Unit 12 教案 2025-2026学年人教版（2012）九年级英语全册

Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.

       单元分析

单元语法	过去完成时
写作话题	突发事件(unexpected events)
Section A
单词概览	名词：backpack; block; worker; disbelief; airport; cream; workday;bean; market 动词：oversleep; stare; burn 形容词：unexpected; burning; alive 兼类词：above; till; west
短语归纳	动词短语：give... a lift; show up 介词短语：by the time; in line with; by the end of
句型再现	Life is full of the unexpected. By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower. When I got to school, I realized I had left my backpack at home. Before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left. Why were you late for class today, Kevin? How did the writer end up missing both events ? 7. I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. 8. As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. 9. Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. 10. We stared in disbelieve at the black smoke rising above the burning building .
Section B
单词概览	名词：costume; spaghetti; hoax; discovery; lady;officer 动词：announce; cancel; disappear 形容词：embarrassed; believable; embarrassing 兼类词：fool;
短语归纳	动词短语：sell out 名词短语：costume party
句型再现	April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.

Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny. That little joke didn't have a very happy ending. Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?

 

       文化视窗

April Fool's Day

 

一、General Introduction

The first of April is April Fool's Day, a day to try and fool your friends with jokes and a day to have some lighthearted fun.

The jokes and their victims are calledApril fools. People playing April Fool jokes expose their prank by shoutingApril Fool. Some newspapers, magazines, and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in small letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country.

二、Origins of April Fool’s Day 

In 1582,Pope Gregore XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.

三、 Bottom Line of the Day
Making jokes only lasts until the noon of the day, the rule is fixed and acknowledged

everywhere. Anyone who tries to make a fool after midday is a bigger fool than he who has been

fooled.

四、Two Jokes About the Day
1. San Serriffe

Image1977: The British newspaper  The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica. The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology.
2. Nixon for President

1992: National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." Accompanying this announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and outrage. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little.

Section A

       备课素材

素材一 新课导入设计

Sample 1 图片导入

展示几张人的尴尬的照片。并询问学生如下问题：

T: What do you think of the people in this pictures?

Ss: They look worried/terrible/embarrassed.

T: What happened to the boy?

Ss: He broke his arm. He ...

T: I was later for work today. When I got up, I found my clock had rung. It was 7:30. By the time I went to the bathroom, my son had been in. So I had to wait. When I went out, I found my motorbike had broken down.

Sample 2  Brainstorm

围绕下面的问题展开自由讨论。

※ Do you like mornings? Why or why not?

※ Did anything unexpected happen this morning?

※ How did it make you feel?

T let Ss to say these phrases about unexpected events：be late for school, miss the bus, lose the key, leave the backpack at home, forget to bring the homework, receive a birthday present,