Section A (2a-Self Check)Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected. 学习目标 Key words & phrases: announce, hoax, sell out, discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable, disappear, embarrassing Key sentence: April Fools Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. Lead inApril Fool's DayThe teacher asks you to go to her office. You fail the English test. ?PresentationHave you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day? Have you ever been fooled by others? Tell your story to your partner....2aRead the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.Paragraph 1 One of the most famous tricks playedParagraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s DayParagraph 3 An introduction to April Fool’s DayParagraph 4 A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day2bUSING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGECarefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.April Fool’s Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 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 supermarkets tobuy 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. In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. They said this water would help people...
