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1、Unit 12,Life is full of the unexpected.,Section B 2a-2e,2a 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.,spaghetti n. 意大利面条,hoax (hoaxes) n. 骗局；恶作剧,sell out 卖光,embarrassing adj.令人尴尬的,lady (ladies) n. 女士；女子,of
2、ficer n. 军官；官员,2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.,Paragraph 1 one of the most famous tricks 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 Ap
3、ril Fools Day,USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Carefully 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.,Match each paragraph with the main idea.,Paragraph 1 one of the most famous tricks played Paragraph 2 Examples
4、 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,April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in dierent countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when man
5、y 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 spaghetti as they coul
6、d.,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 o
7、f 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 her to marry him.
8、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, happened in October rathe
9、r 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, an
10、d 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.,Language points,1. April Fools Day is a celebration that takesplace 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；
11、产生”。,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 jok
12、es on sb.则是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思。,Its 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 possib
13、le，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 Fools 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 noth
14、ing.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.
15、 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。,2c Read the passage
16、again and answer the questions.,Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti 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.,2. What did the TV show say that the special water could do? They said this water would help people lose weight. 3. Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending? Because the TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.,
