Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B 2a - 2e 课件(共36张PPT)人教版九年级全册

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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B
2a - 2e
1. learn to use some words and expressions
fool; marry; sell out; take place; end up doing sth.
2. understand the four stories about April Fool's Day
3. tell your funny story to your partner
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
1.When is April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day
2.What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day
3. “He is an April Fool.” What does it mean
On April 1st.
People play jokes on each other.
play jokes on...
开某人的玩笑
People fool each other.
fool sb. 愚弄某人
It means he was fooled by others.
be fooled by sb.
被某人愚弄
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
P94
Prediction
1. What can you see in the picture
2. What may the passage talk about
A. The origin of April Fool’s Day.
B. How to celebrate April Fool’s Day.
C. Some tricks of April Fool’s Day.
A UFO.
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.
A.文中未提及节日的起源，仅介绍了日期和习俗，排除。
B.文中未涉及 “如何庆祝” 的通用方式（如聚会、装饰等），而是列举具体恶作剧案例，排除。
C.全文通过多个实例详细描述了愚人节的恶作剧，符合段落核心内容，正确。
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Task 1
2b
One of the most famous tricks played on April Fool's Day
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
P94
Find the structure of the passage.
Task 2
1.
2.
4.
Introduction
Two funny stories
A sad story
One of the most famous tricks
3.
A
B
C
General Introduction
Specific examples/details
Read para. 1 and answer the questions.
Task 3
1. Where does April Fool’s Day take place
2. When does it happen
3. What do people do on that day
In different countries around the world.
On April 1st every year.
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
popularity
ways to celebration
Introduction
a. Read para. 2 and fill in the blanks.
Task 4
Two
funny
stories
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 _____________________
_____________________.
April
Fool’s Day
April
Fool’s Day
no more spaghetti
sold out
England
lose weight
phoned the TV station to find out how to get it
b. Read para. 2 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
Because 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 in just four months.
a. Read para. 3 and answer the questions.
Task 5
A sad story
1. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
2. What lesson did you get from this story
Joking about a big thing like a marriage proposal(求婚) hurts his girlfriend’s pride.
Jokes are meant to make people laugh, not to disrespect them—keep jokes kind！
b. Retell the story from Para.3 according to the pictures and
key words.
once,
invited onto...
asked... to...
so happy because...
when she said yes, but..
lost his girlfriend
his show was canceled
April Fool
Read para. 4 and answer the questions.
Task 6
1. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
2. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
3. How did people react when Orson Welles announced the alien landing on the radio
One of the most famous tricks
It was in October 1938.
Orson Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
Don’t play tricks on the safety of a country. It is very important for everyone.
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
Translate the expressions into English.
Task 7
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.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Task 8
2d
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
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
P95
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
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
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 ...
P95
Which of these stories is the most believable Which is the least believable Why
Would you be fooled by any of these stories
1. Tricks and jokes can bring people not only happiness but also problems, even they may hurt others or ourselves !
恶作剧和玩笑不仅能带给人们快乐，也能带来问题，甚至会伤害别人或自己！
2. Please remember, humor should also pay attention to propriety, not too big.
请记住，幽默也要注意礼仪，不要太大。
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。
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。
- 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。
2. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
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。
3. Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny.
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
The meeting came to an end at 5 PM.
会议在下午5点结束。
end n.
表示时间、空间或活动的终止点
They decided to end their partnership.
他们决定终止合作关系。
end v.
使某事停止或终止。
ending n.
② I didn’t like the ending of the TV series.
我不喜欢这部剧的结局。
① The novel has a happy ending.
小说有一个圆满的结局。
通常指故事、电影、事件等的具体结尾方式，强调过程或设计感
at the end of 在……的末尾（时间/地点）
in the end 最终（强调结果）
put an end to 终止某事
dead end 死胡同；僵局
相关短语：
1. After getting lost in the city, we ______ eating street food for dinner.
A. ended up B. end C. ending
2. If you don’t study, you might ______ failing the exam.
A. end B. ended up C. end up
单项选择。
4. He asked her to marry him.
他向她求婚。
They will marry next month.
他们将于下个月结婚。
marry vi.
结婚
marry vt.
意为“嫁，娶”，后面跟宾语
She married her husband three years ago.
她是三年前和她丈夫结婚的。
marry sb.嫁给某人、娶了某人
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，相当于marry sb
marry … to …
把……嫁给……
The old man wants to marry his daughter to a doctor.
那老人想把女儿嫁给一个医生。
1. 张先生把女儿嫁给了一位教师。
________________________________
2. 上周琳达和一位记者(reporter)结婚了。
________________________________
将下列句子译成英文。
Mr Zhang married his daughter to a teacher.
Linda married a reporter last week. /
Linda got/was married to a reporter last week.
When finishing, exchange your papers to grade each other.(Score one point for each correct answer.)
Name
Score
Now 2 minutes to test your spelling.
1. English-Chinese
take place
by the time
sell out
lose weight
2. Chinese-English
超过，超出
找出，查明
以做某事结束/
告终
而不是
成百上千
成千上万
结婚
1. He said the book _______________(sell) out before he came.
2. My English party ended up_________( listen) an classical music.
3. He made it ______( sound) so interesting that we all _________( laugh)
4. Have you ever ___________( fool) on April Fool’s Day
5. April Fool’s Day is a ___________( celebrate) around the world.
I.用所给单词的适当形式填空。
had been sold
listening
sound
laughed
been fooled
celebration
1. Can you use the new words and phrases correctly
2. Can you understand the four stories about April Fool's Day
3. Can you tell your funny story to your partner
1. Can you pronounce the words with /e/, /i /,
/e /, /a /, / /, / /, / /, /k/, /v/ and /g/ correctly
2. Do you understand the use of linking words When should we use them
3. Can you understand Emma and Teng Fei's conversation about Daming Lake
4. Can you talk about the tourist spot(s) you want to visit
You must do:
Try to memorize the new words and phrases of the passage.
You can choose to do:
Write a passage to tell your funny story.