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?
展示几张尴尬的人的图片。
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. (老师讲述自己迟到的经历，激起学生对一下内容的学习)。
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. 过去完成时用法：
(1) 构成：由“助动词 had (用于各种人称和数) + 过去分词”构成否定式：
had not + 过去分词 缩写形式：hadn’t
(2) 用法：过去完成时表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作。
(3) 它所表示动作发生的时间是“过去的过去”。
① 表示过去某一时间可用 by, before 等构成的短语来表示。
② 也可以用 when, before 等引导的时间状语从句来表示。
③ 还可以通过状语从句或通过上下文暗示。
例如：
When I got there, you had already eaten your meal.
当我到达那里时，你已经开始吃了。
By the time he got here, the bus had left.
在他到达那里之前，汽车已经离开了。
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- 课 -标 -第 -一- 网
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Then listen again
and check your answers.
3. Retell the story.
通过听力训练，进一步熟悉练习过去完成时的构成和用法。
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经历，向全班同学讲述自己的事情的经过。
I had a bad day last weekend…..
通过完成一个任务， 让学生运用所学内容，既巩固了所学的语言目标，又拓展
了学生的思维，培养学生在实际生活中运用所学知识解决实际问题的能力。
X. Language points
1. Life is full of the unexpected.
unexpected adj. 出乎意料的；始料不及的新 课 标 第 一 网
e.g. It will not be unexpected if Tom comes late again, because he is always like
this.
如果汤姆又迟到了，一点也不意 外，因为他一向如此。
2. By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower.
by the time 在……以前,常引导表示过去的时间状语从句，主句常用过去完成
时，即 had+动词过去分词
e.g. By the time I got there, he had already left.
在我到那儿之前，他已经离开了。
3. So I just quickly put on some clothes and rushed out the door.
rush out 冲出去, 冲出……
e.g. Henry rushed out the room and disappeared in the rain.
亨利冲出房间, 消失在了雨中。
Julia rushed out and didn’t return. 朱丽叶冲了出去, 再没回来。
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?
请问你能否捎我一程？
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。
如果有时间的话， 再做以下练习吧！
Exercises
用方框内短语的适当形式填空。
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、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：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
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) 学习掌握下列单词和短语：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) 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。