(共32张PPT)
Section B 1a-1e
Objectives
To learn the new words and expressions:
fool, costume, embarrassed, costume
party...
To know about the April Fool’s Day.
Mid –Autumn Day
What festivals are they
Warming up
Children’s Day
National Day
Spring Festival
Father’s Day
Mother’s Day
April Fool’s Day
Have you ever fooled others
Have you ever been fooled by others
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.
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.
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column.
fool invite costume
embarrassed go off call
get dressed empty show up
realize change clock
tired stay up
1a
fool n.蠢人；傻瓜
v. 愚弄
costume n.
(特定场合穿的）服装；装束
embarrassed adj.
窘迫的；害羞的
costume party
化装舞会
Nouns (people, places, things） Verbs (action words) Adjectives
(description words)
fool fool embarrassed
invite, go off
call, get dressed
show up
realize, change
stay up
costume
call
change
clock
empty
tired
Tell your partner about something that
happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to watch some videos. We stayed up really late. On Saturday I was exhausted.
1b
We cleaned our house last Sunday. Mother
emptied a room to put things away, but father
did not show up until afternoon …
A sample version
Last weekend, my friend Tina invited me to her costume
party. I got dressed and showed up on time. I met many
friends that I had not seen for a long time. They asked
me to sing a song, but I am not good at singing. So I felt
embarrassed at first, but then I told them a funny story
which made everyone laugh. We stayed up fairly late. I
got up late the next morning and I was a little exhausted.
No name
Joe
Nick
Dave
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
1c
Dave wore a costume at a costume party.
Nick went to school an hour earlier.
Joe stayed up all night studying.
Read the sentences.
1.______ a costume party
2.______ my alarm went off
3.______ stayed up all night
4. ______ was tired
5. ______ was really embarrassed
6. ______ the other kids showed up
Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
1d
N
J
J
D
N
D
Write the sentences about Dave’s, Nick’s
and Joe’s Fool’s Day.
Dave went to a costume party. He wore a costume. Nobody wore like him. He felt really embarrassed.
After Nick’s clock went off, he went to school. As a result, the other kids showed up an hour later.
Joe stayed up all night studying so he was really tired.
A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party …
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
1e
After listening, fill in the blanks with the proper words.
Dave was invited to a costume party. When he got there. _________ wore a costume except him, He felt really embarrassed.
After Nick’s alarm went off, he _________ and went to school. As a result, the other kids showed up an hour later. His brother changed the clock to an hour earlier.
Nobody
got up
Joe was told to have a ____________
the next day. So he stayed up all
night to study for it. So he was
really tired.
math test
Language points
1. fool
n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者
e.g. People always think I’m a fool, and I dare say
they’re right.
人们总认为我是个傻瓜，想必他们是对的。
vt. 愚弄，欺骗；
e.g. He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s Day.
愚人节那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。
2. embarrassed
adj. 窘迫的；害羞的
e.g. He looked a bit embarrassed.
他看起来有点窘迫。
embarrassing adj. 使人害羞的（难堪的或惭愧的）e.g. That was an embarrassing situation for me.
那种情形让我难堪。
3. The other kids showed up.
show up 露面，到场；（使）看得见
e.g. We waited until five o’clock, but he did not
show up.
我们一直等到了5点，但是他始终没有露面。
Ⅰ.用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. He is such a (fool) man. He often makes
the same mistake again and again.
2. The situation was so (embarrass).
I really wanted to leave the house.
Exercises
foolish
embarrassing
3. Zhang Kai _______ (stay) up all night last Monday.
4. What do you do on April ________ (fool) Day
5. Did you invite KangKang __________ (have) dinner
6. The boy can get _________ (dress) now.
stayed
Fool’s
to have
dressed
II. 单项选择。
1. Fun, was it Well, you could have _____ me!
A. fool B. fools
C. fooling D. fooled
2. On New Year everyone _____ and goes out
to visit friends and relatives.
A. gets dressed B. puts up
C. hurries up D. looks up
D
A
III. 用方框中所给词或短语的适当形式填空。
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
show up
invited
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昨天他感到很尴尬。
He felt very _______________ yesterday.
embarrassed
Listen to 1c.
Interview two Ss and write down their
interesting stories that happened on
April Fool’s Day.
Homework
