1、Unit 7 Life is full of the unexpected.,Section B,Warm up,Do you know the history of April Fools Day?,It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century. The day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil
2、and the United States.,April Fools Day = April Fools Day = All Fools Day,On this day, people play jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as “April fools“. Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained later.,愚人节也称也称万愚节 。一种说法认为这一习俗源
3、自印度的“诠俚节”。该节规定，每年三月三十一日的节日这天，不分男女老幼，可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以换得娱乐。另一种较普遍的说法是起源于法国。1564年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以一月一日为一年的开端，改变了过去以四月一日作为新年开端的历法。新历法推行过程中，一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革仍沿袭旧历，拒绝更新。他们依旧在四月一日这天互赠礼物，组织庆祝新年的活动。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在四月一日这天给顽固派赠送假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝会，并把这些受愚弄的人称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩之鱼”。所以每年四月一日，是西方的民间传统节日愚人节 。,
4、愚人节贺卡,参加鱼宴的帖，通常是用纸板做成的彩色小 鱼。餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来中间放上 鱼缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿，每个钓竿上系一 条绿色飘带，挂着送给客人的礼物或是 鱼形工艺品，或是一个装满糖果的鱼篮子。,愚人节习俗 - 4月1日的鱼宴,不言而喻，鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做 成。宴会上,主人端上以鱼为原料精心 烹制的菜肴，煎炸烤烧，应有尽有。根 据传统风俗，主人往往在宴会上给客人 们做假菜，这种假菜宴更增添了轻松欢 快的节日气氛。宴会结束后，主人以糖 果招待客人，不过，糖果不是放在果盘 中，而是放在药盒里。,愚人节的象征,黄水仙是愚人节的象征。愚人节时，人们常 常组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊把房
5、间装饰一 新。典型的传统做法是布置假环境，可以把房间 布置得象过圣诞节一样。,也可以布置得象过新 年一样，待客人来时， 则祝贺他们“圣诞快乐” 或“新年快乐”，令人感 到别致有趣。,None is a fool always, every one sometimes. 没有终身的傻瓜, 也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。 If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 聪明人做起糊涂事来,那才糊涂透顶。,愚人谚语、短语,How to celebrate April Fools Day?,愚人节怎么过呢？,在愚人节基本 上不是整别人 就是被人
6、整 !,愚人节恶作剧 (tricks),最著名的玩笑,1957年4月1日英国BBC播出了这样一条 消息 ：多亏刚过去的温和冬天有效的 控制了面条树虫害，瑞士南部一户农家 的意大利面条喜获大丰收。画面中，一 名女子仔细的将意大利面条从树上摘下 来，把它们放到太阳下晒干。因为在当 时，意大利菜在英国还不常见。许多英 国人并不知道意大利面条是用小麦粉做 成的。上百通电话打到BBC，有人指出 消息错误，有人疑惑不解，甚至有人询 问：怎么自己种意大利面条树呢？,BBC：意大利面条树大丰收,1998年4月1日，麻省理工学院（MIT）的主页上发布了一则爆炸性的消息 ：华纳迪士尼公司将以建立69亿美元的奖学金
7、信托基金的形式买下这所声名显赫的大学。新闻图片上，MIT著名的大圆顶配上了一对米奇的大耳朵。校园将迁往佛罗里达奥兰多市的迪士尼乐园，并将更名为“迪士尼理工学院” 。 （Disney Institute of Technology）,最欢乐的玩笑,麻省理工学院易主迪士尼,最友爱的玩笑,2008年BBC摄制组在南极附近拍摄了自然历史系列进化的奇迹，里面讲述了阿德利企鹅飞翔的故事，这个飞翔的企鹅的视频成了互联网上观看最多的视频之一。解说员特瑞琼斯解释说，这些企鹅不是挤在一起忍受冬天的严寒，而是飞去几千里以外的南美洲热带雨林享受热带温暖的阳光。,BBC：飞翔的企鹅,最实用的玩笑,呀！ 你 鞋带 散啦！
8、,你的鞋带散了！,愚人节 - 愚人不过12点,愚人节这天玩笑只能开到中午12点之前，这是约定俗 成的严格规矩。过了中午还找乐子的人是一个比被他 取笑的人还大的傻瓜。过了钟点还开玩笑的人会立刻 碰钉子，自找没趣儿。有一首小诗是这样描述的： 愚人节已过十二点， 你这个傻瓜来得晚。 待到来年愚人节， 你将是个大笨蛋 !,1a Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column.,fool invite costume embarrassed go off call
9、 get dressed empty show up realize change clock tired stay up,invite, go off call, get dressed show up realize, change stay up,costume call change clock,empty tired,1b Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.,Last Friday night, my friend invited m
10、e to his birthday party,1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fools Day. Listen and write each persons name under the correct picture.,Dave,Joe,Nick,1d Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below? Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.,1._ a costume party 2._ my alarm went o 3._ st
11、ayed up all night 4._ was tired 5._ really embarrassed 6._ the other kids showed up,D,N,J,J,D,N,1e Tell April Fools Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.,A: What happened to Dave on April Fools Day? B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party ,2a Have you ever played joke
12、s on others, especially on April Fools Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner?,搞怪愚人节,老师叫你马上 去他办公室！,对噢，老师 让我通知你 作业重写！,今天是愚人节,学校说要补课,我才不会上当呢！,深思熟虑,2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.,Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played Para
13、graph 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 April Fools Day,USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Carefully reading the rst sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and
14、help you guess what the whole text is about.,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 many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announce
15、d 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 so
16、ld 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 fin
17、d 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. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied, “Ap
18、ril 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 rather than April. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars
19、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 ocers announced that the story was a hoax, thousan
20、ds of people had left their homes.,Language points,1. April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place 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；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
21、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。,Its impolite to laugh at, stare at or play _on disabled people A. fun B. jokes C. t
22、ricks 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 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 possibl
23、e. 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 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
24、 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
25、 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 again and answer the questions.,Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fools D
26、ay? Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. What did the TV show say that the special water could do? It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.,Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?
27、 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.,Which of
28、 these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? I think Because Would you be fooled by any of these stories? Yes, I would. Because No, I wouldnt. Because,2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.,After the spaghetti story _ (appear) in the news
29、, 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 wa
30、ter. 4. By the time the show _ (end), the TV star _ (lose) his girlfriend. 5. By the time police ocers _ (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,2e Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The clas
31、s will vote for:,a. the funniest joke b. the most embarrassing joke c. the most creative joke,A: Whats 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 .,story time !,3a Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? What happened? Make some notes about what you remember.,
