九年级下册英语第12单元Section B-2.ppt

1.?April?Fool’s?Day?is?a?celebration?that?takes place?in?different?countries?around the?world. ?愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝活动。 take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。 4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终。 end up doing sth.意为“以 ...... 结束，以 ...... 告终”。 例：I must make good use of my spare time, or I will end up doing nothing. 我必须充分利用空闲的时间,否则我的生 命将会在无所事事中告终。 5. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。 marry sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人”。 get married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人;与某人结婚”，为短暂性词组。 be married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人；与某人结婚”，是延续性词组。 例： She married John last year. = She got married to John last year. = She has been married to John for one year. 她去年嫁给了John。 Sample writing My 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 Last Saturday after my French course, I decided to drive to the ________ to buy a meat pie for dinner. As I was heading ______, I saw a huge truck in the middle of the road. There had been a(n) ________ and there were many police _______ around. I turned around and decided to go to a nearby mall. However, I _______ the road that led to the mall. Then I saw a restaurant that sold chicken noodles. I went inside and the _____, who was the owner, served me the most delicious bowl of chicken noodles ever. I had made a(n) ___________ discovery! I’m so glad that I _________ my plan to go to the market. 1. A: Why didn’t you hand in your science homework? B: Before I could start working on it, ________________________________ ________________________________ ________. 2. A: Why didn’t you take a shower this morning? B: By the time I got up, ____________ ______________________________ _________