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第五课时 Section B（2a~2e）
What is April Fool’s Day
It happens on ____________ every year.
It is a day when many people _________ ___________________________ on each other .
▲
▲
April 1st
play all
kinds of tricks and jokes
What kind of jokes do western people play
Warm-up
Read the passage and match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
▲ One of 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
Fast-reading
2b
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.
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Read Para.1 and answer questions.
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
3. What do people do on April Fool’s Day
2. Where does April Fool’s Day take place
It takes place in different countries around the world.
Careful reading
1.When is the April Fool’s Day
On April 1st every year.
1.Spaghetti
2.Special water
Story 1
Story 2
What are they about
Para 2. funny stories
Paragraph 2 : examples
two
First one:spaghetti
1.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
3.What’s the result
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax
all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
There would be … because …
…ran to… to buy…
By the time…, had been …
2.What did many people do
Second one: the discovery of .
Paragraph 2 : two examples
special water
It was said that the special water would help pepole lose weight.
By the end of the day , more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
What can you learn from the two funny stories
Each coin has two sides.
Think carefully before you act.
Where there is a will , there is a way. (有志者事竟成)
Result
Why
How do you feel about the two funny stories
Read Para.3 and answer questions.
1.What did the famous TV star ask his girlfriend to do How did the lady feel
2.What did he reply when his girlfriend said yes
3.What’s the result Did they have a happy ending
4.What can you learn from the sad story
He invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool’s Day and asked her to marry him.
“April Fool !”
The TV star lost his girl friend and his show was canceled .
Don't play jokes on others about a big or serious thing.
A sad story
Do all tricks happen on April Fool's Day
Read paragraph 4 aloud. Then fill in the blanks.
when who what was announced on the radio Why did so many people believe Orson Welles result
In October, 1938
Orson Welles
Aliens from Mars had landed on the earth.
Thousands of people had left their homes.
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
What does “ it ” refer to
He described where aliens from Mars had landed and told how they were moving across the United States.
How do you feel about this famous trick
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
Post-reading
2d
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
Retelling
Time Place Trick Result
On ______
___________ In England There would be _____________
________. All of the spaghetti was ________.
On _______
___________ In _______ The special water would help people ___________. More than 10,000 people ______________________
_____________.
On April Fool’s Day A famous TV star asked his girlfriend __________. The TV star lost ____________
____________.
In ________, 1983 In _______ ______________
landed on the earth. Thousands of people ___________________.
Fool’s Day
April
no more
spaghetti
sold out
Fool’s Day
April
England
lose weight
phoned the TV station to get the water
October
America
to marry him
his girlfriend
and his show
Aliens from Mars
had
left their homes
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different
countries around the world.
take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。
Language points
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。
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.
play tricks on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb.则是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思。
3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy
as much spaghetti as they could.
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……”。
e.g. 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. He asked her to marry him.
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。
e.g. 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。
I. 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空
1. He said the book _______________(sell) out before he came.
2. My English party ended up___________( listen) an classical music.
had been sold
listening
Exercises
3. He made it ______( sound ) so interesting that we all _______( laugh)
4. Have you ever__________ ( fool) on April Fool’s Day
5. April Fool’s Day is a _________( celebrate) around the world.
sound
laughed
been fooled
celebration
II.单项选择
1．Great changes ________ in my hometown since three years ago.
A．took place B．were taken place
C．have taken place D．have been taken place
2．—Will the football game be held on Sunday afternoon
—No，it has been ________because of the rain.
A．refused B．controlled C．canceled D．served
3．She ________ for ten years and now she has a lovely daughter.
A．married B．has been married
C．got married D．has got married
C
C
B
4．The sweaters in the shop are very beautiful and they ________well.
Yesterday they ________ out.
A．are sold；were sold B．sell；are sold
C．sell；were sold D．sold；sold
C
5． —Jack，the Maldives may _____ because of the rising sea levels. —God！We must do something to stop that happening. A．rise B．move C．grow D．disappear 6．_______people visited Hongdong，Chongqing on May Day this year. A．Thousand B．Thousands C．Thousand of D．Thousands of
D
D
Homework
Write your own funny stories according to 2e.

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