(共21张PPT)
Unit 7 Seasons
Integrated skills
Free talk
What’s the weather like today
Mr Wu is giving the students the weather reports for different seasons in Beijing. Help them write the possible season under each report.
Snowstorms from the north will arrive in the late afternoon. The wind will be stronger and the temperature will drop below zero, to -10℃.
winter
“-10℃” reads as “minus ten degrees or “ten degrees below zero”.
It will be mainly dry and sunny today, but it will turn more cloudy in the evening. The temperature will be around 9℃ during the day and 4℃ at night.
autumn
It will be a beautiful, hot day again today, with temperatures in the thirties. Sunshine and blue skies will stay with us for the rest of the week.
summer
There will be a few showers today, but it will be warm, with daytime temperatures around 18 or 19 degrees.
spring
Place Weather Temperature (highest) Temperature
(lowest)
Beijing -2℃
New York 5℃
London -1℃
Sydney showers
Simon is listening to the weather report on the radio.
Help him complete the table below.
Give a weather report
Model:
Good morning! everyone!
I am today’s weather reporter...
I want to say something about the weather in ...
It will be ... The highest temperature will be... The lowest temperature will be...
Thank you for your listening!
Check the answers by choosing one city to give a weather report.
Place Weather Temperature (highest) Temperature
(lowest)
Beijing -2℃
New York 5℃
London -1℃
Sydney showers
snowstorm
-9℃
sunny
9℃
cloudy
3℃
26℃
21℃
a high of minus two degrees
a low of minus nine
Simon is listening to the weather report on the radio.
Help him complete the table below. c
Annie is writing about the weather in different places in her diary entry. Listen to her conversation with Simon. Help her complete Her diary entry.
Today I learnt more about weather. It can be so different in different places. There will be a ___________ in Beijing tomorrow. The lowest temperature will be -9℃. It will be ________ in New York and _________ in London. The temperature in New York will stay above zero, between _______ and 5℃, but it will be colder in London.
snowstorm
sunny
cloudy
9℃
The lowest temperature will be below
zero, at _______.
It is always so snowy and cold in Beijing during this time of year, but Sydney is quite different. When it is winter in China, it is _________ in Australia. Tomorrow there will be __________ in Sydney and the temperature will be between _________ and 21℃.
-1℃
summer
showers
26℃
Common phrases in weather reports:
a high of 最高
a low of 最低
stay above zero 保持零上
fall below zero 降至零下
rise to … 上升至……
drop to … 下降到……
1. What was the weather like in Beijing
yesterday
There was a strong snowstorm in Beijing yesterday.
2. How’s the weather in Nanjing
It’s a bit cold and dry.
Listen and answer
Daniel is talking about the weather on the phone with his aunt in Nanjing. Listen to their conversation and finish the exercise.
1. There was a strong snowstorm in Beijing.
2. It is a bit cold and dry in Nanjing.
3. There are some snowstorms in Nanjing.
4. The wind is blowing hard in Beijing.
5. Aunt Jane will call Daniel later.
T or F
Read the conversation again and complete the judgment.
T
T
F
T
T
no
Useful expressions
How is the weather today
今天天气怎么样？
The weather is nice today.
今天天气很好。
It’s quite cold today.
今天真冷。
What was the weather like yesterday
昨天天气怎么样？
Yesterday it rained all day.
昨天一天在下雨。
It’s been cloudy all morning.
整个早上都是阴天。
The days are getting hotter.
天气越来越热了。
What’s the temperature today
今天几度？
What will the weather be like tomorrow
明天天气会如何？
Language points
1. It’s a bit cold and dry.
①a bit 相当于 a little，后跟adj.
e.g. I am a bit hungry = I am a little hungry.
②a bit of 相当于 a little，后加不可数名词。
e.g. There is a bit of water in the glass.
=There is a little water in the glass.
Practice:
1. You look _________ tired. Let’s have a rest first.
A. a bit B. a bit of C. a few D. quite a few
2. Put on more clothes. It is _________ cold outside.
A. a little of B. a bit C. a bit of D. a bit little
Useful phrases and expressions
1. weather in different seasons 不同季节的天气
2. weather reports 天气预报
3. in the late afternoon 在傍晚
4. drop/fall below zero 降到零度以下
5. turn more cloudy 云层变得更厚
6. in thirties 在三十多
7. stay with sb. 和某人待在一起
8. the rest of the week 这周剩下的时间
9. a few showers 一些阵雨
10. the lowest temperature 最低气温
the highest temperature 最高气温
11. stay above zero 保持零度以上
12. during/at this time of year 在每年这个时候
13. a bit cold/a little cold 有点冷
14. blow hard/strongly （风）刮得猛烈
15. speak louder/speak more loudly 说大声点
16. ring/call/phone/telephone sb.
=give sb. a ring/call 给某人打电话
Exercises
根据提示完成句中所缺单词
1. Suddenly, the wind ________ (blow) his hat away.
2. There is too much noise in the classroom. Please
speak more _______ (loud).
3. The girl ________ (ring) her parents once a day.
4. I don’t want to go out since it is a ________ (rain)
day today.
5. The ______ (其余的人) of the student s will go by
bike.
blew
loudly
rings
rainy
rest
6. It will be warm, with temperatures about 18 or 19
________ (度数).
7. John stays up late every night, so he feels _______
(sleep) in class.
8. Tomorrow the temperature is going to drop a
little. It will be _________ (low).
9. The radio says there will be ________ (wind)
tonight. The wind will blow __________ (strong).
10. The weather will become ___________ (bad) on
Monday than it is today.
degrees
sleepy
lower
windy
strongly
worse
Thank you!
