英語人教版九年級全冊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 愚人節(jié)一種發(fā)生在世界上不同國家的慶?；顒?takeplace意為 發(fā)生 進(jìn)行 舉行 產(chǎn)生 例 Thesportsmeetingwilltakeplaceinourschool 運動會將在我校舉行 Ihappenedtobeinthelabthatday 那天我碰巧在實驗室 2 IthappensonApril1steveryyearandisadaywhenmanypeopleplayallkindsoftricksandjokesoneachother 愚人節(jié)是每年的四月一日 在這一天 人們互相捉弄開各種玩笑 playtricksonsb 意為 捉弄某人 而playjokesonsb 則是 對某人開玩笑 的意思 It simpolitetolaughat stareatorplay ondisabledpeopleA funB jokesC tricksD parts 試一試 C 3 Manypeoplerantotheirlocalsupermarketstobuyasmuchspaghettiastheycould 很多人跑到當(dāng)?shù)氐某袚屬彵M可能多的意大利面條 as 形容詞 副詞的原級 assb can could相當(dāng)于as 形容詞 副詞原級 aspossible 意為 盡可能地 在句中作狀語 例 Wemustdoeverythingaswellaswecan Wemustdoeverythingaswellaspossible 我們要盡量做好每一件事 4 ManyAprilFool sjokesmayendupbeingnotveryfunny 許多愚人節(jié)笑話可能以不是很有趣而告終 endupdoingsth 意為 以 結(jié)束 以 告終 例 Imustmakegooduseofmysparetime orIwillendupdoingnothing 我必須充分利用空閑的時間 否則我的生命將會在無所事事中告終 5 Heaskedhertomarryhim 他向她求婚 marrysb 意為 嫁 娶某人 getmarriedtosb 意為 嫁 娶某人 與某人結(jié)婚 為短暫性詞組 bemarriedtosb 意為 嫁 娶某人 與某人結(jié)婚 是延續(xù)性詞組 例 ShemarriedJohnlastyear ShegotmarriedtoJohnlastyear ShehasbeenmarriedtoJohnforoneyear 她去年嫁給了John 6 Inthatmonthin1938 actorOrsonWellesannouncedonhisradioprogramthataliensfromMarshadlandedontheearth 在1938年的那個月 演員奧森 威爾斯在他的廣播節(jié)目中宣布火星人已經(jīng)登陸地球 landon意為 著陸 降落于 反義詞組為 takeoff 意為 起飛 例 Becareful Theplaneisgoingtolandontheairport 小心點 飛機(jī)馬上要降落于飛機(jī)場了 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