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Unit 1
It might snow.
Module 10
The weather
1. To listen and understand the conversation about weather
2. To learn to talk about possibilities
3. To pay attention to the intonation of “wh-questions”
Objectives
cloud
rain
showers
snow
storm
sun
wind
weather
How many kinds of weather can you name
sun
weather: sunny
storm
weather: stormy
cloud
weather: cloudy
wind
weather: windy
rain
weather: rainy / raining
snow
weather: snowy / snowing
We can describe the weather by adding “-y” to these words.
It’s ______.
rainy
It’s ________.
stormy
What’s the weather like
It’s ______.
It’s _______.
It’s _______.
It’s _______.
snowy
cloudy
sunny
windy
Work in pairs. Talk about the weather. Use the words to help you.
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cloud rain shower snow storm sun wind
cloudy rainy snowy sunny windy
Example:
—What’s the weather like in November
in our city
—It’s rainy.
Do you know the symbols of the weather Try to match.
cloudy rainy showers/rainy
snowy stormy sunny windy
-30℃
-10℃
20℃
50℃
minus thirty degrees
minus ten degrees
twenty degrees
fifty degrees
Can you read the temperatures
Can you read
-7℃ ~ 1℃
5℃ ~ 8℃
between minus seven and one degree
between five and eight degrees
stormy
5~8 C
How’s the weather in …
What’s the temperature
windy
-1~14 C
cloudy
-7~1 C
It’s stormy/windy/cloudy…
It’s between … and …
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Listen and check (√) the correct information in the table.
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
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Work in pairs. Correct the wrong information in the table.
5℃~8℃
-4℃~2℃
Betty and her friends are talking about the weather. Watch and read.
Read and finish the table.
Places mentioned in the conversation Weather
(if mentioned)
England
Hainan Island
New York
Australia
America
wet and rainy in winter
sunny
snowy in winter
cold in winter, hot in summer
sunny and hot
Task 1
Where is Betty going
2. What’s the weather like now
3. What’s the temperature now
4. What’s the weather like in December in England
5. What’s the weather like in winter in America
6. Where is the best place when we are in winter Why
She is going to the park to skate.
It’s cloudy and really cold. It might snow.
Answer the following questions.
It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees.
It’s wet and rainy.
It’s snowy and cold.
Task 2
Australia. Because it’s sunny and hot there.
表达可能发生某事以及某人可能做某事时,可用情态动词may或might表示。
may和might均意为“可能;也许”,其后接动词原形,常用在肯定句中。
副词probably也表 “可能”,用于助动词、系动词、情态动词之后,实义动词之前。
Pay attention to the following sentences.
Task 3
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Check(√) the true sentences.
1. Tony and Daming are going to skate.
2. Winter is colder in Beijing than in England.
3. It sometimes snows in England in winter.
4. It is not hot in the US in summer.
5. It usually snows in New York in winter.
6. Tony does not like windy weather.
√
√
√
√
×
×
Betty and Lingling
hot
Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.
1. Read the dialogue aloud for a few minutes by yourself;
2. Role play in groups;
3. Role play in front of the class.
We’ll see which group does the best.
When it is very cold, it might be safe to (1)________ on lakes, but be very careful! Although it (2) ________ feel cold, it might not be safe. The (3) ___________ has to be at least (4) _________ one or two (5) _________ or even lower for several weeks, and the ice will be thick enough. Falling through the ice is (6) _________. I am not (7) __________!
temperature
minus
degrees
dangerous
joking
dangerous degree joke may minus skate temperature
skate
may
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
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Task 4
Betty is asking her friends to _______. It’s freezing and really cold today. The temperature is between ___________ and __________ degrees. In Beijing, winter is ______ than in England. It’s not usually _______ in winter in England, although this year it _______ quite a lot. Most Decembers are ____ and ______.
Complete the passage.
skate
minus eight
minus two
colder
snowy
snowed
wet
rainy
Task 5
Betty said America has cold winter and hot summer and it’s _______ in New York in winter. Tony likes ______ and _______ weather. And both Tony and Betty don’t like ________or _______ weather. Maybe they could go to Australia together because it’s ______ and _____ there.
hot
snowy
windy
showers
snowy
sunny
sunny
What’s the weather like
What’s the weather like
ask a question
Tips: 听的时候注意特殊疑问句的语调。
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Listen to the speaker asking a question or showing surprise.
show surprise
分析: 不同的语调可以表达不同的态度、感情和情绪。同样一句话在不同的场合, 要用不同的语调。
一般而言,特殊疑问句要用降调,如果要表达某种态度、感情和情绪,也可以使用升调。
1. When is the best time to visit your country
2. What clothes should she bring
3. What is the temperature
4. Where are you going
Now listen again and repeat.
*
*
**
**
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Listen and write * if the speaker is asking a question or ** if he is showing surprise.
Beijing
-8℃~-2℃
It will be cloudy in the early morning, and is a bit cold…
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Make a weather forecast for different cities in China. Use the correct information in the table in Activity 2 to help you.
Shanghai
5℃~8℃
There will be rains and wind…
Xi’an
-4℃~2℃
It will be cloudy and snowy…
Guangzhou
10℃~21℃
It will be cloudy and there may be some showers. You’d better take an umbrella …
Hong Kong
17℃~20℃
In Hong Kong, it will be cloudy and there will be storms later…
Now say what the weather might or might not be like in your town.
★tomorrow
★next week
★next month
Some useful structures:
It’ll be … (sure)
It may… (very possible)
It might be… (not sure, just a possibility)
Tomorrow
It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.
It may be _____ next Monday.
rainy
Next week
It may be ______ next Tuesday.
cloudy
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
It may be ______ next Wednesday.
sunny
It may be ______ next Thursday.
windy
It might be __________ on the first day of next month.
cloudy
Next month
Now let’s enjoy a weather forecast.
本课时主要短语和句型
总结回顾
between…and…
Are you joking
Sounds great!
4. quite a lot
5. Come on!
6. Me neither.
7. And it’s cloudy too, so it might snow.
8. It’s probably sunny and hot there.
Now 2 minutes to test your spelling.
1. English-Chinese
shower cloudy thick temperature degree although terrible probably
2. Chinese-English
开玩笑 滑冰 下雪 但愿;希望
When finishing, exchange your papers to see who does the best.
I. 用方框中适当单词的恰当形式完成句子。
might probable snow shower wish
1. —Do you think he can agree with us
—Well, ________ he can.
2. It’s cold and ______ in the northeast of China in winter.
3. Lucy isn’t at home now. She ______ be in the school library.
4. The weather report says there will be ______ this afternoon, so take your raincoat.
5. I _____ you a safe and pleasant journey.
probably
snowy
might
shower
wish
II. 根据句意及汉语提示完成句子。
1. — 今天的气温是多少?
— 零下八度。
— _______ _____ ___________ today
— It’s ______ eight _______.
2. 你们国家冬天的天气是什么样的?
______ _____ _______ _____ in winter
in your country
What’s the temperature
minus degrees
What’s the weather like
3. 如果你想看到日出,最好现在就出发。
______ ______ ______ if you want to
see the sunrise.
4. 快点,孩子们。电影很快就开始了。
______ ____, my children. The film
is beginning soon.
5. 我父亲不喜欢看爱情电视剧。我也不
喜欢。
My father doesn’t like watching love
TV plays. _____ ________.
Come on
Me neither
Better get going
1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
2. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.
3. Search for a map of the US and mark some important cities.
4. Preview the passage on page 82.