3. The first plane had already hit my
home.
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4. I’ve missed my plane because I
overslept. T
5.I heard the earthquake in New York.F
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Recall the unexpected in your daily life and try to tell them to your friends in English.
e.g. Once I was 9 years old …
1. Which two events does the writer mention?
The writer mentions the September 11 attack in New York and the earthquake in New Zealand.
2. How did the writer end up missing both events?
stare, in disbelief, take off, unexpected, burn, above, alive, till / until, arrive at,
be about to, even though
On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building in the morning and was about to enter the office building, when suddenly I decided to buy a coffee. The unexpected thing came about when I was waiting in the line that a plane crashed the office building where I work. People were staring at the burning plane in disbelief. How dangerous it was!