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课件网) Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a~2e At the end of the class, we are able to: 1. learn some new words and phrases of talking about April Fool's Day. (Language ability) 2. understand the passage by the tasks in skimming and scanning, and tell our funny stories on April Fool's Day.(Learning ability) 3. get and express information about April Fool's Day in reading and improve reading ability.(Quality of thinking) 4. understand that jokes help us relax ourselves and we may not use them to hurt others.(Cultural awareness) Learning Objectives Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day Have you ever been fooled by others Tell your story to your partner. Warming Up How did you feel when you are fooled angry happy sad embarrassed Look at the picture and the first sentence in each paragraph, can you predict what may the passage talk about It may talk about the little trick on the April Fool’s Day. Perhaps the trick is about the UFO. Pre-reading Let’s skim！ 2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. One of the most famous tricks 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 While-reading Let’s scan！ Read para. 1 and answer the questions. It takes place in different countries around the world. Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 1.Where does April Fool’s Day celebration take place 2.What do people do on April Fool’s Day 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. play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人; play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑 A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. They said that the special water would help people lose weight. 3.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day ① 4.What did the TV show say the special water could do Read para.2 and answer the questions. Click to learn more! One April Fool’s 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 realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out②. v./ na ns/ n./sp ɡeti/ n./h ks/ 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 find out how to get this water. n./d sk v ri/ 两个并列的宾语 ... ...
