人教版九年级英语第十二单元Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B（2a~2e）(共28张PPT)

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2a Have you ever played jokes on others,
especially on Aril Fool’s Day Have
you ever been fooled by others Tell
your story to your partner.
2b Read the passage quickly. Match
each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
◆ 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
2c Read the passage carefully and
answer these questions.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
2. What did the TV show say the special
water could do
3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad
ending
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
It was in October 1938.
Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
6. Which of these stories is the most
believable Which is the least believable
Why
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth.
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).
2d Fill in the blanks with the correct
forms of the verbs in brackets.
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 girl friend.
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…
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. 【解析】take place “发生；进行；举行；产生”。 【辨析】：happen 与take place
happen 常指具体的事物的发生，特别指那些偶然的“发生”。不及物动词，没有被动语态
sth happen to sb 意为“ 某人发生某事”。 后接不定式，表示“碰巧；恰好”之意。 happen to do sth 意为‘‘碰巧做某事’’。 take place
1“发生”, 也无被动语态，指经过安排或计划地发生。 2“举行”The sports meeting will take place in our school
【小试牛刀】用happen和take place填空。 1. When will the basketball match between Class 3 and Class 4 _____ 2. I ________ to have read the article when he asked me about it. 3. When will the ceremony __________ 4. That accident ___________ at the corner.
take place
happened
take place
happened
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. 【解析】play tricks on sb. “捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb.“对某人开玩笑 ” ( ) It's impolite to laugh at, stare at or play _____on disabled people A. fun B. jokes C. tricks D. parts 【连接】laugh at 嘲笑
make fun of 取笑；开……玩笑
C
3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy buy as much as spaghetti as they could. 【解析】as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could 意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。 as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could
= as + 形容词/副词原级+ as possible. We must do everything as well as possible.
= We must do everything as well as we can. 【追踪训练】翻译下面的句子。 1）. 我已经把书尽可能多地给你送来了。I have sent you ______ _____ ______ _____ ______. 2）. 这只猫想要尽快吃掉这些食物。 The cat wants to eat out the food _____ _____ ______ _____
as many books as possible
as quickly as possible
4. sell out 卖完；售完；出售 （用物作主语时，常用于被动语态 be sold out）
e.g. The next day the bookshops sold out.
第二天书店就卖断了货。
( ) — Do you have Nokia E72 mobiles — Sorry, they have been ____ . You may come next time.
A. given out B. looked out
C. sold out D. come out
C
out构成的短语
out构成的短语： give out 分发 hand out 分发
work out 得出结果 run out of 用完 go out 出去 find out 查明
look out 当心 take out 拿出 5. discovery n. 发现，发觉；（剧情的）
发展；被发现的事物
e.g. He knows that he has made a real discovery.
他知道他已经发现了一件真正的珍 品。
6. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.
end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于
e.g. Every time she tried to argue with
her husband, she ended up crying
her eyes out.
每回她试着和她丈夫争辩，她总是以流泪结束。
end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。
e.g. The scientist ended up his speech at
last.
那个科学家最后结束了演讲。
end up with sth. （以……）结束
同学们以说英语开始，却以说汉语结
束。
e.g. The students began with speaking
English, but ended up with speaking
Chinese.
7.He asked her to marry him. 【解析2】marry v嫁娶 (1)A marry B. “A 与B结婚”
Bill married Mary on January 1, 1994. (2) A and B get married = A and B are married A和B结婚 get married 结婚
Kate and Tom get married last year. (3) marry A to B “ 把A 嫁给B”
She married her daughter to a rich man. (4) get/be married to sb. 与……结婚 ①.My aunt got_____________(marry) last year.
②.When did Sue and Jack___________(结婚). ( ) ③ — Betty, did your son get married in the year 2000. — Yes , he _____ for about eight years. A. has married B. has been married
C. has got married D. was married
married
get married
B
8.cancel vt. 取消，终止
过去式和过去分词是canceled或cancelled,
现在分词canceling或cancelling
The meeting was cancelled because of the bad weather.
9.In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. 【解析1】 land on 意为“着陆；降落于”，
反义词组为take off
10. Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. (2b) 【解析】 hundred n 百 hundreds of 数以百的
(1)当hundred/ thousand/million 前面有具体的数字时，用单数形式 (2)当hundred/ thousand/million 后与of 连用时用复数形式， 【口诀】：具体的不加s 也不加of，不具体的加s 也加of
11.believable adj. 可相信的；可信任的
比较级more believable，
最高级most believable
You can _____ in the young man,he is _________.(believe)
believe
believable
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1.记者刚刚结束了他的报道。
The reporter has just _________________.
2. 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。
The party ______________ a dance.
3. 他们做了很多工作，结果什么也没得
到。
They did much work, but they
________________ nothing.
ended up his report
ended up with
ended up getting
Thanks