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（人教新目标版）九年级全
Period 5 Section B 2a-2e
Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Learning objectives
Key words & phrases：
discovery，lady，cancel，officer，believable，disappear
sell out
Key sentences：
1.By the time people realized that the story was a hoax，all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
2.By the end of the day，more than 10，000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
Key structure：
by＋past time＋past perfect tense
e．g.By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax，thousands of people had left their homes.
announce
v. 宣布；宣告
They will announce the result of the vote tonight.
今晚他们将宣布投票结果。
相关词汇：
announcement n. 宣布，宣告
New words
spaghetti
n. 意大利面条
Please show me how to make spaghetti. 请教我做意大利面。
hoax
n. 骗局；恶作剧
hoax calls 恶作剧的电话
New words
sell out
卖光
The tickets were sold out within hours.
票在几个小时内就卖光了。
discovery
n. 发现；发觉
Researchers in this field have made some important new discoveries.
这个领域的研究人员有了一些重大的新发现。
已学相关词汇 discover v. 发现；发觉
I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. (U1)
我发现听一些有趣的东西是学习语言的秘密。
New words
lady
n. 女士；女子
There's a young lady here to see you.
有一位年轻的女士来看你。
officer
n. 军官；官员
① police officer 警察；警官
② army/airforce/naval officers
陆军、空军、海军等军官
New words
cancel
v. 取消；终止
All flights were canceled because of bad weather.
因天气恶劣，所有航班均被取消。
disappear
v. 消失；不见
Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.
莉萨一直看着火车从视线中消失。
已学相关词汇 appear v. 出现
Over 80 years ago, he (Micky Mouse) first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie.
80多年前，他（米老鼠）第一次出现在漫画《威利汽船》中。
New words
believable
adj. 可相信的；可信任的
Her explanation certainly sounded believable.
她的解释听起来的确可信。
已学相关词汇 believe v. 相信，认为有可能
Some scientists believe that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a human. (八上 U7)
一些科学家认为，尽管我们可以让机器人像人一样移动，但很难让它们真正像人一样思考。
New words
embarrassing
adj. 使人害羞的（难堪的或
惭愧的）
① an embarrassing mistake/question/situation
令人难堪的错误 / 问题 / 处境
② It was so embarrassing - I couldn't remember
his name!
太尴尬了——我记不起他的名字了！
已学相关词汇 embarrassed adj. 窘迫的；害羞的
I was the only person wearing a costume, and I
was really embarrassed. (U12)
我是唯一一个穿演出服的人，我真的很尴尬。
New words
Italy
意大利
Mars
火星
New words
1. What are they celebrating
2. What does Miss Shelly say
April Fool's Day
Lead in
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
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Let's read a passage about it.
Pre-reading
Listen and read.
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.
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.
While-reading
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.
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 sound 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.
While-reading
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
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2b
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.
How do you get the main idea quickly
Read the first sentence of each paragraph.
While-reading
1. What do many people
do on April 1st
2. How many stories are
mentioned in this
passage
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
4.
①
②
story 1
story 2
story 3
story 4
While-reading
Read Story 1 and fill in the blanks.
When: __________________________________
Who: ___________________________________
Where: _________________________________
What trick: _________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Result: ______________________________________________
one April Fool's Day
a reporter
in England
The reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
All of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
While-reading
Where: _________________________________
What trick: _________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Result: ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
Read Story 2 and fill in the blanks.
a TV show in England
Special 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.
While-reading
Read Story 3 and fill in the blanks.
Who: _________________________________
When: ________________________________
What trick: _________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Result: ______________________________________________
______________________________________________
a famous TV star and his girlfriend
on April Fool's Day
The famous star asked his girlfriend to marry him. The lady was so happy but he replied "April Fool!".
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
While-reading
Read Story 4 and fill in the blanks.
When: _________________________________
Who: ________________________________
What trick: __________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Result: ______________________________________________
in October, 1938
actor Orson Welles
Orson Wells announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed. He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
While-reading
Read the story 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
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
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2c
While-reading
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool's Day
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
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.
2. What did the TV show say the special water could do
While-reading
4. When did Orson Wells tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
It was in October 1938.
