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Period 5 Section B(2a-2e)
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day Have you ever been fooled by others Tell your story to your partner.
2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1 One of the most famous tricks 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
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. ① It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
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文章结构：
总分式
One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. ② Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. ③
They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, more than 10, 000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. ④ The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.
However, when she said yes, he replied, “April Fool!” That little joke didn’t have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. ⑤
One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. ⑥ He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes. ⑦
作者观点：愚人节是西方节日,作者在传递西方文化的同时，也通过实例告诉我们开玩笑应该适可而止。
2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April
Fool’s Day
2. What did the TV show say the special water could do
Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti. The farmers had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
The special water would help people lose weight.
3. Why did the TV star's joke have a bad ending
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from
Mars landing on the earth
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
Because his joke hurt his girlfriend’s pride. He lost
his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
Because Orson Welles made it sound so real.
In October, 1938.
6. Which of these stories is the most believable ⑧ Which is the least believable Why
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
The most believable story is that a famous TV star asked his girlfriend to marry him on April Fool’s Day, because it is possible to happen. The least believable story is that there would be no more spaghetti, because the farmers couldn’t stop growing spaghetti.
Yes./ No.
2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
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). ⑨
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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 called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
2e Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for：
a. the funniest joke
b. the most embarrassing joke
c. the most creative joke
A: What’s your story
B: 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...
①April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world.
that 引导的定语从句
考点1
that 引导定语从句时常常在定语从句中作主语或宾语, that 指人或物。
考向
主句
that 引导定语从句，指物，作定语从句的主语。
that 也可以引导宾语从句，但that 在宾语从句中不作任何句子成分，仅起连接作用，无意义。
e.g. Do you know the girl that comes from China
你认识那个来自中国的女孩吗
I lost the pen that my mother bought for me on my birthday.
我丢了生日那天妈妈给我买的钢笔。
She said that she could finish her homework before supper.
她说她在晚饭前能完成作业。
that 指人，作定语从句的主语。
that指物，作定语从句的宾语。
引导宾语从句
考题1：[恩施] China is the first nation _______ sent Chang’e Ⅳ to the far side of the moon.
A. which B. that C. who
B
【点拨】语法判定法。考查定语从句。句子先行词是nation，在句中作主语，且先行词被序数词修饰，此处关系代词用that。
考题2：[十堰] This is the first birthday gift _______ I received. I’ve kept it many years.
A. which B. that C. who D. what
【点拨】语法判定法。先行词birthday gift(生日礼物)
是物，关系代词应用that 或which；先行词前有序数词修饰时，用that。
B
take place 发生
考点2
辨析：take place 与happen
take place 指事先布置或策划好后发生, 不是偶然发生。
happen 指偶然发生, 未能预见。
take place 的主语不能是人，其后不接宾语，不能用于被动语态。
e.g. The Olympic Games take place every four years.
奥林匹克运动会每四年举办一次。
The traffic accident happened at 4:00 on Monday afternoon.
这起交通事故发生在周一下午四点。
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考题3：[宜宾改编] 越野比赛通常在各种天气条件下进行，无论炎热还是寒冷。
Cross country races usually ________ ________ in all weather conditions, hot or cold.
take place
②One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
句法分析 One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England announced (that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti).
主语
谓语
连接词
宾语从句
because 引导的原因状语从句
announce / 'na ns/ v. 宣布；宣告
announce 后面接名词或宾语从句，侧重“宣布”人们所关心或感兴趣的事情，尤指新闻之类的消息。
e.g. They have announced the date of their wedding in the newspaper.
他们已在报纸上宣布了他们的结婚日期。
考点3
考向
拓展：announcement 作名词，意为“通告，通知，布告”。
e.g. The president will make an important announcement.
总统将要发表一项重要声明。
考题4：They a that she would give one extra song.
nnounced
sell out 卖光, 售完
e.g. These books written by Mo Yan are popular. We’ve sold them out.
莫言写的这些书很受欢迎, 我们已经把它们卖完了。
The tickets to the concert were sold out within hours.
演唱会的门票在几小时之内被卖光了。
考点4
动副结构短语
“动词+out”短语：①put out 扑灭②leave out 遗漏③blow out 吹灭④give out 分发⑤bring out 使显现⑥find out 查明；弄清楚⑦work out 计算出；解决
考题5：[绥化改编] 他的新小说很受欢迎，上周就卖完了。
His new novel is very popular and it was _______ _______ last week.
sold out
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③In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water.
discovery /d 'sk v ri/ n. 发现；发觉
考点5
discovery 既可作可数名词也可作不可数名词。其后常接of 短语或that 引导的同位语从句。
考向
discovery 的词形变化:
discover v. 发现
discoverer n. 发现者
discovery的常用短语有：
①the discovery of... ……的发现
②make a discovery 有发现
e.g. Discovery is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
发现就是看到每个人都看到的，想没有人想到的。
One of the greatest discoveries is that a human being can change his life by changing his attitude. 最伟大的发现之一是一个人可以通过改变他的态度来改变生活。
Everyone wanted to meet the discoverer who discovered the new island.每一个人想见一下那位发现新岛屿的发现者。
辨析：discover 与invent
discover 指第一次发现原本存在, 只是过去不被人知的事物。
invent 创造或发明出原来不存在的新事物。
考题6：[十堰] The _______ of the Sanxingdui Ruins site (三星堆遗址) shocked the world.
