2014年人教版新目标九年级英语Unit12（第5课时）精美ppt课件.pptVIP

Section B 第五课时(2a -3b) * Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. 人教版 九年级下册 spaghetti n. 意大利面条 hoax n. 骗局；恶作剧 sell out 卖光 embarrassing adj.害羞的 lady n. 女士；女子 officer n. 军官；官员 2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 The most famous trick played. Examples of funny storied that happened on April Fool’s Day. An introduction to April Fool’s Day. A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day. 2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. 1.Why did the supermarkets run of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? A reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy ad much spaghetti as they could. 2c Read the passage again and answer the questions. 2.What did the TV show say the special water could do? They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. 3.Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? Because he fooled her girlfriend. He made her sad. 4.When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5.Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? In October, 1938. He made his story sound so real. 6. Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? I think the story told by Orson Welles is the most believable one. Because it made hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? I think the story that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti is the most unbelievable. Because farmers in Italy would