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Unit12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 1a-1e
Learning Objectives
master the key words and phrases
learn some stories about April Fool's Day
Do you know anything about 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.
When is April Fool's day
Do you know anything about April Fool’s 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.
What do people do on this day
恶作剧
Guess the meaning of the words underlined.
Yesterday my friends invited me to a custom party. I dressed up like Snow White. I sang and danced with my friends at the party. I enjoyed myself at first. But then I didn't hold my cup of coffee carefully. It dropped on the floor. The coffee splashed on my dress. I was so embarrassed, and my face turned red.
（特定场合传的）服装，装束
窘迫的，害羞的
[ k st m]
[ m b r st]
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column.
1a
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
costume change
call
clock
go off/show up
get dressed/empty
change/invite/call
realize/stay up
empty
tired
[探究] get dressed 穿衣服，相当于be dressed 或 dress up。如果后面有表示“衣服/颜色”的名词做宾语时，需用介词in，即 _______________ +衣服/颜色。
The little girl went to the bedroom to get dressed.
小女孩去卧室穿衣服了。
After ______________, he had a quick breakfast and went to school. 穿好衣服后，他匆忙地吃了早饭并去上学去了。
get/ be dressed in
getting dressed
[拓展] get dressed与be dressed (in)的区别
get dressed
be dressed (in)
表示“穿”的动作
表示“穿”的状态
He’s getting dressed.
He’s dressed in grey.
[观察] He often stays up to play computer games.
他经常熬夜玩电脑游戏。
[探究] stay up意为“_____________”
stay up doing sth. 意为“熬夜做某事”。
她昨天熬夜看书，直到午夜。
She ___________ reading until midnight yesterday.
熬夜
stayed up
Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.
1b
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party…
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
1c
Joe
Nick
Dave
Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
1d
1. D a costume party
2. _______my alarm went off
3. _______stayed up all night
N
J
J
4. _______was tired
5. _______was really embarrassed
6. _______the other kids showed up
D
N
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
1e
What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
Well, a friend
invited him to a
costume party...
Well, a friend
invited him to a
costume party.
What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
Role play
When he got there, he found that it wasn’t a costume party. He was the only person wearing a costume.
He was really embarrassed.
Well, His friend called him on March 31st last year and told him they had a math test the next day.
What happened to Joe on April Fool’s Day
So he stayed up all night studying. Then he found out that his friend had fooled him. They didn’t have a test at all!
...
What happened to Nick on April Fool’s Day
Exercise
Fill in the blanks.
rush, realize, show up, invite, stay up
1. I was waiting for the school bus but it didn’t come. Then I ________ it was Saturday.
2. I woke up late this morning. I had to really ______ to get to school on time.
realized
rush
3.There’s a good TV show tonight but it’s at 1:00 a.m. I don’t want to _________ that late.
4.Sally _______ me to her birthday party. It’s at her house on Saturday.
5.Do you know where John is He was going to meet me earlier but he didn’t _________.
stay up
invited
show up
