.

Iwokeupat10:00a.m.onFebruary21,2011andrealizedthatmyalarmneverwentoff.B.BythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.C.Thenextmorning,IheardabouttheearthquakeinNewZealandthedaybefore.D.TheotherplaneswerefullsoIhadtowaittillthenextday.E.Ijumpedoutofbedandwentstraighttotheairport.13542Almost10yearslater,Iwokeupat10:00a.m.onFebruary21,2011andrealizedthatmyalarmneverwentoff.Ijumpedoutofbedandwentstraighttotheairport.ButbythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.“ThisisthefirstholidayI’vetakeninayear,andnowI’vemissedmyplane.Whatbadluck!”Ithoughttomyself.TheotherplaneswerefullsoIhadtowaittillthenextday.Thenextmorning,IheardabouttheearthquakeinNewZealandthedaybefore.Mybadluckhadunexpectedly

turnedintoagoodthing.thinktooneself:自言自語(yǔ)unexpectedly(adv)出乎意料地IncidentsDatePlaceHowdidwriterendupmissingbothevents?TheworldTradeCenterwashitbytwoplanesSeptember11th,2001InNewYorkThewriterdecidedtogetacoffeefirst,sohewasnotinthebuilding.EarthquakeFebruary,22nd,2011InNewZealandThewriteroversleptandmissedhisplanetoNewZealand.Readthepassageagainandcompletetheform.3aendupdoing:以做某事而告終20012011WhicheventbelongstoMan-MadedisastersWhicheventbelongstoNaturaldisasterMan-Madedisasters(人禍)Naturaldisasters(天災(zāi))Earthquake9.11AttacksFindwordsfromthepassagewithoppositemeaningstothewordsbelow.1.lost:2.west:3.below:4.dead:5.empty:foundeastabovealivefull1.Ifound____________onthefloor.2.Thesunrisesintheeast.3.Therewasalarge______flyingaboveus.4.MyEnglishteacherisstill

alive.5.ThetrainwassofullthatIcouldn’tgetonthetrainatall.themoney

bird

3b3cRetelloneoftheeventstoyourpartner.Usethesewordsandphrasestohelpyou.stare,indisbelief,takeoff,unexpected,burn,above,alive,till/until,arriveat,beaboutto,eventhoughOnSeptember11,20