Unit 12 Section B 2a-2e课件2022-2023学年人教版英语九年级全一册

Grade 9 Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a-2e announce spaghetti hoax sell out discovery lady cancel officer believable disappear embarrassing v. 宣布；宣告 n. 意大利面 n. 骗局；恶作剧 卖光 n. 发现；发觉 n. 女士；女子 v. 取消；终止 n. 军官；官员 adj. 可相信的；可信任的 v. 消失；不见 adj. 使人害羞的 Psychological(心理) test: If you run a race with a bear, you want to . A. run faster than it B. run as fast as it C. run slower than it Warming-up Happy April Fool's Day! Answers: A you than beasts also a beast; B you are beasts; C beast than you! Free talk 1.When is April Fool’s Day ? April 1st. 2.What do people usually do on April Fool’s Day? People play jokes on each other. People fool each other. 3.“He is an April Fool.” What does it mean? It means he was fooled by others. Leading-in Really? Peng Bo, you failed the English test. Mr liu asked you to the office. Pre-reading While-reading Fast reading While-reading Careful reading While-reading Check the answers 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti because spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy ad much spaghetti as they could. 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. While-reading Check the answers 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? Because he lost both his girlfriend and his show. 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? It was in October 1938. Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. While-reading Check the answers 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 be