Period 4 1a-2e

Section B

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Unit 12 Life is full of unexpected.Unit 12 Life is full of unexpected.

To learn to use new words and expressions

To know about the April Fool’s Day

foolcostume

embarrassedcostume party

n. 蠢人；傻瓜n. （特定场合穿的）服装v. 窘迫的；害羞的化装舞会

Words Review

announcespaghetti

hoaxsell out

discoverylady

cancelofficer

believabledisappear

embarrassing

v. 宣布；宣告n. 意大利面n. 骗局；恶作剧卖光n. 发现；发觉n. 女士；女子v. 取消；终止n. 军官；官员adj. 可相信的；可信任的v. 消失；不见adj. 使人害羞的

Words Review

Mid –Autumn Day Children’s Day

What festivals are they?

National Day Spring Festival

Father’s Day Mother’s Day

Christmas Day

Father Christmas

wear a costume

show up =appear

He empties the bag. The bag is empty.

He will feel exhausted=too tired.

April Fool’s Day

Have you ever fooled others?

Have you ever been fooled by others?

Have you ever been an April Fool?

He is fooled by the bird.

He is an April Fool

愚 人 节 来 历 每年的 4 月 1 日是西方国家的民间节日—愚人节（ April Fool’s Day ）。在 April Fool’s Day 这天，人们尽可以发挥自己丰富的想像力去哄骗、取笑、愚弄别人。愚人节还有个规矩，就是骗人一般只限于上午。中午一过，就不再开玩笑愚弄别人了。但你知道 April Fool’s Day 从何而来吗？

文化知识链接

最为流行的说法是 April Fool’s Day 起源于法国。 1564 年，法国首先采用新的记年法，把 1 月 1日作为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人依然按照旧历固执地在 4 月 1 日这一天庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者大加嘲弄，在 4 月 1 日那天送他们假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会，并把上当受骗的保守分子称为 “四月傻瓜” 或 “上钩的鱼”。从此，人们在 4 月 1 日互相愚弄，便成为法国流行的风俗。 18 世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。如今，愚人节已成了国际性的节日。　　　　　

April Fool’s Day 愚人节1.When is April Fool’s Day ?

April 1st.2.What do people usually do on April Fool’s

Day?People play jokes on each other.People fool each other.

3.“He is an April Fool.” What does it mean?

It means he was fooled by others.

戏弄

is a traditional day to play jokes on others.

April Fool's DayApril Fool's Day

fool sb. 愚弄 play jokes on sb. 戏弄

= words that d______escribe

Say the words that describe the emotions below as quickly

as you can and make sure you can spell them at once.

What facial expressions usually appear when you feel embarrassed?

fool invite

costume embarrassed

go off get up

get dressed empty

show up realize

change clock

exhausted stay up

v. 邀请

n. 服装 adj. 窘迫的

( 闹钟 ) 闹响 起床

穿衣服

出席 , 出现

v. 意识到

n. 钟表

adj. 筋疲力尽的

熬夜

n. 傻瓜 /v. 愚弄 , 欺骗

adj. 空的 /v. 倒空

n.&v. 改变

Put these words in the correct columns in the chart.

1a

Nouns (people, places,

things)

Verbs (action words)

Adjectives (words that

describe)

1a 1a Put the words in the correct columns:Put the words in the correct columns:

foolcostumechangeclock

fool go offget dressedshow up changeinvite get uprealize stay upempty

exhausted

empty

Tell your partner about something that

happened to you recently. Use two or more

phrases from the list above.

Last Friday night my friend invited me to

watch some videos. We stayed up really late.

On Saturday I was exhausted.

PAIRWORK1b

We cleaned our house last Sunday. Mother

emptied a room to put things away, but father

did not show up until afternoon …

A sample versionLast weekend, my friend Tina invited me to her

costume party. I got dressed and showed up on time. I

met many friends that I had not seen for a long time.

They asked me to sing a song, but I am not good at

singing. So I felt embarrassed at first, but then I told

them a funny story which made everyone laugh. We

stayed up fairly late. I got up late the next morning and

I was a little exhausted.

No name Joe Nick

Dave

Dave, Nick and Joe are talking

about April Fool’s Day. Listen and

write each person’s name under the

correct picture.

1c

1.______ a costume party

2.______ my alarm went off

3.______ stayed up all night

4. ______ was tired

5. ______ really embarrassed

6. ______ the other kids showed up

DD

NN

JJ

JJ

DD

NN

Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below?

Write “D” (for Dave), “N” (for Nick) and “J” (for Joe).

