Unit 10

By the time I got outside, the bus had already left.

Word StudyWord Study

fool invite

costume embarrassed

go off get up

get dressed empty

show up realize

change clock

exhausted stay up

v. 邀请

n. 服装 adj. 尴尬的

( 闹钟 ) 闹响 起床

穿衣服

出席 , 出现

v. 意识到

n. 钟表

adj. 筋疲力尽的

熬夜

n. 傻瓜 /v. 愚弄 , 欺骗

adj. 空的 /v. 倒空

n.&v. 改变

Nouns

(people, place, things)

Verbs

(action words)

Adjectives

(words that describe)

foolcostumechangeclock

fool go offget dressedshow up changeinvite get uprealize stay upempty

embarrassedexhausted

empty

Say something that happened to you by using the verbs or verb phrases from Activity 1a.

Last Friday night my friend

me to his birthday

party . We some

videos. We really

late. On Saturday I was

exhausted.

invited watched

stayed up

Say something that happened to Dave by using the verbs and adjectives from Activity 1a.

Last April Fool’s Day, my friend

me to a costume party.

When I got there, I that he

had me. It wasn’t a costume

party. I was the only person wearing

a costume. I was really .

invited realized

embarrassed

fooled

Dave

A: Did you ever A: Did you ever play a joke onplay a joke on someone? someone?

play a joke on sb. play a joke on sb. 开某人的玩笑开某人的玩笑

B: Yes. Last April Fool’s Day, I told my B: Yes. Last April Fool’s Day, I told my

students there was a test the next students there was a test the next day. day.

They were very nervous and studied They were very nervous and studied hard hard

for it. Then the next day, when I for it. Then the next day, when I started started

teaching they realized that I had teaching they realized that I had fooled fooled

them. them.

I was so convincing to my students that they all believed me.

so…that….. 如此…以致于… eg. 这道题如此之难 , 以致没有同学能做出来 .

The problem is difficult nobody can work it out.

so that

If you were my students wouldyou believe me?

Story 1 Story 2 Story 3

UFO ? ?Less believable

When and where did the story happen?

Who played the joke?

What ‘s the joke?He that aliens the earth and they across thecountry.What happened then?A lot of people the story and panic across the whole country.What’s the result? Thousands of people from their homes.

In 1938, in the United States.

Actor Orson Wells.

announced landed onwere moving

believed set off

had fled flee from 逃离…

Fishbone: Help understand better. Main Idea

Who?

What first?

When?

Where?

Result?

What then?

Spaghetti

One April Fool’s Day

In England

A reporte

r

All of the spaghetti had

been .

People bought much

spaghetti .

Announced :

There would spaghetti

sold out

asas they could

be no more

2. sell out 卖完 ; 售光eg. 我们卖完了所有的报纸 . We all the newspaper.( 被动 ) All the newspaper .

1. as…as one can 尽量… eg. 做题时要尽量仔细 . Please do exercises carefully .

sold out

as as you can

were sold out

Fishbone: the third story.Main Idea: a little joke

Who?

What first?

When?

Where? What then?

Result?

Fishbone: the third story.Main Idea: a little joke

A famous TV sta

r Lost both his girlfriend

and his show

On April Fool’s D

ay

On a TV show

Asked his girlfriend to marry

him. She was thrilled because

she wanted to get married.

But when she said “yes”, he

replied “April Fool!”

Fishbone: Help write better.

Write about a joke you

played on someone or a joke

someone played on you. Tell

where and when, who played

the joke. What happened

first, what happened next,

and what you realized. You

May fill in the fishbone first.Who?

What first?

When?

Where? What then?

Result ?

Summary: Phrases:

1. 着陆 2. 如此…以致于 3. 激起 ; 引起 4. 遍及全国 5. 逃离 6. 停止做… 7. 尽量 8. 卖完 ; 售光 9. 结婚 10. 开某人的玩笑

land on

so…that …

set off

across the whole country

flee from

stop doing…

sell out

get married

play a joke on sb.

as…as one can=as…as possible

1. 韦尔斯是如此令人信服 , 以致成百上千的人相信了他 , 进而引发了全国性的恐慌 .

Wells was that hundreds of people believ

ed the story, and panic across the whole countr

y.

2. 当人们意识到这个故事是个骗局的时候 , 全国的意大利面已经卖光了 . By the time people that the story was a ho

ax, all of the spaghetti across the country had

been .3. 她很激动 , 因为她真得很想结婚 .She was , because she really wanted to .

Summary: Sentences:

so convincing

set off

realized

sold out

thrilled get married

Ⅰ. In each line, circle the word that doesn’t belong. 1. dentist homework relative fool

2. costume breakdown show up oversleep

3. embarrassed exhausted happy lock

4. farmer go off stay up realize

Ⅱ 用所给词的正确形式填空 .

1. He was so (convince) that lots of people beli

eved his words.

2. He killed his enemy and (flee) the country.

3. Jim was very (thrill) because his girlfriend a

greed to marry him.

4. My father said that he had stopped (smoke).

试一试 , 你能行 :

convincing

fled

thrilled

smoking

5. I think the (end) of the story is very funny.

Ⅲ 选择最佳选项 .

( )1. He said that the robber the police station.

A. fled from B. has fleed

C. had fled from D. has fled out

( )2. The boy was exhausted he felt asleep at once.

A. too; to B. so; that C. such; that D. too; so

( )3. On April Fool’s Day people like to play jokes other

people.

A. to B. about C. with D. on

( )4. Last April Fool’s Day, most of his classmates by

him.

A. fooled B. fools C. are fooled D. were fooled

试一试 , 你能行 : ending

C

B

D

D

( )5. It was such an joke that everyone was really

.

A. embarrassing; embarrassed

B. embarrassed; embarrassing

C. embarrassing; embarrassing

D. embarrassed; embarrassed

试一试 , 你能行 :

A

1.Retell the three stories.

2. Finish the exercises.