文档介绍：Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A 3a-3c
What do you know about these pictures?
How about these pictures?
3a Read the passage and answer
the questions.
Which two events does the writer
mention?
2. How did the writer end up missing
both events?
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 . 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 . on February 21, 2011 and realized
that my alarm never went 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.
Answer the questions
Which two events does the writer
mention?
The writer mentions the
September 11 attack in New York
and the earthquake in New Zealand.
2. How did the writer end up missing both events?
The writer went to get a coffee first and was not in the office when the plane hit the World Trade Center. He or she had overslept and missed his or her flight, so he/she is able to avoid the earthquake.
Incident
Date
Place
How did the writer end up missing both events?
1
2
Summary
The World
Trade Center
was hit by
a plane
September
11,2001