Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B（1a-2e） 课件（共30张PPT，内嵌音频）

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Unit12
Life is full of the unexpected. Section B（1a–2e）
1.在语境中理解、识记并运用本课时词汇：fool, discovery等。
2.能根据图片预测听力内容，能听懂愚人节相关英文表达，
独立完成听力任务。
3.根据语篇中的段落首句概括段落大意，预测文章内容，读取
关于愚人节的相关知识。
4.能运用本单元词汇和句式讲述过去发生的事情。
What is April Fool’s Day
Do you know the famous story published by BBC about penguins
Is April Fool’s Day a event between friends
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column.
1a
fool
invite
costume
embarrassed
go off
get dressed
show up
realize
change
clock
tired
stay up
call
empty
fool
call
change
empty
Nouns
(people, places, things)
Verbs
(action words)
Adjectives
(description words)
clock
Tell your partner something that happened to you recently.
Use two or more words in 1a.
1b
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party…
Share an April fool’s story with your classmates, or tell an unexpected thing that happened to you or around you.
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
1c
Before listening
Prediction（预测）
Read the title and the pictures before listening to guess what you will hear.
The boy got to school, he was surprised.
The boy was scared.
The boy was studying late.
The boy was wearing a costume.
Describe the pictures with a sentence to tell the main idea.
Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
Joe
Nick
Dave
Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
1d
Listening strategy
“Listen for the key words” and get the main idea. You don't need to listen to every word.
1.______ a costume party
2.______ my alarm went off
3.______ stayed up all night
4. ______ was tired
5. ______ really embarrassed
6. ______ the other kids showed up
N
J
J
D
N
D
Nick
Joe
A friend once invited me to a costume party. When I got there, I found that it wasn’t a costume party. I was the only person wearing a costume, and I was really embarrassed.
Dave
A friend once invited me to a costume party.
wasn’t a costume party.
really embarrassed
I was
it
Read and retell the story
Joe
Dave
Last April Fool’s Day, when my alarm clock went off, I got up, took a shower, got dressed, and went to school. But when I got there, the school was empty. I was the only one there. After an hour, the other kids showed up, and I realized that my brother had fooled me. He changed the clock to an hour earlier.
Nick
when my alarm
clock went off
the school was empty
the other
kids showed up
Read and retell the story
Nick
Dave
My friend called me on March 31st last year and told me we had a math test the next day. By the time I got to math class, I was tired because I had stayed up all night studying. Then I found out that my friend had fooled me. We didn’t have a test at all!
Joe
I was tired
Read and retell the story
I had stayed up
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
1e
A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party …
Joe
Nick
Dave
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
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
2b
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
Read the passage and find out how many tricks or jokes the writer provides, fill in the chart.
Time Place Trick Result
on April Fool’s Day
In England
There would be no more spaghetti.
All of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
on April Fool’s Day
In England
Discovery of special water, which can help lose weight.
More than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station.
on April Fool’s Day
In October, 1938
In the United States
A famous TV star ask his girlfriend
to marry him.
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
Aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
长难句解析
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.
1
作farmers的后置定语
宾语从句的主句
宾语从句中，because 引导原因状语从句
作reporter的后置定语
no more stop doing sth.
有一年的愚人节，英国的一位记者宣布将不再有意大利面条了，因为意大利种植意大利面条的农民不再种植这种东西了。
停止做某事
不再
整句含义：
2
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country.
主语
make sb. /sth. do
使某人/某物做
so…that… 如此……以至于……
连系动词sound后接real作表语
hundreds of
韦尔斯使他的话听起来如此逼真，以至于数以百计的人相信了这个故事，恐惧在整个国家蔓延。
数以百计
整句含义：
__________ to state officially or make known publicly.
_____________________________________________________________
__________ to sell all of the supply that you have of something.
_____________________________________________________________
_______________ deceive somebody.
_____________________________________________________________
__________ a plan to deceive someone.
_____________________________________________________________
Find words or phrases from the passage with meanings similar to these phrases, then make a sentence of your own.
The news was announced by Radio Beijing.
announce
sell out
The books you ask for are all sold out.
play a trick on
He played a trick on me yesterday.
hoax
They considered the phone call a hoax.
__________ to decide that an organized event will not happen.
_____________________________________________________________
__________ to arrive on the ground or other surface.
_____________________________________________________________
__________ distribute or disperse widely.
_____________________________________________________________
__________ instead of; in preference to
_____________________________________________________________
__________ the process of finding information, a place, or an object.
_____________________________________________________________
cancel
The match had to be cancelled due to the bad weather.
land
In ten minutes the plane will land in Beijing.
spread
The rumor was widely spread among the crowd.
rather than
I prefer to walk there rather than take a bus.
discovery
This discovery is highly appreciated in the circle of science.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
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 that the special water could do
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
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
Orson Welles 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
I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth.
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
Group Work: Read the passage again and discuss the questions.
What does the writer want to tell us in this passage
How do you feel like April Fool’s Day
Talk about your opinions on these questions. There are no standard questions, only be reasonable and persuasive.
Make a mind-map of the passage using the key words of each paragraph.
April Fool’s Day
One of the most famous tricks
Introduction
Two funny stories
a celebration, on April 1st, play tricks and jokes
A sad story
spaghetti
special water
TV star: invited his girlfriend → asked her to marry him
The lady: happy → wanted to get married → April Fool
lost his girlfriend, show was canceled
a reporter → no more spaghetti → people ran to buy → had been sold out
a TV show → the discovery of special water→ help lose weight→ people had phoned → find out how to get this water
happened in October
aliens had landed on the earth, were moving across the United States
people believed, fear spread
people had left their homes
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
2d
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).
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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 girl friend.
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:
2e
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…
a. the funniest joke
b. the most embarrassing joke
c. the most creative joke
Read a passage about April Fool’s Day, then make a report or draw a mind-map of it.