UNIT12 Life is full of the unexpected.
2d Role-play the conversation.
Matt: Why were you late for class today, Kevin?
Kevin: My alarm clock didn’t go off ! I kept sleeping, and
when I woke up it was already 8:00 a.m.! Matt: Oh, no!
Kevin: So I just quickly put on some clothes and rushed out
the door.
Matt: You didn’t eat breakfast?
Kevin: No, I didn’t even brush my teeth or wash my face! But
before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left . Matt: Then how did you get here?
Kevin: Luckily, Carl’s dad saw me on the street and gave me a lift in his car. Matt: Well, at least by the time you got to school, the class had only started for
five minutes. 3a
Life is full of the unexpected.
In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office 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 off . 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
off . “This is the first holiday I’ve taken in a year, and I miss my plane. What bad luck!” I thought to myself. The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next d