5 Unit 12 Section B(2a-2e) -【学海风暴】2023-2024学年九年级下册英语（人教版）

Unit 12 Section B (2a-2e) 授课人：*** 九年级英语人教版·下册 1 Read a joke. 一、新课引入 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. 一、新课引入 Fast reading Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. 一、新课引入 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 ◆ 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 Reading Tip：the first sentence 二、新课讲解 Careful reading 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool's Day? 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? 3. Why did the TV star's joke have a bad ending? 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? 6. Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? 二、新课讲解 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. It said that the special water would help people lose weight. 二、新课讲解 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? He lost both his girlfriend and his show. It was in October 1938. Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. 二、新课讲解 6. Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? 7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories? I think the story of a famous movie star is the most believable. Because the movie star is living with people.The story of aliens from Mars is the