2023学年完整公开课版九年级431978723894767616-Unit 12 Period 5

AprilFool’sDay愚人节1.WhenisAprilFool’sDay?April1st.2.WhatdopeopleusuallydoonAprilFool’sDay?Peopleplayjokesoneachother.Peoplefooleachother.3.“HeisanAprilFool.”Whatdoesitmean?Itmeanshewasfooledbyothers.戏弄Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?2.Whatdoesthepassagemaytalkabout?1.AnUFO.2.ItmaytalkaboutthelittletrickontheAprilFool’sDay.PerhapsthetrickisabouttheUFO.BeforeyoureadLookatthepictureandquestionsin2b.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.Task1Howmanystoriesarementionedinthispassage?Four.Task2Readthepassagequickly.Thenanswerthequestion.1234FourstoriesReadthepassagequickly.Thenmatcheachparagraphwiththemainidea.2bOneofthemostfamoustrickplayedExamplesoffunnystoriesthathappenedonAprilFool’sDayAnintroductiontoAprilFool’sDayAsadstorythathappenedonAprilFool’sDayPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Whileyouread2USINGBACKGROUNDKNOWLEDGECarefullyreadingthefirstsentenceineachparagraphcanactivateyourownknowledgeofthetopicandhelpyouguesswhatthewholetextisabout.TimePlaceTrickResultOn_________________InEnglandTherewouldbe________________Allofthespaghettiwas________On__________________In_______Thespecialwaterwouldhelppeople___________Morethan10000people________________________OnAprilFool’sDayAfamousTVstaraskedhisgirlfriend__________TheTVstarlost____________In________,1983In_______________landedontheearthThousandsofpeople___________________Fool’sDayAprilnomorespaghettisoldoutFool’sDayAprilEnglandloseweighttheTVstationtogetthewaterOctoberAmericagetmarriedhisgirlfriendAlienshadlefttheirhomesReadthearticleagainandfillintheblanks.

Readthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.WhydidthesupermarketsrunoutofspaghettioneAprilFool’sDay?BecauseareporterannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettiasspaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti.WhatdidtheTVshowsaythatthespecialwatercoulddo?

Itwassaidthatthespecialwaterwouldhelppeopleloseweight.2cWhydidtheTVstar’sjokehaveabadending?

Because

helostbothhisgirlfriendandhisshow.4.WhendidOrsonWellestellpeopleaboutaliensfromMarslandingontheearth?ItwasinOctober1938.5.WhydidsomanypeoplebelieveOrsonWelles?Because

OrsonWellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory.Whichofthesestoriesisthemostbelievable?Whichistheleastbelievable?Why?

Ithink…Because…Wouldyoubefooledbyanyofthesestories?Yes,Iwould.Because…No,Iwouldn’t.Because…

AprilFool’sDayisacelebrationthattakesplaceindifferentcountriesaroundtheworld.IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokes

oneachother.OneAprilFool’sDay,areporterinEnglandannouncedthattherewouldbenomorespaghettibecausethespaghettifarmersinItalyhadstoppedgrowingspaghetti.Manypeoplerantotheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettias

theycould.Bythetimepeoplerealizedthatthestorywasahoax,allofthespaghettiacrossthecountryhadbeensoldout.InanotherfamoustrickaTVshowinEnglandreportedthediscoveryofspecialwater.Theysaidthiswaterwouldhelppeopleloseweightandthatonecustomerhadalreadylostalotofweightinjustfourmonths.Bytheendoftheday,morethan10,000peoplehadphonedtheTVstationtofindouthowtogetthiswater.celebratev.allovertheworldenterenterenterenterManyAprilFool’sjokesmayendupbeingnotveryfunny.AfamousTVstaronceinvitedhisgirlfriendontohisshowonAprilFool’sDay.Heaskedhertomarryhim.Theladywassohappybecauseshereallywantedtogetmarried.However,whenshesaid“yes”,hereplied,“AprilFool!”Thatlittlejokedidn’thaveaveryhappyending.TheTVstarlosthisgirlfriendandhisshowwascanceled.Oneoftheworld’smostfamoustricks,however,happenedinOctoberratherthanApril.Inthatmonthin1938,actorOrsonWellesannouncedonhisradioprogramthataliensfromMarshadlandedontheearth.HedescribedwheretheyhadlandedandtoldhowtheyweremovingacrosstheUnitedStates.Wellesmadeitsoundsorealthat

hundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory,andfearspreadacrossthewholecountry.Bythetimepoliceofficersannouncedthatthestorywasahoax,thousandsofpeoplehadlefttheirhomes.enterenterenterenterLanguagepoint1.IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokes

oneachother.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_____ondisabledpeople

A.fun

B.jokes

C.tricks

D.parts试一试C返回2.

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卖完；售完；出售

Thenextdaythebookshopssoldout.第二天书店就卖断了货。返回3.InanotherfamoustrickaTVshowinEnglandreportedthediscoveryofspecialwater.

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ofman.火的发现是人类最伟大的发现之一。返回TheydecidedtodrivetoYorkandendedupgettinglost.他们决定开车到约克去，结果却迷了路。Thescientistendeduphisspeechatlast.

那个科学家最后结束了演讲。Thisplayendupwithhappyending.这个剧最后以喜剧结尾。5.ManyAprilFool’sjokesmayendup

beingnotveryfunny.endup(doingsth.)（以…）结束；最终成为；最后处于

endupsth.

表示“结束某事”endupwithsth.

（以…）结束返回4.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。返回Wellesmadeitsoundsorealthathundredsofpeoplebelievedthestory.

返回so+adj./adv.+that

句子

如此…以致于…

Wells使得它听起来如此的真，以致于成百上千的人相信了这个故事。Eg:新冠病毒如此肆虐，以至于我们不得不待在家里。Thecoronavirusissorampantthatwehavetostayathome。…sothat+句子为了…Eg:我们待在家里是为了避免接触病毒Eg:Westayathomesothatwecanavoidcontactwithcoronavirus.

Fillintheblankswiththecorrectformsoftheverbsinbrackets.Afterthespaghettistory_________(appear)inthene