Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B
2a~2e
2
a
Have you ever played jokes on others,
especially
on Aril Fool’s Day? Have
you
ever been fooled by others? Tell
your
story to your partner.
2
b
Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
◆ O
ne of
t
he
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
2c
Read the passage carefully and answer these questions.
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
?
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
It was in October 1938.
2c
Read the passage carefully and answer these questions.
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
6. Which of these stories is the most
believable
? Which is the least believable?
Why
?
I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth.
7. Would you be fooled by any of these
stories
?
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 girl friend.
5. By the time police officers ____ (tell)
the
country that the story was a hoax,
many
people ____________ (run away)
from
their homes.
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
2e
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. The class will vote for:
a. the funniest joke
b
. the most embarrassing joke
c
. the most creative joke
A: What’s your story?
B: Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello”. All morning at school…
Language point
1. fool
n.
傻瓜;愚人;受骗者
vt
.
愚弄,欺骗;
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。
2. embarrassed
adj.
局促不安的;为难的;尴尬的;窘迫的
He looked a bit
embarrassed
.
他
看起来有点尴尬。
embarrassing
adj.
使人尴尬的,令人为难的
That was an
embarrassing
situation
for
me.
那种
情形让我难堪。
Language point
3. sell out
卖
完;售完;出售
The next day the bookshops
sold out
.
第二天
书店就卖断了货。
4. discovery
n.
发现,发觉;(剧情的)发展;被发现的事物
He knows that he had made a real
discovery
.
他
知道他已经发现了一件真正的
珍品
。
【
辨析
】
d
iscovery
和
invent
指首次发现本来就存在但之前未被发现之物,而
invent
意为“发明”,指创造前所未有的
事物。
Columbus is famous for his discovery of the continent of America and Edison for his invention of the electric light bulb.
哥伦布以发现美洲大陆而闻名, 爱迪生则以发明电灯而闻名。
Language point
5. marry
v
.
“
嫁,娶,结婚”
Henry didn’t
marry
until he was
over
fifty
.
亨利
直到过了
50
岁才结婚。
(1)
marry sb.
表示“嫁给某人”、
“娶了某人”
或“和某人结婚”
John is going to
marry
Jane.
约翰
要和简结婚了。
(2)
get/be married to sb.
“同某人结婚”
I want to
get married to
a nice
girl
.
我
想同
一个好女孩
结婚。
Language point
7. 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
Every time she tried to argue with
her
husband, she
ended up crying
her
eyes out
.
每
回她试着和她丈夫争辩,她
总是以
流泪结束。
end up sth.
表示“结束某事”。
The scientist
ended up
his speech at
last.
那个
科学家最后结束了演讲。
end up with sth.
(以
……
)结束
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
。
Exercise
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.
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
ended up his report
ended up with
ended up getting
Homework
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