Unit

12

Life

is

full

of

the

unexpectedSection

B&1&

fool的用法

【教材原文】Dave，Nick

and

Joe

are

talking

about

April

Fool's

Day.戴夫、尼克和喬正在談?wù)撚奕斯?jié)。

fool作名詞，意為“蠢人；傻瓜”，是可數(shù)名詞，其復(fù)數(shù)形式為fools。make

a

fool

of意為“欺騙；愚弄；捉弄”。例如：

Don't

make

a

fool

of

the

boy.不要捉弄那個男孩。【拓展】fool作動詞，意為“愚弄；欺騙”。【對點(diǎn)練】

The

teacher

has

told

the

students

how

to

protect

themselves

from

being

_______（fool）

and

cheated.fooled&2&

embarrassing的用法

【教材原文】the

most

embarrassing

joke最使人尷尬的玩笑

embarrassing意為“使人尷尬的（難堪的或慚愧的）”，通常用于描述某件事或某種情況；embarrassed意為“窘迫的；害羞的”，通常用于描述人的感受。【拓展】類似這種用法的詞還有surprised/surprising，excited/exciting，relaxed/relaxing等。【對點(diǎn)練】

The

questions

the

reporter

asked

sometimes

were

_____________

and

they

made

me

____________.（embarrass）embarrassingembarrassed&3&

sell

out的用法

【教材原文】By

the

time

people

realized

that

the

story

was

a

hoax，all

of

the

spaghetti

across

the

country

had

been

sold

out.當(dāng)人們意識到這個故事只是一個惡作劇的時候，整個國家的意大利面都賣光了。

sell

out意為“賣完；售光”，主語通常是物，常用被動形式be

sold

out，意為“某物被賣光了”。sell

out

of意為“賣光”，主語通常是人，表示“某人賣光了某物”。例如：

The

tickets

to

the

concert

were

sold

out

several

weeks

ago.這場音樂會的門票幾周前就售完了。

Sorry，sir，we

have

sold

out

of

the

shirts

in

your

size.對不起，先生，適合您尺碼的襯衫我們已經(jīng)賣光了。【對點(diǎn)練】

當(dāng)我們到達(dá)書店時，他們已經(jīng)賣光了《簡·愛》這本書。By

the

time

we

arrived

at

the

bookstore，they

_____

_____

____

Jane

Eyre.hadsoldout&4&

discovery的用法

【教材原文】In

another

famous

trick

a

TV

show

in

England

reported

the

discovery

of

special

water.在另一個著名的惡作劇里，英國的一個電視節(jié)目報道了一種特殊的水的發(fā)現(xiàn)。

discovery作名詞，意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)；發(fā)覺”。其動詞形式為discover。【對點(diǎn)練】

The

scientist's

_________（discover）

has

saved

millions

of

lives

across

the

world.discovery&5&

end

up的用法

【教材原文】Many

April

Fool's

jokes

may

end

up

being

not

very

funny.許多愚人節(jié)玩笑的結(jié)局并不是那么有趣。

end

up意為“最終成為;最后處于”,后常跟介詞短語、動詞-ing

形式等作賓語。end

up

（doing）

sth.以（做）某事結(jié)束；end

up

with

sth.以……結(jié)束。例如：

The

party

ended

up

with

her

singing.晚會以她的歌唱而告終。

The

party

ended

up

singing.晚會以唱歌而結(jié)束。【對點(diǎn)練】

剛開始他們用英語討論，最后卻說起了中文。At

first,they

discussed

in

English,but

at

last

_______

____

speaking

Chinese.endedup&6&

run

out

of的用法

【教材原文】Why

did

the

supermarkets

run

out

of

spaghetti

one

April

Fool's

Day？為什么有一年的愚人節(jié)超市的意大利面條賣斷了貨？

run

out

of為固定短語，意為“用盡；耗盡”，同義短語為use

up。例如：

We

have

run

out

of

our

paper.我們的紙用完了。【拓展】run

out

of還有“從（某處）流出/跑出”的意思。例如：He

ran

out

of

the

room.他跑出了房間。【對點(diǎn)練】

他的錢已經(jīng)用完了。He

has

_____

____

___

his

money.runoutof&7&

believable的用法

【教材原文】Which

of

these

stories

is

the

most

believable？這些故事中哪一個是最可信的？

believable作形容詞，意為“可相信的；可信任的”。其動詞形式為believe，意為“相信”；其反義詞為unbelievable，意為“難以置信的”。【對點(diǎn)練】

It

is

____________（believe）

that

AI

has

progressed

in

such

a

rapid

way

in

the

past

few

years.unbelievableⅠ.請根據(jù)課本2b完成思維導(dǎo)圖。1._________sold

out2.___________lose

weight3._________canceled4._______spread5.______truthⅡ.請根據(jù)課本2b完成短文填空。

April

Fool's

Day

which

happens

on

April

1st

is

a

day

when

people

play

jokes

and

tricks

on

each

other.

One

April

Fool's

Day,a

reporter

in

England

announced

that

there

would

be

no

more

spaghetti

because

the

spaghetti

farmers

had

stopped

6.

.

spaghetti.Many

people

ran

to

supermarkets

to

buy

as

7.

.

spaghetti

as

possible.But

it

was

a

hoax.In

another

famous

trick,a

TV

show

in

England

reported

growingmuchthe

discovery

of

a

special

kind

of

water

which

could

help

people

8.

.

weight.By

the

end

of

the

day

over

10,000

people

had

called

the

TV

station

to

find

9.

.

how

to

get

this

water.

A

famous

TV

star

once

invited

his

girlfriend

onto

his

show

10.

.

April

Fool's

Day.He

asked

11.

.

to

marry

him.12.

.,when

the

girl

agreed

in

excitement,he

just

said,“April

Fool!”

As

a

13.

.,the

TV

star

lost

both

his

girlfriend

and

his

show.loseoutonherHoweverresult

Once

actor

Orson