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Unit12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Reading
April Fool’s Day
Whatever the tricks are, the trickster (搞恶作剧的人) usually ends up telling his victim(上当的人) that “ __________”.
April Fool
Background
It happens on ____________ every year.
It is a ____________ that takes place in different countries around the world.
It is a day when many people _________ ___________________ on each other .
April 1st
celebration
play all
kinds of tricks and jokes
April Fool’s Day
play tricks and jokes on捉弄某人、同......开玩笑
Discussion
Have you ever fooled others
Have you ever been fooled by others
Have you been an April Fool
How did you feel when you were fooled
Time to read!
Fast Reading
1. How many paragraphs are there in the text
2. What is the main idea about each paragraph
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.
2b
Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para1 One of the most famous tricks
played
Para2 Examples of funny stories that
happened on April Fool’s Day
Para3 An introduction to April
Fool’s Day
Para4 A sad story that happened on
April Fool’s Day
most famous tricks
Examples
introduction
A sad story
spaghetti
special water
proposal(求婚)
aliens
Let’s know more details about these tricks.
Careful Reading
Read Para 1 carefully and finish the task.
1. 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.
celebration n.庆典，仪式
celebrate v. 庆祝
take place in 发生（有计划的）
happen 发生（偶然性的）
play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人
play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑
kinds of 各种各样的
Para1
An introduction about April Fool’s Day.
April 1st
in different countries
play all kinds of tricks and jokes
when
where
how
Careful Reading
Read para 2 carefully and finish the tasks.
2. 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.
宣布……
stop to do sth. 停下来去做另一件事
stop doing sth. 停下正在做的事
不再
动词+ as + sth. + as they can / could
某人尽可能的做某事
as + adj./adv. + as possible 尽可能...
卖光
…….的发现
减肥
到...为止
找出；查明
The trick of ___________
Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day
spaghetti
Para2
The trick of __________
special water
The trick of ___________
spaghetti
when
who
what
where
result
Para2
On April Fool’s Day
In England
A reporter
Read the first trick and finish the tasks.
There would be
_____ _____spaghetti. Because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had _______ ________ spaghetti.
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy__ _____ spaghetti __ ___ _____.
All of the spaghetti ______ ___ _______
had been _____ ______.
no more
stopped growing
as they could
as
much
across
the country
sold out
The trick of ________________
special water
Read the second trick and finish the tasks.
when
what
where
result
who
On April Fool’s Day
In England
A TV show
The special water would help people _____ ______.
lose weight
More than 10,000 people had _______ the TV station to _____ _____how to get this water.
phoned
find out
What lesson can you learn from these two tricks
Each coin has two sides.
Think carefully before you act.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Careful Reading
3. 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.
Read para 3 carefully and finish the tasks.
end up with sth./ doing sth. 最终...
end up as 最终成为
marry sb.嫁/娶某人
marry sb. to.把某人嫁给...
get/be married 结婚
get/be married to sb.和...结婚
cancel v. 取消，终止 过去式/过去分词 canceled
名词：cancelation
The trick of ___________
proposal
when
who
what
where
result
Para3
Read the third trick and finish the tasks.
On April Fool’s Day
On the star’s show.
A famous TV star.
He invited his girlfriend onto his show and _____ her ___ ______him.
The lady felt happy and she really wanted to ____ _____.
So she agreed, but she ____ ______by the star.
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was __________.
canceled
asked
to marry
get married
was fooled
canceled
Do you think it is very funny
How do you like the TV star
No, it’s not funny at all! He had gone too far. (做得太过分了)
He is an inconsiderate (不体谅人的) man and he didn’t care about his girlfriend’s feeling at all.
What can you learn from the sad story
The harm to any one person’s trick is wrong, we should learn how to respect.
（伤害到任何一个人的恶作剧都是错误的，我们应该懂得尊重。)
Careful Reading
Read para 4 carefully and finish the tasks.
4. 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.
one of + the +形容词的最高级+ 名词复数
而不是
在广播节目里宣称
登陆地球
成百上千的
蔓延至整个国家
成千上万的
The trick of ___________
aliens
when
who
what
where
result
Para4
Read the fourth trick and finish the tasks.
In October, 1938
The United States
An actor called Orson Wells.
Orson Welles __________
on his radio program that aliens from _____ had ________ ___the earth.
Thousands of people
____ _____ their homes.
announced
Mars
landed on
had left
What can you learn from the story
Don’t play tricks on the safety of a country. It is very important for everyone.
（不要拿一个国家的安危开玩笑，安全对于每个人来说是非常重要的。）
Tricks and jokes can bring people not only happiness but also problems, even they may hurt others or ourselves!
(恶作剧和玩笑不仅能带给人们快乐，也能带来问题，甚至会伤害别人或自己！)
The tricks remind us:
Please remember, humor should also pay attention to propriety, not too big. (请记住，幽默也要注意礼仪，不要太大)
We'd better not(最好不) play such jokes or tricks on others, especially in public !!!We can play some small jokes .
When we play jokes on someone，
Don't bring harm to others.
01
Don't cheat friends in the emotion.
02
Don't let freiends have financial loss (经济损失).
03
Don't bring bad influence to the socity.
04
Everything is done on the basis that everyone is happy.
05
1. 愚人节
2. 发生
3.捉弄某人
4. 开某人的玩笑
5.不再
6.停止正在做的事
7.某人尽可能做某事
8.全国
9. ...的发现
Phrases
April Day’s Day
take place in
play tricks on sb.
play jokes on sb.
no more
stop doing sth.
动词 + as + sth. + as they can/could
across the country
the discovery of
Phrases
10. 减重
11. 到...为止
12. 最终做......
13. 嫁给某人
14. 与某人结婚
15. 最......之一
16. 而不是
17. 登陆
18. 成百上千
19. 成千上万
lose weight
by the end of
end up doing sth.
marry sb.
get married to sb.
one of +the 形容词最高级+可数名词复数
rather than
land on
hundreds of
thousands of
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
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
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
Work on 2c
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
He made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth.
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
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).
had appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
3. By the time the day ____ (end), more than 10,000people __________ (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 rung away
Work on 2d
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for.
Work on 2e
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...
a. the funniest joke
b. the most embarrassing joke
c. the most creative joke
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.
1
2
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)
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句子①中that takes place in different countries around the world是由关系代词that引导的定语从句，修饰前面的先行词a celebration。
句子②中when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other是由关系副词when引导的定语从句，修饰表示时间的先行词 a day。
)
Difficult Sentence
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.
3
4
主语
谓语
宾语从句
because引导的原因状语从句
by the time引导的时间状语从句，从句若为一般过去时，主句常用过去完成时。
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.
5
6
主句
and连接的并列的宾语从句
第一个宾语从句省略了that, 第二个宾语从句that不可省略
by+ 表示过去时间的短语+过去完成时的句子
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.
7
because引导的原因状语从句
主句
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.
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9
宾语从句
by the time引导的时间状语从句，从句若为一般过去时，主句常用过去完成时。
Thank You

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