《Life is full of unexpected》PPT課件3
Warm up
Do you know the history of April Fool’s Day?
2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day?
Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner?
2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
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2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day?
Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti.
2.What did the TV show say that the special water could do?
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
3.Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?
Because he lost both his girlfriend and his show.
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?
It was in October 1938.
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
Because Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
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2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. After the spaghetti story _________ (appear) in the news, everyone_________ (rush) to the supermarkets.
2. By the time people__________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets ___________(disappear).
3. By the time the day ______ (end), more than 10,000 people _________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water.
4. By the time the show _______ (end), the TV star _________ (lose) his girlfriend.
5. By the time police officers _______ (tell)the country that the story was a hoax, many people _______________ (run away) from their homes.
Language points
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world.
愚人節一種發生在世界上不同國家的慶�；顒�。
take place 意為“發生；進行；舉行；產生”。
2. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 愚人節是每年的四月一日，在這一天，人們互相捉弄開各種玩笑。
play tricks on sb. 意為“捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb. 是“對某人開玩笑 ”的意思。
3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. 很多
人跑到當地的超市搶購盡可能多的意大利面條。
as +形容詞/副詞的原級+ as sb. can / could 相當于as + 形容詞/副詞原級+ as possible，意為“盡可能地……”，在句中作狀語。
例：We must do everything as well as we can. = We must do everything as well as possible. 我們要盡量做好每一件事。
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Exercises
1. We ____________ ( learn ) 2000 English words since we came to this school.
The teacher said we _____________ ( learn )2000 English words since then.
We ____________ ( learn ) 500 words last term.
We ______________ ( learn ) 2000 words by the end of last term.
2. He _________ ( have ) a meeting next week.
He ______( have ) a meeting two weeks ago.
He told me he __________ ( have ) a meeting two weeks before.
3. ______you ______( be ) to the Great Wall?
The teacher asked if you ___________( be ) to the Great Wall?
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Homework
Write a diary about your lucky or unlucky day.
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