Section B

Period Two

To learn to write a magazine story using past perfect

To learn to talk about your own funny stories using past perfect

To learn new words: farmer, marry

ReviewReview

Words and expressions

Read the words and expressions loudly.

announceMars

convincing

panic set off

authority

reveal

v. 宣布；宣告n. 火星adj. 令人信服的；有说服力的n. 恐慌；惊恐激起；引起n. 权威机构；行政管理机构v. 揭示；揭露

Words and expressions

hoax fleefled

spaghetti farmersell out

girlfriend

n. 骗局；恶作剧；玩笑v. 逃；逃走v. flee 的过去式及过去分词n. 意大利式细面条n. 农夫；农场主卖光；售光n. 女朋友

Words and expressions

marry thrill

get marriedending

embarrassing

a piece of

v. 嫁；娶；与……结婚v. （使）非常激动；（使）非常紧张结婚n. 结局；结尾adj. 令人尴尬的；令人为难的一片；一块

Words and expressions

Talk about it!

Now in China people also play jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day. So last year what did you or your classmates do for fun that day?

1. The plane will land in ten minutes.

2. The reason he told is so convincing

that the boss totally believed him.

get onto the ground

worth of trusting or believing

Before reading, Guess what the underlined words mean.

3a

3. The police revealed the truth after long time’s research.

4. It is announced in the broadcast that the meeting will be put off.

to show, let people know

tell sth. publicly

In 1938, a radio program by actor Orson Welles announced 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 was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story, and panic set off across the whole country. By the time the authorities revealed that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had fled from their homes.

1. Orson Welles said on a TV program that aliens from Mars had landed on the Earth.

2. People said the story was a hoax.

3. Many people had run away from their homes.

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F

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on a radio program

The authorities

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 supermarket 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.

1. Why would there be no more spaghetti?

2. What did people do when they heard the news?

3. What had happened when people realized the story was a hoax?

Because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.

Many people ran to their local supermarket to buy as much spaghetti as they could.

All of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.

A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day. He asked her to marry him. She was thrilled, 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 both his girlfriend and his show.

1. A famous star invited his girlfriend onto his show.

2. He really wanted to marry his girlfriend but she refused.

3. The little joke had a very happy ending.

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F

F

didn’t have

didn’t really want

• After reading, which story do you think is the most believable? Why?

• Which is the least believable? Why?

• Get into groups and think of as many reasons as you can to support your opinion. Then show it to the whole class.

1The first story really happened. The radio program was called “The War of the World”.

The second story about April Fool’s Day is the most believable. I have a similar experience. A few years ago, it was said there would be a big earthquake in our area. So people tried to buy as much food as possible such as vegetables and bean oil. Suddenly things became expensive. And it was hard to buy articles for daily use. But at last there was no earthquake at all and foods were sold out in shops and supermarkets.

The second story about April Fool’s Day is the most believable. I have a similar experience. A few years ago, it was said there would be a big earthquake in our area. So people tried to buy as much food as possible such as vegetables and bean oil. Suddenly things became expensive. And it was hard to buy articles for daily use. But at last there was no earthquake at all and foods were sold out in shops and supermarkets.

3b Write a magazine story about Nick in 2a and 2b. Use the notes on your book.

Sample Answers

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.

Have you played a joke on someone?

Has someone played a joke on you?

Tell your funny story to the class.

Oral practice

Writing

A sample joke: The story happened during my first few

days in a new school. My friend Jim told me that the woman standing in front of our classroom was our new English teacher. So I walked toward her and said hello to her. However, she looked puzzled and said nothing to me. Later I realized that Jim had played a joke on me.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/snowyworld/

Welles was so convincing that hundreds of people believed the story.【经典习题】改为同义句：Jimmy is so young that he can’t understand what you said. 1) Jimmy is ____ __ _____ boy that he can’t understand what you said. 2) Jimmy is ____ young ___ understand what you said.

such a young

too to

【要点点拨】 so… that … 意为“如此……以致……”， so 后接形容词或副词， that 引导结果状语从句。如： The girl worked so quietly that no one knew she was there.【拓展延伸】 such… that… 也表示“如此……以致”， that 引导结果状语从句，但 such 后接名词。可以与 so… that … 相互转换。如：Mr Li is such a good teacher that he is much-loved by his students. = Mr Li is so good a teacher that he is much-loved by his students.

a radio program, land on the Earth, move across…, hundreds of …, set off across …, the whole country, flee from …, the spaghetti farmers, stop growing spaghetti, run to a local supermarket, a famous TV star, invite …onto …, get married, have a very happy ending

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完成下列句子。1. 昨天的那条新闻在镇上引起了一阵恐慌。 The news yesterday ___ ___a panic in the town. 2. 对不起，小号的我们都卖完了。 I’m sorry, but we’ve ____ ___ of the small sizes. 3. 克里斯最终出现时，我几乎睡着了。 I was almost asleep when Chris finally _______ ___.

set off

sold out

showed up

4. 我最好的朋友上周末结婚了。 My best friend ___ _______ last

weekend.

5. 请递给我一片面包。 Please pass me __ _____ __ bread.

got married

a piece of

Homework

Write about a joke you played on someone or a joke someone played on you. Tell whathappened first, what happened next, and what you realized.

To preview the new words and

expressions

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