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Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 2a-Self Check 教学设计
Class Type
Reading
To learn new words and phrases.
Objectives To complete writing by using the past perfect tense.
To know about western festival.
Period 4
Procedure
Put the following phrases into Chinese.
1. get dressed
2. costume party
3. go off
Lead-in 4. show up
5. have a test
6. stay up all night
7. find out
Presentation:
Watch a short video and answer the following questions:
Have you ever played jokes on others on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever
been fooled by others?
Introduce something about April Fool’s Day to students.
Activity 2a: Listen to the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with
the main idea.
Read the passage again, and then check the sentences.
1. April Fool’s Day happened on April 1st.
2. Every joke on the April Fool’s Day is happy.
3. One of the most famous trick happened in April.
4. Because of the hoax of aliens, thousands of people left their homes.
Para2 Which is more believable? Why?
Joke1 An English reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti
because the Italian farmers had ________________.
Joke 2 A English TV show reported the _________ of special water. They
said the water could help people ________.
Para 3 Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?
Read Para4, and complete the form.
When Who What Result
Activity 2b: Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day?
2. What did the TV show say that the special water could do?
3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?
Step 1 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on theearth?
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
6. Which of these stories is the most believable?
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories?
Activity 2c: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Activity 2e:Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
Activity 3a:Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? What happened?
Make some notes about what you remember.
Self Check:
1 Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
2 Think of ways to finish the answers.
Exercises:
Ⅰ.单项选择。
1. —Why do you do some running in the park every morning?
— ______ fit.
A. Keep B. Keeping C. To keep D. Kept
2. In China, ______ school teenagers love TFBOYS very much .
A. hundreds B. two hundreds of
C. two hundreds D. two hundred
3. I _____football with my friends when you called me this morning.
A. play B. played C. am playing D. was playing
4. We all looked at the burning building ______ disbelief. We were shocked.
A. for B. in C. on D. by
5. My father promised to come to our class meeting, but he didn’t ____on that
day.
A. show up B. give up C. stay up D. take up
6. The Smiths have decided ______ a house in that beautiful town.
Step 2 A. buy B. bought C. buying D. to buy
7. — Could you tell me where you found Miss Gao just now?
— Certainly. In the principal’s office. They______ happily at that time.
A. are talking B. have talked C. were talking
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思和所给的提示词翻译句子。
1. 在愚人节，人们互相捉弄。(tricks, on)
2. 当我到达电影院的时候,所有的票都被卖光了。 (by, cinema, sold)
3.他们是两年前结的婚。(got, ago)
4.真遗憾，他的节目被取消了。(it, pity, show)
5. 他的谎话听起来太逼真了,以至于许多人都相信了。(lie, real)
Ⅲ.用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. I’ve got an important _______________ (announce)to make.
2. They got __________ (marry)last week.
3. Last year, the light-coloured car ______ (sell)better than the dark-coloured
one.
4. She tried some different ways to lose ______(weigh).
5. That year two important ____________ (discover)were made.
Summary :
1. Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day.
fool n. 傻瓜；愚人；受骗者
vt. 愚弄，欺骗；
e.g. He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s Day.
愚人节那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。
foolish是fool的形容词形式，意为“愚蠢的；傻的”。如：
She’s a beautiful but foolish girl.她不过是个美丽却愚蠢的女孩。
2. Dave was really embarrassed
embarrassed adj. 局促不安的；为难的；尴尬的；窘迫的
e.g. That made me feel a bit embarrassed.
那让我觉得有点尴尬。
embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的，令人为难的
e.g. That was an embarrassing experience for me.
那对我而言是一次尴尬的经历。
3. The other kids showed up.
show up 露面，到场； （使）看得见
e.g. He did not show up to his son’s class meeting.
他没有出席他儿子的班会。
4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.
end up (doing sth.)（以……）结束；最终成为；最后处于
e.g. Amy worked hard and she ended up being the leader of the company.
Step 3
艾米非常努力，最后成为了这家公司的领导。
end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。
e.g. The professor ended up his class at 5:30.
教授5点30分结束了课程。
end up with sth. （以……）结束
e.g. The students began with speaking English, but ended up with speaking
Chinese.
同学们以说英语开始，却以说汉语结束。
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) 记者刚刚结束了他的报道。
The reporter has just _________________.
2) 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。
The party ______________ a dance.
3) 他们做了很多工作，结果什么也没得到。
They did much work, but they ________________ nothing.
Activity 3b: Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story
to a partner or the class.
Homework:
Step 4 完成3b写作训练。
