七下unit12sectionA1b翻译

have 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.

你曾经捉弄过别人吗，特别是在愚人节这天?你曾经被别人捉弄过吗?向你的同伴讲述你的故事。

read the passage quickly.then match each paragraph with the main idea. 快速阅读文章。然后把每一段和中心意思搭配起来。 paragraph 1 the most famous trick played 第一段最著名的恶作剧

paragraph 2 examples of funny stories that happened on april fool's day 第二段发生在愚人节的有趣的故事的例子

paragraph 3 an introduction to april fool's day 第三段愚人节的介绍

paragraph 4 a sad story that happened on april fool's day 第四段发生在愚人节的一个伤心的故事 using background knowledge 运用背景知识

carefully 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. 认真阅读每一段的第一句可以激活你自己对于这一话题的知识，并且帮助你猜测整篇文章的内容。

april fool's day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. it happens on april lst every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.

愚人节是一个在世界各地不同国家里都庆祝的活动。它是在每年的4月1日，在这一天许多人互相做各种各样的恶作剧和开各种各样的玩笑。

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 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. in another famous trick a tv show in england reported the discovery of special water. they said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. by the end of the day,more than l0, people had phoned the tv station to find out how to get this water. 有一年愚人节，一位英国记者宣布将不再有意大利面条了，因为意大利的(从事)意大利面条(种植)的农民已经停止种植意大利面了。许多人跑去当地的超市尽可能多地买意大利面条。当人们意识到这个故事是一个时，全国所有的意大利面条都已经卖光了。另一个著名的恶作剧是，英国一个电视节目报道发现了一种特别的水。他们说这种水能帮助人们减肥，一位顾客仅在四个月之内就减了很多重量。到那天结束时，为了查明怎样得到这种水，已经有一万多人给电视台打电话。

many april fool's jokes may end up being not very funny. a famous tv star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on april fool's day. he asked her to marry hi the lady was so happy 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 his girlfriend and his show was canceled.

许多愚人节玩笑结局并非十分好玩。一位著名的电视明星曾经在愚人节那天邀请她的女朋友参加他的演出。他请求她嫁给他。这位女士很高兴，因为她真的很想结婚。然而当她答应他的求婚时，他却回答说：“愚人节，傻瓜!”那个小小的

笑话并没一个十分欢乐的结局。那个电视明星丧失了他的女朋友，而且他的节目也被中止了。

one of the world's most famous tricks,however,happened in october rather than in april. in that month in , actor orson wells announced on his radio program 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 made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. by the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax,thousands of people had left their homes.

然而，世界上最知名的欺骗人的笑话存有一个就是出现，而不是在四月。在年的那个月，演员奥森·韦尔斯通过他的广播节目正式宣布从火星去的外星人已经在地球上

降落。他叙述了他们在哪里降落，并且讲诉了他们如何横越美国。韦尔斯并使它听到出来如此真实以至于数以百计的人都坚信这个故事，并且举国上下一片恐慌。当警官正式宣布这个故事就是一个时，数千人已经离开了他们的家园。 read the passage again and answer the questions. 再读一遍文章，提问问题。

1.why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one april fool's day? 在一个愚人节为什么超市卖光了意大利面条?

2.what did the tv show say the special water could do? 电视节目说道这种特定的水能搞什么?

3.why did the tv star's joke have a bad ending? 为什么那个电视明星的恶作剧存有一个不好的结局?

4.when did orson welles tell people about aliens from mars landing on the earth?

奥森·韦尔斯什么时候说人们源自火星的外星人在地球上降落的? 5.why clicl so many people believe orson welles? 为什么这么多人坚信奥森·韦尔斯?

6.which of these stories is the most believable? which is the least believable? why?

这些故事中哪一个就是最可靠?哪一个就是最不容信的?为什么? 7，would you be fooled by any of these stories? 你被这几个故事中任何一个欺骗了吗?

fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in hrackets. 用括号内所给动词的恰当形式填空题。

1.after the spaghetti story_____(appear) in the news，everyone_____(rush)to the supermarkets.

当意大利面条的故事在新闻中发生之后，大家都拉到了超市。

2.by the time people_____(find out) the story was not true，all the spaghetti in_the supermarkets_____(disappear)

当人们辨认出这个故事不是真的的时候，逊于市里所有的意大利面条已经不见踪影了。 3.by the time the day____(end)，more than 10， people_____(call) the tv station to ask about the special water.

当那天完结时，一万多人给电视台打电话查问这种特定的水。

4.by the time the show_____(end)，the tv star_____(lose) his girlfriend. 当节目完结时，那位电视明星皇羔圭了他的女朋友。

5，by the time police officers_____(tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people_____(run away) from their homes.

当警官说全国的人们这个故事就是一个时，许多人已经逃出了他们的家园。 tell your funny story from 2a to the class. the class will vote for: 把你在2a中的有意思的故事说你的同学们。同学们将投票挑选出： a.the funniest joke 最有意思的笑话

b.the most embarrassing joke 最令人沮丧的笑话 c.the most creative joke 最存有创意设计的笑话 a:what's your story? 你的故事就是什么?

b: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 morning at school... 嗯，去年，在开学的第一天，我姐姐在我的后背上张贴了一张纸务，上面写下着：“恳请说道你好。”在学校整个早上……