冀教英语八下Lesson16 The Bear Escaped!课件.ppt

Lesson 16 The Bear Escaped! Think about it! 1. What do you know about April Fools’ Day? 2. Have you ever played a trick on a friend? What did you do? escape fierce protect fool v. 逃脱，逃走 adj. 凶猛的，凶狠的 v. 保护 n. 愚人 Words and expressions 愚人节的由来 愚人节也称万愚节，是西方的民间传统节日，节期在每年四月一日。愚人节已出现了几百年，对于它的起源众说纷纭。一种说法认为这一习俗源自印度的“诠俚节”。该节规定，每年三月三十一日的节日这天，不分男女老幼，可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以换得娱乐。愚人节较普遍的说法是起源于法国。1564年，法国首先 采用新改革的纪年法格里历(即目前通用 的阳历)，以1月1日为一年之始。但一些因 循守旧的人反对这种改革，依然按照旧历 固执地在4月1日这一天送礼品，庆祝新年。 主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在4月1日就给他们送假礼品，邀请他们参加假招待会。并把上当受骗的保守分子称为“四月傻瓜“或”上钩的鱼“。从此人们在4月1日便互相愚弄，成为法国流行的风俗。18世纪初，愚人节习俗传到英国，接着又被英国的早期移民带到了美国。 愚人节时，人们常常组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊把房间装饰一新。在愚人节的聚会上，还有一种做假菜的风俗。不过愚人节最典型的活动还是大家互相开玩笑，用假话捉弄对方。如今的愚人节在美国已主要是淘气的孩子们的节日了！ Read and answer the question. Jenny and Brian play a joke on Danny. What is it? They told Danny that the bear got out of the zoo. It came to the neighbourhood. Read the lesson and fill in the blanks to complete the story. Today was April Fools’ Day. Jenny and Brian wanted to play a trick on Danny. Danny was sleeping. Jenny and Brian ______ him up. They told Danny a bear ________ from the zoo. Danny was not scared when he first heard the news. woke escaped ________, he felt happy. Then he heard the bear was coming for his donuts. He was scared and told everyone to run. But he soon realized they were playing a _____ on him. Instead joke Talk with a partner about these questions: What do you think of the idea of April Fools’ Day? Have you ever played a trick on someone? Share a trick with you partner. What do you think “white lie” means? Let’s do it! 1. There’s Danny. 丹尼在那儿。 这是一个倒装句。 在英语中以here或there开头的句子一般用倒装形式，is和are的运用取决于后面的主语是单数还是复数。这一句型中的谓语动词如果是行为动词，还具有正在进行的意义。 There comes the bus. 汽车来了。 There goes the bell. 铃响了。 注：这类倒装句，如果主语是代词，则谓语动词仍位于主语之后。eg.There he is! 他在那儿！ 考点： There bedoing sth.有正在做某事 be动词的形式与离它最近的名词保持一致。即：就近原则 例如： 有一架飞机正在空中飞。 There is a plane flying in the sky. Look! There are many foreigners______the Great Wall. A to visit B visit C visite