九年级英语a部分.pptxVIP

3a Read the passage and answer the questions.;Life Is Full of the Unexpected ;on, the first plane had already hit my o?ce 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 a.m. on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm never went o?. 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 o?. “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;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.;;3b Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. Then write a sentence with each word.;3. below:______ ________________________________________ 4. dead :______ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. empty:_____ ________________________________________________________________________________;Language points;注意;2. We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. 我们难以置信地看着燃烧的建筑物升起的黑烟。 above 意为“在……之上” 作介词?，意为“在……上面；超过；优于”。 例：The?moon?is?now?above?the?trees. 月亮正位于树梢上。 They?are?children?above?six?years? old. 他们是六岁以上的孩子。;above，on,?over的用法?;a.?above的意思是“在…之上；高于……”，表 示相对高度，不一定是在正上方，它的反 义词是below.? ?例：The?plane?flew?above?the?clouds. 飞机在云层上面飞行。?? b.?over的意思是“在…之上”，表示在垂直之 上，其反义词是under.? ?例：There?is?a?bridge?over?the?river.?