Unit12Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.SectionA(3a~3c)Let’swatchavideoDoyouknowthisevent?SeverefloodinginHe'nanHowdoyoufeelaboutit?Scared,sad,worried,shocked...Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.

能理解并運用下列重點單詞和短語:block,worker,above,burn,alive,airport,till,west,inlinewith等。12能通過略讀精讀的閱讀策略,掌握文章大意,了解9?11事件和2011年新西蘭地震事件。目標:能通過略讀精讀的閱讀策略，掌握文章大意，了解9?11事件和2011年新西蘭地震事件Lookthrough3a~3candunderlinethewordsandphrasesyoudon’tknow.Lookupthewordsinadictionaryandwritedowntheirmeanings,afterthatlet'scheck.abovestareburninginlinewithdisbeliefaliveburnwestairporttillworkerblockActivity1LookanddiscussWhereisthecity?What’sthenameofthetwotallbuildings?Doyouknowwhathappenedtothem?theWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkOnSeptember11,2001,somethingunexpectedhappenedinAmerica.TwoplanehittheWorldTradeCenter.Activity2LookanddiscussWhichcountryisthis?IthappenedonFebruary21,2011.

Doyouknowwhathappendtothebuildings?AnearthquakeinNewZealandBackground1.September11thattack“9·11事件”又稱“911恐怖襲擊事件”、“美國911事件”等，指的是美國東部時間2001年9月11日上午（北京時間9月11日晚上）恐怖分子劫持的4架民航客機撞擊美國紐約世界貿易中心WorldTradeCenter和華盛頓五角大樓ThePentagon的歷史事件。包括美國紐約地標性建筑世界貿易中心雙塔在內的6座建筑被完全摧毀，其它23座高層建筑遭到破壞，美國國防部總部所在地五角大樓也遭到襲擊?！?11”事件是發(fā)生在美國本土的最為嚴重的恐怖攻擊行動，遇難者總數(shù)高達2996人。September11attacksweremadebyhumanbeings.2.EarthquakeinNewZealandBackground2011年2月22日中午12時51分，新西蘭第二大城市克萊斯特徹奇發(fā)生里氏6.3級強烈地震，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。克萊斯特徹奇因為遭受強烈地震的破壞而變成一片廢墟。Somedisastersarecausedbytheforcesofnature.skimmingReadandfindoutthesentenceswithhad+done.BeforeIcouldjointheothersoutsidetoseewhatwasgoingon,thefirstplanehadalreadyhitmyoffcebuilding.ButbythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.我還來不及鉆入人群中去看個究竟，第一架飛機已沖進我的辦公室大樓。但是，我到機場的時候，我的去新西蘭的航班已起飛了。Mybadluckhadunexpectedlyturnedintoagoodthing.我的壞運氣出乎意料地變成了好事情。Activity3Task13aReadthepassageandanswerthequestion.Whichtwoeventsdoesthewritermention?ThewritermentionstheSeptember11attackinNewYorkandtheearthquakeinNewZealand.Task2CarefulreadingReadpara.1carefullyandfillintheblanks.Task1When(event)Where(event)What(writer)How(writer)September11,2001NewYork(WorldTradeCenter)arrivedatthebuilding,decidedtogetacoffeefirst,waitedinlinewithothers,heardaloudsound,sawaplanehitthebuildingHefeltlucky.Event1:9.11attackTask2Readpara.2carefullyandfillintheblanks.Event2:EarthquakeWhen(event)Where(event)What(writer)How(writer)February21,2011NewZealandBythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.AndtheotherplaneswerefullsoIhadtowaittillthenextday.Hisbadluckhadunexpectedlyturnedintoagoodthing.Howdidthewriterendupmissingbothevents?IncidentDateplaceTheWorldTradeCenterwashitbyaplane.September11,2001InNewYorkHedecidedtogetacoffeefirstfromacoffeeplacetwoblocksaway.EarthquakeinNewZealand.February21,2011InNewZealandHemissedhisplanetoNewZealand.Readthepassageagainandfillthechart.3bFindwordsfromthepassagewithoppositemeaningstothewordsbelow.Writeasentencewitheachword.1.lost: ____________2.west: ____________3.below: ____________

