Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a-2e课件 人教版九年级全册

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Unit12
Life is full of the unexpected.
SB 2a-2e
Background
It happens on ____________ every year.
It is a day when many people on each other .
April 1st
play tricks and jokes
April Fool’s Day
hoax (n.) 骗局；恶作剧
Prediction
What can you see in the picture
What may the passage talk about
It may talk about the little trick about the UFO.
A UFO
Fast Reading
1. How many paragraphs are there in the text
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate(激活) your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
2. Match the main idea
with each paragraph.
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para1 One of the most famous tricks
played
Para2 Examples of funny stories that
happened on April Fool’s Day
Para3 An introduction to April
Fool’s Day
Para4 A sad story that happened on
April Fool’s Day
most famous tricks
Examples
introduction
A sad story
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Most famous tricks
Examples
Introduction
A sad story
3. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage
①
②
③
④
①
②
③
④
①
②
③
④
A
B
C
Let’s know more details about these tricks.
Para1
An introduction about April Fool’s Day.
April 1st
in different countries
play all kinds of tricks and jokes
when
where
how
Careful Reading
How many tricks are mentioned in this passage Find out the key sentences or words.
Para2
Para4
Para3
spaghetti
special water
proposal(求婚)
aliens
Group Discussion
When Where Who What Result
Group1
Group2
Group 3
Group4
Careful Reading
Listen to para 2 carefully and finish the tasks.
2. 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.
The trick of ___________
spaghetti
when
who
what
where
result
Para2
On April Fool’s Day
In England
A reporter
Read the first trick and finish the tasks.
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___ ___.
no more
stopped growing
as they could
as
much
across
the country
sold out
The trick of ________________
special water
Read the second trick and finish the tasks.
when
what
where
result
who
On April Fool’s Day
In England
A TV show
The special water would help people _____ ________.
lose weight
More than 10,000 people had _______ the TV station to _____ _____how to get this water.
phoned
find out
Para2
What lesson can you learn from these two tricks
Each coin has two sides.
Think carefully before you act.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Careful Reading
Read para 3 carefully and finish the tasks.
The trick of ___________
proposal
when
who
what
where
result
Para3
Read the third trick and finish the tasks.
On April Fool’s Day
On the star’s show.
A famous TV star.
He invited his girlfriend onto his show and _____ her ___ ______him.
The lady felt happy and she really wanted to ____ _____.
So she agreed, but she ____ ______by the star.
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was __________.
canceled
asked
to marry
get married
was fooled
canceled
Do you think it is very funny
What do you think of the TV star
No, it’s not funny at all! He had gone too far. (做得太过分了)
He is an inconsiderate (不体谅人的) man and he didn’t care about his girlfriend’s feeling at all.
What can you learn from the sad story
The harm to any one person’s trick is wrong, we should learn how to respect.
（伤害到任何一个人的恶作剧都是错误的，我们应该懂得尊重。)
One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, didn’t happened on April Fool’s Day.
Careful Reading
Read para 4 carefully and finish the tasks.
4. 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.
The trick of ___________
aliens
when
who
what
where
result
Para4
Read the fourth trick and finish the tasks.
In October, 1938
The United States
An actor called Orson Wells.
Orson Welles __________ on his radio program that aliens from _____ had ________ ___the earth.
Thousands of people ____ _____ their homes.
announced
Mars
landed on
had left
Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.
Welles made it sound so real.
He is popular among people, so they believe in his words.
What can you learn from the story
Don’t easily believe the information online. Learn to verify the facts and think independently.
（不要轻信网上的信息,学会辩明真相，独立思考。）
Write your story in groups and share with class. The class will vote for:
Group work
a. A funny joke
b. An embarrassing joke
c. A tasteless(不得体的) joke
When: last year
Where: on the first day of school
Who: my sister
What: put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello.”
Result: All morning at school...
评价标准
自评
他评
声音洪亮,流畅
Speak loudly
& fluently
使用4W和1R
Use 4W and 1R
发音准确
Pronounce correctly
师评
Deep thinking
Are these jokes funny
When we play jokes on someone，
Don't bring harm to others.
01
Don‘t cheat friends in the emotion.
02
Don't let friends have financial loss (经济损失).
03
Don't bring bad influence to the society.
04
Everything is done on the basis that everyone is happy.
05
A checklist Items 自评
Content I can understand the main idea and key information of the passage;
I can realize the influence of tricks.
I can write the passage about my trick story.
Language I can use useful key words and expressions in the unit correctly.
Performance I can retell the passage.
Thank You