Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B (2a-2e)预习导学（无答案）

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. (Period 5)
Section B (2a-2e)
班级_________ 姓名_________
学完这一课，你能够掌握：
1．词汇：announce、spaghetti、hoax、sell out、discovery、lady、cancel、officer、believable、disappear、embarrassing；
2．能力：运用相关词汇讲述愚人节所发生的趣事；通过快速阅读获取段落大意；
3．交际功能：使用“By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.”“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.”“One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April.”等句型讲述愚人节发生的趣事。
【学习任务一】
词汇检测
1．v. 宣布；宣告 __________
2．n. 意大利面条 __________
3．n. 骗局；恶作剧 __________
4．卖光 ____________________
5．n. 发现；发觉 __________
6．n. 女士；女子 __________
7．v. 取消；终止 __________
8．n. 军官；官员 __________
9．adj. 可相信的；可信任的 __________
10．v. 消失；不见 __________
11．adj. 使人害羞的（难堪的或惭愧的）__________
【学习任务二】
阅读教材第94页，根据汉语提示写出英文句子。
1．愚人节是一个在全世界不同国家都举行的庆祝活动。
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2．它发生在每年的4月1日，是许多人互相搞各种恶作剧和开各种玩笑的日子。
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3．当人们意识到这个故事是个骗局的时候，全国的意大利面已经销售一空了。
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4．在那一天结束的时候，已经有10 000多人把电话打到电视台打听如何得到这种水。
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5．很多愚人节玩笑的结局可能并不是那么有趣。
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6．然而，世界上最著名的恶作剧之一不是发生在四月，而是在十月。
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【学习任务一】
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.（可将主要内容写在下面）
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【学习任务二】
观察2b的图片，然后回答问题，预测文章内容。
1．What can you see in the picture
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2．What may the passage talk about
A．The origin of April Fool’s Day.
B．How to celebrate April Fool’s Day.
C．Some tricks of April Fool’s Day.
【学习任务三】
1．快速阅读2b的文章，然后回答问题。
（1）How many tricks are mentioned in this passage
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（2）What are the tricks about
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2．Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
【学习任务四】
1．阅读文章的第一段，然后完成表格。
An introduction to April Fool’s Day
What When Where How
2．阅读文章的第二段，然后完成表格。
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 10,000 people ________________________ ________________________.
3．阅读文章的第三段，然后完成表格。
Time Place Trick Result
On _______________. / A famous TV star asked his girlfriend _______________. The TV star lost ___________ and his show_____________.
4．根据第三段的内容判断句子正（T）误（F）。
（1）A famous TV star invited his girlfriend onto his show.
（2）The TV star asked his girlfriend to marry him but she refused.
（3）The TV star really wanted his girlfriend to marry him.
（4）The TV star lost both his girlfriend and his show.
5．阅读文章的第四段，然后完成表格。
Time Place Trick Result
In _______, 1938. In _________. _______________ landed on the earth. Thousands of people ________________.
6．根据第四段的内容将句子重新排序。
（ ）Hundreds of people believed the story and fear spread.
（ ）Thousands of people left their homes.
（ ）Orson Welles announced the news on his radio program.
（ ）Police officers announced the story was a hoax.
（ ）The radio program described the event in detail.
【学习任务五】
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1．Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
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2．What did the TV show say the special water could do
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3．Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
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4．When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
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5．Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
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6．Which of these stories is the most believable Which is the least believable Why
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7．Would you be fooled by any of these stories
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【学习任务六】
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).
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.
【学习任务七】
小组探究
1．take place 意为“________________”，______（有/没有）被动语态。
2．在“It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.”中，________________________________是定语从句，由___________引导，修饰先行词___________。
3．play tricks/jokes on sb. 意为“________________”。
4．discovery 意为“________________”，其动词形式为___________。
5．get married 意为“________________”，为不及物动词短语，后面不跟宾语。若跟宾语需要加介词______。
6．run out of 意为“________________”，其主语通常是______（人/物）。
7．believable 形容词，意为“________________”，其反义词为___________，动词形式为___________。
请根据本课所学内容，列出关键词或画出你的思维导图吧！
Think about: What should we be careful about while playing tricks
e.g. Don’t use insulting (侮辱的) words.
Don’t make fun of people’s weakness.
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