Step2. Leading in. Show students a short video. Let Ss guess what festival it is. (April Fool’s Day) Ask students: Do you know other famous stories about April Fool’s Day? Let’s go to the passage.

Step3. Fast reading. Let students look through the whole passage, and match the main idea with each paragraph with given sentences. Then, check the answers.

Step4. Careful reading.

Let the students read the first paragraph aloud, and underline the phrases on the screen.

1.愚人节 2.发生 3.世界各地 4.开某人玩笑(1.April Fool’s Day 2. take place 3. around the world 4. play tricks/jokes on sb.)

Let the students read the second paragraph, finish the following tasks. Ⅰ. Answer the questions in 2c.

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?

Ⅱ. Find the difficult sentences and finish the exercises.

1.Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.

as adj./adv. as sb. can = as adj./adv. as possible

exercise: translate the sentence请尽可能快地回答我的问题。

2. By the time people realize that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.

by the time /by the time of 到…的时候，常与过去完成时态连用

sell out 售罄，卖光 be sold out 被卖完

Ⅲ. Fill in the blanks in 2d.

1. 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).

3. By the time the day ______ (end), more than 10,000 people _________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water.

Let students read the third paragraph aloud , finish the following tasks. Ⅰ. answer the question in 2c.

Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending?

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks in 2d.

4.By the time the show _____ (end), the TV star ________ (lose) his girlfriend.

Ⅲ. Find the difficult sentences and finish the exercises.

1.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

exercise: Fill the blank: If you don’t know what you want, you might end up (get) something you don’t want.

2. The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.

marry 结婚 get married (to) 跟…结婚

be married (to) 跟…结婚,动作可延续

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教材

Unit 1 How can we become good learners?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3b

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 3 Could you tell me where the restrooms are?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3b

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2f

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 5 What are the shirts made of?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 6 When was it invented?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 8 It must belong to Carla.

Section A 1a—1c

Section A 2a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 10 You are suppoed to shake hands.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 11 Sad movies made me cry.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4b

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 13 We're trying to save the earth!

Section A 1a—1c

教材

Unit 1 How can we become good learners?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3b

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 3 Could you tell me where the restrooms are?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3b

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—3b Self check

Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2f

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 5 What are the shirts made of?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 6 When was it invented?

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 7 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 8 It must belong to Carla.

Section A 1a—1c

Section A 2a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 9 I like music that I can dance to.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 10 You are suppoed to shake hands.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4c

Section B 1a—1d

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 11 Sad movies made me cry.

Section A 1a—2d

Section A 3a—3c

Section A Grammar focus 4a—4b

Section B 1a—1e

Section B 2a—2e

Section B 3a—3b Self check

Unit 13 We're trying to save the earth!

Section A 1a—1c

Section A 2a—2d

Section A 3a—3b