Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B (2a-2e) 课件（共24张PPT） 2024-2025学年英语人教版九年级全一册

Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section A (2a~2e)
It happens on ____________ every year.
It is a ____________ that takes place in different countries around the world.
It is a day when many people _________ ___________________________ on each other .
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April 1st
celebration
play all
kinds of tricks and jokes
=hoax n. 骗局；恶作剧
April Fool’s Day
Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner.
put up interesting paper on one’s back
The teacher asks you to go to her office.
You fail the
English test.
2a
put different materials into the Cola
put the toothpaste on one’s biscuits
1.What can you see in the picture?
2.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. The origin of April Fool’ Day.
B. How to celebrate April Fool’ Day.
C. Some tricks of April Fool’ Day.
1. An UFO.
Perhaps the trick is about the UFO.
Prediction
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.
Skim the passage and anwer.
1.How many tricks are mentioned in this passage?
Four ticks.
2.What are these four tricks about?
aliens
spaghetti
special water
proposal(求婚)
Reading Tip
Fast reading
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
◆ The most famous trick 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
most famous trick
Examples
introduction
A sad story
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Some stories happened on April Fool's Day.
2b
Read Para. 1 carefully and finish the task.
April Fool’s Day
April 1st
in different countries
play all kinds of tricks and jokes
An introduction about April Fool’s Day.
what
when
where
how
Careful reading
Read Para. 2 carefully and finish the tasks.
Where did it happen?
Who played the trick?
What was the trick?
What was the result?
A TV show.
In England.
There would be
_____ _____spaghetti. Because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had ________ _______spaghetti.
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy__ _____ spaghetti __ ___ _____.
All of the spaghetti ______ ___ _______had been___ ___.
The trick of ______________.
spaghetti
no more
across
the country
sold out
as they could
as
much
stopped growing
Careful reading
Where did it happen?
Who played the trick?
What was the trick?
What was the result?
A reporter.
In England.
The special water would help people _____ ________.
More than 10,000 people had _______ the TV station to find out how to get this water.
The trick of ______________.
special water
lose weight
phoned
Both of the two things are __________.
hoaxes
What lesson can you learn from these two tricks?
Each coin has two sides.
Think carefully before you act.
C. Where there is a will , there is a way. (有志者事竟成)
Where did it happen?
Who played the trick?
What was the trick?
What was the result?
A famous TV star.
On the star’s show.
He invited his girlfriend onto his show and _____ her ___ ______him.
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was __________.
The trick of __________.
proposal
canceled
The lady felt happy and she really wanted to ____ _____. So she agreed, but she was fooled by the star
asked
to marry
get married
Read Para. 3 carefully and finish the tasks.
Careful reading
Read Para. 4 carefully and finish the tasks.
Where did it happen?
Who played the trick?
What was the trick?
What was the result?
An actor called Orson Wells.
In America.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
The trick of ________.
aliens
Orson Welles __________ on his radio program that aliens from _____ had ________ ___the earth.
announced
Mars
landed on
Careful reading
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country.
What does “ it ” refer to?
Can we play jokes about things related to (与...有关) safety or crime (犯罪)?
He described where aliens from Mars had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.
We’d better not. If so, the world will be in a panic(处于恐慌中).
What can you learn from the story?
Don’t play tricks on the safety of a country. It is very important for everyone.
（不要拿一个国家的安危开玩笑，安全对于每个人来说是非常重要的。）
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?
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
2c
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
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?
It was in October 1938.
Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
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.
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
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
ended
2d
Complete the blanks.
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 ______________________
_____________
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 _____ _____________
Fool’s Day
April
no more
spaghetti
sold out
Fool’s Day
April
England
lose weight
phoned the TV station to get the water
October
America
to marry him
his girlfriend and his show
Aliens
had
left their homes
Summay
Let’s tell the tricks.
The Four Tricks
Spaghetti
trick
Special water
marriage
trick
Alien
trick
Retelling time
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 ...
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
2e
I was very glad to eat it first. Then I felt strange.
It tasted special. What was it? I looked at my little brother. He laughed loudly and said nothing.
Later that day, I knew he put toothpaste (牙膏) into the Oreo. I couldn’t believe I was fooled by him. I brushed my teeth again. After that, my brother gave me a box of Oreo, and said “Happy April Fool’s Day.” Finally I was happy to get these delicious biscuits.
I think I had a happy and lucky day.
What a lucky day!
Example
What should we be careful about while playing tricks?
Don’t use insulting words.
Don’t make fun of people’ s weakness. For example, if somebody is too fat or too short…
Don’t go beyond the morals.
Don’t break the law……
Cautions
Futher thinking
Level A 口头作业 Act out one story with partner.(books closed)
Level B 口头作业 Act out one story with partner.(books open)
Homework