Book4Unit1laughoutloudUsingLanguage(listening＆speaking)LearningObjectives·learntheexpressionsaboutlaughingbylisteningtothedialogues;·knowaboutAprilFool’sDayandgetsomeinformationabout3practicaljokesinhistory;·

gettoknowsomeexpressionsabouttellingastoryormakingcomments;·shareyourfunnystorywithyourclassmates.Inthisclass,youwillbeableto:Youhaveaprettysmile.smilesmirkjoygrinfacepalmchuckleWhatdotheseemojisaboutlaughtermean?

Doyouknowanyotherwordsaboutlaughter?

giggle:laughfoolishly

tease:makefunofroar/rock

:laughloudlylaughFuntime!Listenandcompletetheconversations.

Whyareyougrinningfrom

1____________?I’vewonafreecinematicket.

Cool!Whatareyougoingtowatch?MyCrazyFamily.Haveyouseenit?

Yes!I

laughedmy

2

_________.You’llenjoyit!A:Whyareyougrinningfromeartoear?B:I’vewonafreecinematicket.A:Cool!Whatareyougoingtowatch?B:MyCrazyFarmily.Haveyouseenit?A:Yes!Ilaughedmyheadoff.You’llenjoyit!TapescriptseartoearheadoffConversation1Ireallydon’tgetHarry.Why?Ishestillnottalkingtoyou?No.Today,hewasall

3___________.Heaskedmetohelphimwiththatwebsiteofhis.Really?Whatdidyousay?Well,Isaidyes.Wealldeserveasecondchance,Iguess.A:Ireallydon’tgetHarry.B:Why?Ishestillnottalkingtoyou?A:Well...Today,hewasallsmilesandaskedmetohelphimwith

thatwebsiteofhis.B:Really?Whatdidyousay?A:Well,Isaidyes.Wealldeserveasecondchance,Iguess.TapescriptssmilesConversation2What’sthematter?Whythelongface?Yesterday,Isteppedonabananaskinandfelloverinfrontofthewholeclass.That’ssofunny!Iwasthe4__________stockoftheclass.Evenmyteachercracked5______________.laughingasmileA:What’sthematter?Whythelongface?B:Yesterday,Isteppedonabananaskinandfelloverinfrontofthewholeclass.A:That’ssofunny!B:I

wasthelaughingstockoftheclass.Evenmyteachercracked

asmile!TapescriptsConversation3laughone’sheadoff

beallsmiles

thelaughingstock

roar/rock/explodewithlaughter

crackasmile

grinfromeartoear

Howdowedescribethesituationineachpicture?

MatchtheexpressionsyouhavecompletedinActivity5totheirmeanings.Whatarethemeaningsoftheseexpressions?laughingstockbeallsmilesgrinfromeartoearcrackasmilelaughone'sheadofflaughingstock笑柄；笑料beallsmiles=beveryhappy/friendly一臉笑意；喜滋滋的smile/grin/beamfromeartoear眉開眼笑；笑得合不攏嘴crackasmile露出笑臉laughone’sheadoff大笑不止；狂笑不已Workingroupsandthinkofmoreexpressionsaboutlaughter.哈哈大笑放聲大笑忍不住大笑為了取樂；作為消遣笑到最后笑到最后的人笑得最開心。agoodlaughburstoutlaughingfallaboutlaughingforlaughshave/getthelastlaughHewholaughslast,laughsbest.giggle;laughfoolishly;grinsmileatsbsmilebitterlysmirksnicker;laughupone’ssleevetease;makefunof傻笑咧著嘴笑朝某人微笑苦笑幸災(zāi)樂禍地笑竊笑取笑Workinpairs.Discussothersituationsinwhichyoucouldusetheseexpressions.grinfromeartoearlaughone’sheadoffbeallsmileslaughingstockcrackasmileDidyouknow?Listentotheradioprogrammeandchoose

thepicturesmentioned.√√√Karen:Hi,I’mKarenandthisis“FunTime”.I’mjoinedtodaybyMarkCllin.Hi,Mark.Mark:Hello!Karen:Asyouknow,todayisthe1stofAprilor,as

wecallit,AprilFool’sDay,andMark’s

heretotellusaboutthreeofthebestpracticaljokesinhistory.Mark:Indeed.Let’sstartwiththeoldestrecordedAprilFool’sjoke,whichtookplace

onthe1stofApril1698.SomepeopleweretoldtogototheTowerofLondonto

watch“thewashingofthelions”.Ofcourse,therewerenolionsattheTower

of

London.Thiswasreportedinanewsletter-similartotoday’s

newspapers-onthe

secondofAprilthatyear.Apparently,thispracticaljokeworkedsowellthatitwas

playedonvisitorsthroughoutthe18thand19thcenturies.Karen:Well,I’dbeprettyannoyedifsomeonedidthattome.OK,let’shearthenextone.Mark:OK.Thisisapracticaljokefrom1965.TheBBCNewsChannelinvitedauniversity

professortotalkabouthisinventioncalled“Smellovision”.Karen:Smell-o-what?Mark:Smellovision!Thiswasatypeofmachinethatallowedsmellstobecarriedoverthe

airwaves.Duringtheinterview,theBBCshowedimagesofpeopleactuallysmelling

aTVscreen!TapescriptsdccKaren:ButIdon’tgetit...Howonearthdidpeopleactuallybelievethattherewassucha

thingas“Smellovision”?Mark:Theprofessordidademonstration.Heplacedcoffeebeansandonionsinsidethe

