Section BPeriod One.ppt

Section B Period One fool costume embarrassed costume party n. 蠢人；傻瓜 n. （特定场合穿的）服装 v. 窘迫的；害羞的 化装舞会 Words Review To learn to use new words and expressions To know about the April Fool’s Day go off 离开（尤指做某事） She went off to get a drink. 她拿饮料去了。 Look and say Guessing Game! get dressed 穿着衣服 Hurry up and get dressed. 快点穿上衣服。 Look and say show up 如约赶到；出现； 露面 It was getting late, when she finally showed up. 天色已晚，她终于赶到了。 Look and say stay up 深夜不睡；熬夜 You’ve got school tomorrow. I don’t want you staying up late. 你明天要上学。我不想让你熬夜。 Look and say Yesterday my friends invited me to a costume party. I dressed up like Snow White. I sang and danced with my friends at the party. I enjoyed myself at first. But then I didn’t hold my cup of coffee carefully. It dropped on the floor. The coffee splashed on my dress. I was so embarrassed, and my face turned red. Can you guess the meaning of costume party and embarrassed? April Fool’s Day! The origin of April Fool’s Day is uncertain. Some people say that it has to do with the Roman festival of Hilaria that was held in March. Others say that it was started by Geoffrey Chaucer who mentioned such a day in his book Canterbury Tales when the cook was tricked by a fox. Regardless of its origin, many Western countries observe (celebrate) this day. The popularity of April Fool’s Day has slowly been spreading to the Asia Pacific. 1a Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column. Nouns (people, places, things) Verbs (action, words) Adjective (description words) cool costume change clock fool invite go off get dressed show up realize change stay up embarrassed 1b Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a. Last Friday night, my friends invited me to the costume party. At 6:00 p.m., I got dressed and went off to take bus. I showed up a little late for the traffic jam. The party was really interesting and I enjoyed myself. 1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking