(共28张PPT)
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 1a-1e
Learning aims
1.Practice narrating past events using the
target language.
3.Using the target language in a different context.
2.Practice listening for specific items in
conversations.
愚人节也称也称万愚节 。一种说法认为这一习俗源自印度的“诠俚节”。该节规定,每年三月三十一日的节日这天,不分男女老幼,可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以换得娱乐。另一种较普遍的说法是
起源于法国。1564年,法国首先采用新改革的纪年法——格里历(即目前通用的阳历),以一月一日为一年的开端,改变了过去以四月一日作为新年开端的历法。
新历法推行过程中,一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革仍沿袭旧历,拒绝更新。他们依旧在四月一日这天互赠礼物,组织庆祝新年的活动。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在四月一日这天给顽固派赠送假礼物,邀请他们参加假庆祝会,
并把这些受愚弄的人称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩之鱼”。所以每年四月一日,是西方的民间传统节日
——愚人节 。
How to celebrate April Fool’s Day
愚人节怎么过呢?
在愚人节基本
上不是整别人
就是被人整 !
愚人节恶作剧 (tricks)
最著名的玩笑——
1957年4月1日英国BBC播出了这样一条
消息 :多亏刚过去的温和冬天有效的
控制了面条树虫害,瑞士南部一户农家
的意大利面条喜获大丰收。画面中,一
名女子仔细的将意大利面条从树上摘下
来,把它们放到太阳下晒干。因为在当
时,意大利面在英国还不常见。许多英
国人并不知道意大利面条是用小麦粉做
成的。上百通电话打到BBC,有人指出
消息错误,有人疑惑不解,甚至有人询
问:怎么自己种意大利面条树呢?
BBC:意大利面条树大丰收
1998年4月1日,麻省理工学院(MIT)的主页上发布了一则爆炸性的消息 :华纳迪士尼公司将以建立69亿美元的奖学金信托基金的形式买下这所声名显赫的大学。新闻图片上,MIT著名的大圆顶配上了一对米奇的大耳朵。校园将迁往佛罗里达奥兰多市的迪士尼乐园,并将更名为“迪士尼理工学院” 。
(Disney Institute of Technology)
最欢乐的玩笑——
麻省理工学院易主迪士尼
最友爱的玩笑——
2008年BBC摄制组在南极附近拍摄了自然历史系列《进化的奇迹》,里面讲述了阿德利企鹅飞翔的故事,这个飞翔的企鹅的视频成了互联网上观看最多的视频之一。解说员特瑞琼斯解释说,这些企鹅不是挤在一起忍受冬天的严寒,而是飞去几千里以外的南美洲热带雨林享受热带温暖的阳光。
BBC:飞翔的企鹅
1a
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column.
fool invite costume embarrassed go off call
get dressed empty
show up realize change clock tired stay up
n. (特定场合穿的)服装;装束
adj. 窘迫的,害羞的
Nouns (people, places, things) Verbs (action words) Adjectives
(description words)
fool fool embarrassed
invite, go off
call, get dressed
show up
realize, change
stay up
costume
call
change
clock
empty
tired
1b
Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.
Let’s fly our imagination!
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party…
1c
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
No name
Joe
Nick
Dave
What’s the funny thing about Dave
Why did Nick go to school earlier
What did Joe do when he knew the test
Did Joe get a good mark in that test
He was the only person wearing a costume in the “party”, for his friends tricked him.
His clock had been changed by his brother to an hour earlier.
He stayed up all night studying and was tired.
We don’t know, for there is no test at all.
Listen again. Answer the questions.
Self-study4
1d Listen again. Who says each of
the phrases below Write D for
Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.
1.___ a costume party
2.___ my alarm went o
3.___ stayed up all night
4.___ was tired
5.___ was really embarrassed
6.___ the other kids showed up
D
N
J
J
D
N
1e
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group.
Use the information in 1c and 1d.
What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
Well, a friend invited him to a costume party ...
1. fool 傻瓜,愚弄
fool
n.蠢人;傻瓜
v.愚弄
At that time, I realized my mistakes. What a fool I am!
You can’t fool me with that old excuse.