4.dead: ____________

5.empty: ____________foundeastabovealivefull1.Ifoundthemoneyonthefloor.2.Thesunrisesintheeast.3.Therewasalargebirdflyingaboveus.4.Hisfamilywassohappytohearhewasstill

alive.5.ThetrainwassofullthatIcouldn’tgetonthetrainatall.Activity4Activity5Workingroups.Findoutsomelanguagepointsthatyouthinkareimportantandsharetheirusewithyourclassmatesandgivesomeexamples.Languagepoint

1.IwasabouttogoupwhenIdecidedtogetacoffeefirst.

beaboutto

忙于；即將做某事。側重于表示動作馬上就要發(fā)生，常與when引導的從句連用，但不與具體的時間狀語連用。

e.g.Oneofmyfriendsisabouttohavehersecondbaby.

我的一個朋友馬上就要生第二個小孩了。Languagepoint

2.Iwenttomyfavoritecoffeeplaceeventhoughitwastwoblockseastfrommyoffice.

（1）eventhough即使，雖然，盡管，用于引導讓步狀語從句。（2）block

n.

街區(qū)

e.g.He’sthebestteacher,eventhoughhehastheleastexperience.他雖然經驗最少，卻是最好的老師。Languagepoint

3.Westared

indisbeliefattheblacksmokerisingabovethe

burningbuilding.

（1）stare

v.

盯著看，凝視表示看得比較仔細，有時候也帶有吃驚的意味去看，常與at,into連用。

e.g.Don’tstareatmelikethat.

別那樣盯著我看。（2）indisbelief不相信，疑惑，懷疑e.g.Tamarastaredathimindisbelief,shakingherhead.塔瑪拉一邊狐疑地盯著他看，一邊搖著頭。Shelookedathimindisbelief.她全然不信地看著他。Languagepoint

（3）aboveprep.

①（表示位置）在…正上方；高于（與below相對）。

e.g.Thatbighigh-riseaboveusiswhereBrianlives.

我們上面的那座摩天大樓就是布賴恩住的地方。③adv.

在上面

e.g.Therearesnowypeaksabove.

上面是白雪皚皚的群峰。

Seetheexamplesgivenabove.見上述例子。②表示在地位、級別、能力、資歷、重要性等方面“超過”、“在……之上”、“比……強”。

e.g.Heisabove

theothersinability.他的能力優(yōu)于其他人。Languagepoint

（4）burnv.

著火，燃燒(burnt,burnt/burned,burned)burningadj.

著火的；燃燒的e.g.Ouch!Thesandissohot!Itcanburnmyfeet.

哎喲！沙子這么燙！會燙傷腳的。

Hewastrappedinaburninghouse.

他被困在正在燃燒的房屋里。4.Ifeltluckytobealive.

alive一般作表語；也可以作后置定語或賓補。“活(著)的；在世的；(繼續(xù))存在的”；反義詞是dead。

e.g.Doyouknowshe’salive?你知道她還活著嗎？

Peoplealiveshouldtrytheirbesttolivebetter.(后置定語)活下來的人應該盡力生活得更好。

Tomwaskeptaliveinthebigfire.(賓補)湯姆在這次大火中活下來了。Languagepoint

5.ButbythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.（1）airportn.

機場（2）takeoff脫掉；起飛

e.g.Hetookoffhishatandbowedashepassed.

他經過時脫帽鞠躬。

Weeventuallytookoffat11o’clockandarrivedinVeniceat1:30.我們終于在11點起飛，

1:30到達威尼斯。Languagepoint

3cRetelloneoftheevent