Unit 12Section B 2a-3b课件 2025-2026学年人教版（2012）九年级英语全一册

Life is full of the unexpected. (Section B 2a-3b) 人教版九年级英语全一册 Lead in Retell April Fool’s Day stories Joe Nick Dave 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.? 2a Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea. 2b 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 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Read the passage again and answer the questions. 2c 1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti. 2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 2c 3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? Because he lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. 4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? In October, 1938. Because he made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 2c 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 first is the most believable because it’s possible that farmers in Italy stop growing spaghetti. And the second is the least believable because there’s no water like this on the earth. Yes, I would. / No, I wouldn’t. Trick 1 Farmers didn’t ______ spaghetti any more. grow There wouldn’t be _____ spaghetti. any People ran to buy ________ spaghetti. lots of All of the spaghetti was __________. People realized it was just a ______. sold out hoax Trick 2 In another famous trick, a TV show reported the _________ (discover) of special water which would help people ____ (lose) weight. They said that one customer ________ (lose) a lot of weight in just four months. By the end of the day, over 10,000 people _________ (call) to find out how _____ (get) this water. discovery lose had lost had called to get Trick 3 One April Fool’s Day, a famous TV star _______ his girlfriend who wanted to get ________ onto his show. Then he played a joke on her. The little joke was really a great ________ for her and it had a _______ ending — the TV star ____ both his girlfriend and his show. invited married surprise terrible lost Trick 4 ( ) Hundreds of people believed the story and fear spread. ( ) Thousands of people had left their homes. ( ) Police officers announced the story was a hoax. ( ) A radio program announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. 1 2 3 4 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 2d 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). appeared rushed found out had disappeared 3. By the time the day ______ (end), more than 10,000 people _________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water. 4. By the time the show ______ (end), the TV star _______ (lose) his girlfriend. 5. By the time police officers ____ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ____________ (run away) from their homes. ended had called ended had lost told had run away Story Time 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 A: What’s your story? B: Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello.” All morning at school... Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? What happened? Make some notes about what you remember. 3a What was the date? What happened first? Was this lucky or unlucky? Why? What happened next? How did the day end? How did you feel about this day? Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story to a partner or the class. 3b My lucky/ unlucky day I will always remember the date ... It was the luckiest/ unluckiest day of my life ... When I woke up that morning ... Later that day… I couldn’t believe ... By the time ... Therefore, ... In the end, ... What a lucky/ an unlucky day! 思路点拨 (1)体裁: (2)人称: (3)时态: (4)步骤： 记叙文 第一人称 一般过去时； 开篇点题 描述经历 总结感受 写作提纲 开篇点题：I will always remember the date ... It was the luckiest/ unluckiest day of my life ... 阐述经历：When I woke up that morning ... I couldn’t believe ... Therefore, ... In the end, ... 总结感受：What a lucky/ an unlucky day! 参考范文 My Unlucky Day I will always remember the date. It was June 7th, Sunday. It was sunny. It was the unluckiest day of my life. When I woke up that morning, it was 10: 00. I had to get up quickly and eat breakfast. After breakfast I decided to go to another city to buy a computer. When I arrived at the bus stop, I found I had left my wallet at home, so I had to go back to get it. Finally, I got on the bus. Unluckily, the bus broke down on the way. I couldn’t believe I had to wait for five hours. By the time I got to the city, all the computer shops had closed. Therefore, I had to get back to the bus station, but the last bus had already left. In the end, I had to stay at a hotel for one night. What an unlucky day! Homework 1.Remember the key language points in this class. 2. Write your lucky or unlucky day. $