既可作名词,也可作动词,用法如下:
Language points
2.get dressed 穿好衣服
get dressed 意为“穿好衣服”,强调动作。
e.g. Maria, can you help your baby sister get dressed
玛丽亚,你能帮你年幼的妹妹穿好衣服吗?
拓展
be dressed (in) 表示“穿着”,强调状态。
e.g. My uncle is dressed in grey.
我的叔叔穿着灰色的衣服。
get dressed与be dressed (in)
get dressed
be dressed (in)
表示“穿”的动作
表示“穿”的状态
He’s getting dressed.
He’s dressed in grey.
拓展
与 up 相关的常用短语
拓展
3.stayed up all night 整晚熬夜
put up 张贴
hurry up 快点
wake up 醒来
call up 打电话
dress up 化妆;打扮
pick up 捡起
set up 建立
show up 出现
look up 查阅
make up 编造
give up 放弃
end up 结束;告终
4.was really embarrassed 很尴尬
embarrassed “尴尬的;窘迫的;害羞的”,常用来形容人,常在句中作表语。
embarrassing “令人为难的,使人尴尬的”,常用来修饰物,在句中作定语或表语。
embarrassed 与 embarrassing
辨析
e.g. She’s embarrassed about her height. 她因自己的身高而困窘。
This is really an embarrassing problem.
这的确是一个令人为难的问题。
Dave was really embarrassed. 戴夫真的很尴尬。
embarrassed adj. 局促不安的;为难的;尴尬的;窘迫的
embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的,令人为难的
e.g. He looked a bit embarrassed.
他看起来有点尴尬。
That was an embarrassing situation for me.
那种情形让我难堪。
一、词汇。
1.I’m a f_____; I left my bag in the taxi.
2.There is nothing in the box. It’s e______.
3.There is going to be a c______ party in the school and I need
some unusual clothes and masks(面具).
4.On April Fool’s Day, we can hear many different kinds of
j_____.
5.It’s Peter’s 18th birthday, he got d______ in red.
ool
mpty
ostume
okes
ressed
exercise
、用所给词适当形式填空。
1.It's _______ (fool) of him to believe the joke.
2.She took a quick shower and got ________ (dress).
3.He invited me ________ (go) for a picnic, but I had no time.
4.When he got to school, he found he was _______ (fool).
5.The boy is ____________ by the ___________ news. (embarrass)
foolish
dressed
to go
fooled
embarrassed
embarrassing
( )1. Fun, was it Well, you could have _____ me!
A. fool B. fools C. fooling D. fooled
( )2. On New Year everyone _____ and goes out to visit friends and relatives.
A. gets dressed B. puts up C. hurries up D. looks up
( )3. The dustbins won’t ___ because they are ___ now.
A. empty; empty B. be emptied; empty
C. emptied; emptied D. empty; be emptied
( )4.—It is said that Jay Chou sang his latest song in the concert.
—That’s impossible. In fact, he had never _____by the time the concert ended.
A. put up B. set up C. fixed up D. shown up
D
A
B
D
单项选择。
Consolidation:
根据汉语意思完成下面的句子。
1. 人们相互开各种各样的玩笑。
People ______ all kinds of _____ _____ each
other.
2. 她父亲抚养她直到她结婚。
Her father supported her until she _____
________.
3. 一架飞机将降落在机场。
A plane will ______ ______ the airport.
play
jokes with
got
married
land on
Exercises
4. 生日晚会什么时候举行?
When will the birthday party ______ ______
5. 这个小男孩想要尽可能多的礼物。
The little boy wants _____ _____ _______ ____
possible.
6. 我下个月底会回来。
I will be back _____ _____ _____ _____ next
month.
take place
as many presents as
by the end of
fool、costume、embarrassed、costume party
词汇
·I was the only person wearing a costume, and I was really
embarrassed.
·After an hour, the other kids showed up, and I realized that
my brother had fooled me.
·What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day
谈论愚人节发生的事情
Extension
Some sayings about “fool”.
None is a fool always, every one sometimes.
没有终身的傻瓜,也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。
If wise men play the fool, they do it with a
vengeance.
聪明人做起糊涂事来,那才糊涂透顶。