section b period two. do you know the history of april fool’s day?
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Section BPeriod 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, 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 hoaxes
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
announcespaghetti
hoaxsell out
discoverylady
cancelofficer
believabledisappear
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
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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 Before you readread
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 playedExamples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s DayAn introduction to April Fool’s DayA sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
While you While you readread
2
Time Place Trick ResultOn _________________
In England There would be ________________
All of the spaghetti was ________
On __________________
In _______ The special water would help people ___________
More than 10000 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 DayApril
no morespaghetti sold out
Fool’s DayApril England
lose weightphoned the TV station to get the water
October America
get marriedhis girlfriend
Alienshad
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 1938.
5. 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 10000 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
appearedrushed
found outhad disappeared
endedhad called
ended had lost
told
had ran away
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 writingMy lucky day
I will always remember the date February
28, 2014. 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. .
play jokes with
as many presents as
sold out
1. Review the new words and expressions you’ve learned today.
2. Preview 3a-3b on page 95 - 96.