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9Unit12lifeidfulloftheexpected

2dRole-playtheconversation.

Matt:

Whywereyoulateforclasstoday,Kevin?

Kevin:

Myalarmclockdidn’t______!

Ikeptsleeping,andwhenI______itwasalready8:

00a.m.!

Matt:

Oh,no!

Kevin:

SoIjustquickly_____someclothesand_______thedoor.

Matt:

Youdidn’t_________?

Kevin:

No,Ididn’teven_____or_________!

ButbeforeI______thebusstop,thebushadalreadyleft.

Matt:

Thenhowdidyougethere?

Kevin:

Luckily,Carl’sdadsawmeonthestreetand________inhiscar.

Matt:

Well,atleastbythetimeyougottoschool,youwereonlyfiveminuteslateforclass

Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.

InMay2001,IfoundajobinNew

YorkattheWorldTradeCenter.OnSeptember11,2001,Iarrivedatmybuildingataround8:

30a.m.IwasabouttogoupwhenIdecidedtogetacoffeefirst.Iwenttomyfavoritecoffeeplaceeventhoughitwastwoblockseastfrommyoffice.AsIwaswaitinginlinewithotherofficeworkers,Iheardaloudsound.BeforeIcouldjointheothersoutsidetoseewhatwasgoingon,thefirstplanehadalreadyhitmyofficebuilding.Westaredindisbeliefattheblacksmokerisingabovetheburningbuilding.Ifeltluckytobealive.

Almost10yearslater,Iwokeupat10:

00a.m.onFebruary21,2011andrealizedthatmyalarmneverwentoff.Ijumpedoutofbedandwentstraighttotheairport.ButbythetimeIgottotheairport,myplanetoNewZealandhadalreadytakenoff.“ThisisthefirstholidayI’vetakeninayear,andnowI’vemissedmyplane.Whatbadluck!

”Ithoughttomyself.TheotherplaneswerefullsoIhadtowaittillthenextday.Thenextmorning,IheardabouttheearthquakeinNewZealandthedaybefore.Mybadluckhadunexpectedlyturnedintoagoodthing.

celebration

April1st

playtricksandjokeson…

takeplace

AprilFool’sDayisacelebrationthat________indifferentcountriesaroundthe

world.Ithappenson_______everyyear

andisadaywhenmanypeople_____all

kindsof___________oneachother.

OneAprilFool’sDay,areporterinEngland

announcedthattherewould_____（be/have）nomorespaghettibecausethespaghettifarmersinItalyhad______（stop/stopped）growingspaghetti.Manypeople_____（ran/run）totheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettiastheycould.Bythetimepeoplerealizedthatthestorywasahoax,allofthespaghettiacrossthecountryhadbeen_____（sellout/soldout）.

AnotherfamoustrickinEnglandwaswhenaTVshowreportedthe_______（discover）ofspecialwater.Theysaidthiswaterwould______（help）peopleloseweightandthatonecustomerhadalreadylostalotofweightinjustfourmonths.Bytheendoftheday,morethan10,000peoplehadphonedtheTVstationtofindouthow_____（get）thiswater.

ManyAprilFool’s_____（joke）mayendupbeingnotveryfunny.AfamousTVstaronceinvitedhisgirlfriendontohisshowonAprilFool’sDay.Heaskedher______（marry）him.Theladywassohappybecauseshereallywantedtoget______（marry）.However,whenshesaid“yes”,he______（reply）,“AprilFool!

”Thatlittlejokedidn’thaveaveryhappyending.TheTVstarlost_____hisgirlfriend_____hisshow.

happen,moving,believe,

spread,leave,

announce,land,describe,

Oneoftheworld’smostfamous_____（trick）,however,_________inOctoberratherthanin

April.Inthatmonthin1938,actorOrsonWelles________onhisradioprogramthataliensfromMarshad______ontheearth.He

__________wheretheyhadlandedandtoldhowtheywere______acrosstheUnitedStates.Wellesmadeitsoundso_____（real）thathundredsofpeople________thestory,andfear______acrossthewholecountry.Bythetimepoliceofficersannouncedthatthestorywasahoax,______（thousand）ofpeoplehad_____theirhomes.

tricks---actorOrsonWelles----onhisradioprogram-----aliens------hedescribed----where----how-----Wellesmadeitso-----that-----fear----bythetimepoliceofficer-----thousandspeople…..

thousandsof概数两个有（有s有of）

fourthousand确数两个无（无s无of）

beabouttodo不能与tomorrow,nextweek等明确时间连

begoingtodo

attheendof…在…末端或尽头

bytheendof在（某时间）之前

intheend=atlast最后，终于，

leavesth.at/in+地点

forget不加地点短语

stopdoing终止性

stoptodo目的性

arriveat+学校，机场，小地方

arrivein+国家，城市，大地方

sbhappentodosth.

sth,happentosb.

wholethewholecountrymywholelife

allallmylife

sb.runoutofsth.

sth.runout（时间，金钱等做主语）没有被动语态

sb.useup…

getmarried短暂性动词

bemarriedfor+短时间

bemarriedtosb.

warnsbnottodosth.

warnsb.of/aboutsth.

warnsb.againstdoing