Unit 12
Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B
Warm up
Do you know the history
of April Fool’s Day?
How to celebrate April Fool’s Day?
愚人节怎么过呢？
在愚人节基本
上不是整别人
就是被人整 !
最实用的玩笑——
你的鞋带散了！
老师叫你马上
去他办公室！
对噢，老师
让我通知你
作业重写！
今天是愚人节
学校说要补课
我才不会上当呢！
深思熟虑……
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?
…
2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the
main idea.
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the
main idea.
Paragraph 1 The most famous trick played
Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that
happened on April Fool’s Day
Paragraph 3 An introduction to April
Fool’s Day
Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on
April Fool’s Day
2c Read the passage again and answer
the questions.
Why did the supermarkets run out of
spaghetti one April Fool’s Day?
Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti.
What did the TV show say that the special water could do?
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?
Because he lost both his girlfriend and his show.
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?
It was in October 1938.
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
Because Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
Which of these stories is the most believable?
Which is the least believable? Why?


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.
2d Fill in the blanks with the correct
forms of the verbs in brackets.
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 rung away
Language points
1. April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes
place in different countries around the world.
  愚人节一种发生在世界上不同国家的庆祝
活动。
take place 意为“发生；进行；举行；产生”。
例：The sports meeting will take place in our 
school. 运动会将在我校举行。
I happened to be in the lab that day. 
那天我碰巧在实验室。
2. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 愚人节是每年的四月一日，在这一天，人们互相捉弄开各种玩笑。
play tricks on sb. 意为“捉弄某人”，
play jokes on sb. 是“对某人开玩笑 ”的意思。
It's impolite to laugh at, stare at or play _____on
disabled people  
A. fun    B. jokes     C. tricks    D. parts
试一试
C
3. Many people ran to their local supermarkets 
to buy as much spaghetti as they could. 很多
人跑到当地的超市抢购尽可能多的意大利面条。
as +形容词/副词的原级+ as sb. can / could 相当于as + 形容词/副词原级+ as possible，意为“尽可能地……”，在句中作状语。 
例： We must do everything as well as we can. 
= We must do everything as well as possible. 
我们要尽量做好每一件事。
4. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny.许多愚人节笑话可能以不是很有趣而告终。
end up doing sth.意为“以 ...... 结束，以 ...... 告终”。
例：I must make good use of my spare time,
or I will end up doing nothing.
我必须充分利用空闲的时间,否则我的生
命将会在无所事事中告终。
5. He asked her to marry him. 他向她求婚。
marry sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人”。
get married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人;
与某人结婚”，为短暂性词组。
be married to sb. 意为“嫁/娶某人；
与某人结婚”，是延续性词组。
例： She married John last year.
= She got married to John last year.
= She has been married to John for one year.
她去年嫁给了John。
6. In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles
announced on his radio program that aliens
from Mars had landed on the earth. 在1938年
的那个月，演员奥森.威尔斯在他的广播节目
中宣布火星人已经登陆地球。
land on 意为“着陆；降落于”，反义词组为
“take off ”, 意为“起飞”。
例：
Be careful! The plane is going to land on the airport.
小心点！飞机马上要降落于飞机场了
Exercises
1. We ____________ ( learn ) 2000 English
words since we came to this school.
The teacher said we _____________ ( learn )
2000 English words since then.
We ____________ ( learn ) 500 words last term.
We ______________ ( learn ) 2000 words
by the end of last term.
have learned
had learned
learned
had learned
2. He _________ ( have ) a meeting next week.
He ______( have ) a meeting two weeks ago.
He told me he __________ ( have ) a meeting
two weeks before.
3. ______you ______( be ) to the Great Wall?
The teacher asked if you ___________( be )
to the Great Wall?
had
had had
Have been
had been
will have
2. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
cancel miss west accident market
decide be that officer unexpected
Last Saturday after my French course , I_______ to drive to the ________ to buy a meat pie for dinner. As I was heading ________ , I saw a huge truck in the middle of the road. There had been a(n) ________
2. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
n.__________________________
v.__________________________
adj._________________________
adv._________________________
pron.________________________
num.________________________
accident
market
officer
cancel
miss
decide
be
expected
west
that
cancel miss west accident market
decide be that officer expected
2. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box.
cancel miss west accident market
decide be that officer expected
Last Saturday after my French course , I_______ to drive to the ________ to buy a meat pie for dinner. As I was heading ________ , I saw a huge truck in the middle of the road. There had been a(n) ________
market
west
accident
decided
decide
and there were many police _________ around. I turned around and decided to go to a nearby mall. However, I ________ the road that led to the mall. Then I saw a restaurant ____sold chicken noodles. I went inside and the lady, who _____the owner, served me the most delicious bowl of chicken noodles ever. I had made a(n) _________ discovery! I’m so glad that I _________ my plan to go to the market.
officer
missed
unexpected
cancelled
that
was
officers
miss
expected
cancell
be
that /which
Write a diary about your
lucky or unlucky day.
Homework
Thank You!