Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B 2a-2e课件(共28张PPT)

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 2a-2e
今天是愚人节
Sunny，校长叫你去一趟！
我才不会上当呢！不去！
深思熟虑……
Read the passage quickly. Then answer the question:
How many stories are mentioned in this passage?
Four
Fast reading
Funny stories
A sad story
A famous trick
April Fool’s Day
An introduction
para.1
para.4
para.2
para.3
April Fool’s Day
2b
Read the first sentence in each paragraph and
guess the topic of the passage.
April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place
in different countries around the world.
One April Fool’s Day, a reporter in England
announced that there would be no more spaghetti.
Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not
very funny.
One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather in April.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Topic: ______________________
April Fool’s Day and tricks
Careful reading
Read the passages one by one;
Finish the task;




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.

1、Where does April Fool’s Day take place?
2、When does it happen ?
3、What do people do on that day ?
Read Para.1 and find the answers.
Careful reading


Read Para.2 and get the information about the two tricks.


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.


Spaghetti Trick
When
Who
Where
What
Result
宣告
[?'na?ns]
骗局；恶作剧[h??ks]
卖完
It had been sold out across the country
result
farmers in Italy had stopped growing it
why
in England
where
announced that there would be no more spaghetti
what
a reporter
who
Let me tell you a hoax that happened in England. -------
Read Paragraph 2and fill in the chart.


Read Para.2 and get the information about the two tricks.


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.


Lose weight
water Trick
When
Who
Where
What
Result
发现；发觉[d?s`k?v?ri]
Read Para.3 and find the answers.
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.
4. What happened at last?
2. What did he ask her to do?
3. Did the joke have a happy ending?
1.Who invited his girlfriend onto his show?


spaghetti trick
weight loss water trick
1.A famous TV star.
2.He asked her to marry him.
Marriage Trick
Read Para.3 and find the answers.
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.
4. What happened at last?
3. Did the joke have a happy ending?


spaghetti trick
weight loss water trick
1.A famous TV star.
2.He asked her to marry him.
3. No, it didn’t.
4. He lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.
取消['k?nsl]
Marriage Trick
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。)
He lost both his girlfriend and his show
result
the girl felt happy and agreed, but she was fooled by the star
then
on April Fool’s Day
when
invited his girlfriend onto his show asked her to marry him
what
a famous TV star
who
Let me tell you a hoax that happened on April Fool’s Day. -----------
Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the chart.


One of the world’s most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than 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.
Read Para.4 and get the information about Alien Trick.
When
Who
Where
What
Result
Alien
Alien Trick


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.
Read Para.4 and get the information about the two tricks.
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.
When
Who
Where
What
Result
Alien Trick
官员
Don’t play tricks on the safety of a country. It is very important for everyone.（不要拿一个国家的安危开玩笑.安全对于每个人来说是非常重要的.）
The police officer said it was a hoax
truth
fear spread across the country, people left their homes
as a result
on a radio program
how
announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth
what
an actor, Orson Welles
who
in 1938
when
Let me tell you a real hoax that happened on April Fool’s Day. In 1938 ----------
Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the chart.
tricks
A famous trick
Funny
stories
April Fool’s Day
A sad story
When
Who
What
A reporter
… no more spaghetti
A TV show
….special water
ran to…
to buy…
By …
sold out….
By …phoned….
…help… lose weight.
… TV star
…invited…asked…
played a trick
…lost …
canceled
In October, 1938
Orson Welles
…announced…
…had landed…
By …a hoax, …had left…
Careful reading
Post Reading
Phrases ;
Fill in the blanks;
Warns;
Fill in the form;
Finish 2c 2d
1.愚人节
2.发生
3.开某人的玩笑
4.捉弄某人
5.各种各样的

April Fool’s Day
take place/ happen
play a joke/jokes on sb
play a trick/tricks on sb
all kinds of
Para 1
Para 2
6.不再
7.尽可能地
8.卖光
9.减肥

no more/ not … any more
as … as possible/ one can/could
sell out
lose weight
Para 3
end up doing sth. =
invite sb onto the show
ask sb. to marry sb.
Marry sb.
get married to sb
have a happy ending
his show was canceled
以做某事而结束
邀请某人参加节目
向某人求婚
与某人结婚
与某人结婚
有一个高兴的结局
他的节目被取消了

Para 4
11.登陆地球
12.听起来真实
13.数百/千的
14.蔓延整个国家
15.警官
land on the earth
sound real
hundreds /thousands of
spread across the whole country
police officer
找出文中的过去完成时态
the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
one customer had already lost
a lot of weight in just four months.
aliens from Mars had landed on the earth .
He described where they had landed .
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).
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
2d
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.
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
n. 骗局；恶作剧
Careful reading
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！)
The tricks remind us:
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)
Sweet tips
Homework
Retell one of your stories to your parents
or your partner.(重述一个故事）
Finish the paper（完成学案）
谢
谢
聆
听
THANKS!