(共45张PPT)
Section B 2a-2e
Objectives
To learn the new words and expressions:
announce, spaghetti, hoax, sell out,
discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable,
disappear, embarrassing...
To know about the April Fool’s Day.
April Fool’s Day
Warming up
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
2a
搞怪愚人节
老师叫你马上
去他办公室！
对噢，老师
让我通知你
作业重写！
今天是愚人节
学校说要补课
我才不会上当呢！
深思熟虑……
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1 One of the most famous trick 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
2b
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. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
What can you see in the picture
2.What does the passage may talk about
A UFO.
It may talk about the little trick on the April Fool’s Day. Perhaps the trick is about the UFO.
Look at the picture, then answer the questions below.
Read the article again and complete the chart.
Time Place Trick Result
On ______ ________ In England There would be _____________ _____________ All of the spaghetti was ________
On ________ In ______ The special water would help people ___________ More than 10000 people ________________________
April
no more
spaghetti
sold out
Fool’s Day
England
lose weight
went to the TV station
to get the water
Fool’s Day
Time Place Trick Result
On April Fool’s Day A famous TV star asked his girlfriend __________ The TV star lost ____________
In ________, 1983 In _______ ________ landed on the earth Thousands of people ______ ____________
October
America
to get married
his girlfriend
Aliens
had
left their homes
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
What did the TV show say the special water could do
It was said that the special water would help people
lose weight.
2c
Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
Because he lost both his girlfriend and his show.
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens
from Mars landing on the earth
It was in October 1938.
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
Because Orson Welles made it sound so real that
hundreds of people believed the story.
Which of these stories is the most believable
Which is the least believable Why
I think…
Because…
Would you be fooled by any of these stories
Yes, I would. Because…
No, I wouldn’t. Because…
April Fool’s Day
When: On April 1st
What: Many people play all kinds of tricks and
jokes on each other.
Funny stories
A sad story
A famous trick
Close the book and complete the blanks.
Funny stories
One hoax is about spaghetti. A reporter said the Italian farmers had ____________________.
Another is about special water. They said the water could help people _____________.
stopped growing it
lose weight
A famous TV star made a joke on ________________, and as a result, he lost her and his show was canceled.
A sad story
his girlfriend
It happened in ______________.
The actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. Many people believed him and _________________.
A famous trick
October
left their homes
Fill in the blanks with the correct
forms of the verbs in brackets.
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).
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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 called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
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 ...
2e
A: What’s your story
B: ....
Work in pairs
1. 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。
Language points
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
e.g. The students began with speaking English,
but ended up with speaking Chinese.
同学们以说英语开始， 却以说汉语结束。
2. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to
buy as much spaghetti as they could.
很多人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利面。
as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could 相当
于as + 形容词/副词原级+ as possible，意为“尽
可能地……”，在句中作状语。
例：
We must do everything as well as we can.
= We must do everything as well as possible.
我们要尽量做好每一件事。
1.Scientists have made many important ___________ (discover).
2. The plane seemed to ___________(appear)
suddenly. Nobody could find it.
3. What he said seemed quite ___________(believe)
and all of his friends believed him.
discoveries
disappear
believable
Exercises
Ⅰ.用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. 那家书店有各种各样的书和杂志。
There are _____________ books and
magazines in the bookstore.
2. 广场上有数百人正在等他。
There are ____________________ waiting for
him in the square.
all kinds of
hundreds of people
Ⅱ.根据汉语提示完成句子。
3. 如果你不想结局像他一样，请改正你的缺点。
If you don’t want to _________ like him,
please correct your shortcomings.
4. 他们打算下个月结婚。
They are going to ______________ next month.
5. 截止到上月底，我们已经学了2,000个单词了。
_______________ last month, we had already
learned 2,000 words.
get married
By the end of
end up
6. 记者刚刚结束了他的报道。
The reporter has just____________________.
7. 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。
The party ______________ a dance.
8. 他做了很多工作，结果什么也没得到。
He did much work, but he ______________
nothing.
ended up his report
ended up with
ended up getting
9. 他的故事听起来太真实了，以至于我们都相信了它。
His story sounded ____________ we all believed it.
10. 到警察宣布这是一个恶作剧时，数千人已经离开了
他们的家。
____________ the police announced that it was a
hoax, thousands of people _________ their homes.
so real that
By the time
had left
—Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize for
her _____ of artemisinin(青蒿素).
— And she was the first Chinese who won
the prize in science.
A. design B. thought
C. invention D. discovery
D
Ⅲ.单项选择。
2. The movie is ______ wonderful ______ I want
to see it again.
A. too; to B. so; that C. as; as D. so; as
3. Write it _______ possible and try not to make
any mistakes.
A. as careful as B. as carefully as
C. more careful D. less careful
B
B
The manager will be so busy next month, that he has to c__________ a few unimportant meetings.
中考链接
ancel
句意为“经理下个月会很忙，以至于他不得不取消几个不重要的会议。”
Make a conversation like Section B 2e.
Interview two Ss and write down their
interesting stories that happened on
April Fool’s Day.
Homework
