Unit 12 Life is full of unexoected Section A2

九年级全一册

Section A Period Two

Words Review

block in line with... worker stare disbelief above burn burning alive airport till west

n. 街区 (与......)成一排 n. 工人 v. 盯着看；凝视 n. 不信；怀疑 prep. 在......上面 v. 着火；燃烧 adj. 着火的；燃烧的 adj. 活着；有生气的 n. 机场 prep. & conj. 到；直到 adv. 向西；朝西

Mr. Bean was attending a math exam. He reviewed trigonometry (三角 学), but he took out the paper of Calculus(微积分). What happened next? Let’s enjoy a video.

To learn to use the new words and phrases. block, in line with, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, burning, alive, airport, till , west To learn to use the sentence pattern: Life is full of the unexpected. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.

911事件

“9·11事件”又称“911恐怖袭击事件”、 “美国911事件”等，指的是美国东部时间 2001年9月11日上午(北京时间9月11日晚上) 恐怖分子劫持的4架民航客机撞击美国纽约世 界贸易中心和华盛顿五角大楼的历史事件。 包括美国纽约地标性建筑世界贸易中心双塔 在内的6座建筑被完全摧毁，其它23座高层建 筑遭到破坏，美国国防部总部所在地五角大 楼也遭到袭击。

2011年2月22日中午12时51分，新西兰 第二大城市克莱斯特彻奇发生里氏6.3级 强烈地震，震源深度距离地表仅有4公里。 新西兰警方表示，地震共造成182人遇难， 成为新西兰80年来死伤最为惨重的地震。

2· 22新西兰克莱斯特彻奇地震

Before you read Look at the photo, and the questions in 3a on page 91. Then answer the questions below.1.What does this passage may talk about? It may talk about some disasters, and they have severe damages to property and residents . 2.What kind of disasters do you know? Earthquakes, storms, aircraft crashes, oil spill, nuclear disaster, terrorist attack, virus (eg. Ebola)

While you readRead Paragraph 1 and answer the questions below.

1. What time did the writer arrive at 1.World He arrived at the building at around Trade Center on September 11, 8︰ 30 in the morning. 2001? 2.What did the writer decidefirst. to do first? 2. He decided to get a coffee

3.How far away waseast the office place from 3. It was two blocks from his office. his office?

Read Paragraph 2 and make the correct order of the following sentences.

A. 1 I woke up at 10:00 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm never went off. B. 3 By the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand the day before. C. 5 The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand had already taken off. D. 4 The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. 2 E. I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.

3a Read the passage and answer the questions.

1.Which two events does the writer 1. The writer mentions the September 11 mention? attack in New Yo

rk and the earthquake in New Zealand.

2.How did thewent writer up missing both 2. The writer to end get a coffee first events? and was not in the office when the plane hit the World Trade Center. He/She had overslept and missed his/her flight, so he/she was able to avoid the earthquake.

3b Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with each word.

1.lost: _____ found I ___________________________ found the money on the floor. 2.west: _____ east __________________________ The sun rises in the east. 3.below: above _____ There _________________________ were a large bird flying _________ above us. 4.dead: _____ alive __________________________ His family was so happy to ____________________ hear he was still alive. 5.empty: _____ _________________________ full The train was so full that I couldn’t get on the train at all. __________________________

Incident

Date

Place

How did writer end up missing both events?

He decided to The world After you get a coffee Trade In New first from a 2001.9.11 read Center York coffee place Read the passage again and was hit by two blocks fill in the blanks. a plane away. In New He missed his 2011.2.22 Zealand plane to New Zealand.

Earthquake

3c Retell one of the events to your partner. Use these words and phrases to help you.

stare in disbelief take off unexpected burn above alive till/until arrive at be about to even though

1. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. be about to “忙于；即将做某事” 侧重于表示动作马上就要发生 常与when引导的从句连用，但不与具 体的时间状语连用 One of my friends is about to have her second baby. 我的一个朋友马上就要生第二个小孩了。

2. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. even though “即使， 虽然， 尽管”, 用于引导让步状语从句 block n. 街区 He’s the best teacher, even though he has the least experience. 他虽然经验最少，却是最好的老师。