Section B Period Two

Do you know the history of April Fool’s Day?

It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century. The day is not a national holiday in any country,national holiday but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States. April Fools’ Day = April Fool’s Day = All Fools’ Day

On this day, people play jokes and hoaxesjokeshoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as "April fools". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained later.

None is a fool always, every one sometimes. 没有终身的傻瓜, 也没有终身不当傻瓜的人。 If wise men play the fool, they do it with a vengeance. 聪明人做起糊涂事来, 那才糊涂透顶。 愚人谚语、短语

announce spaghetti hoax sell out discovery lady cancel officer believable disappear embarrassing v. 宣布；宣告 n. 意大利面 n. 骗局；恶作剧 卖光 n. 发现；发觉 n. 女士；女子 v. 取消；终止 n. 军官；官员 adj. 可相信的；可信任的 v. 消失；不见 adj. 使人害羞的 Words Review

接龙 幻灯片上单词或短语出现时，同 学应迅速读出并说出中文意思。 每人一词，按行 / 列依次接龙， 3 秒 内说不出，此行 / 列同学即失去此 答题机会，下一行 / 列同学接续。

hoax discovery cancel disappear officer sell out embarrassing believable spaghetti announce

1.What can you see in the picture? 2.What does the passage may talk about? 1. An UFO. 2. It may talk about the little trick on the April Fool’s Day. Perhaps the trick is about the UFO. 1 Before you read Look at the picture and questions in 2b. Then answer the questions below.

Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. 2b The most famous trick played Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day An introduction to April Fool’s Day A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 While you read 2

TimePlaceTrickResult On ______ ___________ In EnglandThere would be ________ ________ All of the spaghetti was ________ On _______ ___________ In _______The special water would help people ___________ More than people _____________ ___________ On April Fool’s Day A famous TV star asked his girlfriend __________ The TV star lost ____________ In ________, 1983 In _______________ landed on the earth Thousands of people ______ _____________ Fool’s Day April no more spaghetti sold out Fool’s Day AprilEngland lose weight phoned the TV station to get the water OctoberAmerica get married his girlfriend Aliens had left their homes Read the article again and fill in the blanks.

Read the passage again and answer the questions. 2c 1.Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? 2.What did the TV show say the special water could do? 3.Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? 1. A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 2. It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. 3. He lost both his girlfriend and his show.

4. When did Orson Wells tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Wells? 6. Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? 4. It was in October Orson Wells made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.

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 supermarket. 2.By the time people _________(find out) the story was not true, all spaghetti in the supermarkets _______________ (disappear). 3.By the time the day ______ (end), more than 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 office officers _______ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people _________ ________(run away) from their homes. 2d appeared rushed found out had disappeared ended had called endedhad lost told had ranaway

3a Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? What happened? Make some notes about what you remember. What was the date? What happened first?

Was this lucky or unlucky? Why? What happened next? How did the day ended? How did you feel about this day?

Sample writing My lucky day I will always remember the date February 28, This was the luckiest day of my life. When I woke up that morning, the sky was very dark. I took the early bus to school as usual. As soon as I arrived at school, it started to rain very heavily. Many students were late

and were all wet when they got to school. But I wasn’t because I caught the early bus, or I would have been late and wet as well ！ Later that day, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet and couldn’t buy lunch. I couldn’t believed it. Then my friend Lisa said she could share her lunch with me.

Finally, my older brother told me that night that he could take me to the concert that I’d been dying to attend that weekend. I was so happy! I think that was the best day I’d had in a long time. what a lucky day ！

Welcome to the exercises !

根据汉语意思完成下面的句子。 1. 人们相互开各种各样的玩笑。 People ______ all kinds of _____ _____ each other. 2. 这个小男孩想要尽可能多的礼物。 The little boy wants _____ _____ _______ ____ possible. 3. 这家商店的衬衫都卖光了。 The shop _____ _____ all their shirts.. playjokes with as many presents as sold out

1. Review the new words and expressions you’ve learned today. 2. Preview 3a-3b on page