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Here’s Amanda’s latest podcast and the theme this week is April Fool’s Day 🙂

Welcome to my 4th Totally Awkward Random podcast. This week I am talking about April Fool’s Day. My advice is……..don’t believe everything you see, hear or read on the first of April!

This podcast is based on a lesson from esl holiday lessons

Pre-ListeningWhat do you know about April Fool’s Day? Discuss & feedback

While Listening for the first time:
Match the following phrases from the article.

Paragraph 1

1. people can play tricks, practical
2. No one really knows the exact origin
3. you have until noon to
4. play a trick on someone
5. you never know what or
6. play April Fools’ jokes on their

a. play your jokes

b. after midday

c. jokes and hoaxes

d. readers and viewers

e. of this day

f. who to believe

Paragraph 2

1. the most famous April Fools’ jokes

2 The BBC showed a documentary

3. Another good one was the

4. the juice would drip out of the right

5. BBC’s 1965 news of 

6. If you believe that

a) of people in Switzerland 

b) “Smell-o-vision”

c) you’ll believe anything

d) “left-handed burger” 

e) are quite amazing

f) hand side of the burger

While listening for the second time :

April Fools’ Day is on the __________ of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on __________ other. No one really knows the __________ origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four days.” In some countries, you have __________ noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools’ Day __________ the whole day. On this day, you never know __________ or who to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools’ jokes on their __________ and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the __________ news is an April Fools’ joke.

until – each – real – readers – first – lasts – exact – what

Some of the most famous April Fools’ jokes are __________ amazing. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in Switzerland __________ spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people contacted the BBC asking how they could __________ their own spaghetti trees! Another __________ one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the __________ would drip out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the traditional right-handed burger. Other __________ jokes include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o- vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to __________ to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that, you’ll believe __________!

juice – cutting – apply – quite – good – anything – grow – classic

Post-Listening

SCRAMBLED SENTENCES

With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.

Transcript: April Fools’ Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty- four days.” In some countries, you have until noon to play your jokes. If you play a trick on someone after midday, you are the April Fool. In other countries, April Fools’ Day lasts the whole day. On this day, you never know what or who to believe. Even newspapers and television stations play April Fools’ jokes on their readers and viewers. Sometimes people actually think the real news is an April Fools’ joke. Some of the most famous April Fools’ jokes are quite amazing. My favourite happened in 1957. The BBC showed a documentary of people in Switzerland cutting spaghetti from spaghetti trees. Lots of people contacted the BBC asking how they could grow their own spaghetti trees! Another good one was the “left-handed burger” advertised by Burger King on April 1st, 1998. They said all of the juice would drip out of the right hand side of the burger. Many customers asked the Burger King staff for the traditional right-handed burger. Other classic jokes include the BBC’s 1965 news of “Smell-o-vision” and Google’s 2008 invitation for people to apply to be astronauts to live on the website’s new base on Mars. If you believe that, you’ll believe anything!