Orson Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
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
Answers will vary.
Answers will vary.
While-reading
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
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appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
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.
Post-reading
Pay attention to the following expressions.
发生
戏弄、捉弄……
卖光
减肥
到……时候
在那天结束的时候
超过，超出
找出，查明
结婚
而不是
在他的广播节目中宣布
成百上千
成千上万
警察
最后变得不太好笑
Post-reading
Translate the expressions into English.
1. 发生
2. 戏弄、捉弄某人
3. 到……时候
4. 卖光
5. 减肥
6. 在那天结束的时候
7. 超过，超出
8. 找出，查明
9. 以做某事结束/告终
10. 结婚
11. 而不是
12. 在他的广播节目中宣布
13. 成百上千
14. 成千上万
15. 警察
take place
play tricks/jokes on sb.
by the time
sell out
lose weight
by the end of the day
more than
find out
get married
rather than
announce on his radio program
hundreds of
thousands of
police officers
end up doing sth.
Post-reading
Try to retell the tricks and jokes
about April Fool’s Day.
Post-reading
Tricks and jokes
No more spaghetti
Special water
An offer of marriage
Aliens from Mars
● It was reported that farmers in Italy had
①_______________ spaghetti.
● All the spaghetti in England was ②_______.
● A TV show in England reported that special water
would help people (3)____________.
● A lot of people called the TV station to ask about
it.
● A TV star asked his girlfriend to marry him at his
show. When she nodded, he said, “(4)_________!”
● He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
● In 1938, actor Welles' announcement of aliens
made (5)________ spread across the USA.
● Thousands of people left their homes.
stopped growing
sold out
lose weight
April Fool
fear
Post-reading
Post-reading
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
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2e
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 ...
Post-reading
1. April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world.
愚人节是一个世界上许多不同国家都庆祝的节日。
take place
发生；举行
① Great changes will take place in our city in the future.
② The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。
将来我们城市会发生巨大的变化。
③ We may never discover what took place that night.
我们可能永远不会发现那天晚上发生了什么。
Language points
辨析
take place & happen
take place
通常指经过安排的事件“发生”
The meeting will take place next week.
会议将于下个星期召开。
happen
通常指某事偶然“发生”或碰巧“发生”
The car accident happened on the morning of September 7.
车祸发生在九月七日的早晨。
Language points
- Tom, please tell me where the football match will
______.
- In Sunshine Second School.
A. happen B. have
C. take place D. carry out
单项选择。
Language points
等人们意识到这是一个恶作剧的时候，全国所有的意大利面条都被卖完了。
① He decided to sell out his shares(股份) in that company.
他决定卖掉在那家公司的股份。
sell out
卖完
② We sold out of the T-shirts in the first couple of hours.
我们在头几个小时就把T恤衫卖完了。
sell out of sth. "卖光某物"，主语通常是人。
2. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
Language points
许多愚人节玩笑的结局并不那么有趣。
② If you don't know what you want, you might end
up getting something you don't want.
如果你不知道自己想要什么，到头来你可能得非所愿。
① I ended up doing all the work myself.
结果所有的活儿都是我一个人干了。
end up doing sth.
以(做)某事结束/告终
3. Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny.
Language points
1. I ended up spending the night in the airport.
_______________________________________
2. We ended up staying for lunch.
_______________________________________
翻译句子。
我最后在机场过夜。
我们最终还是留了下来吃午饭。
Language points
4. He asked her to marry him.
他向她求婚。
She married a German.
她嫁给了一个德国人。
marry v.
（和某人）结婚
She's married to John.
她嫁给了约翰。
5. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to
get married.
married adj.
结婚的；已婚的
那位女士是如此地高兴，因为她真的想结婚了。
get/be married to sb. 和某人结婚
marry sb.嫁给某人、娶了某人
Language points
1. Can you tell your story about April Fool's Day to your partner
2. Can you retell the four stories about April Fool's Day
3. Can you use the words and expressions correctly
fool; marry; sell out; take place; end up doing sth.
Self-evaluation
Write a passage to tell your funny story.
Homework
