人教版九年级英语下册 （Life is full of unexpected）SectionB 课件(第1课时).pptx

Section B 第1课时;;Lead in;In 16th-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April First. It was celebrated in much the same way as it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of the night. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January First. There were some people, however, who hadnt heard or didnt believe the change in the date, so they continued to celebrate New Years Day on April First. Others played tricks on them and called them April fools. ;1a Put these words in the correct columns in the chart.Some words can go in more than one column.;e.g. He felt embarrassed because he wore the wrong clothes at the party. 因为他在聚会上穿错衣服，他感到很尴尬。 embarrass 动词，意为“使窘迫”。 embarrassing形容词，意为“使人尴尬的，令人为难的”。 辨析embarrassing与embarrassed： embarrassed常用于描述人，通常作表语。 embarrassing常用于描述事物，作定语或表语。 ;1b Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently.Use two or more words in 1a.;1c Dave，Nick and Joe are talking about April Fools Day. Listen and write each persons name under the correct picture.;1d Listen again .Who says each of the phrases below？Write D for Dave，N for Nick and J for Joe.;Conversation Nick: Has someone ever tricked you on April Fool’s Day, Dave?Dave: Yes. A friend once invited me to a costume party. When I got there, I found that it wasn’t a costume party. I was the only person wearing a costume, and I was really embarrassed. How about you, Nick? 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. Dave: He had?Nick: Uh-huh. He had changed the clock to an hour earlier. What about you, Joe? What happened to you on April Fool’s Day? Joe: Well, my friend called me on March 31st last year and told me we had a math test the next day. By the time I got t