Lesson_22__April_Fools.ppt

,Lesson22AprilFools,AprilFoolsDayisonAprilfirst.Onthisday,Peopleliketoplayjokesoneachother.AprilFoolsjokesarefun,Whenyouplayajokeonsomeone,youlaughandtheylaugh,too.Butdontplayjokesthatmakeotherpeoplesadormad.Thatmeansweuse“whitelie”totrickothers.Andatnoon,stopplayingjokes.Everyonestopsplayingjokesatnoon!Nobodyknowsforsurehowthedaybegan.WeknowthatAprilfirstwasNewYearsDayforRomansandIndia.WealsoknowthatpeoplearoundtheworldhaveplayedjokesonAprilFoolsDayforhundredsofyears.,WhenistheAprilFoolsDay?,Whatwillwedoonthisday?,Howdoweplayajokeoneachother?,AprilFoolsDayisonAprilfirst.,Peopleliketoplayjokesoneachother.,Dontplayjokesthatmakeotherpeoplesadormad.Everyonestopsplayingjokesatnoon!,愚人节起源于法国。1564年法国首先采用新改革的纪年法-格里历(即目前通用的阳历)，以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革，依然按照旧历固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜”或“上钩的鱼”。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。,WhenisAprilFoolsDay?,HowdoJennyandBrianplayajokeonDanny?,IsDannyscaredofbear?,DidDannyhavedonutstoday?,Howdoyouknow?,AprilFoolsDayisonAprilfirst.,TheytoldDannythatthebearcametotheneighbourhood.,Yes,heisscaredofbears.,No.hedidnthavedonuts,Dannyjumpsanddown.,Askandanswer,1,Doyouknowwhatthatmeans,Brain?你知道那意味着什么吗？meanv.“意思是，意味着”，其后接名词或宾语从句。Whatdoyoumean?你是什么意思？,2,Letsplayajokeonsomeonetoday.joken.捉弄n.捉弄n.&v.,AprilFools,yourselves,trick,fool(n.),joke,Exercise:,1,TodayisAprilfirst.Doyouknowwhatthat_(mean),Filleachblankwithproperwordphrase,2,Ithinkhe_(have)anewpet.,3,Themanontheradiosaidthatthebear_(look)hungry.,4,Hewascookingwhileshe_(eat),5,Tellhim_(open)thewindow.,means,has,looked,waseating,toopen,1._（别开丹尼的玩笑），hesscaredtodeath.2.Iheardthenews_(通过收音机)3._(醒醒吧)!Danny,itsnearlynoon.4.我们把熊从公园里出来的事告诉丹尼吧！LetstellDannythatthebear_thezoo.5.树下站着一个男孩子。_isaboy_underthetree.6.丹尼跳上跳下。Dannyjumps_.,根据汉语提示完成句子,exercises,DontplayajokeonDanny,ontheradio,Wakeup,get,out,of,There,standing,up,down,and,Summarize,Whathavewelearnedinthisclass？,Homework,Dotheexercisesintheexercisebooks.2.Writeadialoguetotalkaboutplants.(Youllshowitinthenextlesson),TacoLibertyBellOnApril1,1996,TacoBellCorporationtookoutanadinsixmajornewspaperstosaythatitwasbuyingtheLibertyBellandrenamingittheTacoLibertyBell.HundredsofprotesterscalledintotheNationalHistoricParkinPhiladelphia,andwereonlycalmedwhenitwasadmittedtobeajoke.收购独立大钟：1996年愚人节，TacoBell公司在6家主流报纸上刊登广告，声称要购买美国著名的“独立大钟”并将其改名为“Taco独立大钟”。大量抗议者给费城国家历史公园打电话投诉，直到“肇事者”承认是恶作剧方才罢休。NixonforPresidentOnApril1,1992,broadcastofNPRsTalkoftheNationrevealedthatRichardNixonwasrunningforpresidentagainunderasloganthatsaid,Ididntdoanythingwrong,andIwontdoitagain.Listenerstotheshowwereshockedandoutraged,butthehostlaterrevealeditwasjustajoke。尼克松又上台了：1992年愚人节，NPR广播台在节目中宣布理查德-尼克松将再次竞选美国总统，竞选口号是：“我没有做错任何事，也不会再做错任何事。”听众纷纷表示十分震惊万分愤怒，不过后来主持人说这仅仅是个玩笑。MetricTimeOnApril1,1975,AustraliasThisDayTonightnewsprogramsaidthattheworldwouldbeconvertingtometrictime,with100secondstotheminute,100minutestothehourand20-hourdays.1分钟100秒：1975年愚人节，澳大利亚的新闻节目向世界宣布时间度量机制将进行修改，改成1分钟100秒，1小时100分钟，1天20个小时。WisconsinStateCapitalCollapsesOnApril1,1933,theMadison-CapitalTimesannouncedthattheWisconsinstatecapitalbuildinghadbeenruinedbymysteriousexplosionsthatwereattributedtobuild-upsofgasgeneratedthroughverbosedebateintheSenateandAssemblychambers.Manywerefooledandangeredbythetrick.威斯康星州首府倒塌：1933年愚人节，曼迪迅首府时报宣布由于议会辩论太过啰嗦，生成了不明气体，威斯康星州首府大楼发生了神秘爆炸。众多受骗群众表示：这玩笑也太过分了。TheComicStripSwitcherooOnApril1,1997,comicstripfansopenedtheirnewspaperstofindthatallthecharactershadbeenshuffledaroundandwerepoppingupinalternatecomics.Atotalof46comicstripwritersbandedtogetherfortheswitch,whichhadScottAdamsofDilberttakingovertheFamilyCircus,andJimDavisofGarfieldtakingoverBlondieandmakingGarfi