愚人节英文教学教材.pptVIP

READING TASK;Pre-reading ; Before you read, discuss what people usually do on April Fool’s day. Do you know any of the funny tricks people play on each other?; April Fool’s day is a day when people play jokes on each other. On this day you will often see strange and interesting finds, scientific results or astronomical findings that are put there to mislead the public. ;The newspaper feels happy if a large number of people believe what is written. Sometimes particularly good stories get into the evening news on BBC. ; 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。有的人把细线拴着的钱包丢在大街上, 自己在暗处拉着线的另一端。一旦有人捡起钱包, 他们就出其不意地猛然把钱包拽走。还有人把砖头放在破帽子下面搁在马路当中, 然后等着看谁来了会踢它。小孩们会告诉父母说自己的书包破了个洞, 或者脸上有个;黑点。等大人俯身来看时, 他们就一边喊着“四月傻瓜”。一边笑着跑开去。总之,每逢愚人节这一天, 动物园和水族馆还会接到不少打给菲什(鱼)先生成莱昂(狮子)先生的电话, 常常惹得工作人员掐断电话线, 以便减少麻烦。 如今的愚人节在美国已主要是淘气的男孩子们的节日了!; Now read the passage on page 59 about the “Noodle harvest” which is remembered as one of the Best April Fool’s jokes ever!;AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE:;Read the passage and fill in the chart below.;Name of the programme;The particular content on April 1st, 1957;1. What do children usually do on April Fool’s Day? ; ;3. Do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serous? Give a reason. ;4. What would you do to find out whether a story like this was true? ;Homework