人教版九年級英語下冊《Life is full of unexpected》SectionB PPT課件下載(第1課時)，共33頁。
Objectives
To learn the new words and expressions:fool, costume, embarrassed, costume party...
To know about the April Fool’s Day.
Warming up
April Fool’s Day
Have you ever fooled others?
Have you ever been fooled by others?
It is celebrated every year on the first day of April. It has been popular since the 19th century.
The day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States.
On this day, people play jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as "April fools". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained later.
Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. Use two or more words in 1a.
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to watch some videos. We stayed up really late. On Saturday I was exhausted.
We cleaned our house last Sunday. Mother emptied a room to put things away, but father did not show up until afternoon …
Tell April Fool’s Day stories in your group. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day?
B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party …
Language points
1. fool
n. 傻瓜；愚人；受騙者
e.g. People always think I’m a fool, and I dare say they’re right.
人們總認為我是個傻瓜，想必他們是對的。
vt. 愚弄，欺騙；
e.g. He was fooled by his friend on April Fool’s Day.
愚人節那天他被他的朋友愚弄了。
2. embarrassed
adj. 窘迫的；害羞的
e.g. He looked a bit embarrassed.
他看起來有點窘迫。
embarrassing adj. 使人害羞的（難堪的或慚愧的）e.g. That was an embarrassing situation for me.
那種情形讓我難堪。
3. The other kids showed up.
show up 露面，到場；（使）看得見
e.g. We waited until five o’clock, but he did not show up.
我們一直等到了5點，但是他始終沒有露面。
Homework
Listen to 1c.
Interview two Ss and write down their interesting stories that happened on April Fool’s Day.
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