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New Concept English
Book 3 Lesson 40
part 1
lead in
Who’s Who
Presentation
Have you ever played some tricks on your friends when it comes to April Fool’s Day
Or maybe you are the victim of those practical jokes
Tell us something about how you and your friends perform on April Fool’s Day.
part 2
text
(1) It has never been explained why university students seem to enjoy practical jokes more than anyone else.
語法：why引導 _________
詞組：practical jokes
_______
惡作劇
主語從句
(2) Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
詞組：specialize in
= ____________
翻譯：他專攻生物，不過畢業后，他為一家專營意大利電影的公司工作。
______________________________________________________
_________________________________________
be good at
He specialized in biology, yet after graduation, he works for a company specializing in Italian films.
(2) Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke: the hoax.
單詞：hoax n. 騙局，戲弄
擴展：
a bomb hoax __________
對某人惡作劇：__________________ = __________________
開某人玩笑：__________________
趣味聯想：愚人節被人愚弄的人：__________
炸彈恐嚇
play a hoax on sb.
play a trick on sb.
play a joke on sb.
April Fish
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
單詞：nonexistent adj. 不存在的
反義詞：_________
單詞：deception n. 欺騙，騙局
翻譯：她說這藥片是甜甜的，這無傷大雅的謊話讓孩子吃藥變得容易點了。
She described the pills as sweet, _________________
__________________________________________________.
翻譯：He was accused of obtaining property by deception.
__________________
派生：________ v. __________ adj.
deceive
existent
so the harmless
deceptive
deception made it easier for her child to take them
他被指控騙取錢財。
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
單詞：self-respecting adj. 自重的
擴展：self-important ___________
self-employed ___________
self-educated _______
self-centered ____________
self-controlled ___________
妄自尊大的
個體經營的
自學的
自我克制的
自我中心的
(3) Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.
單詞：indulge v. 使沉迷
詞組：indulge oneself in
=_______________=_______________
翻譯： Foreign countries might indulge in frippery (便宜而俗艷的東西), but England ought to pride herself on her plainness and simplicity. (中級口譯)
______________________________________________________
派生：一詞多義
She indulges her only son. _____
be indulged in
其他國家在沉溺于奢華的時候，英國應該以艱苦樸素為榮。
be addicted to
縱容
(4) Students often create amusing situations which are funny to everyone except the victims.
篇章：A good hoax is a joke which depends on ____.
A. deceiving people into behaving in a way which amuses everyone but themselves
B. doing something like calling the fire brigade to a nonexistent fire
C. at least two parties being led to believe the other is fraudulent
D. people disguising themselves to look like other people
A
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
單詞： pneumatic adj. 氣動的
擴展： pneumatic pump _______
充氣輪胎 _________________
前綴pneu-表示 _____
氣
pneumatic tyres
氣泵
pneumonia
是什么病？
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
單詞： drill n. 鉆
詞組： pneumatic drill ______
擴展：v. 鉆（孔），打（眼）；訓練，練習
翻譯： They are drilling for oil off the Irish coast.
__________________________
他們在愛爾蘭沿海鉆井探油。
風鉆
(5) When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.
詞組：dress up as _______
語法：two students dressed up as workmen
_______________
詞組：tear up ______________
過去分詞作定語
裝扮成
挖開（地面等）
(6) As soon as he had hung up, he went over to the workmen and told them that if a policeman ordered them to go away, they were not to take him seriously.
語法：as soon as 引導 _____________
that引導 ________
if引導 _____________
詞組：take sb./sth. seriously _________
翻譯：他把我的話當耳邊風。
___________________________________
時間狀語從句
嚴肅對待
賓語從句
條件狀語從句
He never takes my words seriously.
(7) He added that a student had dressed up as a policeman and was playing all sorts of silly jokes on people.
詞組：play a joke on sb. ______________
擴展：make a joke of sth. ______________
單詞：silly adj. 無意義的，無聊的；愚蠢的
近義詞：_______________
foolish；stupid
開某人的玩笑
拿……當玩笑
(8) Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
詞組：be grateful to sb for sth. 因某事對某人表示感謝
= _________________________
翻譯：您的幫忙令我不勝感激，它使我擺脫掉了唯一的障礙。
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________
be thankful to sb for sth.
I am very much grateful to you for your help which enabled me to get rid of the only obstacle.
(8) Both the police and the workmen were grateful to the student for this piece of advance information.
單詞：advance adj. 預先的，事先獲得的
擴展： advance party/team ________________
對某事物給某人預先警告/通知
________________________________________
詞組：____________ 提前
翻譯：會談的主題提前一周宣布。
______________________________________________________
give sb. advance warning / notice of sth.
先遣隊，先頭部隊
in advance
The subject of the talk will be/ was/is announced a week in advance.
(9) The student hid in an archway nearby where he could watch and hear everything that went on.
