老师：Hello, everyone. I'm Chen Fang from Liang Xiang High School, affiliated to Beijing Normal University. In this lesson, we will learn Unit 1, laugh out loud, will learn April 4th day, listening and speaking. The objectives are, at the end of the class, you will be able to, number one, get the main idea of the radio program and choose the pictures.
老师：Mention No. 2, note down some information and complete the notes. Number three, tell a practical joke and make comments on practical jokes. In understanding ideas, we Learned that laughter is the best medicine and there is a special day. It is filled with laughter.
老师：Do you know which day it is? Please read about April 1st Day on page seven. Now let's see the key information about April 4th day. When did it celebrated? Yes, it is on April, the first day of April. Where is it celebrated? It is celebrated in many parts of the world, not only in western countries. And we can say it's popular. What do people do on this day? They play tricks on each other. How long do the jokes last? Half a day in the UK and probably a whole day in the USA.
老师：Now, please look at the pictures on page seven. Describe the four pictures and predict what the audio talks about. before describing think about how to describe a picture for example what object or person we see， and what the object or person is doing focus on what you see and what the object is doing lets look at picture a man， climb to the top of a ladder to take something of the tree with a basket below， so we can describe it at this a man is harvesting something of a tree in picture b， we can see a man and hes running near a house in picture seed two men are in front of a tv screen。 And the flavor of the food is blowing out from the screen. So we can say, like this, two men are smelling a TV screen in picture D4. People are washing. once in the street in front of a building。 Now, can you predict what the audio talks about? Think about the introduction about April 4th day, and we can predict the audio may be about the jokes on April 4th day. now lets listen to the audio for the first time and check your predict。 Missions.
学生：Hi, I'm Karen and this is funtime. I'm joined today by Mark Colin. Hi, Mark. Hello. As you know, today is the 1st of April, or as we call it, April Fool's Day. And Mark's here to tell us about three of the best practical jokes in history. Indeed.
学生：Let's start with the oldest recorded April Fool's joke, which took place on April 1st,1698. Some people were told to go to the tower of London to watch the washing of the lions. Of course, there were no lions at the tower of London. This was reported in a newsletter similar to today's newspapers on April 2nd that year. Apparently, this practical joke worked so well that it was played on
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