Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B 阅读课件(共有PPT34张）

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Life is full of the unexpected.
Unit 12 Section B 2a-2e
学习目标
通过寻找关键句，能够了解文章每一段的主要内容。
通过上下文，能够推测出新词的词意。
通过学习，能够让学生了解到国外的愚人节文化以及愚人节的不成文规定。
Let’s discuss.
Have you ever fooled (愚弄) others
or
Have you ever been fooled（被愚弄) by others
Let’s read and match.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 3
One of the most famous tricks 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
阅读策略：
找到主题句，每一段的第一句话和最后一句话。
1
2
3
4
Read para. 1 carefully and answer the questions.
1. Where does April Fool’s Day celebration take place
It takes place in different countries around the world.
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
Let’s read.
阅读策略：寻读
2.What do people do on April Fool’s Day
Read para. 2 carefully and fill in the blanks.
Trick
Result
There would be
_______
no more
All of the
had _______________
been sold out
The special water would help people
_______________.
lose weight
More than 10,000 people phoned the station ___________________.
to get the water
阅读策略：寻读
Let’s read.
April Fool’s Day
Marriage Trick
Read para. 3 carefully and finish the tasks.
Let’s read.
Trick

A famous TV star asked his girlfriend to marry him on his TV show. When she said “yes”, he replied “April Fool”.
Result

He lost his girlfriend, and his show was canceled.
阅读策略：寻读
April Fool’s Day
1. A TV famous star invited his girlfriend onto his show.
2. He asked her to marry him but she refused.
3. He really wanted her girlfriend to marry him.
4. The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.
True (T) or False (F)
T
F
F
T
she really wanted to get married.
He replied “April Fool!”
His show was canceled (取消).
中考题型训练
Let’s read and think.
阅读策略：找关键词
Read para. 4 carefully and finish the tasks.
Let’s read.
Trick
Orson Wells announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
Result
Thousands of people had left their homes.
A famous trick
In October.
When
阅读策略：寻读
( ) Hundreds of people believed the story and fear
spread.
( ) Thousands of people left their homes.
( ) Orson Welles announced the news on his radio
program.
( ) Police officers announced the story was a hoax.
( ) The radio program described the event in detail.
Read para. 4 carefully and number them.
1
5
2
4
3
事实
骗局
Let’s read.
阅读策略：找关键词，根据上下文推断词意。
place
time
results
tricks
April Fool’s Day
Farmers didn’t grow spaghetti
_____________.
The special water would help people with _______ loss.
A famous TV star asked his girlfriend to get _______ to him.
________
landed on the earth.
Traders and framers ______ out all the spaghetti.
More than 10,000 people phoned the TV station to get the water.
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show.
Thousands of people left their homes.
On April Fool’s Day
On April Fool’s Day
On April Fool’s Day
In _______ 1983
In England
In ________
In ________
In ________
sold
England
weight
October
America
Aliens
any more
married
Let’s complete the blanks.
England
Let’s discuss.
Marriage trick
Aliens landed on the earth
No more spaghetti
Which one do you think is the biggest hoax
Let’s think.
What are the rules of April Fool’s Day
2. The pranks should not hurt anyone, cause harm or be illegal.
1. It should be light-hearted and funny to all involved, including the victim.
Let’s think.
Can you introduce some Chinese traditional festivals
Of course, I can.
Let’s introduce.
Choose one of the festivals to introduce.
When
Name
What for
Traditions
Special food
the Spring
Festival
the Lantern
Festival
the Mid-autumn Festival
the Dragon Boat Festival
the Water
Festival
1. Why was the spaghetti in the supermarkets sold out on April Fool’s Day
Because a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
2. What did the TV show say the special water could do
They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months.
3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
Because the joke went too far.
2c
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing
on the earth
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
In October 1938.
He made his story sound so real.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
6. Which of these stories is the most believable
Which is the least believable Why
I think the first is the most believable because it’s possible that farmers in Italy stop growing spaghetti. And the second is the least believable because there’s no water like this on the earth.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
Yes, I would.
1. After the spaghetti story ___________ (appear) in the news,
everyone _________ (rush) to the supermarkets.
2. By the time people __________ (find out) the story was not
true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets ____________
(disappear).
had appeared
found out
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
had disappeared
rushed
2d
3. By the time the day _________ (end), more than 10,000 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.
ended
had lost
had run away
had called
ended
told
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
2d
a. the funniest joke
b. the most embarrassing joke
c. the most creative joke
Tell your funny story to the class.
The class will vote for:
2a
What’s your
story
date
first
then
how
Let’s check.
评价内容 1 2 3 4 5
通过寻找关键句，能够了解文章每一段的主要内容。
通过上下文，能够推测出新词的词意。
通过学习，能够让学生了解到国外的愚人节文化以及愚人节的不成文规定。
announce
Let’s study.
中
vt. 宣布；述说；预示；播报；vi. 宣布参加竞选；当播音员
例
They will announce the result of the vote tonight.
拓
annoucement n.公告，通告，发表
/ na ns/
hoax
Let’s study.
中
n. 恶作剧；骗局；谎报；vt. 捉弄，欺骗；
例
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
/ho ks/
discovery
Let’s study.
中
n. 发现，发觉；被发现的事物
例
I felt I’d made an incredible discovery.
拓
discover v. 发现；发觉
/d sk v ri/
believable
Let’s study.
中
adj. 可信的
例
Her explanation certainly sounded believable.
拓
unbelievable adj. 难以置信的
believe v. 相信
/b li v bl/
embarrassing
Let’s study.
中
adj. 使人尴尬的；令人为难的
例
You rescued me from an embarrassing situation.
拓
embarrassed adj. 感到尴尬的
embarrass v. 使尴尬
/ m b r s /
资源大礼包
The festival of Holi is celebrated on 31st March.This is a day to play jokes and throw coloured powder around to welcome the season of spring.
How do people around the world celebrate the April Fool’s Day
India
The traditions of April Fools’ Day last for two days on the Sunday and Monday before Lent. One of the main Portuguese pranks is to throw flour on someone.
How do people around the world celebrate the April Fool’s Day
Portugal
Traditionally, in Scotland, this day is called ‘Hunt the Gowk’. It is a day to send someone on a fool’s errand. This means you send someone to look for something that doesn’t exist like hens’ teeth or a tin of tartanpaint.
How do people around the world celebrate the April Fool’s Day
Scotland
Homework.
Write down a funny story happened on April Fool’s Day.
Think about your lucky day and unlucky day and then tell your classmates.