單詞：archway n. 拱形門樓
擴展：arc表示 _______
At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
(N3, L6, Smash-and-grab )
文化：Triumphal Arch _______
弧形物
凱旋門
(10) Sure enough, a policeman arrived on the scene and politely asked the workmen to go away.
詞組：on the scene _____
在場
(11) When he received a very rude reply from one of the workmen, he threatened to remove them by force.
詞組：threaten to do sth. _________
It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time. (N2, L67 Volcanoes)
翻譯：如果你減少怪物掉落物品(monster drops)，有些玩家就會威脅說要退出游戲。
___________________________________________________
___________________________
威脅要做
If you decrease the monster drops, some people will
threaten to quit the game.
(12) The workmen told him to do as he pleased and the policeman telephoned for help.
語法：as引導 _____________
后面省略了to do，可譯作“隨他的便”。
擴展：The workmen told him to do as he pleased.
= _______________________________________________
_________
方式狀語從句
The workmen told him to do whatever he wants
(to do).
(13) Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
詞組：shortly afterwards ________________
擴展：soon afterwards（近義）
_____________ 不久；___________ 立刻
單詞： remonstrate v. 規勸，告誡;抗議
詞組： remonstrate with sb. about sth. 就某事向某人表達抗議/規勸
翻譯：動物保護協會就虐狗現象向政府抗議。
_________________________________________________
___________________________________
擴展：______________ n. 抗議，抱怨
______________ v. 示威
隨后，不久之后
before long
in no time
Animal Protection Society remonstrated with the government about cruelty to dogs.
remonstrance
demonstrate
(14) As the men refused to stop working, the police attempted to seize the pneumatic drill.
詞組：attempt to do sth. _________________
擴展：make an attempt to do sth.
翻譯：任何要使歷史倒退的企圖都是注定要失敗的。______________________________________________
___________________
試圖、嘗試做某事
Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to fail.
(15) The workmen struggled fiercely and one of them lost his temper. He threatened to call the police.
單詞：fiercely adv. 猛烈地
詞組：___________________________ 激烈競爭的社會
詞組：lose one’s temper ________
發脾氣
fiercely competitive society
(16) At this, the police pointed out ironically that this would hardly be necessary as the men were already under arrest.
詞組：at this, at表示 _____
詞組：hardly be necessary _________
詞組：under arrest ______
擴展：在討論 / 修理 / 建設
______________________________________
聽到
大可不必
被捕
under discussion / repair / construction
(17) Only when he saw that the man was actually telephoning the police did he realize that they had all been the victims of a hoax.
語法：only 引導的時間狀語從句或介詞詞組，以及條件狀語從句在句首時，句子要倒裝。
翻譯：只有通過努力工作，你才會成功。
_____________________________________________
____________________________
翻譯：只有在那一刻，我才意識到我有多愛這只狗狗。
____________________________________________
_______________
Only by working hard could / will you succeed / be successful / get success.
Only at that moment did I realize how much I love the dog.
part 3
exercise
Exercise
Directions:
Read the passage carefully.
Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.
Each sentence can be used only once.
Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Exercise
Angry Birds was little more than a shooting game, with birds instead of bullets and green pigs in place of targets. __1__ Shortly after Angry Birds took off, audiences found a new distraction in Fruit Ninja, a game where the object was to chop falling produce.
Key:
C. It led the way for a number of other equally silly, equally addictive games to invade cell phones everywhere.
Exercise
__2__ That was their charm, after all: They were knowingly ridiculous or illogical, an attack into mindless amusement. In games like Angry Birds, players found an escape from reality.
Key:
E. Never mind that these games made absolutely no sense from a narrative viewpoint.
Exercise
__3__ Viewers no longer have the luxury of imagining back-stories for their favorite characters, or debating the open-ended questions in a film‘s source materials:
An endless flow of prequels, sequels and
spin-offs fill in those blanks for them.
Key:
F. In its efforts to feed the audience's curiosity, Hollywood may in fact be killing it.
Exercise
__4__ They’ll know. Everything will be determined for them: According to the movie, the main bird Red gets picked on for his bushy eyebrows, and that leaves him feeling isolated and, well, angry.
Key:
A. When children today play Angry Birds, they won’t wonder why the birds are so ill-tempered.
part 4
bonus
The Origin of April Fools' Day
Origin
Time：In 1582
Country：France
Time to celebrate the New Year：from the end of March to January 1
April Fish
French：Poisson d'Avril
English：April Fish
Reason：The New Year once coincided with the sun leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces.
Prank(惡作劇)
Simple：such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!
Elaborate：setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour
Tradition
A typical Fool‘s Day recipe：
salad：lettuce leaves, sprinkled with green pepper, but the leaves are opened only after the oyster cocktail was originally found in the following
baked potato：sweet bread crumbs and fresh mushrooms

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