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课件网) Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Go for it九年级英语下册 What do you know about April Fool’s Day Pre-reading BBC———飞翔的企鹅 最著名的玩笑：BBC———意大利面条树大丰收 2a Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea. P 94 Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti on April Fool’s Day A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. 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 It was in October, 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 I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth. April Fool’s Day When: On April 1st What: Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. Funny stories A sad story A famous trick Read carefully and complete the blanks. Funny stories One hoax is about spaghetti. A reporter said the Italian farmers had _____. Another is about special water. They said the water could help people _____. stopped growing it lose weight A famous TV star made a joke on _____, and as a result, he lost her and his show was canceled. A sad story his girlfriend It happened in _____. The actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. Many people believed him and _____. A famous trick October left their homes 发生，进行 全世界 后置定语从句 开各种、恶作剧玩笑 play tricks and jokes on sb. 宣布 已停止 已经被买完 意识到 比较状语从句 发现 减肥 已打电话 去了解 以...为结局 请求她嫁给他 没有快乐的结局 被取消 最有名的恶作剧 而不是 已经降落 描述了 怎样运行/移动 使它听起来如此真实 恐慌传遍全国 已经离开 1. After the spaghetti story _____(appear) in the news, everyone _____ (rush) to the supermarkets. 2. By the time people _____ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets _____ (disappear). Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. appeared rushed found out had disappeared ended had called ended had run away told had lost Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for: a. the funniest joke b. the most embarrassing joke c. the most creative joke 2e Read 2b loudly and try to absorb the expressions. ... ...
