英语人教版九年级全册unit12 SectionB2a-2e.ppt

Lifeisfulloftheunexpected SectionB2a 2e Unit12 2bReadthepassagequickly Thenmatcheachparagraphwiththemainidea Paragraph1OneofthemostfamoustricksplayedParagraph2ExamplesoffunnystoriesthathappenedonAprilFool sDayParagraph3AnintroductiontoFool sDayParagraph4AsadstorythathappenedonAprilFool sDay ItiscelebratedeveryyearonthefirstdayofApril Ithasbeenpopularsincethe19thcentury Thedayisnotanationalholidayinanycountry butitiswell knowninEurope Australia BrazilandtheUnitedStates Onthisday peopleplayjokesandhoaxesoneachother Thejokesandtheirvictimsareknownas Aprilfools Hoaxstoriesmaybereportedbythepressandothermediaonthisdayandexplainedlater AprilFools Day AprilFool sDay 2c Readthepassageagainandanswerthequestions WhydidthesupermarketsrunoutofspaghettioneAprilFool sDay BecauseareporterannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettiasspaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti WhatdidtheTVshowsaythatthespecialwatercoulddo Itwassaidthatthespecialwaterwouldhelppeopleloseweight WhydidtheTVstar sjokehaveabadending Becausehelostbothhisgirlfriendandhisshow 4 WhendidOrsonWellestellpeopleaboutaliensfromMarslandingontheearth ItwasinOctober1938 5 WhydidsomanypeoplebelieveOrsonWelles BecauseOrsonWellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory Whichofthesestoriesisthemostbelievable Whichistheleastbelievable Why Ithink Because Wouldyoubefooledbyanyofthesestories Yes Iwould Because No Iwouldn t Because AprilFool sDayisacelebrationthattakesplaceindifferentcountriesaroundtheworld IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokesoneachother OneAprilFool sDay areporterinEnglandannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettibecausethespaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti Manypeoplerantotheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettiastheycould Bythetimepeoplerealizedthatthestorywasahoax allofthespaghettiacrossthecountryhadbeensoldout InanotherfamoustrickaTV showinEnglandreportedthediscoveryofspecialwater Theysaidthiswaterwouldhelppeopleloseweightandthatonecustomerhadalreadylostalotofweightinjustfourmonths Bytheendoftheday morethan10 000peoplehadphonedtheTVstationtofindouthowtogetthiswater ManyAprilFool sjokesmayendupbeingnotveryfunny AfamousTVstaronceinvitedhisgirlfriendontohisshowonAprilFool sDay Heaskedhertomarryhim Theladywassohappybecauseshereallywantedtogetmarried However whenshesaid yes hereplied AprilFool Thatlittlejokedidn thaveaveryhappyending TheTVstarlosthisgirlfriendandhisshowwascanceled Oneoftheworld smostfamoustricks however happenedinOctoberratherthanApril Inthatmonthin1938 actorOrsonWellesannouncedonhisradioprogramthataliensfromMarshadlandedontheearth HedescribedwheretheyhadlandedandtoldhowtheyweremovingacrosstheUnitedStates Wellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory andfearspreadacrossthewholecountry Bythetimepoliceofficersannouncedthatthestorywasahoax thousandsofpeoplehadlefttheirhomes Languagepoints 1 AprilFool sDayisacelebrationthattakesplaceindifferentcountriesaroundtheworld 愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝活动 takeplace意为 发生 进行 举行 产生 例 Thesportsmeetingwilltakeplaceinourschool 运动会将在我校举行 Ihappenedtobeinthelabthatday 那天我碰巧在实验室 2 IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokesoneachother 愚人节是每年的四月一日 在这一天 人们互相捉弄开各种玩笑 playtricksonsb 意为 捉弄某人 而playjokesonsb 则是 对某人开玩笑 的意思 It simpolitetolaughat stareatorplay ondisabledpeopleA funB jokesC tricksD parts 试一试 C 3 Manypeoplerantotheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettiastheycould 很多人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利面条 as 形容词 副词的原级 assb can could相当于as 形容词 副词原级 aspossible 意为 尽可能地 在句中作状语 例 Wemustdoeverythingaswellaswecan Wemustdoeverythingaswellaspossible 我们要尽量做好每一件事 4 ManyAprilFool sjokesmayendupbeingnotveryfunny 许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终 endupdoingsth 意为 以 结束 以 告终 例 Imustmakegooduseofmysparetime orIwillendupdoingnothing 我必须充分利用空闲的时间 否则我的生命将会在无所事事中告终 5 Heaskedhertomarryhim 他向她求婚 marrysb 意为 嫁 娶某人 getmarriedtosb 意为 嫁 娶某人 与某人结婚 为短暂性词组 bemarriedtosb 意为 嫁 娶某人 与某人结婚 是延续性词组 例 ShemarriedJohnlastyear ShegotmarriedtoJohnlastyear ShehasbeenmarriedtoJohnforoneyear 她去年嫁给了John 6 Inthatmonthin1938 actorOrsonWellesannouncedonhisradioprogramthataliensfromMarshadlandedontheearth 在1938年的那个月 演员奥森 威尔斯在他的广播节目中宣布火星人已经登陆地球 landon意为 着陆 降落于 反义词组为 takeoff 意为 起飞 例 Becareful Theplaneisgoingtolandontheairport 小心点 飞机马上要降落于飞机场了 2dFillintheblankswiththecorrectformsoftheverbsinbrackets Afterthespaghettistory appear inthenews everyone rush tothesupermarkets 2 Bythetimepeople findout thestorywasnottrue allthespaghettiinthesupermarkets disappear appeared rushed foundout haddisappeared 3 Bythetimetheday end morethan10 000people call theTVstationtoaskaboutthespecialwater 4 Bythetimetheshow end theTVstar lose hisgirlfriend 5 Bythetimepoliceofficers tell thecountrythatthestorywasahoax manypeople runaway fromtheirhomes ended hadcalled ended hadlost told hadrunaway 2eTellyourfunnystoryfrom2atotheclass Theclasswillvotefor