Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B（2a-2d）(共35张PPT) 2023-2024学年九年级英语全册同步精品课堂（人教版）

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Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 2a-2c
What do you know about April Fool’s Day
What do people in western countries do on this day
1.When is April Fool’s Day
April 1st.
2.What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day.
3.“He is an April Fool.” What does it mean
It means he was fooled by others.
April Fool’s Day
Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day Have you ever been fooled by others
2a
Please read the passage in 2b and get the general idea of the article.
Fast-reading
The general idea of the article is about 　　　　.
A. the stories about jokes and tricks
B. the celebration on April Fool’s Day
C. how to become famous 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.
2b
A
Four.
Read the passage quickly. Then answer the question.
How many stories are mentioned in this passage
One of the most famous tricks 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.
Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
2b
Reading strategy(阅读策略):
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can
help you guess the main idea of each passage.
Fast-reading
Introduction
Two funny stories
A sad story
One of the most famous tricks
2b
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
The Structure of the passage
Choose correct sentences from the box to fill in the structure.
A. It happens on April 1st every year.
B. Many people believed him and left their homes.
C. A famous TV star played a joke on his girlfriend.
D. They said the water could help people lose weight.
PartⅠ(Para. 1)
An introduction to
April Fool’s Day
1. _______
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
A
B. Many people believed him and left their homes.
C. A famous TV star played a joke on his girlfriend.
D. They said the water could help people lose weight.
Part Ⅱ(Para.2-Para.4)
Stories or tricks
One hoax is about spaghetti. A reporter said the Italian farmers had stopped growing spaghetti.
Another is about special water. 2. _______
D
Two funny stories
A sad story
A famous trick
3. ______ As a result, he lost her and his show was canceled.
It happened in October 1938. The actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. 4. _______
C
B
2b
Choose the right answer.
1.What can people do on April’s Fool’s Day
A. Play jokes and tricks on each others.
B. Give surprise to people around them.
C. Scare people around them.
D. All of the above.
2.How many tricks are mentioned in this passage
A. Two. B. Four. C. Five. D. Only one.
3.Which of the following is TRUE
A. Few people like to play jokes on others on April 1st.
B. The special water really helped people lose weight.
C. The famous star agreed to marry his girlfriend.
D. Orson Welles told everyone the fake news.
2b
4.What’s the best title for this passage
A. April Fool’s Day.
B. Some fake news.
C. Unlucky experiences.
D. Some famous people’s tricks.
5. What’s the structure of the passage
6. What kind of article is this
A. Exposition B. Narrative
C. Argumentation D. Practical writing
Choose the right answer.
Presentation
Careful reading
While-reading
Read and answer.
2b
Read Para.1 and find the answers.
1. Where does April Fool’s Day take place
2. When does it happen
3. What do people do on that day
In different countries
around the world.
On April 1st every year
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
此句为that引导的定语从句，that在定语从句中做主语，不能省略，先行词为 celebration.
此句为关系副词when引导的定语从句，
修饰表示时间的先行词a day. I will never forget the time _______ I worked with the famous banker.
when
Read Para. 2 and get the information about the two tricks.
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.
Spaghetti Trick
When
Who
Where
What
Result
宣告[ 'na ns]
骗局；恶作剧[h ks]
卖完
1. Why did the supermarkets run
out of spaghetti on April Fool’s Day
2c
2b
Because a reporter announced that there
would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti
farmers in Italy had stopped growing
spaghetti.
Read the story 2 and fill in the blanks.
Trick
Result
The _____________ would help
people___________.
By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people ___________ the TV station to find out _____
______________.
special water
lose weight
had phoned
how to
get this water
How do you feel about these
two stories
A famous star asked his
girlfriend to marry him.
Read Para. 3 and fill in the blanks.
Trick
Time
Place
Result
ji
on April Fool's day
his show
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
How do you feel about these
two stories
Presentation
Careful reading
While-reading
Read and answer.
2b
Read Para.3 and find the answers.
He is asking the girl to marry him.
Do you think the girl is happy？
Marriage Trick
1.Who invited his girlfriend onto his show
2. What did he ask her to do
3. Did the joke have a happy ending
4. What happened at last
2c
Because he lost both his girlfriend
and his show.
3. Why did the TV star’s joke
have a bad ending
A famous TV star.
He asked her to marry him.
No, it didn’t.
He lost his girlfriend and his show
was canceled.
end up “最终成为，最后处于”end up doing sth.
end up with sth.
The harm to any one person’s trick is wrong, we should learn how to respect.
（伤害到任何一个人的恶作剧都是错误的，我们应该懂得尊重。)
( ) 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.
Read para. 4 carefully and number them.
1
5
2
4
3
事实
骗局
Let’s read.
阅读策略：找关键词，根据上下文推断词意。
Read Para. 4 and get the information about Alien Trick.
When
Who
Where
What
Result
Alien
Alien Trick
2b
Why
关 键 词 二
。
。
。
。
Read Para. 4 and fill in the blanks.
Time
Trick
Response
Result
In October,1938.
Orson Wells announced that Aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
Hundreds of people believed the story, and
fear spread across the whole country.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
Do all the jokes and tricks happen only on April Fool’s Day
introduction
funny stories
A sad story
takes place in…
play tricks and jokes on …
April Fool’s Day
famous trick
It happens on…
spaghetti
There would be …because
ran to…to buy…
By the time…, had been …
…lose weight
special water
…invited … and asked…
“April Fool !”
