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课件网) Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a~2e 学习目标 在语境中理解、识记运用本课时单词：discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable等； 通过阅读，准确概括文中介绍的四个与愚人节整蛊有关的故事并梳理文章结构；深度思考整蛊事件造成的影响和背后的原因； 通过呈现不同类型的整蛊事件，使学生明白即使在愚人节，也要照顾他人感受，不做过分的整蛊行为，更不能危害国家安全。。 新课讲授 Name Origin Time On April 1st France April Fool’s Day Celebrations People play tricks and hoaxes on each other. People were not sure of the day to celebrate the New Year. hoax n.骗局;恶作剧 In Britain and America,even popular media outlets(媒体) and companies got involved in the fun. Big jokes even about the UFO Pre-reading Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate(激活) your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about. Reading tips 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 1 2 3 4 four tricks Fast reading what tricks are mentioned _____ trick _____trick _____ trick _____trick spaghetti water marriage alien The structure of the passage is A.①/②③/④ B.①/②③④ C.①/②/③/④ general introduction specific details / sp ɡeti / n.意大利面 1 2 3 4 When Where How April Fool’s Day is a celebration _____ takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day _____ many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. An introduction to April Fool’s Day that/ which when When is the April Fool’s Day celebrated (It’s celebrated) on April 1st every year. Where does April Fool’s Day take place (It takes place)in different countries around the world. How do people celebrate April Fool’s Day (People celebrate it )by playing all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人 play jokes on sb. 开某人玩笑 Read and answer Read the passage again and answer the questions. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles Para.2 Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.4 Read and answer 2c 1.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day 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. Because a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in It ... ...
