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Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 2 (2a-2e)
人教版九年级
1. To learn new words, phrases and sentences:
announce, spaghetti, hoax, discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable, disappear, embarrassing, sell out, play tricks on sb., end up
(1) Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
(2) Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
(3) By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
2. To understand the stories of fooling others.
3. To predict the content of a passage using background knowledge.
Language Goal
Happy April Fool’s Day
What do people do on April Fool’s Day?
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day.
They spread hoaxes.
n.闹剧;恶作剧
Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others?
2a
Please read the passage in 2b and get the general idea of the article.
Fast-reading
The general idea of the article is about .
A. the stories about jokes and tricks
B. the celebration on April Fool’s Day
C. how to become famous on April
Fool’s Day
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Carefully reading the first sentence in
each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you
guess what the whole text is about.
2b
A
One of the most famous tricks played.
Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day.
An introduction to April Fool’s Day.
A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day.
Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
2b
Reading strategy(阅读策略):
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can
help you guess the main idea of each passage.
Fast-reading
Introduction
Two funny stories
A sad story
One of the most famous tricks
2b
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
The Structure of the passage
2b
Read Para. 1 and find the answers.
1. Where does April Fool