九年级英语12单元Section B -Reading.ppt

Unit12Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.,SectionB11a2e,2aHaveyoueverplayedjokesonothers,especiallyonArilFoolsDay?Haveyoueverbeenfooledbyothers?Tellyourstorytoyourpartner.,Practice,2bReadthepassagequickly.Matcheachparagraphwiththemainidea.,Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4,ThemostfamoustrickplayedExamplesoffunnystoriesthathappenedonAprilFoolsDay.AnintroductiontoAprilFoolsDayAsadstorythathappenedonAprilFoolsDay,Fastreading,1.被某人愚弄2.在愚人节3.开某人的玩笑4.尽可能5.卖光6.减肥7.当天结束时8.以做某事而结束9.和某人结婚10.有一个愉快的结局11.被删除12.世界上最著名的把戏之一13.而不是14.在地球上着陆15.数以千计的,Keyphrases,befooledby,playtricks/jokes(atrick/ajoke)onsb.,asaspossible/sb.can/could,onAprilFoolsDay,sellout,loseweight,endupdoingsth.,bytheendoftheday,be/getmarriedtosb./marrysb.,haveahappyending,becanceled,oneofthetheworldsmostfamoustricks,ratherthan,landontheearth,thousandsof,2cReadthepassagecarefullyandanswerthesequestions.,1.WhydidthesupermarketsrunoutofspaghettioneAprilFoolsDay?,AreporterannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettiasspaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti.,Carefulreading,2.WhatdidtheTVshowsaythespecialwatercoulddo?3.WhydidtheTVstarsjokehaveabadending?,Itwassaidthatthespecialwaterwouldhelppeopleloseweight.,Helostbothhisgirlfriendandhisshow.,4.WhendidOrsonWellestellpeopleaboutaliensfromMarslandingontheearth?5.WhydidsomanypeoplebelieveOrsonWelles?,ItwasinOctober1938.,OrsonWellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory.,6.Whichofthesestoriesisthemostbelievable?Whichistheleastbelievable?Why?7.Wouldyoubefooledbyanyofthesestories?,Ithinkthestoryofafamousmoviestaristhemostbelievable.ThestoryofaliensfromMarsistheleastbelievable.Becausethemoviestarislivingwithpeople.Peopleneverseeanyaliensontheearth.,1.Afterthespaghettistory_(appear)inthenews,everyone_(rush)tothesupermarkets.2.Bythetimepeople_(findout)thestorywasnottrue,allthespaghettiinthesupermarkets_(disappear).,2dFillintheblankswiththecorrectformsoftheverbsinbrackets.,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:,a.thefunniestjokeb.themostembarrassingjokec.themostcreativejoke,Postreading,A:Whatsyourstory?B:Well,lastyear,onthefirstdayofschool,mysisterputapieceofpaperonmybackthatsaid“Pleasesayhello”.Allmorningatschool,1.fooln.傻瓜；愚人；受骗者vt.愚弄，欺骗；e.g.HewasfooledbyhisfriendonAprilFoolsDay.愚人节那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。,Languagepoints,2.embarrassedadj.局促不安的；为难的；尴尬的；窘迫的e.g.Helookedabitembarrassed.他看起来有点尴尬。embarrassingadj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的e.g.Thatwasanembarrassingsituationforme.那种情形让我难堪。,3.sellout卖完；售完；出售e.g.Thenextdaythebookshopssoldout.第二天书店就卖断了货。4.discoveryn.发现，发觉；（剧情的）发展；被发现的事物e.g.Heknowsthathehadmadearealdiscovery.他知道他已经发现了一件真正的珍品。,5.marryv.“嫁，娶，结婚”e.g.Henrydidntmarryuntilhewasoverfifty亨利直到过了50岁才结婚。(1)marrysb.表示“嫁给某人”、“娶了某人”或“和某人结婚”(2)get/bemarriedtosb.e.g.JohnisgoingtomarryJane.约翰要和简结婚了。,6.Theotherkidsshowedup.showup露面，到场；（使）看得见e.g.Wewaiteduntilfiveoclock,buthedidnotshowup.我们一直等到了5点，但是他始终没有露面。,7.ManyAprilFoolsjokesmayendupbeingnotveryfunny.endup(doingsth.)（以）结束；最终成为；最后处于e.g.Everytimeshetriedtoarguewithherhusband,sheendedupcryinghereyesout.每回她试着和她丈夫争辩，她总是以流泪结束。,endupsth.表示“结束某事”。e.g.Thescientistendeduphisspeechatlast.那个科学家最后结束了演讲。,endupwithsth.（以）结束e.g.ThestudentsbeganwithspeakingEnglish,butendedupwithspeakingChinese.同学们以说英语开始，却以说汉语结束。,根据汉语意思完成英语句子。1.记者刚刚结束了