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课件网) Unit12 Life is full of the unexpected. SB 2a-2e Background It happens on _____ every year. It is a day when many people on each other . April 1st play tricks and jokes April Fool’s Day hoax (n.) 骗局；恶作剧 Prediction What can you see in the picture What may the passage talk about It may talk about the little trick about the UFO. A UFO Fast Reading 1. How many paragraphs are there in the text USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE 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. 2. Match the main idea with each paragraph. 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 Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 Most famous tricks Examples Introduction A sad story 3. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage ① ② ③ ④ ① ② ③ ④ ① ② ③ ④ A B C Let’s know more details about these tricks. 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 How many tricks are mentioned in this passage Find out the key sentences or words. Para2 Para4 Para3 spaghetti special water proposal(求婚) aliens Group Discussion When Where Who What Result Group1 Group2 Group 3 Group4 Careful Reading Listen to 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. The trick of _____ spaghetti when who what where result Para2 On April Fool’s Day In England A reporter Read the first trick and finish the tasks. There would be _____ _____spaghetti. Because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had _____ _____ spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy__ _____ spaghetti __ ___ _____. All of the spaghetti _____ ___ _____had been___ ___. no more stopped growing as they could as much across the country sold out The trick of _____ special water Read the second trick and finish the tasks. when what where result who On April Fool’s Day In England A TV show The special water would help people _____ _____. lose weight More than 10,000 pe ... ...