A. discovery B. development
C. disbelief D. difference
【点拨】本题用词义辨析法。discovery 发现；development发展；发育；成长；disbelief 不信；怀疑；difference 差别；差异。The discovery of... 为固定短语，意为“……的发现”。
A
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④He asked her to marry him.
marry /'m ri/ v. 嫁；结婚；把……嫁给
e.g. Tim married Kate last week.
= Tim and Kate got married last week.
= Tim got married to Kate last week.
上周蒂姆和凯特结婚了。
The old man married his daughter to a rich man.
老人把他的女儿嫁给了一位富人。
考点6
marry 的常见用法：
① marry sb. 嫁给某人，与……结婚
② marry A to B 把A 嫁给B
③ be married to sb. 与某人结婚
易错提醒：(1) marry 和get married 为短暂性动词(短语) , 当表示“结婚一段时间”时要用be married。
e.g. How long have John and Mary been married
约翰和玛丽结婚多长时间了
She has been married to her husband for twenty years.
她已经跟丈夫结婚二十年了。
(2) 表示“与某人结婚”用介词to, 不用with。
考题7：[绥化] The Blacks got married thirty years ago.
(改为同义句)
The Blacks have __________________ for thirty years.
been married
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⑤The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
cancel /'k nsl/ v. 取消；终止
考点7
cancel 为及物动词, 主语多是人, 后接名词或代词作宾语, 也可用于被动结构。
e.g. We had to cancel the flight because of the bad weather.
由于天气恶劣我们不得不取消了航班。
考向
cancel-canceled/cancelled-canceled/cancelled。
现在分词为canceling 或cancelling。
cancel 的常用短语：
① cancel the order 取消订单
② cancel out 抵消
③ the cancel button of the keyboard 键盘的取消按钮
考题8：We have to _________ (取消) tomorrow’s camping trip because of such bad weather.
cancel
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⑥In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
land /l nd/ v. 着陆；降落
考点8
land 在此处用作不及物动词，意为“着陆；降落”，
反义词组为take off，意为“起飞”。
e.g. 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。
The pilot landed the plane safely. 飞行员使飞机安全着陆。
考向
land 还可用作及物动词，意为“使着陆；使降落；使靠岸”。
拓展：land 还可作不可数名词，意为“陆地；大地”。
e.g. The elephant is the biggest animal on land.
大象是陆地上最大的动物。
Are you going by land or by sea
你是从陆地上走还是从海上走？
land 作名词 ，常用词组：
by land 陆路
on land 陆地上
考题9：[潍坊]中国的祝融号火星探测器(Zhurong rover) 已经成功登陆火星(Mars)。(land on)
_________________________________________________
【点拨】考查现在完成时，其基本构成为“have/has+done”，主语为单数第三人称形式时用has。
China’s Zhurong rover has successfully landed on Mars.
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⑦By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.
thousands of 数以千计的
考点9
thousand 与具体数字连用时不用复数形式, 且后面不接of；不与具体数字连用时thousand 要用复数且后必须接of。
考向
hundred, million, billion 的用法与thousand的用法相同。
e.g. There are over three thousand students in our school.
我们学校有三千多名学生。
Thousands of players will attend the sports meeting.
数千名运动员将要参加这次运动会。
考题10：[齐齐哈尔] In our city museum, there are many old things from two ________ years ago on show.
A. thousands B. thousands of C. thousand
【点拨】thousand 表示概数时，前面没有具体的数字修饰，要用thousands of 结构，意为“成千上万的”；如果前面有具体的数字修饰，thousand 要用单数形式，其后不能加of。空前有two 修饰，因此用thousand。
C
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⑧Which of these stories is the most believable
believable /b 'li v bl/ adj. 可相信的；可信任的
考点10
believable 由动词believe 去e 再加形容词后缀-able 构成
的。其比较级more believable，最高级most believable。
考向
believe 的词形变化：
believable adj. 可相信的；可信任的
belief n. 信心；信念
unbelievable adj. 难以相信的；难以置信的
e.g. You can believe in the young man. He is believable.
你可以相信这个年轻人。他很可信。
It’s unbelievable that he did it by himself.
他自己做了那件事, 真是令人难以置信。
考题11：I can’t b that today is the last day of junior high school. I still remember the first day of Grade 7 like it was yesterday.
elieve
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⑨By the time people ________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets ________ (disappear).
disappear /d s 'p / v. 消失；不见
e.g. The sun disappeared behind the clouds.
太阳消失在云后。
We are puzzled by the sudden disappearance of our guide. 我们对我们导游的突然失踪感到迷惑不解。
When night falls, the stars appear.
夜幕降临时, 星星出现了。
考点11
disappear为不及物动词，一般指具体、有形的事物突然或逐渐不见，强调 “看不见了”“不存在了”的结果。
拓展：disappear 由dis-(否定前缀) +appear(出现) 构成。
disappear 的相关词：
appear v. 出现
disappearance n. 消失 appearance n. 出现
考题12：[临沂改编] Although English has a history of over 2,500 years, the first English dictionary didn’t _________ (出现) until the 17th century.
appear
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本节课学习了发生在愚人节的几个故事, 掌握了知识点take place, sell out, marry, his show was canceled, believable, disappear等的用法。
