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课件网) Unit12 Life is full of the unexpected. Reading April Fool’s Day Whatever the tricks are, the trickster (搞恶作剧的人) usually ends up telling his victim(上当的人) that “ _____”. April Fool Background It happens on _____ every year. It is a _____ that takes place in different countries around the world. It is a day when many people _____ _____ on each other . April 1st celebration play all kinds of tricks and jokes April Fool’s Day play tricks and jokes on捉弄某人、同......开玩笑 Discussion Have you ever fooled others Have you ever been fooled by others Have you been an April Fool How did you feel when you were fooled Time to read! Fast Reading 1. How many paragraphs are there in the text 2. What is the main idea about each paragraph USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about. 2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Para1 One of the most famous tricks played Para2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day Para3 An introduction to April Fool’s Day Para4 A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day most famous tricks Examples introduction A sad story spaghetti special water proposal(求婚) aliens Let’s know more details about these tricks. Careful Reading Read Para 1 carefully and finish the task. 1. 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. celebration n.庆典，仪式 celebrate v. 庆祝 take place in 发生（有计划的） happen 发生（偶然性的） play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人 play jokes on sb. 开某人的玩笑 kinds of 各种各样的 Para1 An introduction about April Fool’s Day. April 1st in different countries play all kinds of tricks and jokes when where how Careful Reading Read para 2 carefully and finish the tasks. 2. 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 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 TV station to find out how to get this water. 宣布…… stop to do sth. 停下来去做另一件事 stop doing sth. 停下正在做的事 不再 动词+ as + sth. + as they can / could 某人尽可能的做某事 as + adj./adv. + as possible 尽可能... 卖光 …….的发现 减肥 到...为止 找出；查明 The trick of _____ Examples ... ...
