1、Unit 12Life is full of the unexpected.Section B2a2e2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fools Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner.2b Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragra
2、ph 4 One of the most famous trick played Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day. An introduction to April Fools Day A sad story that happened on April Fools Day 2c Read the passage carefully and answer these questions. 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fo
3、ols Day? 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? 3. Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growin
4、g spaghetti.It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.He lost both his girlfriend and his show.It was in October 1938.2c Read the passage carefully and answer these questions. 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of pe
5、ople believed the story.6. Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why ?I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any ali
6、ens on the earth. 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? 2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.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 spaghe
7、tti 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 girl friend.5. By the time police officers _ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, m
8、any people _ (run away) from their homes. appeared rushed found out had disappeared ended had called ended had lost told had run away2e Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for: a. the funniest joke b. the most embarrassing jokec. the most creative joke A: Whats your story
9、?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 schoolLanguage point1. fool n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者 vt. 愚弄，欺骗； He was fooled by his friend on April Fools Day.愚人节 那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。2. embarrassed adj. 局促不安的；为难的；尴尬的；窘迫的He looked a
10、bit embarrassed. 他 看起来有点尴尬。embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的，令人为难的 That was an embarrassing situation for me. 那种 情形让我难堪。Language point3. sell out 卖 完；售完；出售 The next day the bookshops sold out. 第二天 书店就卖断了货。4. discovery n. 发现，发觉；（剧情的）发展；被发现的事物 He knows that he had made a real discovery. 他 知道他已经发现了一件真正的 珍品 。【 辨析
11、 】 discovery和 invent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。Columbus is famous for his discovery of 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。 Language point5. marry v.“ 嫁，娶，结婚 ”Henry didnt marry until he was over fifty亨利
12、直到过了 50岁才结婚。(1) marry sb. 表示 “ 嫁给某人 ” 、 “ 娶了某人 ” 或 “ 和某人结婚 ”John is going to marry Jane. 约翰 要和简结婚了。(2) get/be married to sb. “ 同某人结婚 ”I want to get married to a nice girl. 我 想同 一个好女孩 结婚。Language point7. Many April Fools jokes may end up being not very funny.end up (doing sth.)（以 ）结束；最终成为；最后处于 Every
13、time she tried to argue with her husband, she ended up crying her eyes out.每 回她试着和她丈夫争辩，她 总是以 流泪结束。end up sth. 表示 “ 结束某事 ” 。 The scientist ended up his speech at last.那个 科学家最后结束了演讲。end up with sth. （以 ）结束The students began with speaking English, but ended up with speaking Chinese. 同学们 以说英语开始，却以说汉语 结束 。Exercise 1.记者刚刚结束了他的报道。The reporter has just _.2. 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。The party _ a dance.3. 他们做了很多工作，结果什么也没得到。They did much work, but they _ nothing.根据汉语意思完成英语句子。ended up his report ended up with ended up gettingHomework 老师可以在这里布置作业噢
