Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.,Section B 1 1a2e,根据对话内容，从方框内选择合适的句子补全对话。（有两项多余),A. Why were you late? B. My bike broke down halfway. C. I usually get to school on time. D. Have you ever been late for school? E. He said I shouldnt stay up so late at night. F. I rushed to the bus shop without breakfast. G. By I got to the school, the class had been on 15 minutes.,Revision,A: Can I ask you some questions, Lisa? B: Sure. A: (1) _ B: Yes, I have. But only once last term. A: (2) _ B: I stayed up watching the football match the evening before, so I overslept the next morning. A: What did you do after you got up?,B: (3) _ But unfortunately, by the time I got there, the bus had already left. A: Poor guy! And then? B: So I started walking. Luckily, my uncle drove by and gave me a ride. A: But you didnt make it in the end, did you? B: No, I didnt. (4) _ A: What did your teacher say? B: (5) _ A: Yes, he is right. Thanks for your answering. B: Its my pleasure.,Keys: 15 D A F G E,1a Put these words in the correct columns in the chart.,fool invite costume embarrassed go off call get dressed empty show up realize change clock tired stay up,n. （特定场合穿的）服装；装束,adj. 窘迫的，害羞的,fool costume change clock,fool invite go off get dressed show up realize change stay up,embarrassed tired empty,I was waiting for the school bus but it didnt come. Then I _ it was Saturday. 2. I woke up late this morning. I had to really _ to get to school on time.,rush realize invite show up stay up,realized,rush,Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases.,3. Theres a good TV show tonight but its at 1:00 am. I dont want to _ that late. 4. Sally _ me to her birthday party. Its at her house on Saturday. 5. Do you know where John is? He was going to meet me earlier but he didnt _.,rush realize invite show up stay up,stay up,invited,show up,Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party,1b Tell your partner something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.,Pair Work,What did you do on Last April Fools Day?,April Fools Day,BBC飞翔的企鹅,2008年，BBC摄制组在南极附近拍摄了自然历史 系列进化的奇迹（Miracles of Evolution）。 里面讲述了阿德利企鹅飞翔的故事。这个飞翔企 鹅的视频成了互联网上观看最多的视频之一。解 说员特瑞琼斯（Terry Jones）解释说，这些企鹅 不是挤在一起忍受冬季的严寒，而是飞去几千英 里以外的南美洲热带雨林，享受热带温暖的阳 光。如此有爱的愚人节玩笑是相当具有迷惑性 的。作为具有专业精神的媒体，BBC随后揭秘了 他们是如何制作翔企鹅特效的其实就是动画 啦。,最著名的玩笑：BBC意大利面条树大丰收,还是在遥远的1957年，英国的BBC电视台在4月1日播出了这样一条消息 ：多亏刚过去的温和冬天，以及有效的控制了面条树虫害，瑞士南部一户农家的意大利面条喜获大丰收。画面中，一名女子仔细的将意大利面条从树上摘下来，把它们放到太阳下晒干。 因为在当时，意大利菜在英国还不常见。许多英国人并不知道意大利面条是用小麦粉做成的。上百通电话打到BBC，有人指出消息错误，有人疑惑不解，甚至有人询问：怎么自己种意大利面条树呢？ 这可以算是电视媒体最早加入4月1日愚人节整人活动行列的例子。多年后的CNN文章，还评价它是史上最大的一个玩笑。,Joe,Nick,Dave,1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fools Day. Listen and write each persons name under the correct picture.,1. _ a costume party 2. _ my alarm went off 3. _ stayed up all night 4. _ was tired 5. _ was really embarrassed 6. _ the other kids showed up,D,N,J,J,D,N,1d Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below? Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe.,A: What happened to Dave on April Fools Day? B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party, .,1e Tell April Fools Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.,Group work,2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fools Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner.,Practice,2b Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.,Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4, The most famous trick played Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fools Day. An introduction to April Fools Day A sad story that happened on April Fools Day,Fast reading,2c Read the passage carefully and answer these questions.,1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fools Day?,A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.,Careful reading,2. What did the TV show say the special water could do? 3. Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?,It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.,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.,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).,