(共21张PPT)
Unit 7-4
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B
2b第一课时
announce
spaghetti
hoax
sell out
discovery
lady
cancel
officer
believable
disappear
embarrassing
v. 宣布;宣告
n. 意大利面
n. 骗局;恶作剧
卖光
n. 发现;发觉
n. 女士;女子
v. 取消;终止
n. 军官;官员
adj. 可相信的;可信任的
v. 消失;不见
adj. 使人害羞的
Words Review
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
2b
The most famous trick played
Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day
An introduction to April Fool’s Day
A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
P54
Carefully Reading Paragraph1
Read and answer the question:
1. Where does April Fool's day take place
2. What do people do on April 1st
It takes place in different countries around the world.
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out spaghetti on April Fool's Day
2. What did the TV show say the special water could od
Carefully Reading Paragraph2
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
It said this special water would help people lose weight.
互相开各种各样的玩笑
play tricks and jokes on each other
购买尽可能多的意面
特别水源的发现
全国
buy as much spaghetti as sb. could
the discovery of the special water
across the country
para1-2
奔向当地超市
尽可能多的意大利面
被销售一空
run to the local supermarket
as much spaghetti as they could
be sold out
...的发现
帮助某人减肥
到那天结束
the discovery of
help sb. lose weight
by the end of the day
Carefully Reading Paragraph3
A famous star invited his girlfriend onto his show.
He really wanted to marry his girlfriend but she refused.
3.The little joke had a very happy ending.
T
F
F
最终做某事
结婚/某人结婚
有一个愉快的结果
被取消
end up doing sth.
get married/marry sb.
have a happy ending
be canceled
Carefully Reading Paragraph4
Read and answer the question:
1.When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars had landed on the earth
2. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
In October, 1938.
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
世界上最著名的玩笑之一
登陆地球
穿越美国
举国上下一片恐慌
one of the world's most famous tricks
land on the earth
move across the United States
fear spread across the whole country
售完卖光
在一天结束的时候
减肥
全国
登陆地球
数以千计的
be sold out
by the end of the day
lose weight
end up doing
get married
the whole country
land on the earth
thousands of
After the spaghetti story _______ (appear) in the news, everyone _______ (rush) to the supermarket.
By the time people _________(find out) the story was not true, all spaghetti in the supermarkets _______________ (disappear).
By the time the day ______ (end), more than 10000 people __________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water.
4. By the time the show ______ (end), the TV star _______ (lose) his girlfriend.
5. By the time police officers _______ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ______________(run away) from their homes.
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
P55
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello.” All morning at school ...
Telling your story
a. the funniest joke
b. the most embarrassing joke
c. the most creative joke
P55
用光
在上学的第一天
一张纸
最具有创造性的笑话
最有趣的笑话
最令人尴尬的笑话
run out of
on the first day of school
a piece of paper
the most creative joke
the funniest joke
the most embarrassing joke
April Fool's Day is a ________ that _____ _____ around the world.It _____ ____ April 1st every year.Many people _____all kinds of ______ and ______ ____ each other.One April Fool's Day, a report ________ that there ______ ____ no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers _____ ______ ______ spaghetti. Many people ran to the supermarket to buy ____ _____ spaghetti _____ they _____.
celebration
takes place
happens
on
play
tricks jokes
on
announced
would be
had stopped growing
as much as
could
___the time people _____ that the story
____ a hoax, all the spaghetti _______
__________(全国) __________
(sell out). Another trick is the________of special water. They____ this water ____ _____ (help)people _________ (减肥). ____________________ (这一天结束时), more than10,000 people the TV station to find out ______________(如何得到) this water.
said
would
lose weight
By the end of the day
how to get
By
realized
was
across
the country
had been sold out
discovery
help
Many April Fool's jokes may ____ _____
______ not very funny. A famous TV star
asked her girlfriend _________(marry) him on his show ___ April Fool's day. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to ________ (结婚)._________, when she said yes, he _______, "April Fool!"The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show ____________ (cancel) .
end up
to marry
on
get married
However
replied
being
was canceled
____ __ (......之一)the world's most famous ______(trick),_______, happened in October __________ in April. In 1938, actor Orson Welles ___________(宣布) on his radio program that aliens from Mars had ________ the earth. He made it _________ (听起来跟真的一样) that ____________(hundred) people believed it , and fear ______________(蔓延) the whole country. By the time police officers annonced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people ________(leave) their homes.
however
rather than
announced
landed on
sound so real
spread across
had left
One of
tricks
hundreds of