1、Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.,学习目标,Section B 【听说课】（1a-1e ),1.复习检测Section A。 2.学习并运用本堂课所学短语。 3.通过听力训练, 了解国外愚人节的风俗。,Do you know the history of April Fools Day?,April Fools Day = April Fools Day = All Fools Day,It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since t
2、he 19th century. The day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States.,On this day, people play jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims（受害者） are known as “April fools“. Hoax stories may be reported by the newspa
3、per and other media（媒体） 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
4、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 。,1a Put these words in the correct columns in the chart.,fool invite costume embarrassed go off call get dressed empty show up realize change clock tired stay up,fool costume change clock,fool invite go off get dressed sh
5、ow up realize change stay up,embarrassed tired empty,Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party,1b Tell your partner something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.,Pair Work,Lets listen. Section B 1c&1d,听英语-很轻松,1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April F
6、ools 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._ stayed up all night 4._ was tired 5._ really embarrassed 6._ the other k
7、ids showed up,D,N,J,J,D,N,A: What happened to Dave on April Fools Day? B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party, .,1e Tell April Fools Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.,Group work,1.通过检测，巩固了A部分的重点知识。 2.通过听力训练, 能够了解愚人节的相关信息。,Homework,完成Section B【阅读预习案】及新支点第四节作业。,Sec
8、tion B (2a-2e),【学习目标】 1. 了解国外愚人节的故事。 2. 学会用过去完成时态讲述过去发生的事情。 3.我们要学会为人处事时注意对象和把握分寸。 【重点】： 了解国外愚人节的故事。 【难点】：用过去完成时态讲述过去发生的事情。,2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fools Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner.,Before-reading,2b Read the passage
9、quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.,Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4, The most famous trick played Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day. An introduction to April Fools Day A sad story that happened on April Fools Day,While-reading,Fast reading,2c Re
10、ad the passage carefully and answer these questions.,1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fools Day?,A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.,While-reading,Careful reading,2. What did the TV show say
11、 the special water could do? 3. Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?,It would help people lose weight.,Because he lost both his girlfriend and his show.,4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?,In Octobe
12、r 1938.,Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.,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?,I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of a
13、liens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth.,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
14、of tricks and jokes on each other. One April Fools 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 re
15、alized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country,2b Read the article .,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
16、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. 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. Th
17、e lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. However, when she said “yes”, he replied, “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
18、than 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
19、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.,After-reading,1. 熬通宵_ 2. 邀请他参加化妆舞会_ 3. 在愚人节_ 4. 互相做各种各样的恶作剧和开各种各样的玩笑 _ 5. 买尽可能多的意大利面 _ 6. 全国_,stay up all night,invite him to a costume party,on April Fool
20、s Day,play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other,buy as much spaghetti as they could,across the country,7.减（了很多）重_ 增重,长胖_ 8. 嫁给/娶某人_ 与某人结婚（2）_ 9.发生在十月而不是在四月_ 10. 通过他的广播节目_ 11. 在地球上着陆_,lose (a lot of) weight,put on weight,marry sb,be/get married to sb,happen in October rather than in April,on h
21、is radio program,land on the earth,12. 许多愚人节玩笑结局并非十分好玩。 _ 结束做某事_ 13.使它听起来如此真实 _ 14.举国上下一片恐慌。 _ 成百上千的人_ 成千上万的人_,Many April Fools jokes may end up being not very funny.,end up doing sth,make it sound so real,hundreds of people,Fear spread across the whole country.,thousands of people,16.你认为这个故事怎么样？ _ 17.在马路中间_ 18.转身_,How did you feel about this story?,in the middle of the road,turn around,1. After the spaghetti story _ (appear) in the news, everyone _ (rush)
