1、Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.,Section B (2a 3b),搞怪愚人节,今天是愚人节,学校说要补课,我才不会上当呢！,深思熟虑,老师叫你马上 去他办公室！,对噢，老师 让我通知你 作业重写！,学习目标,1、掌握词汇和短语：announce spaghetti hoax sell out discovery lady cancel officer believable disappear embarrassing 2、理解并掌握句型：1、By the end of the day,more than 10000 people had pho
2、ned the TV station to find out how to get this water. 2、By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax , thousands of people had left their homes.,Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fools Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partne
3、r?,2a,Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.,2b,Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day Paragraph 3 An introduction to April Fools Day Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fools Day,USI
4、NG BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Carefully reading the rst sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.,April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and
5、 is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.,One April Fools 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 spa
6、ghetti 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 a
7、lready 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.,Many April Fools jokes may end up being not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fools Day. He asked
8、 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 didnt have a very happy ending. The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.,One of the worlds most famous tricks, however, happen
9、ed 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.,Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people bel
10、ieved 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 the passage again and answer the questions.,2c,Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fools Day?Because a report
11、er announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. What did the TV show say that the special water could do?It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.,Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?Because he lost both
12、his girlfriend and his show. 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?It was in October 1938.,5.Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?Because Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. Which of these stories is the mos
13、t believable? Which is the least believable? Why?I think Because 7.Would you be fooled by any of these stories?Yes, I would. BecauseNo, I wouldnt. Because,Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.,After the spaghetti story _ (appear) in the news,everyone_ (rush) to the supe
14、rmarkets. 2. By the time people_ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets _ (disappear).,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 sho
15、w _ (end), the TV star _ (lose) his girlfriend. 5. By the time police ocers _ (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,Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:,a. the funnies
16、t joke b. the most embarrassing joke c. the most creative joke,A: Whats 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 .,2e,story time !,Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? What happene
17、d? Make some notes about what you remember.,3a,Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story to a partner or the class.,3b,My lucky/unlucky day I will always remember the date This was the luckiest/unluckiest day of my life When I woke up that morning Later that day, I couldnt be
18、lieve Then/After that, Finally, I think What a lucky/an unlucky day!,Sample writing,My lucky dayI will always remember the date February 28, 2014. This was the luckiest day of my life.When I woke up that morning, the sky was very dark. I took the early bus to school as usual. As soon as I arrived at
19、 school, it started to rain very heavily. Many students were late,and were all wet when they got to school. But I wasnt because I caught the early bus, or I would have been late and wet as well！Later that day, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet and couldnt buy lunch. I couldnt believed it. Th
20、en my friend Lisa said she could share her lunch with me.,Finally, my older brother told me that night that he could take me to the concert that Id been dying to attend that weekend. I was so happy!I think that was the best day Id had in a long time.what a lucky day！,请同学们在课后参照巴蜀英才英语P16的内容进行复习。,1.ann
21、ounce v.宣布；宣告侧重宣布人们所关心或感兴趣的事情，尤指新闻之类的消息。Our manager announced that he would take charge of it. 我们经理宣布说他将负责此事。,BACK,请同学们在课后参照巴蜀英才英语P16的内容进行复习。,2.discovery n.发现；发觉是可数名词，其复数形式为discoveries，动词为discover， 指首次发现本来就存在但之前未被发现之物，而invent意为“发明”，指创造前所未有的事物，其名词形式为invention。,Columbus is famous for his discovery of
22、the continent of America and Edison for his invention of the electric light bulb.哥伦布以发现美洲大陆而闻名， 爱迪生则以发明电灯而闻名。,BACK,请同学们在课后参照巴蜀英才英语P16的内容进行复习。,3. cancel v.取消；终止She cancelled her trip to Paris. 她取消了巴黎之行。,BACK,请同学们在课后参照巴蜀英才英语P16的内容进行复习。,4. believable adj.可相信的；可信任的Her explanation certainly sounded belie
23、vable. 她的解释听起来的确可信。,BACK,请同学们在课后参照巴蜀英才英语P16的内容进行复习。,5. disappear v.消失；不见其反义词是appear， 其名词形式是disappearance。He disappeared in the forest. 他消失在森林中。,【词缀】dis-是否定前缀，放在词前，该词则变为它的反义词，如: like dislike agree disagree honest dishonest,BACK,短语积累,1.play tricks on sb.欺骗某人；开某人玩笑play jokes on sb.同某人开玩笑 2.sell out卖光Th
24、e new commemorative stamps are all sold out.这版新纪念邮票全都卖完了。,短语积累,【拓展】含out 的其他常用短语: look out当心 take out 拿出 give out分发；发放,短语积累,hand out 分发；发放 work out算出；解决 run out of用光；耗尽 go out出去；熄灭 find out查明；弄清,短语积累,3.end up 结束；以告终该短语后常接介词短语或动词-ing。We started with soup and ended up with fruit. 我们开始时喝汤，最后吃水果。,短语积累（参照巴蜀英才p17内容。）,If you continue to steal， you will end up in prison. 如果你继续偷盗，必定落个坐牢的下场。 If you dont work hard， you will end up achieving nothing. 如果你不努力，就终将一事无成。,短语积累（参照巴蜀英才p17内容。）,4. land on着陆 5. hundreds of许多；大量 6. thousands of数以千计的；许许多多的,当堂检测,D,C,D,C,B,D,A,
