Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected Section B 2a-2e课件及语言点课件2023-2024学年人教版九年级英语全册

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. Section B 2a-2e In 1957, BBC announced that there was a farmer growing spaghetti on trees. In 1994, a newpaper announced that it was illigal to surf the Internet after drinking wine. In 1998, a magazine announced that some scientists had decided to change PI from 3.14159... to 3. What do they have in common? 1. They are all hoaxes/tricks/fake. 2. They all happened on April 1st. Chinese hoaxes What is this hoax about? What's the main idea of the passage? A. April Fool's Day B. Hoax and its influence What's the main idea of the passage? A. April Fool's Day B. Hoax and its influence Read the passage again and answer the questions. 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. It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? 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. 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. The story of aliens from Mars is the least believable. Because the movie star is living with people. People never see any aliens on the earth. Open. 1. After the spaghetti story ____________(appear) in the news, everyone ___________ (rush) to the supermarkets. 2. By the time people ____________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets _______________ (disappear). Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. appeared