Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B 2a-2e 课件(共25张PPT)

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Section B
2a-2e
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected .
语言功能：
Talk about April Fool’s Day.
学习策略：阅读策略
1. 依据文章题目和所给图片，预测(predicting)文章内容。
2.通过速读的方式，捕捉文章大意。
3.通过细读的方式，找寻细节内容。
4.在语言运用的过程中学习和掌握语言知识。
情感态度：
生活充满压力， 适当开个玩笑，可使生活充满乐趣。
Learning Aims
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played
Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that
happened on April Fool’s Day
Paragraph 3 An introduction to April Fool’s
Day
Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on
April Fool’s Day
skimming
1
When does April Fool’s Day take place
2
Where does April Fool’s Day take place
3
What do people do on April Fool’s Day
Para1.
April Fool’s Day is a celebration that… . It happens on… and is a day when people… .
An introduction to April Fool’s Day
Scanning
Funny stories
A sad story
A famous trick
April Fool’s Day
An introduction
para.1
para.4
para.2
para.3
April Fool’s Day
Funny stories
One hoax is about__________
A reporter said the Italian farmers had ____________________.
Another is about__________
They said the water could help people _____________.
stopped growing it
lose weight
spaghetti.
special water
A famous TV star made a joke on _____________, and as a result, he lost her and his show was canceled.
A sad story
his girlfriend
It happened in __________.
The actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that __________ from Mars had landed on the earth.
Many people believed him and _________________.
A famous trick
October
left their homes
aliens
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes
place in different countries around the world.
愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝活动。
take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。
take place 通常指事先计划或预料到的事情发生， 还可表示“举行”的意思。
happen 常指具体的事情发生，特指那些偶然或出乎意料发生的事情，后接不定式，表示“碰巧；恰好”之意。
Language points
2. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 愚人节是每年的四月一日，在这一天，人们互相捉弄开各种玩笑。
play tricks on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”，而play jokes on sb.则是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思。
3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets
to buy as much spaghetti as they could. 很多
人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利面条。
as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could 相当于as + 形容词/副词原级+ as possible，意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。
例： We must do everything as well as we can.
= We must do everything as well as possible.
我们要尽量做好每一件事。
4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终。
end up doing sth.意为“以 ...... 结束，以 ...... 告终”。
例：I must make good use of my spare time,
or I will end up doing nothing.
我必须充分利用空闲的时间,否则我的生
命将会在无所事事中告终。
5. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。
marry sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人”。
get married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人;与某人结婚”，为短暂性词组。
be married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人；与某人结婚”，是延续性词组。
例： She married John last year.
= She got married to John last year.
= She has been married to John for one year.
她去年嫁给了John。
6. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles
announced on his radio program that aliens
from Mars had landed on the earth. 在1938年
的那个月，演员奥森.威尔斯在他的广播节目
中宣布火星人已经登陆地球。
land on 意为“着陆；降落于”，反义词组为
“take off ”, 意为“起飞”。
例：Be careful! The plane is going to land on the airport.
小心点！飞机马上要降落于飞机场了。
6. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles
announced on his radio program that aliens
from Mars had landed on the earth. 在1938年
的那个月，演员奥森.威尔斯在他的广播节目
中宣布火星人已经登陆地球。
land on 意为“着陆；降落于”，反义词组为
“take off ”, 意为“起飞”。
例：Be careful! The plane is going to land on the
airport.
小心点！飞机马上要降落于飞机场了。
我都 学会了!
本课句型
Summary
An introduction to April Fool’s Day
Two funny tricks
on April Fool’s Day
Stories (tricks)
ending
who
when
what
where
A sad trick on April Fool’s Day
One famous trick played in October
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. He said the book ________(sell) out before he came.
2. My English party ended up_____( listen) an classical music.
had been sold
listening
Exercises
3. He made it ______( sound) so interesting that we all ______( laugh)
4. Have you ever__________ ( fool) on April Fool’s Day
5. April Fool’s Day is a ________( celebrate) around the world.
sound
laughed
been fooled
celebration
二、单项选择。
1．Great changes ________ in my hometown since three years ago.
A．took place B．were taken place
C．have taken place D．have been taken place
2．—Will the football game be held on Sunday afternoon
—No，it has been ________because of the rain.
A．refused B．controlled C．canceled D．served
C
C
3．She ________ for ten years and now she has a lovely daughter.
A．married B．has been married
C．got married D．has got married
4．The sweaters in the shop are very beautiful and they ________well.Yesterday they ________ out.
A．are sold；were sold B．sell；are sold
C．sell；were sold D．sold；sold
B
C
5．Jack，the Maldives(马尔代夫) may ________ because of the rising sea levels.
—God！We must do something to stop that happening.
A．rise B．move C．grow D．disappear
6．_______people visited Hongdong，Chongqing on May Day this year.
A．Thousand B．Thousands C．Thousand of D．Thousands of
D
D
三、根据句意及汉语提示写单词。
1．To everyone's surprise，Mr.Zhang _________ (取消) the dinner party.
2．This kind of match is very popular with __________ (女士们)．
canceled
ladies
3．Do you know the ___________ (发现) of oil in the North Sea
4．His brother is not an ___________ (军官) but a common soldier.
5．The girl _____________ (消失) while walking home from school yesterday evening.
discovery
officer
disappeared
1.Write your own tricks or jokes.
2. If you have time, you can surf the internet to find more information about April Fool’s Day.
Homework
Thank you !