Smellovisionandaskedpeoplewatchingtheprogrammeathometophonehimif

theycouldsmellanything.Andpeopledid!Somereallybelievedtheycouldsmell

thecoffeebeansandonions.Someevensaidthattheonionsmadetheireyeswater!Karen:Isee...Iguessyoucanconvinceyourselfofanythingifyoureallywantto.Mark:Indeed!Now,myfavouriteone.The“spaghettitree”joke.Karen:Oh,Iknowit!It’sagoodone!Mark:It’sanotherBBCjokeandprobablythemostfamousone.Onthe1stofApril1957,anewsprogrammetoldviewersthatthespaghetitreesinSwitzerlandwerehaving

areallygoodharvest.Theprogrammeevenshowedpeoplepickingspaghetioff

treesandlayingitinthesuntodry.Karen:That’ssofunny!Mark:Manypeoplefellforthejokebecause

spaghettiwasn’tthatcommoninEnglandatthetime.Karen:Icanimagine!TapescriptsaReadandcirclepage9Listenandcompletepage9“thewashingoflions”18thand19thcenturies1965BBCNewsChannelsmellstobecarried1957areallygoodharvestJoke1●

Year:1698●

Mainstory:Anewsletterreportedpeoplegoingto

watch

1________________attheTower

ofLondon.Thejokewasplayedonvisitors

throughoutthe2__________________.“thewashingofthelions”18thand19thcenturiesTapescriptsMark:Indeed.Let’sstartwiththeoldestrecordedAprilFool’sjoke,whichtookplace

onthe1stofApril1698.SomepeopleweretoldtogototheTowerofLondonto

watch

“thewashingofthelions”.Ofcourse,therewerenolionsattheTower

of

London.Thiswasreportedinanewsletter--similartotoday’s

newspapers--onthe

secondofAprilthatyear.Apparently,thispracticaljokeworkedsowellthatitwas

playedonvisitorsthroughoutthe18thand19thcenturies.Joke2●

Year:3________________●

Mainstory:The4

________________introducedaninventioncalled“Smellovision”.

Itallowed5________________over

theairwaves.TapescriptsMark:OK.Thisisapracticaljokefrom1965.TheBBCNewsChannelinvitedauniversity

professortotalkabouthisinventioncalled“Smellovision”.Karen:Smell-o-what?Mark:Smellovision!Thiswasatypeofmachinethatallowedsmellstobecarriedoverthe

airwaves.Duringtheinterview,theBBCshowedimagesofpeopleactuallysmelling

aTVscreen!Karen:ButIdon’tgetit...Howonearthdidpeopleactuallybelievethattherewassucha

thingas“Smellovision”?Mark:Theprofessordidademonstration.Heplacedcoffeebeansandonionsinsidethe

Smellovisionandaskedpeoplewatchingtheprogrammeathometophonehimif

theycouldsmellanything.Andpeopledid!Somereallybelievedtheycouldsmell

thecoffeebeansandonions.Someevensaidthattheonionsmadetheireyeswater!Karen:Isee...Iguessyoucanconvinceyourselfofanythingifyoureallywantto.1965TheBBCNewsChannelsmellstobecarriedJoke3●

Year:

6

________________●

Mainstory:Anewsprogrammetoldviewersthat

thespaghettitreesinSwitzerlandwerehaving

7

_______________________.TapescriptsMark:Indeed!Now,myfavouriteone.The“spaghettitree”joke.Karen:Oh,Iknowit!It’sagoodone!Mark:It’sanotherBBCjokeandprobablythemostfamousone.Onthe1stofApril1957,anewsprogrammetoldviewersthatthespaghetitreesinSwitzerlandwerehaving

areallygoodharvest.Theprogrammeevenshowedpeoplepickingspaghetioff

treesandlayingitinthesuntodry.Karen:That’ssofunny!Mark:Manypeoplefellforthejokebecause

spaghettiwasn’tthatcommoninEnglandatthetime.Karen:Icanimagine!1957areallygoodharvestCompletetheboxeswithexpressionsfromthe

radioprogramme.?

Let’sstartwith…

?It’sagoodone!?Idon’tgetit.

?That’ssofunny!?Now,myfavourite

one...

?Icanimagine!Let’sstartwith…Now,myfavourite

one...It’sagoodone!Idon’tgetit.

That’ssofunny!Icanimagine!Discussion:

Whichofthe

practicaljokesdoyouthinkisfunny?Canyouthinkofabetterpracticaljoke?shareandcommentTellafunnystoryandmakecommentsusingtheexpressionswe’velearnt.Forexample,StudentA:Lastyearon1st,April,whenIgottotheclass,IfoundIwasactuallyinthethirdclass.Myroommatehadsetmyalarmanhourback!StudentB:Oh,that’ssofunny.ButifIwereyouIwouldbealittleangry.EvaluationForm(評價(jià)表)Standards(標(biāo)準(zhǔn))CheckDidheusethewordsinthisclass?Yes

NoDidhespeakactively?YesNoDidheuseeyecontactorbodylanguagetohelphim?YesNoIsthestoryhetellsvivdandinteresting?YesNoFurtherefforts

Justso-so

Good

PerfectLanguagefocus1.___________(apparent),thispracticaljokeworked______well______itwasplayed______visitorsthroughoutthe18thand19thcenturies.2.Thiswasaty