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Unit 1
Laugh out loud
Using language (2)
Listening
Did you know
April Fool's Day is on 1 April. It's the one day of the year when people in many parts of the world play practical jokes on each other. Even newspapers, radio and TV stations play tricks on their readers and audiences. The jokes traditionally last until noon in the UK. But in some other countries, such as the US, they can last all day!
Did you know
Listen to the radio programme and choose the pictures mentioned.
Listen again and complete the notes.
Karen：Hi，I’m Karen and this is “Fun Time”. I’m joined today by Mark Collin. Hi，Mark.
Mark：Hello!
Karen：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.
Mark：Indeed. Let’s start with the oldest recorded April Fool’s joke，which took place on the 1st of April 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 the second of April
that year. Apparently，this practical joke worked so well that it was played on visitors throughout the 18th and 19th
centuries.
Karen：Well，I’d be pretty annoyed if someone did that to me. OK，let’s hear the next one.
the washing of the lions
18th and 19th centuries
Listen again and complete the notes.
Karen：Well，I’d be pretty annoyed if someone did that to me. OK，let’s hear the next one.
Mark：OK. This is a practical joke from 1965. The BBC News Channel invited a university professor to talk about his
invention called“Smellovision”.
Karen：Smell-o-what
Mark：Smellovision! This was a type of machine that allowed smells to be carried over the airwaves. During the interview，
the BBC showed images of people actually smelling a TV screen!
Karen：But I don’t get it... How on earth did people actually believe that there was such a thing as “Smellovision”
1965
BBC News channel
smells to be carried
Listen again and complete the notes.
Karen：I see... I guess you can convince yourself of anything if you really want to.
Mark：Indeed! Now，my favourite one. The“spaghetti tree”joke.
Karen： Oh，I know it! It’s a good one!
Mark：It’s another BBC joke and probably the most famous one. On the 1st of April 1957，a news programme told viewers that the spaghetti trees in Switzerland were having a really good harvestThe programme even showed people picking spaghetti off trees and laying it in the sun to dry.
Karen：That’s so funny!
Mark：Many people fell for the joke because spaghetti wasn’t that common in England at the time.
Karen： I can imagine!
1957
a really good harvest
Group work
Now discuss which of the practical jokes you think is funny.
Complete the boxes with expressions from the radio programme.
·Let’s start with... ·It’s a good one!
·I don’t get it. ·That’s so funny!
·Now，my favourite one... ·I can imagine!
Telling a story Making comments
Let’s start with... Now，my favourite one... It’s a good one! I don’t get it.
That’s so funny! I can imagine!
Group work
Tell each other a funny story and make comments using the expressions in this section.
Now give feedback on each other's stories and he;p your partner to improve theirs.
Homework
Prepare a funny story.
Preview the importance of humour.

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