1、Unit 7 Life is full of the unexpected 一、教学目标: 1. 语言知识目标: 1) 能掌握以下单词:fool, costume, embarrassed, costume party, announce, spaghetti, hoax, sell out, discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable, disappear, embarrassing 2) 能掌握以下重难点句子: 3) 提高学生的听力技能。培养学生从所听到的对话中获取信息的能力。 4)培养学生的阅读能力,理解关键词和短语的能力。
2、2. 情感态度价值观目标: 1)了解部分西方节日的文化常识。 2)了解不及时做某事而造成的危害,培养学生养成良好的行为习惯。 二、教学重难点 1. 教学重点:根据所学词组写一篇短文。 2. 教学难点 三、教学过程 Ⅰ. Warming- up and revision 1. Daily greeting. 2. Exercise 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
3、 D. Have you ever been late for school? E. He said I shouldn’t 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. A: Can I ask you some questions, Lisa? B: Sure. A: (1) _________ B: Yes, I have. But only onc
4、e 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 walk
5、ing. Luckily, my uncle drove by and gave me a ride. A: But you didn’t make it in the end, did you? B: No, I didn’t. (4) _________ A: What did your teacher say? B: (5) _________ A: Yes, he is right. Thanks for your answering. B: It’s my pleasure. Keys: 1—5 D A F G E Ⅱ. Lead in 1. Finish
6、1a. Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. Some words can go in more than one column. fool invite costume embarrassed go off call get dressed empty show up realize change clock tired s
7、tay up Nouns (people, place, things) Verbs (action words) Adjectives (description words) 2. Tell Ss nouns are probably about people, things, places. Verbs are about action words. Description words are probably adjectives. 3. Work on 1a. 4. Share the answers with others in clas
8、s. 5. Ask Ss make sentences with the words in 1a. Keys: fool costume change clock fool invite go off get dressed show up realize change stay up embarrassed tired empty Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases. rush realize invit
9、e show up stay up 1. I was waiting for the school bus but it didn’t come. Then I ________ it was Saturday. 2. I woke up late this morning. I had to really ______ to get to school on time. 3. There’s a good TV show tonight but it’s at 1:00 am. I don’t want to _________ that late. 4. Sally __
10、 me to her birthday party. It’s at her house on Saturday. 5. Do you know where John is? He was going to meet me earlier but he didn’t _________. 1. realized 2. rush 3. stay up 4. invited 5. show up III. Work in pairs. 1b Tell your partner something that happened to you recently. Use
11、 two or more words in 1a. Last Friday, my friend invited me to his birthday party….. Ⅳ. Presentation Ask the students what they know about April Fool’s Day. What did you do on Last April Fool’s 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
12、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
13、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。 Ⅴ. Listening Work on 1c: 1. 1c Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool’s Day. Listen and write each person’s name under the correct picture.
14、 a: No name b: Joe c: Nick d: Dave . 2. Listen to the tape for the second time and finish 1d. 1d Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below? Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe. 1) ______ a costume party 2) ______ my alarm went off 3) ______ stayed up all
15、 night 4) ______ was tired 5) ______ was really embarrassed 6) ______ the other kids showed up Keys: D N J J D N VI. Group work Work on 1e. 1e Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d. e.g. A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day? B: Well, a fr
16、iend invited him to a costume party, …. Let some group make a conversation before the class. VII. Work in pairs. Work on 2a. 2a Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on Aril Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner. Ⅷ. Lead in Show some p
17、ictures of April Fool’s Day. IX. Reading Fast Reading. 1. Work on 2b. Read the passage quickly. Match the paragraphs 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
18、 Fool’s Day Paragraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day Careful Reading 1. Work on 2c. Let Ss read the passage carefully, and answer these questions. 1) Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day? 2) What did the TV show say the special water
19、could do? 3) Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending? 4) When did Orson Wells tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 5) Why did so many people believe Orson Wells? 6) Which of these stories is the most believable? Which is the least believable? Why? 7) Would you be f
20、ooled by any of these stories? Answers: 1) A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 2) It was said that the special water would help people lose weight. 3) He lost both his girlfriend and his show. 4) It was in Octo
21、ber 1938. 5) Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story. 6) 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 ea
22、rth. 2. Work on 2d. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs on brackets. 2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 1) After the spaghetti story __________(appear) in the news, everyone _______ (rush) to the supermarkets. 2) By the time people _
23、 (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets _______________ (disappear). 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 ________
24、 (lose) his girl friend. 5) By the time police officers ____ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ____________ (run away) from their homes. Keys: appeared rushed found out had disappeared ended had called ended had lost told had run away Post reading Work
25、 on 2e. 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: Last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hell
26、o”. All morning at school… Ⅸ. Language points 1. Explain the new words in this period: 1. fool n. 傻瓜;愚人;受骗者 e.g. People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right. 人们总认为我是个傻瓜,想必他们是对的。 vt. 愚弄,欺骗; e.g. He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s Day. 愚人节那天他被他的朋友愚
27、弄了。 2. embarrassed adj. 局促不安的; 为难的; 尴尬的; 窘迫的 , e.g. He looked a bit embarrassed. 他看起来有点尴尬。 embarrassing adj. 使人尴尬的,令人为难的 e.g. That was an embarrassing situation for me. 那种情形让我难堪。 3. sell out 卖完;售完;出售 e.g. The next day the bookshops sold out. 第二天书店就卖断了货。 4. discovery n. 发现,发觉;(剧情的)发展;被发现的事
28、物; e.g. He knows that he had made a real discovery. 他知道他已经发现了一件真正的珍品。 5. marry v. “嫁,娶,结婚” e.g. Henry didn’t marry until he was over fifty.亨利直到过了50岁才结婚。 ⑴ marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人” 、 “娶了某人”或“和某人结婚” ⑵ get/be married to sb. e.g. John is going to marry Jane. 约翰要和简结婚了。 6. The other kids showed up.
29、 show up 露面,到场;(使)看得见; e.g. We waited until five o'clock, but he did not show up. 我们一直等到了5点,但是他始终没有露面。 7. Many April Fool’s jokes may end up being not very funny. end up (doing sth.)(以…)结束; 最终成为; 最后处于 e.g. Every time she tried to argue with her husband, she ended up crying her eyes out. 每回她
30、试着和她丈夫争辩,她总是以流泪结束。 end up sth. 表示“结束某事”。 e.g. The scientist ended up his speech at last. 那个科学家最后结束了演讲。 end up with sth. (以…)结束 e.g. The students began with speaking English, but ended up with speaking Chinese. 同学们以说英语开始, 却以说汉语结束。 根据汉语意思完成英语句子。 1.记者刚刚结束了他的报道。 The reporter has just _________________. 2. 聚会以一曲舞蹈结束。 The party ______________ a dance. 3. 他们做了很多工作,结果什么也没得到。 They did much work, but they ________________ nothing. Keys: ended up his report ended up with ended up getting X. Homework Review the Past perfect tense.






