山东省淄博市周村区萌水中学九年级英语全册Unit7Lifeisfulloftheun

Un it 7 Life is full of the un expected
The Fourth Period Section B 2a - 2e
【Teaching aims 】
一、⑴听、说、读、写以下词汇：discovery, lady, officer
(2) 了解以下词或词组的含义：ann ou nee, spaghetti, hoax, sell out
二、通过学习，口、笔头掌握下列句型：
1. One April Fools Day, a repo rter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped grow ing spaghetti.
2. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had bee n sold out.
3. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find
out how to get this water.
4. By the time police officers ann ounced that the story was a hoax, thousa nds of
people had left their homes.
三、通过阅读训练，培养学生获取信息的能力，巩固句型、扩大词汇量。

四、了解西方国家愚人节发生的事情，理智地分析所发生的事件。

Difficulties :培养学生获取信息的能力。

【Teach ing steps 】
Warm-up and revision (课堂热身和复习)
Pair work:
A: Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool ' s Day?
B:…
A: Have you ever bee n fooled by others? Tell your part ner about what happe ned.
B:…
教学设计说明：创设情景，激发兴趣；激活思维。

Prese ntatio n (呈现新知识)
Skimmi ng:
Task 1 Read the passage quickly. Then an swer the questi on:
How many stories are mentioned in this passage?
Task 2 Work on 2b. Skim the passage and match each paragraph with the main idea.
Paragraph 1 The most famous trick p layed
Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happe ned on April Fool's Day
Paragraph 3 An in troduct ion to April Fool's Day
Paragraph 4 A sa d story that happe ned on April Fool's Day
Scanning
Task 1 Work on 2c. 阅读第一个故事，回答下面的问题。

(1)Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool ' s Day?
(2)What did the TV show say the special water could do?
(3)Why did the TV star 's joke have a bad ending?
(4)When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?
(5)Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?
Task 2阅读第二个故事，判断句子正( 丁)误(F)。

(1) A famous star invi ted his girlfriend onto his show.
(2) He really wan ted to marry his girlfrie nd but she refused.
(3) The little joke had a very happy ending.
模仿秀：跟读模仿，注意语音语调。

Work on 2d. Fill in the bla nks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
After the spaghetti story ____________ ___________ (appear) in the n ews, every one
_____________ (rush) to the supermarkets.
By the time people ____________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti
in the supermarkets ________________ (disappear).
By the time the day ____________ (end) , , more than 10,000 people ________________ (call)
the TV stati on to ask about the sp ecial water.
By the time the show ___________ (end) , the TV star ____________(lose) his
girlfrie nd.
By the time police officers ___________ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people _________________ (run away) from their homes.
Pair work.
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 ...
Lear n these sentences by heart.
1. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped grow ing spaghetti.
2. By the time people rea lized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had bee n sold out.
3. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water.
4. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find
out how to get this water.
5. By the time po lice officers announ ced that the story was a hoax, thousa nds of people had left their homes.
完成学习目标一、二。

教学设计说明：通过练习，对本课的功能句进行巩固训练。

完成学习目标三。

小结。

完成学习目标四。

【家庭作业】
必做：1.背诵本课重点单词、句子。

2. 根据提示复述课文。

2
选做：把你经历过的最有意思的笑话，写下来。

教学设计说明：分层布置作业，促进不同层次学生的学习积极性。