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Unit 12 Section B (2a-2e)
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Content
Learning objectives
01
Lead-in
02
Presentation
03
Reading
04
Summary
05
Homework
06
目录
Learning objectives
After learning this lesson, you can:
Retell the story of April Fool’s Day.
Lead in
What is the video about
The origin of April Fool’s Day.
Lead in
What do you know about April Fool’s Day
It’s on April 1st.
2a
What can we do on that day
We can play tricks/jokes on others.
Lead in
2a
老师叫你马上
去他办公室！
对噢，老师
让我通知你
作业重写！
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
Presentation
Reading Strategy阅读策略
Using the background knowledge
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can active your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
使用背景知识
Presentation
Match the main ideas.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 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
Reading
Para. 1
April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world . It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other .
what
when
where
how
April Fool’s Day
April 1st
in different countries
play all kinds of tricks and jokes
Reading
Para. 2
examples
two
First one:spaghetti(意大利面条)
Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti
use up
A reporter
announced
Farmers __________________ spaghetti.
So, there would be no more spaghetti.
had stopped growing
People
ran to the supermarkets
to .
buy as much spaghetti as
they could
Result
All of the spaghetti across the country
had been sold out.
Reading
Para. 2
the second example
Second one: the discovery of .
special water
lose
weight
in just
four months
By the end of the day , people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
more than 10,000
What can you learn from the two examples
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)
B
Reading
Para. 3
A TV star
his girlfriend
onto his show.
invited
He asked her to marry him.
The lady was so happy and said yes.
But the man played a joke on her.
What’s the result
The TV star lost his girl friend and his show was canceled.
Reading
Para. 4
when who what was announced on the radio result
In October, 1938
Orson Welles
Aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
Reading
2c
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
Because a reporter announced that there would be no more 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.
Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
Because 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
Because Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
Reading
2c
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
Which of these stories is the most believable
Which is the least believable Why
Would you be fooled by any of these stories
I think the first is the most believable because it’s possible that farmers in Italy stop growing spaghetti. And the second is the least believable because there’s no water like this on the earth.
Yes, I would. / No, I wouldn’t.
Reading
2d
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
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 rung away
Reading
Para. 1
发生
April Fool's Day is a celebration (that takes place in different countries around the world) . It happens on April 1st every year and is a day (when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other) .
互相开各种各样的玩笑
Reading
Para. 2
停止种意大利面条
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 .In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water . They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months . By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water .
发生
尽可能地多=as much as possible
在整个国家
卖完
…的发现
减肥
查明，弄清
Reading
Para. 3
end up doing sth 以做…结束
Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny .A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April fool's Day . He asked her to marry him .The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married . However , when she said yes , he replied , April Fool ! That little joke didn' t have a very happy ending .The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
嫁给他 marry sb. 嫁给某人/娶某人
结婚 get married to sb.和某人结婚
有一个好的结局
被取消
Reading
Para. 4
在他的电台节目中
One of the world's most famous tricks , however , happened in October rather than in April . In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth . He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States . Welles made it so real that hundreds of people believed the story , and fear spread across the whole country . By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax . Thousands of people had left their homes.
降落在地球
成百的
恐惧在全国扩散
Practice
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 ...
Exercises
用所给词的适当形式填空
1. We ____________ ( learn ) 2000 Englishwords since we came to this school.
The teacher said we _____________ ( learn ) 2000 English words since then.
We ____________ ( learn ) 500 words last term.
We ______________ ( learn ) 2000 words by the end of last term.
2. He _________ ( have ) a meeting next week.
He ______( have ) a meeting two weeks ago.
He told me he __________ ( have ) a meeting two weeks before.
3. ______you ______( be ) to the Great Wall
The teacher asked if you ___________( be ) to the Great Wall
have learned
had learned
learned
had learned
had
had had
Have been
had been
will have
Exercises
选词组并用适当形式完成子
end up，thousands of， play a trick on， sell out， take place
1.It is said that people lost their lives in the earthquake.
2.In most western countries，on April Fool's Day people often ____________each other.
3.The 32nd Olympic Games will ____________ in Tokyo. Many students want to be volunteers.
4.I am sorry to say the books you want to buy have been ．
5.The boats take different routes，but they all in the same place.
thousands of
play a trick on
take place
sold out
end up
Summary
1.开某人的玩笑
2.被…愚弄
3.发生
4.互相开各种各样的玩笑
5.不再
6.停止种意大利面条
7.尽可能地
8.在整个国家
9.被卖完
play jokes/tricks on sb
be fooled by sb
take place
play all kinds of ..on each other
no more
stop growing spaghetti
as…as sb can/possible
across the country
be sold out
Homework
Recite the useful expressions.
Retell the passage.
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