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课件网) Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a-2e Before-listening 1a. Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column. costume call change clock invite go off call get dressed empty show up realize change stay up empty tired Before-listening 1b. Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a. Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party ... While-listening 1c. Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool's Day. Listen and write each person's name under the correct picture. Joe Nick Dave While-listening 1d. Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe. N J J D N Joe Nick Dave Post-reading 1e. Tell April Fool's Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d. Joe Nick Dave Before-listening Somehow (不知怎的) , we are being fooled in our daily lives. Before, we were only fooled on _____. April Fool's Day Fast-reading 2b. Go through the passage quickly and answer the question. 1. How many stories are mentioned in this passage Four stories are mentioned. 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 Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Fast-reading Tip: If we want to find out the main idea of each paragraph, we can read the _____ which is the ____ sentence of each paragraph. topic sentence first While-reading 2b. Read para.1 and answer the following questions. 1. What is April Fool's Day 2. What will people do on that day April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. People will play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. While-reading 2b. Read para.2 and answer the following questions. 1. 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 It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Do all the tricks on April Fool's Day have a funny ending While-reading 2b. Read para.3 and answer the following questions. 1. What is the bad ending of the story in paragraph 3 2. Why did the TV star's joke have a bad ending He lost both his girlfriend and his show. He went too far and crossed the line. He didn't respect his girlfriend. While-reading 2b. Read para.4 and answer the following questions. 1. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth 2. 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. While-reading 2b. Read the whole passage and ... ...
