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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,2018/12/4,#,Warm up,Do you know the history,of April Fools Day?,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.,April Fools Day,=April Fools Day,=,All Fools Day,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.,愚人节也称也称万愚节。一种说法认为这一习俗源自印度的,“,诠俚节,”,。该节规定，每年三月三十一日的节日这天，不分男女老幼，可以互开玩笑、互相愚弄欺骗以换得娱乐。另一种较普遍的说法是起源于法国。,1564,年，法国首先采用新改革的纪年法,格里历,(,即目前通用的阳历,),，以一月一日为一年的开端，改变了过去以四月一日作为新年开端的历法。新历法推行过程中，一些因循守旧的人反对这种改革仍沿袭旧历，拒绝更新。他们依旧在四月一日这天互赠礼物，组织庆祝新年的活动。主张改革的人对这些守旧者的做法大加嘲弄。聪明滑稽的人在四月一日这天给顽固派赠送假礼物，邀请他们参加假庆祝会，并把这些受愚弄的人称为,“,四月傻瓜,”,或,“,上钩之鱼,”,。所以每年四月一日，是西方的民间传统节日,愚人节。,愚人节贺卡,参加鱼宴的帖，通常是用纸板做成的彩色小,鱼。餐桌用绿、白两色装饰起来中间放上,鱼缸和小巧玲珑的钓鱼竿，每个钓竿上系一,条绿色飘带，挂着送给客人的礼物,或是,鱼形工艺品，或是一个装满糖果的鱼篮子。,愚人节习俗,-,4,月,1,日的鱼宴,不言而喻，鱼宴上所有的菜都是用鱼做,成。宴会上,主人端上以鱼为原料精心,烹制的菜肴，煎炸烤烧，应有尽有。根,据传统风俗，主人往往在宴会上给客人,们做假菜，这种假菜宴更增添了轻松欢,快的节日气氛。宴会结束后，主人以糖,果招待客人，不过，糖果不是放在果盘,中，而是放在药盒里。,愚人节的象征,黄水仙是愚人节的象征。愚人节时，人们常,常组织家庭聚会，用水仙花和雏菊把房间装饰一,新。典型的传统做法是布置假环境，可以把房间,布置得象过圣诞节一样。,也可以布置得象过新,年一样，待客人来时，,则祝贺他们“圣诞快乐”,或“新年快乐”，令人感,到别致有趣。,How to celebrate April Fools Day?,愚人节怎么过呢,？,在愚人节基本,上不是整别人,就是被人整,!,愚人节恶作剧,(tricks),最著名的玩笑,1957,年,4,月,1,日英国,BBC,播出了这样一条,消息：多亏刚过去的温和冬天有效的,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？,BBC,：意大利面条树大丰收,1998,年,4,月,1,日，麻省理工学院（,MIT,）的主页上发布了一则,爆炸性的消息,：华纳迪士尼公司将以建立,69,亿美元的奖学金信托基金的形式买下这所声名显赫的大学。新闻图片上，,MIT,著名的大圆顶配上了一对米奇的大耳朵。校园将迁往佛罗里达奥兰多市的迪士尼乐园，并将更名为“迪士尼理工学院”。,（,Disney Institute of Technology,）,最欢乐的玩笑,麻省理工学院易主迪士尼,最友爱的玩笑,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,，里面讲述了阿德利企鹅飞翔的故事，这个飞翔的企鹅的视频成了互联网上观看最多的视频之一。解说员特瑞琼斯解释说，这些企鹅不是挤在一起忍受冬天的严寒，而是飞去几千里以外的南美洲热带雨林享受热带温暖的阳光。,BBC,：飞翔的企鹅,最实用的玩笑,呀！你,鞋带,散啦！,你的鞋带散了！,愚人节,-,愚人不过,12,点,愚人节这天玩笑只能开到中午,12,点之前，这是约定俗,成的严格,规矩,。过了中午还找乐子的人是一个比被他,取笑的人还大的傻瓜。过了钟点还开玩笑的人会立刻,碰钉子，自找没趣儿。有一首小诗是这样描述的：,愚人节已过十二点，你这个傻瓜来得晚。待到来年愚人节，你将是个大笨蛋,!,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 stay up,Nouns,(people,places,things,）,Verbs,(action words),Adjectives,(description words),fool,fool,embarrassed,invite,go off,call,get dressed,show up,realize,change,stay up,costume,call,change,clock,empty,tired,1c Dave,Nick and Joe are talking,about April Fools Day.Listen and,write each persons name under,the correct picture.,Dave,Joe,Nick,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 o,3._ stayed up all night,4._ was tired,5._ really embarrassed,6._ the other kids showed up,D,N,J,J,D,N,2a,Have you ever played jokes on others,especially on Aril Fools Day?Have,you ever been fooled by others?Tell,your story to your partner.,Practice,USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE,Carefully reading the rst sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.,2b Read the passage quickly.Then match each paragraph with the main,idea.,Paragraph 1,The most famous trick played,Paragraph 2,Examples of funny stories that,happened on April Fools Day,Paragraph 3,An introduction to April,Fools Day,Paragraph 4,A sad story that happened on,April Fools Day,2c Read the passage again and answer,the questions.,Why did the supermarkets run out of,spaghetti one April Fools Day?,Because a reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.,What did the TV show say that the special water could do?,It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.,Why did the TV stars joke have a bad ending?,Because,he lost both his girlfriend and his show.,4.When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth?,It was in October 1938.,5.Why did so many people believe Orson Welles?,Because,Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.,Which of these stories is the most believable?,Which is the least believable?Why?,I think,Because,Would you be fooled by any of these stories?,Yes,I would.Because,No,I wouldnt.Because,2d Fill in the blanks with the correct,forms of the verbs in brackets.,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).,appeared,rushed,found out,had disappeared,写作指导：常见的表达句型：,My lucky/unlucky day,I will always remember the date,Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story to a partner or the class.,Writing,3b,This was the luckiest/unluckiest day of,my life,When I woke up that morning,Later that day
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