1d

NickJoe

Dave

GROUPWORKTell the April Fool’s Day stories. Use the information 1c and 1d.

A: What happened to Dave on

April Fool’s Day?

B: Well, a friend invited him

to a costume party…

1e

On April Fool’s Day

Nick’s alarm went off. He got

up and took a shower.

Then he got dressed and went to school. When he got

to school, the building was empty. An hour later the other

kids showed up. Then he realized that his brother had

fooled him. His brother had set his alarm an hour early.

Dave has ever been an April fool. A friend once …

Nick was fooled last April Fool’s Day. His brother

changed Nick’s alarm clock to an hour earlier…

Jeo’s friend fooled him last April first …

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

搞怪愚人节

老师叫你马上去他办公室！

对噢，老师让我通知你作业重写！

今天是愚人节 学校说要补课

我才不会上当呢！深思熟虑……

Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.

Paragraph 1 The most famous trick playedParagraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s DayParagraph 3 An introduction to April Fool’s DayParagraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day

2b

USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGECarefully 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

1.What can you see in the picture?

2.What does the passage may talk about?1. An UFO.

2. It may talk about the little trick on the April Fool’s Day. Perhaps the trick is about the UFO.

1 Before you Before you readread

Look at the picture and questions in 2b. Then answer the questions below.

Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.

2b

The most famous trick playedExamples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s DayAn introduction to April Fool’s DayA sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

While you While you readread

2

Time Place Trick ResultOn _________________

In England There would be ________________

All of the spaghetti was ________

On __________________

In _______ The special water would help people ___________

More than 10000 people ________________________

On April Fool’s Day

A famous TV star asked his girlfriend __________

The TV star lost ____________

In ________, 1983

In _______ ________landed on the earth

Thousands of people ______ _____________

Fool’s DayApril

no morespaghetti sold out

Fool’s DayApril England

lose weightthe TV station to get the water

October America

get marriedhis girlfriend

Alienshad

left their homes

Read the article again and fill in the blanks.

Language points

1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes

place in different countries around the world.

愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝活动。

take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。

take place 与 happen

take place 通常指事先计划或预料到的事情发生， 还可表示“举行”的意思。

happen

常指具体的事情发生，特指那些偶然或出乎意料发生的事情，后接不定式，表示“碰巧；恰好”之意。

例： The sports meeting will take place in our 

school. 运动会将在我校举行。 I happened to be in the lab that day. 

那天我碰巧在实验室。

2. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 愚人节是每年的四月一日，在这一天，人们互相捉弄开各种玩笑。

play tricks on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”，而 play jokes on sb.则是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思。

It's impolite to laugh at, stare at or play _____on disabled people   A. fun    B. jokes     C. tricks    D. parts

试一试C

3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets  to buy as much spaghetti as they could.  很多人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利 面条。as +形容词 /副词的原级 + as sb. can / could  相当于 as + 形容词 /副词原级 + as possible ，意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。 例： We must do everything as well as we can.  = We must do everything as well as possible.  我们要尽量做好每一件事。

4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终。

end up doing sth. 意为“以 ...... 结束，以 ...... 告终”。例： I must make good use of my spare time,

or I will end up doing nothing.

我必须充分利用空闲的时间 ,否则我的生 命将会在无所事事中告终。

5. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。 marry sb. 意为“嫁 /娶某人”。 get married to sb. 意为“嫁 /娶某人 ;与某人结婚”，为短暂性词组。

be married to sb. 意为“嫁 /娶某人；与某人结婚”，是延续性词组。

例： She married John last year.

= She got married to John last year.

= She has been married to John for one year.

她去年嫁给了 John 。

6. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles

announced on his radio program that aliens

from Mars had landed on the earth. 在 1938 年 的那个月，演员奥森 .威尔斯在他的广播节目 中宣布火星人已经登陆地球。 land on 意为“着陆；降落于”，反义词组为 “take off ”, 意为“起飞”。例： Be careful! The plane is going to land on the

airport.

小心点！飞机马上要降落于飞机场了。

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? Because a reporter announced that there

would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.

2.What did the TV show say that the special water could do?

It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.

2c

3.Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?

Because he lost both 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.

6.Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? I think… Because…

7.Would you be fooled by any of these stories? Yes, I would. Because… No, I wouldn’t. Because…

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 spaghetti in the

supermarkets ______________ (disappear).

appearedrushed

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 losttold

had rung away

Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:

a. the funniest jokeb. 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 ...

2e

HOMEWORK

1.Make a conversation like section B 2c2.Interview two Ss and write down their interesting stories happening on April Fool’s Day.

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