资料简介
Section A (2a-Self Check)
Unit 12 Life is full of
the unexpected.
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
announce, hoax, sell out, discovery, lady,
cancel, officer, believable, disappear,
embarrassing
Key sentence:
April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes
place in different countries around the world.
Lead in
April Fool's Day
The teacher
asks you
to go to
her office.
You fail the
English test.
?
Presentation
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
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 Fool’s Day
Paragraph 3 An introduction to April
Fool’s Day
Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on
April Fool’s Day
2b
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.
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 cancelled.
One of the world’s most famous tricks,
however, happened in October rather than
in 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.
Language
points
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes
place in different countries around the world.
愚人节是一种发生在世界各国的庆祝活动。
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
Have a try
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！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.
2c
2. What did the TV show say the
special water could do?
It was said that the special water
would help people lose weight.
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).
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 show _______ (end), the
TV star ______ (lose) his girlfriend.
5. By the time police offcers _______ (tell)
the country that the story was a hoax,
many people _______________ (run
away) from their homes.
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had rung away
Tell your funny story from 2a to the
class. The class will vote for:
a. the funniest joke
b. 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
Story Time
Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky
day? What happened? Make some notes
about what you remember.
3a
What was the date?
What happened first?
Was this lucky or unlucky? Why?
What happened next?
How did the day ended?
How did you feel about this day?
Write a story about your lucky or unlucky
day and tell your story to a partner or the
class.
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 couldn’t believe…
Then/After that, …
Finally,…
I think…
What a lucky/an unlucky day!
3b
Exercises
根据汉语意思完成下面的句子。
1. 人们相互开各种各样的玩笑。
People ______ all kinds of _____ _____ each
other.
2. 她父亲抚养她直到她结婚。
Her father supported her until she _____
________.
3. 一架飞机将降落在机场。
A plane will ______ ______ the airport.
play jokes with
got
married
land on
4. 生日晚会什么时候举行？
When will the birthday party ______ ______?
5. 这个小男孩想要尽可能多的礼物。
The little boy wants _____ _____ _______ ____
possible.
6. 我下个月底会回来。
I will be back _____ _____ _____ _____ next
month.
take place
as many presents as
by the end of
7. 这家商店的衬衫都卖光了。
The shop _____ _____ all their shirts.
8. 我穿好衣服吃早餐。
I ___ _______ and had breakfast.
9. 你觉得这里的食物怎么样？
_____ do you _____ _____ the food here?
10. 当他问到我这个问题时我恰好读过这篇文
章。
I ________ to have read the article when he
asked me about it.
sold out
got dressed
How feel about
happened
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