人教版PEP九年级下册英语同步课件-Unit12Life is full of the unexpected. Section B （2a~2e） 13页

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a~2e 2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner. 2b Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 ◆ One of the most famous trick 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 2c Read the passage carefully and answer these 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? 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? A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. He lost both his girlfriend and his show. It was in October 1938. 2c Read the passage carefully and answer these questions. 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? 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. 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? 2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 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). 3. By the time the day ______ (end), more than 10,000 people _________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water. 4. By the time the show _____ (end), the TV star ________ (lose) his girl friend. 5. By the time police officers ____ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ____________ (run away) from their homes. appeared rushed found out had disappeared ended had called ended had lost told had run away 2e 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 A: What’s your story? B: Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello”. All morning at school… Language point 1. fool n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者 vt. 愚弄，欺骗； He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s Day. 愚人节那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。 2. embarrassed adj. 局促不安的；为难的；尴尬的；窘迫的 He looked a bit embarrassed. 他看起来有点尴尬。 embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的，令人为难的 That was an embarrassing situation for me. 那种情形让我难堪。 Language point 3. sell out 卖完；售完；出售 The next day the bookshops sold out. 第二天书店就卖断了货。 4. discovery n. 发现，发觉；（剧情的）发展；被发现的事物 He knows that he had made a real discovery. 他知道他已经发现了一件真正的珍品。 【辨析】discovery和invent 指首次发现本来就存在但之前未被发现之物，而invent意为“发明”，指创造前所未有 的事物。 Columbus is famous for his discovery of the continent of America and Edison for his invention of the electric light bulb. 哥伦布以发现美洲大陆而闻名， 爱迪生则以发明电灯而闻名。 Language point 5. marry v.“嫁，娶，结婚” Henry didn’t marry until he was over fifty． 亨利直到过了50岁才结婚。 (1) marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人”、“娶了某人”或“和某人结婚” John is going to marry Jane. 约翰要和简结婚了。 (2) get/be married to sb. “同某人结婚” I want to get married to a nice girl. 我想同一个好女孩结婚。 Language point 7. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. end up (doing sth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于 Every time she tried to argue with her husband, she ended up crying her eyes out.每回她试着和她丈夫争辩，她总是以流泪结束。 end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。 The scientist ended up his speech at last. 那个科学家最后结束了演讲。 end up with sth. （以……）结束 The students began with speaking English, but ended up with speaking Chinese. 同学们以说英语开始，却以说汉语结束。 Exercise 1.记者刚刚结束了他的报道。 The reporter has just _________________. 2. 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。 The party ______________ a dance. 3. 他们做了很多工作，结果什么也没得到。 They did much work, but they _______________ nothing. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 ended up his report ended up with ended up getting Homework 老师可以在这里布置作业噢~