课件30张PPT。第二课时： Section A (3a-3c) Life is full of the unexpected.Unit 12 同学们，上一课学习的单词你们都掌握了吗？现在大家来检验一下，点击下面的音频开始听写吧！What can you see and what do you know from the pictures?Read the passage and answer the questions.3a Life Is Full of the Unexpected?? In May 2001，I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center.On September 11，2001，I arrived at my building at around 8：30 a．m.1．Which two events does the writer mention? 2．How did the writer end up missing? both events?The planes hit the World Trade Center. The earthquake happened in New Zealand.The first time the writer decided to get a coffee before working.The second time the writer got up late and missed the plane.I was about to go up when? I decided to get a coffee first.I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.As I was waiting in line?with other office workers，I heard a loud sound.Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on，the first plane had already hit my office building.We stared ? in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.I felt lucky to be alive?. Almost 10 years later，I woke up at 10：00 a．m.on February 21，2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off.I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport.But by the time I got to the airport，my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.“This is the first holiday I've taken in a year，and now I've missed my plane.What bad luck！” I thought to myself.The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day.The next morning，I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before.My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing. end up missing 最后错过考向一end up意为“最终成为，最后处于”。后常接动词的-ing形式。 eg：We were going to go out，but ended up watching TV at home.我们原本打算出去，但最终在家里看了电视。知识点1拓展end up with(以……结束)的反义词组为begin with(以……开始)miss /m?s/ v.错过；思念 eg：If you want to get there early，you can't miss the early bus.如果你想早些到那里，就不能错过早班车。 I miss you very much and always think of you.我非常思念你，时常想起你。考向二 Life Is Full of the Unexpected 生活充满了出乎意料的事考向一be full of 意为“充满”，同义短语be filled with。 eg：The room is full of terrible smell. 这房间充满了难闻的气味。知识点2unexpected/??n?k'spekt?d/adj.出乎意料的 由un-(否定前缀)＋expected(预料的)构成。其他类似的合成词有：unhappy(不高兴的)，unfair(不公平的)，unfriendly (不友善的)，unwelcome (不受欢迎的)。 副词形式为unexpectedly考向二 注意标题法文章的标题是短文内容的概括，先看看标题，然后猜测短文内容，对理解短文及提高阅读速度都有帮助。知识点3 be about to...when...正打算做……突然……考向be about to do sth.意为“刚要做某事，即将做某事。”表示即将发生的动作，在时间上指最近的将来。be about to do sth.通常不与具体的时间状语连用，而常与when引导的时间状语从句连用。 eg：The new school year is about to begin. 新学年开学在即。 I was about to go to ... ...
