Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B 课件＋音频(共45张PPT)人教版九年级全一册

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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected
Section B
Vocabulary
1. fool
make fool of...意为“取笑......，捉弄......”。
foolish adj.“蠢”，着重指缺乏智慧或判断力
练习：I felt such a ________ when I realized my mistake.
fool
2. costume
指特定场合穿的衣服，如化装舞会时穿的服装、表演戏剧时穿的戏服或某一时代或某地特有的装束
练习：He went to the party in giant chicken ________.
costume
3. embarrassed
embarrassed 常用于修饰人，通常作表语
embarrassing 常用于修饰事物，作定语或表语
练习：Her questions about my private life ________ me.
embarrassed
4. stay up
stay up all night 一夜不睡
stay up late 熬夜到很晚
练习：Do you often ________
stay up
5. take place
一般指非偶然事件的发生，即事件的发生一定有某种原因或经过事先的安排。没有被动语态
练习：The wedding will ________ in May.
take place
Lead-in
What do you know about
April Fool's Day
April Fool’s Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool’s errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.
The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year“s was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st.When New Year’s Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560’s by King Charles lX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.
Nouns (people, places, things) Verbs (action words) Adjectives
(description words)
fool fool
embarrassed
fool invite
costume embarrassed
go off call
get dressed empty
show up realize
change clock
tired stay up
1a
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart.
Some words can go in more than one column.
costume
call
change
clock
invite, go off
call, get dressed
show up, realize
change, stay up
empty
tiredc
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party ...
1b
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 his birthday party. When I got there, I found it was a costume party. I was the only person who wasn’t wearing a costume. I was really embarrassed.
Example
Try to describe the feelings.
scared
sleepy
shocked
embarrassed
1c
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
Joe
Nick
Dave
1. Why was Kevin late for class
2. How did Kevin get to school
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
His clock didn’t go off. He overslept.
Carl’s dad saw him on the street and gave him a lift in his car.
1d
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.
D
N
J
J
D
N
Matt: Why were you late for class today,
Kevin
Kevin: My alarm clock didn’t go o ! I kept
sleeping, and when I woke up it was
already 8:00 a.m.!
Matt: Oh, no!
Kevin: So I just quickly put on some clothes
and rushed out of the door.
Matt: You didn’t eat breakfast
Kevin: No, I didn’t even brush my teeth or
wash my face! But before I got to
the bus stop, the bus had already left.
Matt: Then how did you get here
Kevin: Luckily, Carl’s dad saw me on the
street and gave me a lift in his car.
Matt: Well, at least by the time you got to school, you were only five minutes late for class.
1e
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party ...
2a
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.
1．What can you see in the picture
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.
A UFO.

1．How many tricks are mentioned in this passage
2．What are these four tricks about
Four
spaghetti
special water
proposal
alien
2b
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1 One of the most famous tricks 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
True (T) or False (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.
T
F
F
T
Put the following statements into the right order.
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.
1
2
3
4
5
2c
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1．Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
2．What did the TV show say the special water could do
3．Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
Because a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti.
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
Because 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 of 1938.
Because he 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 ... Because ...
Yes, I would. Because .../
No, I wouldn’t. Because ...
2d
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.
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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 …
Language points
1．April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. 愚人节是一个在全世界不同国家都举行的庆祝活动。
take place 此处意为“举行”，是固定短语，还可以表示“发生” 。
e.g. A concert will soon take place here.
在这里即将举办一场音乐会。
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. 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。
（1）句中 when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other 是定语从句，由关系副词 when 引导，修饰表示时间的先行词 a day。
e.g. He remembers the day when he joined the League.
他记得他入团的那一天。
（2）play tricks/jokes on sb. 意为“捉弄某人/开某人的玩笑”，也可表达为 play a trick/joke on sb.。
e.g. Don’t play tricks on me. I want to know the truth.
别捉弄我了，我想知道真相。
3. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all off the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
sell out 卖光；是“动词+副词”型短语，后接代词作
宾语时，代词放在sell与out中间。
This kind of books sells well and we have sold them out.
这种书卖得很好，我们已经把它卖完了。
4．The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.
这名女子非常开心，因为她真的很想结婚。
get married 意为“结婚”，为不及物动词短语，后面不跟宾语。get married to sb. 表示“与某人结婚”。
e.g. They got married last year.
他们去年结婚了。
My brother got married to a nurse last month.
上个月我哥哥和一名护士结婚了。
3a
Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day What happened Make some notes about what you remember.
What was the date
What happened first
Was this lucky or unlucky Why
What happened next
How did the day end
How did you feel about this day
3b
Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story to a partner or the class.
My lucky/unlucky day
I will always remember the date…
This was the luckiest /unluckiest day of
my life…
When I woke up that morning…
Later that day,…
I couldn’t believe …
Then/After that,…
Finally,…
I think….
What a lucky/an unlucky day!
Self Check
cancel miss west accident lady officer market unexpected
Last Saturday after my French course, I decided to drive to the ________ to buy a meat pie for dinner. As I was heading ______, I saw a huge truck in the middle of the road.
There had been a(n) ________ and there were many police _______ around. I turned around and decided to go to a nearby mall.
market
west
accident
officers
However, I _______ the road that led to the mall. Then I saw a restaurant that sold chicken noodles. I went inside and the _____, who was the owner, served me the most delicious bowl of chicken noodles ever. I had made a(n) ___________ discovery! I’m so glad that I _________ my plan to go to the market.
missed
lady
unexpected
canceled
2. Think of ways to finish the answers.
1. A: Why didn’t you hand in your science
homework
B: Before I could start working on it,
________________________________
________________________________
________.
my baby brother started crying and I had to look after him as my mother was sick
2. A: Why didn’t you take a shower this
morning
B: By the time I got up, ____________
______________________________
______________________________
_________.
my sister had already gone into the bathroom and the bus was honking for me to hurry up
3. A: Why did you have to walk home
from school
B: By the time I left my school,
____________________________.
the school bus had already left
Thank you