Unit 6 By the time I got outside,
the bus had already left.
SECTION B
1a Put these words in the correct columns
in the chart.
(Some words can go in more than one column.)
fool costume
go off
get dressed
show up change
exhausted invite embarrassed
get up empty realize clock stay up
1b PAIRWORK
Tell your partner about something
that happened to you recently.
Use two or more words from the list above.
Last Friday night my friend invited me to his brithday party.
On Saturday,I got up late and...
2a Dave, Nick, and Joe are talking about April Fool's Day.
Listen and write each person's name under the correct picture.
Have you ever been an April Fool, Dave?
Yes, I have.
A friend once invited me to a costume party.
When I got there,I found that he had fooled me.
It wasn't a costume party.
I was the only person wearing a costume.
I was really embarrassed.
How about you, Nick?
Well,last April Fool's Day,
when my alarm went off I got up,took a shower,
got dressed, and went to school.
But when I got there,the school was empty.
I was the only one there.
After an hour, the other kids showed up,
and I realized that my brother had fooled me.
He had? Uh-huh.
He had changed the clock to an hour earlier.
What happened to you on April Fool's Day, Joe?
Well, I was sick last April first.
My friend called me and told me
we had a math test the next day.
By the time I got to math class,
I was exhausted because I had stayed up all night studying.
Then I found out that my friend had fooled me.
We didn't have a test at all!
2b Listen again.
Who says each of the phrases below?
Write "D"(for Dave), "N"(for Nick) and "J"(for Joe).
2c GROUPWORK
Tell the April Fool's Day stories.
Use the information from 2a and 2b.
What happened to Dave on April Fool's Day?
Well,a friend invited him to a costume party...
3a Which of these stories is the most believable
Why? Which is the least believable? Why?
Would you be fooled by any of the stories?
In 1938,a radio program by actor Orson Welles
announced that aliens from Mars had landed on the Earth.
He described where they had landed,
and told how they were moving
across the United States.
Welles was so convincing
that hundreds of people believed the story,
and panic set off across the whole country.
By the time the authorities revealed
that the story was a hoax,
thousands of people had fled from their homes.
One April Fool's Day,
a reporter in England announced,
that there would be no more spaghetti
because the spaghetti farmers in Italy
had stopped growing spaghetti.
Many people ran to their local supermarket
to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
By the time people realized
that the story was a hoax,
all of the spaghetti across the country
had been sold out.
A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend
onto his show on April Fool's Day.
He asked her to marry him.
She was thrilled,
because she really wanted to get married.
However, when she said "Yes",he replied,
"April Fool!"
That little joke didn't have a very happy ending
The TV star lost both his girlfriend
and his show.
3b Write a magazine story about Nick in 2a and 2b.
Use the notes below.
3c Write about a joke you played on someone
or a joke someone played on you.
Tell what happened first,
what happened next,and what you realized.
4 Can you Believe It?
Tell your funny story from 3c to the class.
The class will vote for the:
a.funniest joke
b.most embarrassing joke
c.most creative joke
What's your joke?
Well,last year,on the first day of school,
my sister put a piece of paper on my back
that said "Please say hello."
All day at school ...
v. 欺骗,哄骗,愚弄
n. 愚弄人,恶作剧