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Unit 3 Lesson 16
The Bear Escaped
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What do you know about April Fools’ Day?
Have you ever played a trick on a friend? What did you do?
Warm-up
Free talk
Words and expressions
Presentation
Learn some new words
escape
fierce
protect
fool
v. 逃脱,逃走
adj. 凶猛的,凶狠的
v. 保护
n. 愚人
Presentation
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. , 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.
woke
escaped
Instead
joke
Presentation
Bears are gentle animals. A bear usually has a large body with long, strong legs, a long nose and a short tail. While polar bears eat meat and giant pandas feed on grass, other bears eat both meat and fruit, Bears can run faster than tigers and lions. They are good swimmers. They are also good at climbing trees. The number of bears is getting bigger and bigger. There are only seven kinds of bears in the world now. We should protect them and stop them from disappearing.
Listen to this introduction about bears. Then correct the following passage.
fierce
short
bamboo
plants
can’t
as fast as
smaller and smaller
eight
Presentation
1. Write down the information on a piece of paper.
2. Exchange it with a partner or a group member.
3. Imagine today is April Fools’ Day. Work in groups and think
about how you can play a joke on your friends. Whose joke is the
most interesting?
Search for more information about April Fools’ Day on the Internet or in books, then do the following things.
Language points
1. Have you ever played a trick on a friend?
trick在这作名词,意思是“玩笑;诡计;恶作剧”,是一个可数名词。
play a trick on sb 意思是“捉弄某人”和play tricks on sb 意思相同。
e.g. We played