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6) :.OS Read the text. ln your opinion, which is the ffi ln yourgroups, prepare a presentation aboutthe
funniest ApriI Fool's trick mentioned in the text? iol<e you found out about in exercise 7. You can illustrate it
with pictures. Then give your presentation to the class.

. Read the text to make sure you know what it is about. 6& LOA Listen to the song. Complete gaps 1-12 with the
. Try to predict what kind of information is missing. words below. Use some words more than once. Does the
o Read the sentences and look for words that are singer think superstitions are a good thing or a bad thing?
connected with the topic of a specific paragraph. How do you know?
o Pay attention to the sentences before and after the gap.
baby devil face luck problem song things watt
Read the exam strategy. Then read sentences a-f and 10 60 l.Og Write these words from the song in full, correct
match them with gaps 1-5 in the text. There is one Engtish. Then listen again and check.
sentence that you do not need.
'bout lookin' ain't goin' wanna yeah nothin'
a And many right-handed peopte comptainedl
b Many people forgot the new dates and other people
made fun of them.
c lt didn't fool many people, but it became one of the most
popular videos on the lnternet.
d The aim is to trick the other person.
e Then they ask for treats before opening the door!
f Mittions of viewers were fooled and some phoned the
SUPIRST IT I[I}I
BBC to ask where they coutd buy a spaghetti tree.
Read the text again. Answer the questions.
7 When and where did April Fool's Day probably start?
1-
2 What d0 peopte in (a) France (b) Portugat and Very superstitious, writing's on the ,
(c) Betgium do on ApriI Fool's Day?
Very superstitious, ladder's 'bout to fall,
3 What was Burger King's 'new invention'? 2-,
Thirteen-month-old broke the lookin' glass
4 What did the BBC say about spaghetti? 3-,
Seven years of bad the good things in your past.
5 According to the nature documentary, where do the
'flying penguins' go for the winter?
, that you don't understand,
Efnf.ImEl.;$Z Match the highlighted words in the text
with the definitions below.
1 pages showing the days, weeks and months of a year
2 ten years
3 the day and month
4 happening every year
5 1"2 o'ctock in the middte of the day
6 100 years
When you believe in 8- that you:doh't
!fiff@f,f,| Worl< in pairs. ln your own language, Then you suffer,
explain the meaning of these words and phrases
to your partner. Superstition ain't the way, yeah, yeah.
1 to fool somebody
Very superstitious, nothin' more
2 to make fun of somebody e
Very superstitious, the
3 to play a jol<e on somebody
Thirteen-month-old 10
4 to trick somebody
5 a practical joke. Seven years of bad 11
Work in groups. Find out about an April Fool's Day joke
in your country. Then you suffer,
1 Who played the joke? Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no.
2 What did they do?
3 Did it work?
4 How did the other person/people react?

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