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Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B (2a~2e)
1.学习目标
3.重点探究
2.自主学习
学习导航
5.当堂检测
6.课堂总结
4.拓展提升
新课导入
视频：愚人节的来历
学习目标
1. 能记住并正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语
2. 能通过阅读文章，了解四个发生在愚人节的
有趣的故事
自主学习
New words & phrases
announce [ nauns] v. 宣布；宣告
spaghetti [sp geti] n. 意大利面条
hoax [h uks] n. 骗局；恶作剧
discovery [disk v ri] n. 发现；发觉
lady [leidi] n. 女士；女子
officer [ fis ] n.军官；官员
believable [bili:v bl] adj.可相信的；可信任的
embarrassing [imb r si ] a. 使人害羞的（难堪的或惭愧的）
重点探究
2a 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.
Fast reading
2b Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
◆ The most famous trick played
◆ Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day.
◆ An introduction to April Fool’s Day
◆ A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day
Careful reading
2c Read the passage carefully and answer these questions.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
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 the special water could do
3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from
Mars landing on the earth
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.
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
6. Which of these stories is the most believable
Which is the least believable Why
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
I think the story of a famous TV star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the TV star proposed to his girlfriend was normal, but people never see any aliens on the earth.
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 spaghetti in the supermarkets _______________ (disappear).
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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 lost
told
had run away
2e Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class
will vote for:
Post reading
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…
拓展提升
Language points
1. fool n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者
vt. 愚弄，欺骗
e.g. He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s 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
e.g. He looked a bit embarrassed.
他看起来有点尴尬。
embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的，
令人为难的
e.g. That was an embarrassing situation for me.
那种情形让我难堪。
3. sell out 卖完；售完；出售
e.g. 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
e.g. 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。
5. marry v. “嫁，娶，结婚”
e.g. Henry didn’t marry until he was over fifty．
亨利直到过了50岁才结婚。
(1) marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人”、“娶了某人”
或“和某人结婚”
(2) get/be married to sb.
e.g. John is going to marry Jane.
约翰要和简结婚了。
6. The other kids showed up.
show up 露面，到场； （使）看得见
e.g. We waited until five o’clock, but he did not show up.
我们一直等到了5点，但是他始终没有露面。
7. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.
end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于
e.g. Every 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。
【拓展】
1）end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。
e.g. The scientist ended up his speech at last.
那个科学家最后结束了演讲。
2）end up with sth. （以……）结束
e.g. 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。
当堂检测
根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的单词或短语填空，有的需要变换形式。
more than, believe, embarrass, hand in, run away from, disappear
1. These details (细节) will make the story much
more __________.
2. — Must I _________ my homework today, Mr. Smith
—No, you needn't. You can give it to me tomorrow.
3. The plane __________ behind a cloud so
we couldn't see it.
believable
hand in
disappeared
4. Paula doesn't like making speeches in public. She thinks
it's so ___________.
5. Sophie _____________ home without telling
anybody but she soon regretted it.
6. Traditional Chinese medicine was a great invention in
ancient China. It has a long history of __________
3,000 years.
more than, believe, embarrass, hand in, run away from, disappear
embarrassing
ran away from
more than
课堂总结
重要短语：
show up 露面，到场；
sell out 卖完；售完；出售
end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于
end up sth. 表示“结束某事”
end up with sth. （以……）结束
重要单词：
fool n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者
vt. 愚弄，欺骗
embarrassed adj. 局促不安的；为难的；尴尬的；窘迫的
embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的，
令人为难的
discovery n. 发现，发觉；
marry v. “嫁，娶，结婚”
Unit 12
Section B (2a~2e)

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