Period 3 Section B 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c

Put the words in the correct columns in the chart.

Nouns (people, places, things)

Verbs

(action words)

Adjectives (words that describe)

fool fool embarrassed

costume costume

go off

get dressed

show up

change

change

exhausted

invite

get up

empty

realizeempty

clock

clock stay up

Can you find it?

• Words which are both n. and v.

• Words which are both v. and adj.

• Words which are both adj. and adv.

dress guide work name telephone

empty clean

late hard wide deep

long

Speaking

• Make a conversation with your partner about the things that happened recently. Use the words or phrases from the list above.

• E.g.• We cleaned our house last Sunday. My

mother emptied a room to put things away, but my father did not show up until the afternoon. My mother and I were exhausted.

costume party

What are they doing ?

embarrassed

What does he feel?

When is April Fools’ Day?

What do people usually do on April Fools’ Day?trick people fool sb. play jokes on sb.

Do you fool people during April Fool’s day? If yes, how do you fool them?

Turn old in one minute!

Take it easy!

2a. Dave, Nick, and Joe are talking about April Fools’ Day. Listen and name them.

Joe

NickDave

1. ___ a costume party

2. ___ my alarm went off

3. ___ stayed up all night

4. ___ was exhausted

5. ___ really embarrassed

6. ___ the other kids showed up

2b. Listen again. Who says each of the phrases below?

D

N

J

J

D

N

D=DaveN=NickJ=Joe

What happened to them on April Fool’s day?

Dave

Nick

Joe

exhausted

He was invited to a costume party.

When he got there, he found he was

the only person wearing a costume.

He went to school an hour earlier than

usual because his brother changed his

clock to an hour earlier.

He stayed up all night studying because his friend told him that they had a math test the next day.

Pair workPair work

A: What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day?B: Well, a friend invited him to a costume party. He was the only one wearing a costume and he felt embarrassed.

Tell the April Fool’s Day stories with your partners. Use the information in the form above.

What happened to Nick on April fool’s Day?

He got up after the alarm went off. Then he went to school. But he found the school was empty. Later he knew that his brother changed the clock to an hour earlier.

A:

B:

A: What happened to Nick on April fool’s

Day?

B: His friend told him they had a math test the next day. So he stayed up all night studying, and he was exhausted. Thenhe found out that his friend had fooled him.

1 ． What happened to David on April Fool's Day?

（ 1 ） happen =take place( 尤指偶然 ) 发生，出现 You’ll never guess what has happened.

你根本猜不到出了什么事。 What happens if nobody comes to the party?

要是没有人来参加聚会，那会怎么样呢？ happen to 碰巧做，恰好是 She happened to be out when we called.

我们打电话的时候她恰好出去。

Language points

happen to sb. / sth. 遭到，遇到I hope nothing has happened to them. 我希望他们没出事。It’s the best thing that has happened to me. 这是我所遇到的最好的事。

2 、西方节日小结• 情人节 (2 月 14 日 )-----ST.VALENTINE'S DAY (VALEN

TINE'S DAY) • 狂欢节（巴西，二月中、下旬 )-----CARNIVAL • 愚人节 (4 月 1 日 )-----April FOOL'S DAY • 复活节 ( 春分月圆后第一个星期日 )-----EASTER • 母亲节 (5 月的第二个星期日 )-----MOTHER'S DAY• 父亲节 (6 月的第三个星期日 )-----FATHER'S DAY • 鬼节 ( 万圣节除夕， 10 月 31 日夜 )-----HALLOWEEN • 万圣节 (11 月 1 日 )-----HALLOWMAS • 感恩节 ( 美国， 11 月最后一个星期 4)-----THANKSGIVIN

G • 圣诞除夕 (12 月 24 日 )-----CHRISTMAS EVE • 圣诞节 (12 月 25 日 )-----CHRISTMAS DAD

Group workGroup work

What happened to them ?

Classmate 1

Classmate 2

Classmate 1

Do a survey in your group. Interview your classmates what happened to them on April Fool’s Day. And then make a report.

1. invite ..to 2. stay up3. be exhausted4. April Fool’s Day5. costume party6. go off7. be embarrassed 8. show up 9. take a shower 10.get dressed11.find out

.

expressio

ns1 、邀请某人去某处

2 、熬夜3 、筋疲力尽4 、愚人节5 、化妆舞会6 、（闹钟）大声响7 、尴尬8 、出席，露面9 、洗澡10 、穿衣服11 、发现

.

愚人节的由来

April Fools' Day is a day to play jokes on others, No one knows how this holiday began but people think it first started in France. 　 In the 16th. century, people celebrated New Year's Day from March 25 to April 1. In the mid—1560s King Charles IX changed it from March 25 to January 1. But some people still celebrated it on Apri1,____1_____.

Each country celebrates April Fools' Day differently. ___2___.They stick a paper fish to their friends' backs to fool them. When he or she finds this , they shout “April Fish!”

In England, people play jokes only in the morning. You are a “noodle”( 旧 傻瓜 ) if someone fools you. In Scotland, April Fool’s Day is 48 hours long. They call an April Fool “April Gowk”. _____3____.

In America, people play small jokes on their friends and any other people on the first of April. They may point down to your shoe and say, “__4__.” If you believe them and look down to see, you are an April Fool then.

A. In France, people call the April Fools “April Fish”.B. Gowk is another name for a cuckoo bird.C. Your shoelace is untiedD. so others called them April Fools

Keys: DABC