Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected（第2课时）
本学期第 课时 本单元第 2 课时 上课日期：_________
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 学习掌握下列单词和短语：block, in line with, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, burni
ng, alive, airport, till , west cream, workday, pie, show up, bean, market, by the end of,
2) 能掌握以下句型：
Life is full of the unexpected.
I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound.
Before I cold join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building.
3) 进一步熟练掌握过去完成时的用法。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
1) 通过学习使学生认识到生活中充满着许多出乎预料的事件，培养学生正确看待事物的积极心态。
2）能运用所掌握的语法，句型和词汇进行交流。
3）能比较流利地讲述自己曾经有的特别的一天。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1)掌握本课时中出现的生词
block, in line with, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, burning, alive, airport, till , west
2) 学会用过去完成时叙述自己曾经有的特别的一天。
2. 教学难点：
用过去完成时叙述自己曾经有的特别的一天。
三、教学过程
Step1. Revision Grammar and finish4a
1. Could you please make sentences with these words and phrases below?
unexpected adj. 出乎意料的by the time … 在……以前
backpack n. 背包oversleep v. 睡过头；睡得太久
2. Please make your own sentences.
By the time I got home, _____________.By the time I came in, ______________.
3. Retell Grammar focus
Step2. Discussion
Tell Ss Life is full of the expected. Did you experience the expected things? Share your story with the class.
Step3. Reading
Work on 3a. Read the passage and answer the questions:
1) Which two events does the writer mention?
2) How did the writer end up missing both events?
1. Ask Ss to have a look at the questions before they start.
2. Let Ss complete the work on their own.
Step4. Careful Reading
Work on 3b.
1. Ask Ss to read the passage again and find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Keys: 1. found 2. east 3. up 4. alive 5. full
2. Let Ss write a sentence with each word on their own.
Step5. Practice Finish 3c.
1. Work in pairs. Retell one of the events to
your partner.
2. Ask some Ss to retell one of the events to the class. Practice their skills.
Step6. Language points
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。
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。
3. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.
stare v. 盯着看， 凝视 表示看得比较仔细，有时候也带有吃惊的意味去看，常与at, into连用。 in disbelief 不相信 ，疑惑， 怀疑
above prep. 1)（表示位置）在…正上方；高于”（与 below相对）。
2) 表示在地位、级别、能力、资历、重要性等方面“超过”、“在……之上”、“比……强”。
3) adv. 在上面 burn v. 着火，燃烧(burnt, burnt / burned, burned)burning adj. 着火的；燃烧的
4. I felt lucky to be alive. alive 一般作表语；也可以作后置定语或宾补。 “活(着)的；在世的；(继续)存在的”；反义词是dead。
Step7 Work on 4b Let Ss read the words or phrases in the box and try to understand the meanings of them.
Step8. Test
一、完成句子。
1. 我在动物园里见过活鳄鱼。 I have seen a _____ crocodile in the zoo.
2. 他是那场火灾中唯一活下来的人。 He is the only person ____ in the fire.
3. 露西是个活泼的孩子，大家都喜欢她。 Lucy is a _____ child and everyone likes her.
4. The boy ____________________ (正要开始) bu
t so
meone spoke first.
5. Hurry up. The train ______________ (马上就要开了).
Keys: living, alive, lively, was just about to begin, is about to start
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