Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
The Fourth Period Section B 2a-2e

【Teaching aims】
一、(1)听、说、读、写以下词汇：discovery, lady, officer
    (2) 了解以下词或词组的含义： announce, spaghetti, hoax, sell out
二、通过学习，口、笔头掌握下列句型：
1. One April Fools Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
2. By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.【版权所有：】
3. By the end of the day, more than 10,000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.21**com
4. By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes.www.21-cn-jy.com
三、通过阅读训练，培养学生获取信息的能力，巩固句型、扩大词汇量。
四、了解西方国家愚人节发生的事情，理智地分析所发生的事件。
Difficulties：培养学生获取信息的能力。
【Teaching steps】
 Warm-up and revision（课堂热身和复习）
1. Pair work:
A: Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool's Day?