1、Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B(1a-2b).Master some listening skills:To look at the picture of speculation before listening (听前看图推测听前看图推测)To catch the key words(抓住关键词抓住关键词).Be able to use the past perfect tense to describe things （能用过去完成时描述事情）（能用过去完成时描述事情）.Where ignorance is bliss,it
2、s folly to be wise.(难得糊涂难得糊涂)接龙接龙幻灯片上单词或短语出现时，同学应迅速读出并说出中文意思。每人一词，按行/列依次接龙，3秒内说不出，此行/列同学即失去此答题机会，下一行/列同学接续。Nouns(people,places,things)Verbs(action words)Adjectives(description words)Put these words in the correct columns.foolcostumechangeclockcallfoolgo offget dressed callshow up changeinvite stay u
3、prealize emptyembarrassedtiredempty词汇小分队词汇小分队Play a game.(句子接龙）句子接龙）Tell us about something that happened to you recently.Use two or more words in 1a.Last Friday night,my friend invited me to his birthday party Dave,Nick and Joe are talking about April Fools Day.Listen and write each persons name un
4、der the correct picture.听力技巧：看图预测听力技巧：看图预测JoeNickDaveNo name1._ a costume party2._ my alarm went off3._ stayed up all night4._ was tired5._ was really embarrassed6._ the other kids showed up DNJJDNListen again.Who says each of the phrases below?Write“D”(for Dave),“N”(for Nick)and“J”(for Joe).听力技巧：抓关
5、键词听力技巧：抓关键词。NickJoeDavePAIRWORKTalk about 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 partyGroupwork Have you ever played jokes on others,especially on April Fools Day?Have you ever been fo
6、oled by others?Tell your story to your partners and act it out.搞怪愚人节 April Fools 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 Fools Day,a repor
7、ter 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
8、 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 T
9、V station to find 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 repli
10、ed,“April 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 in April.In that month in 1938,actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mar
11、s 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,thousan
12、ds of people had left their homes.模仿秀模仿秀imitation showEvery group choose one student to read.Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.规则：规则：1.1.连贯、流利，语速适当连贯、流利，语速适当2.2.语音准确，语调自然，有较好的语音准确，语调自然，有较好的发音模仿发音模仿123None is a fool always,every one sometimes.None is a fool always,every one sometimes.
13、没有终身的傻瓜没有终身的傻瓜,也没有终身不当傻瓜的人也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。If wise men play the fool,they do it with a vengeance.If wise men play the fool,they do it with a vengeance.聪明人做起糊涂事来聪明人做起糊涂事来,那才糊涂透顶。那才糊涂透顶。必做：必做：1.Write 2 or 3 sentences with the past perfect tense选做：选做：2.Think of a short,funny story that youve ever read or heard of.Then write the main points of it and tell it to others.Homework
