Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
P91 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 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.
Section A ,3a
生活充滿了意外
2001年5月，我在紐約世貿中心找到了一份工作。2001年9月11日，我大概在早上8點半到達了工作的大樓。我正要上樓，這時我決定先去買一杯咖啡。我去了我最喜歡的咖啡店，雖然它在我辦公室東邊兩個街區以外。當我正在和其他辦公室職員排隊等待的時候，聽到一聲巨響。我還沒來得及加入屋外的人群弄清究竟發生了什麼事兒，第一架飛機已經撞上了我辦公室的大樓。我們急愣愣地盯著燃燒的大樓上升起的黑煙，無法相信（這一切）。我覺得我能夠活著很幸運。
大約十年之後，2011年2月21日，我早上十點醒來，意識到我的鬧鐘根本沒有響。我從床上跳起來直奔機場。但是當我到達機場時，我飛往新西蘭的航班已經起飛了。“這可是我今年的第一個假期，我居然誤了航班。真倒黴”！我暗想。其他的航班都已經滿員，我不得不到第二天。（結果）第二天早上，我聽到新西蘭前一天發生了地震。我的壞運氣意想不到地變成了一件好事。
