Unit1Laughoutloud!UsinglanguageListening课件高中英语选择性

BOOK4Unit1

Listenandcompleteconversations.A:Whyareyougrinningfromeartoear?B:I’vewonafreecinematicket.A:Cool!Whatareyougoingtowatch?B:MyCrazyFamily.Haveyouseenit?A:Yes!Ilaughedmyheadoff.You’llenjoyit!Conversation1eartoearheadoffTapescriptsConversation2A:Ireallydon’tgetHarry.B:Why?Ishestillnottalkingtoyou?A:Well...Today,hewasallsmilesandaskedmetohelphimwiththatwebsiteofhis.B:Really?Whatdidyousay?A:Well,Isaidyes.Wealldeserveasecondchance,Iguess.TapescriptssmilesConversation3A:What’sthematter?Whythelongface?B:Yesterday,Isteppedonabananaskinandfelloverinfrontofthewholeclass.A:That’ssofunny!B:Iwasthelaughingstockoftheclass.Evenmyteachercrackedasmile!TapescriptslaughingasmileMatchtheexpressionsyouhavecompletedinActivity5totheirmeanings.laughingstockbeallsmilesgrinfromeartoearcrackasmilelaughone'sheadoffNowtalkabouthowthespeakersdiscussmanagingtheirtime.Listenagainif

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centuriesdTapescriptsMark:Indeed.Let’sstartwiththeoldestrecordedAprilFool’sjoke,whichtookplace

onthe1stofApril1698.SomepeopleweretoldtogototheTowerofLondonto

watch

“thewashingofthelions”.Ofcourse,therewerenolionsattheTower

of

London.Thiswasreportedinanewsletter-similartotoday’s

newspapers-onthe

secondofAprilthatyear.Apparently,thispracticaljokeworkedsowellthatitwas

playedonvisitorsthroughoutthe18thand19thcenturies.1965

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carriedcListenagainandcompletethenotes.TapescriptsMark:OK.Thisisapracticaljokefrom1965.TheBBCNewsChannelinvitedauniversity

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

airwaves.Duringtheinterview,theBBCshowedimagesofpeopleactuallysmelling

aTVscreen!1957a

really

good

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

areallygoodharvest.Theprogrammeevenshowedpeoplepickingspaghetioff

treesandlayingitinthesuntodry.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!TapescriptsKaren: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’tthatcommoninEnglanda

thetime.Karen:Icanimagine!Tapesc