内容正文:
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section B (2a-2e)
教学课题
Section B (2a-2e)
核心
词汇
Important words:discovery,lady,cancel,officer,believable,disappear
Important phrases:take place,play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other,sell out,lose weight,by the end of the day,end up,get married,have a happy ending,fear spread across the whole country
核心
句式
1.By the time people realized that the story was a hoax,all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
2.By the end of the day,more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.
3.By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax,thousands of people had left their homes.
技能与策略
学习要点
1.学会运用背景知识来帮助理解阅读内容,通过找主题句、例证、观点阐释来掌握并理清文章结构的方法。
2.学会把握愚人节玩笑的度,学会成为一个幽默风趣的人。
教学过程
◆Step 1 Leading in
Pair work 2a
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.
◆Step 2 Reading 2b,2c & 2d
Work on 2b
1.Ask the students to read the passage quickly.Match each paragraph with the main idea.
2.Check the answers.
教学过程
Work on 2c
1.Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2.Check the answers.
Work on 2d
1.Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
2.Ask the students to check their answers according to 2b.
3.Check the answers together.
◆Step 3 Pair work 2e
1.Tell your funny story from 2a to the class.The class will vote for:
a.the funniest joke
b.the most embarrassing joke
c.the most creative joke
2.Give one possible example.
◆Step 4 Language points
1.It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
(1)all kinds of意为“各种各样的”。其中kind为可数名词,意为“种类”。如:all kinds of flowers各种各样的花。
(2)play tricks/jokes on sb.意为“捉弄某人,开某人的玩笑”,也可表达为:play a trick/joke on sb.
2.no more意为“不再”,常位于句中,放在be动词,助动词或者情态动词之后,实意动词之前。同义搭配为not...anymore。
Jane no more lives in school.
=Jane doesn't live in school anymore.简不再住在学校了。
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