… lost,
canceled…
In October,1938.
Orson Welles.
…had landed…
believe,spread
…had left
After-reading
Life is full of the unexpected
‘Toothpaste’ Oreo
牙膏味奥利奥
Chicken Hamburger
鸡肉汉堡
Your shoelaces are untied 你鞋带开了
Teacher called you
老师喊你去办公室
___________________________.
___________________________.
____________________________.
______________________________.
When did it happen
What happened
What's your reaction
How did the day end
Time/Place
Trick
Response
Result
.
Sweet tips
Tricks and jokes can bring people
happiness
problems
sometimes may hurt someone or ourselves!
We should pay attention to propriety(礼仪) when making jokes and not too big!
Presentation
Language points
Post-reading
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. 愚人节是每年的四月一日，在这一天，人们互相捉弄开各种玩笑。
play tricks on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb.则是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思
It's impolite to laugh at, stare at or play _____on disabled people
A. fun B. jokes C. tricks D. parts
C
2. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that take place in
different countries around the world.
愚人节是一种发生在世界各国的庆祝活动。
take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。
Presentation
Language points
Post-reading
eg. The sports meeting will take place in October. 运动会将在十月举行。
take place 通常指事先计划或预料到的事情发生， 还可表示“举行”的意思,无被动语态。
happen 常指具体的事情发生，特指那些偶然或出乎意料发生的事情，happen to do sth.碰巧做某事，表示“碰巧；恰好”之意，无被动语态。
3.观察并翻译下列句子
1). Welles made it so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
_____________________________________
2).The boy ran so fast that I couldn’t catch him.__________________________
3).He was so angry that he couldn’t say a word.
________________________________________________________________.
Welles 使这个故事如此真实，以至数百人相信了他的故事。
男孩跑的如此快以至我赶不上他。
他如此生气以至不能说一句话。
I happened to be in the lab that day. 那天我碰巧在实验室。
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4).He is such an interesting man that we love him.
__________________________________
5).They are such interesting books that I want to read them once more.
__________________________________.
6).It was such bad weather that I had to stay at home.
______________________________________.
Language points
Post-reading
他是一位如此有趣的人以至我们喜欢他。
他们是如此有趣的书以至我想再看。
天气如此坏以至我必须呆在家里
以上为：so… that …和 such… that…句型， 都意为“___________ ”。so后边加 _______________；such 后边加______.注意：如果名词前为many , much, few, little修饰时，用so 而不用_____.
1).The drink is _____ delicious ______ I enjoy it very much.
A. too ; to B. so ; that C. such ; that D. too; that
2). 那是一个很晴朗的句子，我们出去散步。
___________________________________________.
如此….以至…
形容词，副词
名词
such
It was such a fine day that we went out for a walk.
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4. 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条。
as +adj./adv.+ as sb. can / could 相当于as + adj./adv.+ as possible，意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。
e.g. 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。
Please come as early as you can.
= Please come as early as possible.
请尽早来。
Language points
Post-reading
Presentation
Language points
Post-reading
John is going to marry Jane.
约翰要和简结婚了。
5. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.
marry v. “嫁，娶，结婚”
⑴ marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人”、“娶了某人”或“和某人结婚”
⑵ get/be married to sb.
get married和marry都指结婚的动作，不能与for+时间段连用；
be married 表示状态，可用于现在完成时中，和for +时间段连用。
She had _________ for 8 years.
been married
Presentation
Language points
Post-reading
6. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.
1）end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于
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。
2）end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。
eg.The scientist ended up his speech at last.那个科学家最后结束了演讲。
3）end up with sth. （以……）结束
eg.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。
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
take place
local supermarkets
sell out
lose weight
find out
end up doing sth.
get married
cancel his show
hundreds of
thousands of
police officers
发生
当地的超市
卖光
减肥
弄清；查明
以做某事告终
结婚
取消他的节目
成百上千的；数以百计的
成千上万的；数以千计的
警官
Ⅰ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，注意形式变化。每词限用一次。
lady, believe, discover, officer, cancel, disappear
1. Our picnic had to be __________________ because of heavy rain.
2. People all agree the X-ray is an important __________.
3. We couldn’t see the sun because it ____________ behind a cloud.
canceled / cancelled
discovery
disappeared
4. There are two beautiful _______ waiting for Mr. Smith in the meeting room.
5. I wasn’t angry with her because her excuse for being late sounded ____________.
6. There are many heroes in our society such as doctors, police _______ and firefighters.
lady, believe, discover, officer, cancel, disappear
ladies
believable
officers
Ⅱ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意形式变化。
sell out, find out, take place, lose weight, end up, get married
1. Let’s _____________ who broke the window.
2. The Shanghai International Film Festival _____________ in June every year.
3. Bad luck! All the tickets for the concert have _____________.
find out
takes place
sold out
4. I think the best way _____________ is to exercise more.
5. Nancy planned to go swimming, but _____________ staying at home.
6. At the age of 24, Brian fell in love with Grace. Three years later, they _____________.
sell out, find out, take place, lose weight, end up, get married
to lose weight
ended up
got married
Review the new words and expressions you’ve learned today.
Write one of your funny stories in 80 words.