(共23张PPT)
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Do you know the history
of April Fool’s Day
It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century. The day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States.
April Fools’ Day
= April Fool’s Day
= All Fools’ Day
On this day, people play jokes and hoaxes on each other.
The jokes and their victims are known as "April fools". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained later.
愚人节也称也称万愚节 。一种说法认为这一习俗源自印度的“诠俚节”。该节规定，每年三月三十一日的节日这天，不分男女老幼，可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以换得娱乐。另一种较普遍的说法是起源于法国。1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以一月一日为一年的开端，改变了过去以四月一日作为新年开端的历法。新历法推行过程中，一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革仍沿袭旧历，拒绝更新。他们依旧在四月一日这天互赠礼物，组织庆祝新年的活动。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在四月一日这天给顽固派赠送假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝会，并把这些受愚弄的人称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩之鱼”。所以每年四月一日，是西方的民间传统节日——愚人节 。
愚人节贺卡
参加鱼宴的帖，通常是用纸板
做成的彩色小鱼。餐桌用绿、
白两色装饰起来．中间放上鱼
缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿，每个
钓竿上系一条绿色飘带，挂着
送给客人的礼物——或是鱼形
工艺品，或是一个装满糖果的
鱼篮子。
愚人节习俗 -- 4月1日的鱼宴
不言而喻，鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做成。宴会上,
主人端上以鱼为原料精心烹制的菜肴，煎炸烤烧，
应有尽有。根据传统风俗，主人往往在宴会上给客
人们做假菜，这种假菜宴更增添了轻松欢快的节日
气氛。宴会结束后，主人以糖果招待客人，不过，
糖果不是放在果盘中，而是放在药盒里。
愚人节的象征
黄水仙是愚人节的象征。愚人节时，人们常
常组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊把房间装饰一
新。典型的传统做法是布置假环境，可以把房间
布置得象过圣诞节一样。
也可以布置得像过新
年一样，待客人来时，
则祝贺他们“圣诞快乐”
或“新年快乐”，令人感
到别致有趣。
愚人谚语、短语
None is a fool always, every one sometimes.
没有终身的傻瓜, 也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。
If wise men play the fool, they do it with a
vengeance.
聪明人做起糊涂事来,那才糊涂透顶。
How to celebrate April Fool’s Day
愚人节怎么过呢？
在愚人节基本
上不是整别人
就是被人整 !
1a Put these words in the correct
columns in the chart. Some words
can go in more than one column.
fool invite costume
embarrassed go off call
get dressed empty show up
realize change clock
tired stay up
Nouns
(people, places, things） Verbs
(action words) Adjectives
(description words)
fool fool embarrassed
invite, go off
call, get dressed
show up
realize, change
stay up
costume
call
change
clock
empty
tired
1b Tell your partner about
something that happened to
you recently. Use two or more
words in 1a.
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party…
1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking
about April Fool’s Day. Listen and
write each person’s name under
the correct picture.
Dave
Joe
Nick
1d Listen again. Who says each of
the phrases below Write D for
Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
1.___ a costume party
2.___ my alarm went o
3.___ stayed up all night
4.___ was tired
5.___ was really embarrassed
6.___ the other kids showed up
D
N
J
J
D
N
1e Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your
group. Use the information in 1c
and 1d.
A: What happened to Dave on April
Fool’s Day
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume
party …
Language point
1. What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
在愚人节那天，戴夫发生了什么事？
happen是不及物动词，没有被动语态。
What’s happened = What has happened 已经发生了什么事？
【拓展】
(1) sth.+ happen +时间/地点，意为“某时/某地发生了某事”。
(2) sth.+ happen to sb.意为“某人发生了某事”。
(3) sb.+ happen to do sth.意为“某人碰巧做某事”。
An accident happened in our neighborhood just now.
刚刚我家附近发生了一起事故。
A car accident happened to Jim yesterday.
吉姆昨天发生了一起车祸。
I happened to hear that interesting story.
我碰巧听到了那个有趣的故事。
根据汉语意思完成下面的句子。
1. 人们相互开各种各样的玩笑。
People ______ all kinds of _____ _____ each
other.
2. 她父亲抚养她直到她结婚。
Her father supported her until she _____
________.
3. 一架飞机将降落在机场。
A plane will ______ ______ the airport.
play
jokes with
got
married
land on
4. 生日晚会什么时候举行？
When will the birthday party ______ ______
5. 这个小男孩想要尽可能多的礼物。
The little boy wants _____ _____ _______ ____
possible.
6. 我下个月底会回来。
I will be back _____ _____ _____ _____ next
month.
take place
as many presents as
by the end of
7. 这家商店的衬衫都卖光了。
The shop _____ _____ all their shirts.
8. 我穿好衣服吃早餐。
I ___ _______ and had breakfast.
9. 你觉得这里的食物怎么样？
_____ do you _____ _____ the food here
10. 当他问到我这个问题时我恰好读过这篇文章。
I ________ to have read the article when he
asked me about it.
sold out
got dressed
How
feel about
happened
Write a diary about your lucky or
unlucky day.
Homework
