1、选择性必修一Unit 1 Laugh out loud!(2)高二年级 英语Using languageApril Fools DayListening and speakingObjectives1.get the main idea of the radio program and choose the pictures mentioned.2.note down some information and complete the notes.3.tell a practical joke and make comments on practical jokes.Lead-in.Read
2、about April Fools Day on P7.Q:When is it celebrated?A:On 1st,April.Lead-in.Read about April Fools Day on P7.Q:Where is it celebrated?A:In many parts of the world.Lead-in.Read about April Fools Day on P7.Q:What do people do on this day?A:They play practical jokes on each other.Lead-in.Read about Apri
3、l Fools Day on P7.Q:How long do the jokes last?A:Half or a whole day.Pre-listeningDescribe the picture and predict what the audio talks about.A man is harvesting something off a tree.Pre-listeningDescribe the picture and predict what the audio talks about.A man is running near a house.Pre-listeningD
4、escribe the picture and predict what the audio talks about.Two men are smelling a TV screen.Pre-listeningDescribe the picture and predict what the audio talks about.People are washing lions in the street.Listen for main idea.Listen and summarize the main idea.Mark tells the presenter Karen about thr
5、ee of the best practical jokes in history.Practical joke:a trick that is intended to embarrass someone and amuse others.Listen for detailed information.Task 1.Listen again and choose the pictures mentioned.Answers:d c aListen for detailed information.Task 2.Listen again and complete the notes.Joke 1
6、Year:1698Main story:A newsletter reported people going to watch 1.?at the Tower of London.The joke was played on visitors throughout the 2.?.Answers:1.the washing of the lions 2.18th and 19th centuriesListen for detailed information.Task 2.Listen again and complete the notes.Joke 2Year:3.?Main story
7、:The 4.?introduced an invention called“Smellovision”.It allowed 5.?over the airwaves.Answers:3.1965 4.BBC News Channel 5.smells to be carriedListen for detailed information.Task 2.Listen again and complete the notes.Joke 3Year:6.?Main story:A news program told viewers that the spaghetti trees in Swi
8、tzerland were having 7.?Answers:6.1957 7.a really good harvestListen for detailed information.Task 3.Discuss which of the practical jokes is the funniest and give reasons.Sample Student A：The jokes are really funny.I think the lion one is the funniest for it worked for more than two centuries.Which
9、one do you think is the funniest?Student B:Yes,the lion one is funny,but the funniest one I think is the smellovision one.It reminds of the Emperors New Clothes;how could people smell something out of a screen!And some even said their eyes watered by the onion,wasnt it ridiculous!Sample Student A:Ye
10、ah,funny enough.I am wondering if people would be annoyed when they knew they were fooled.Student B:I guess not.Because thats on April Fools Day，the jokes meant no harm and were out of amusing intention.Actually,a lot of people laughed as they knew they were taken in.Listen for speaking.Read the scr
11、ipt aloud and complete the box in Activity 10 with the useful expressions from the radio program.Listen for speaking.Karen:Hi,I am Karen and this is“Fun time”.Im joined today by Mark Collin.Hi,Mark.Mark:Hello!Karen:As you know,today is the 1st of April,or as we call it,April Fools Day and Marks here
12、 to tell us about three of the best practical jokes in history.Listen for speaking.Mark:Indeed.Lets start with the oldest recorded April Fools joke,which took place on the 1st of April,1698.Some people were told to go to the Tower of London to watch“the washing of the lions”.Listen for speaking.Of c
13、ourse,there were no lions at the Tower of London.This was reported in a newslettersimilar to todays newspaperson the second of April that year.Apparently,this practical joke worked so well that it was played on visitors throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.Listen for speaking.Karen:Well,Id be pret
14、ty annoyed if someone did that to me.OK,lets hear the next one.Mark:OK.This is a practical joke from 1965.The BBC News Channel invited a university professor to talk about his invention called“Smellovision”.Karen:Smell-o-what?Listen for speaking.Mark:Smellovision!This was a type of machine that allo
15、wed smells to be carried over the airwaves.During the interview,the BBC showed images of people actually smelling a TV screen!Karen:But I dont get it How on earth did people actually believe that there was such a thing as“Smellovision”?Listen for speaking.Mark:The professor did a demonstration.He pl
16、aced coffee beans and onions inside the Smellovision and asked people watching the program at home to phone him if they could smell anything.And people did!Some really believed they could smell coffee beans and onions.Some even said that the onions make their eyes water!Listen for speaking.Karen:I s
17、ee.I guess you can convince yourself of anything if you really want to.Mark:Indeed!Now,my favorite one.The“spaghetti tree”joke.Karen:Oh,I know it!Its a good one!Listen for speaking.Mark:Its another BBC joke and probably the most famous one.On the 1st of April,1957,a news program told viewers that th
18、e spaghetti trees in Switzerland were having a really good harvest.The program even showed people picking spaghetti off trees and laying it in the sun to dry.Listen for speaking.Karen:Thats so funny!Mark:Many people fell for the joke because spaghetti wasnt that common in England at the time.Karen:I
19、 can imagine!Listen for speaking.Classify the expressions from the radio program.Lets start with Its a good one!I dont get it.Thats so funny!Now my favorite one I can imagine!Tell a story:Make comments:Listen for speaking.Classify the expressions from the radio program.Tell a story:Lets start with N
20、ow my favorite one Make comments:Its a good one!I dont get it.Thats so funny!I can imagine!SpeakingTask 1:Tell practical jokes and make comments in pairs.Student A:My joke goes like this:I once changed all of my boss icons to open different programs.He clicked on Word and it opened Excel.He clicked
21、on Firefox and it opened iTunes.I told IT about it in advance knowing he would take the computer to them.Student B:Thats so funny.SpeakingTask 2:Act out your conversation and make comments.Student A:Last year on 1st,April,when I got to the class,I found I was actually in the third class.My roommate
22、had set my alarm oclock an hour back!Student B:This is a good one.I have a joke:a man was told to go on business to another city.When he was on the train,he received his bosss message:Happy April Fools day!Student A:Oh,I can imagine.Summary1.How can we tell a good practical joke?the teller：be trustw
23、orthythe story:seem truethe target:be easily deceivedSummary2.Why do people need jokes in life?Jokes have been a critical part of bonding and enjoyment in life.Through practical jokes people grow closer,barriers destroyed,and morale dramatically improved.Laughter is,after all,the best medicine for whatever a person or a team.HomeworkOption 1:Describe the jokes in the radio program.Option 2:Find out more jokes on April Fools Day and make comments on them.
