Lesson16TheBearEscaped!保定市第二十四中学段凤英WhatdoyouknowaboutAprilFools’Day?AprilFools'DayisintheWesternworldonApril1everyyear,sometimesreferredtoasAllFools'Day.April1isnotanationalholiday,butiswidelycelebratedinmanycountriesasadaywhenpeopleplayjokesonfriends,familymembers,teachers,neighbours,workassociates,etc.InItaly,France,BelgiumandCanada,childrenandadultstraditionallystickpaperfishoneachother'sbackasatrickandshout"Aprilfish!"IntheUK,anAprilfooljokeisrevealed(揭示)byshouting"Aprilfool!"attherecipient(接受者),whobecomesthe"Aprilfool".Traditionally,insomecountriessuchasNewZealand,theUK,Australia,andSouthAfrica,thejokesonlylastuntilnoon.Apersonplayingajokeaftermiddayisthe"Aprilfool"themselves.Butothercountries,suchasinFrance,Ireland,Italy,SouthKorea,Japan,Russia,TheNetherlands,Germany,Brazil,Canada,andtheU.S.,thejokeslastallday.AboutAprilFools’Day1.WhenisAprilFools’Day?2.Whatdopeopledoonthatday?3.WhatdoCanadianpeopletraditionallydoonAprilFools’day?4.WhatdopeopleintheUKshoutattherecipient?5.HowlongdothejokeslastintheU.S.?AboutAprilFools’DayAprilFools'DayisintheWesternworldonApril1everyyear,sometimesreferredtoasAllFools'Day.April1isnotanationalholiday,butiswidelycelebratedinmanycountriesasadaywhenpeopleplayjokesonfriends,familymembers,teachers,neighbours,workassociates,etc.AboutAprilFools’Day1.WhenisAprilFools’Day?2.Whatdopeopledoonthatday?InItaly,France,BelgiumandCanada,childrenandadultstraditionallystickpaperfishoneachother'sbackasatrickandshout"Aprilfish!"IntheUK,anAprilfooljokeisrevealed(揭示)byshouting"Aprilfool!"attherecipient(接受者),whobecomesthe"Aprilfool".Traditionally,insomecountriessuchasNewZealand,theUK,Australia,andSouthAfrica,thejokesonlylastuntilnoon.Apersonplayingajokeaftermiddayisthe"Aprilfool"themselves.Butothercountries,suchasinFrance,Ireland,Italy,SouthKorea,Japan,Russia,TheNetherlands,Germany,Brazil,Canada,andtheU.S.,thejokeslastallday.AboutAprilFools’Day3.WhatdoCanadianpeopletraditionallydoonAprilFools’day?4.WhatdopeopleintheUKshoutattherecipient?5.HowlongdothejokeslastintheU.S.?Canadianpeopletraditionallystickpaperfishoneachother’sbackasatrickandshout“Aprilfish!”Theyshout“Aprilfool!”JokeslastalldayintheU.S.acageThemonkeydoesn’tliketoliveinthecage.Itwantstoescapefromit.Lions,tigers,bearsandwolvesarenotgentleanimals.Theyareveryfierce.Don’tbeafraid.Iwillprotectyouwhenyouareindanger.“Iwanttobeapersonwhoisusefulandhelpfulforourpeopleandourcountry.Ifthisisafool,I’mwillingtobesuchafool.”FromLeiFeng’sdiary---Hi,Steven.Jackiswaitingforyouatthegate.---You’rejoking,aren’tyou?JackhasgonetoLondon.Hewon’tbebackuntilnextSaturday.ThinkingQuestions1.Whatwouldyoufeelifabearescapedfromthezoo?2.Whatwouldyoudo?Iwouldfeel……Iwould……Listenandanswerthequestions.1.Whatescapedfromthezoo?2.DoesDannyhaveanydonutstoday?Abearescapedfromthezoo.No,hedoesn’thaveanydonutstoday.Readandanswerthequestions.1.WhodoJennyandBrianplayajokeon?2.WhatisDannydoingwhentheyfindhim?3.WhatisDanny’sfeelingwhenhefirsthearsabearescapedfromthezoo?4.WhatdoesDannysayafterherealizesitisajoke?TheyplayajokeonDanny.Hesays,“Hey……Waitaminute.Whyareyoulaughing?You’rejoking,aren’tyou?”Heisexcited.Heissleeping.Readthelessonagainandfillintheblankstocompletethestory.TodaywasAprilFools’Day.JennyandBrianwantedtoplayatrickonDanny.Dannywassleepingintheclassroom.JennyandBrianhimu...
