Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
Ⅰ. Warm-up
Greeting.
Ⅱ. Lead-in
Do you remember any unexpected situation in your daily life?
展示幾張尷尬的人的圖片。
Ask: What do you think of the people in these pictures?
Ss: They look scared/bad.
T: What happened to the boy?
Ss: He broke his arm. He is getting an electric shock.
T: I was late for work today. When I got up, I found my clock had rung. It was 7:30.
By the time I went to the bathroom, my son had been in. So I had to wait. When I
went out, I found my motorbike had broken down. (老師講述自己遲到的經歷，激起學生對一下內容的學習)。
Now look at the picture, let’s learn something about Tina’s bad day。
Ⅲ. Presentation
1. Work on 1a. Ask Ss to look at the pictures in 1a and ask: What happened to the
2. Think and discuss in group: What happened to the girl?
3. Ask Ss to tell a story about the girl.
Ⅳ. Listening
Work on 1b.
2. 過去完成時用法：
(1) 構成：由“助動詞 had (用于各種人稱和數) + 過去分詞”構成否定式：
had not + 過去分詞 縮寫形式：hadn’t
(2) 用法：過去完成時表示在過去某一時間或動作之前已經發生或完成了的動作。
(3) 它所表示動作發生的時間是“過去的過去”。
① 表示過去某一時間可用 by, before 等構成的短語來表示。
② 也可以用 when, before 等引導的時間狀語從句來表示。
③ 還可以通過狀語從句或通過上下文暗示。
例如：
When I got there, you had already eaten your meal.
當我到達那里時，你已經開始吃了。
By the time he got here, the bus had left.
在他到達那里之前，汽車已經離開了。
V. Pair work
Work on 1c. Take turns being Mary. Look at the pictures and talk about what
happened this morning.
VI. Listening
1. Listen to the tape for the first time and finish 2a.
Listen to Mary continue her story. Number the pictures [1-4] in the correct order.
2. Listen to the tape for the second time and finish 2b. 新- 課 -標 -第 -一- 網
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Then listen again
and check your answers.
3. Retell the story.
通過聽力訓練，進一步熟悉練習過去完成時的構成和用法。
VII. Practice
1. Finish 2c. Make up an ending for the story and share it with your partner.
2. Ask several students to tell their stories in class.
VIII. Role-play.
1. Ask Ss to role-play the conversation in 2d.
2. Answer the questions:
1) Why was Kevin late for class?
2) How did Kevin get to school?
IX. Consolidation
Finish a task: 想想自己是否有倒霉的經歷，向全班同學講述自己的事情的經過。
I had a bad day last weekend…..
通過完成一個任務， 讓學生運用所學內容，既鞏固了所學的語言目標，又拓展
了學生的思維，培養學生在實際生活中運用所學知識解決實際問題的能力。
X. Language points
1. Life is full of the unexpected.
unexpected adj. 出乎意料的；始料不及的新 課 標 第 一 網
e.g. It will not be unexpected if Tom comes late again, because he is always like
this.
如果湯姆又遲到了，一點也不意 外，因為他一向如此。
2. By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower.
by the time 在……以前,常引導表示過去的時間狀語從句，主句常用過去完成
時，即 had+動詞過去分詞
e.g. By the time I got there, he had already left.
在我到那兒之前，他已經離開了。
3. So I just quickly put on some clothes and rushed out the door.
rush out 沖出去, 沖出……
e.g. Henry rushed out the room and disappeared in the rain.
亨利沖出房間, 消失在了雨中。
Julia rushed out and didn’t return. 朱麗葉沖了出去, 再沒回來。
4. Luckily, Carl’s dad saw me on the street and gave me a lift in his car.
gave …a lift 捎……一程
e.g. Could you give me a lift, please?
請問你能否捎我一程？
Jim gave me a lift on my way home yesterday.
吉姆昨天在我回家的路上捎了我一程。
如果有時間的話， 再做以下練習吧！
Exercises
用方框內短語的適當形式填空。
1. Tom __________, running after his brother in the dark night yesterday.
2. __________ I was 10, I had been able to either play piano or violin.
3. _________, Sammy! I have been late for you to go to school.
XI. Homework
Write out the story of Mary, note to use the target language．
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、教學目標：
1. 語言知識目標：3）能比較流利地講述自己曾經有的特別的一天。
二、教學重難點
1. 教學重點：
1)掌握本課時中出現的生詞
block, in line with, worker, stare, disbelief, above, burn, burning, alive, airport, till ,
west
2) 學會用過去完成時敘述自己曾經有的特別的一天。
2. 教學難點：
用過去完成時敘述自己曾經有的特別的一天。
三、教學過程
Ⅰ. Revision
1. Could you please make sentences with these words and phrases below?
2. Please make your own sentences. X k B 1 . c o m
By the time I got home, _____________.
By the time I came in, ______________.
3. Retell the story of Mary’s bad day according to the pictures in 1a and 2a.
Ⅱ. Discussion
Tell Ss Life is full of the expected. Did you experience the expected things? Share
your story with the class.
Ⅲ. 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.
3. After a while, ask some students to report their answers to the class．Write the
events on the blackboard as they report．
4. After checking the answers, tell students to read the article again more carefully．
1) 學習掌握下列單詞和短語：block, in line with, worker, stare, disbelief, above,
burn, burning, alive, airport, till , west
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) 進一步熟練掌握過去完成時的用法。
2. 情感態度價值觀目標：
1) 通過學習使學生認識到生活中充滿著許多出乎預料的事件，培養學生正確看
待事物的積極心態。
2）能運用所掌握的語法，句型和詞匯進行交流。