4.1 Unit 4 Seasons Reading 课件(共45张PPT)

(共45张PPT)
Unit 4 Seasons
Reading
牛津深圳版　七年级上册
Enjoy the pictures and say what season is it
It’s spring.
It’s summer.
It’s autumn.
It’s winter.
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课堂导入
What’s the weather like in spring
And what do you like to do
take a trip
warm and rainy
What’s the weather like in summer
And what do you like to do
hot
swimming
eat ice cream
What’s the weather like in autumn
And what do you like to do
cool and dry, leaves fall
go on a picnic
What’s the weather like in winter
And what do you like to do
snowy and cold
make a snow man
spend together
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课堂活动
Here is the poem about the four plete the poem with the words from the box and guess the meanings of the underlined words.
A What do you know about …？
spring
summer
autumn
winter
Footprints
A1
Footprints
In(1)_____________
Watch us go, Making footprints
In the snow.
In (3)______________
By the sea,
Sandy footprints
Made by me.
In (2)_____________
My shoes are wet.
See how deep
The puddles get.
In (4)____________
Trees are brown.
I kick the leaves
All over town.
spring
summer
winter
autumn
d
c
a
b
1.
2.
3.
4.
Match the pictures below with the seasons. Write the
letters in the correct boxes.
a. spring b. summer c. autumn d. winter
A2
Look at the pictures and the sub-headings of the article on page 45. Then answer the questions below.
The four seasons
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
B Before you read
1. What is the weather like in spring
2. What do people usually do in summer
3. What do people like doing in autumn
4. What do children like about winter
People usually swim in summer.
It is rainy and wet.
Children like playing in the snow in winter.
People like having a picnic /going on a picnic in autumn.
Read aloud
The four seasons
Spring
In spring, the weather starts to get warm. The wind blows gently. It often rains. Plants start to grow. Everything turns green. It is exciting to take a trip in spring.
Summer
The weather is hot in summer. The Sun shines brightly. Many people like to go to the beach and swim in the sea. It is nice to eat ice cream in the hot weather.
Autumn
In autumn, everything changes. Leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees. It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year because the weather is cool and dry.
Winter
Winter is often cold and snowy. Children love winter because they love to play in the snow. It is interesting to make snowmen. People usually spend time with their relatives during the Spring Festival.
Read the first paragraph of the article and fill in the table below.
Season
Spring
warm
wind blows gently rains
plants grow
take a trip
Weather
Changes
Activities
Season Weather Changes Activities
Summer
Read the second paragraph and fill in the table below.
hot
the Sun shines brightly
go to the beach
swim in the sea
eat ice cream
Season Weather Changes Activities
Autumn
cool and dry
leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees
go on a picnic
Read the third paragraph of the article and fill in the table below.
Season Weather Changes Activities
winter
cold and snowy
snow
play in the snow
make snowmen
spend time with relatives during the Spring Festival
Look at the article on page 45 and find words that have similar meanings to the phrases below.
everything
shines
dry
snowy
spend
relatives
all the things (line 4)
sends out light (line 9)
not wet (line 17)
with a lot of snow (line 19)
5 use time to do something (line 22)
6 people in the same family (line 23)
C Vocabulary
C1
Winter is the best season. I have a long holiday at that time and I have a lot of fun. I love (1)___________ days because (2)___________ becomes white. It is exciting to make snowmen and (3)___________ time playing in the snow with my friends.
I like to visit my (4)___________ during the Spring Festival in January or February. We always have dinner together. Sometimes I go on a (5)___________ with my parents during the winter holidays. We always have a good time.
Complete the article with the words from the box.
everything
relatives
snowy
spend
trip
everything relatives snowy spend trip
C2
The four seasons
Spring
In spring, the weather starts to get warm. The wind blows gently. It often rains. Plants start to grow. Everything turns green. It is exciting to take a trip in spring.
Summer
The weather is hot in summer. The Sun shines brightly. Many people like to go to the beach and swim in the sea. It is nice to eat ice cream in the hot weather.
Read after the recording
Autumn
In autumn, everything changes. Leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees. It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year because the weather is cool and dry.
Winter
Winter is often cold and snowy. Children love winter because they love to play in the snow. It is interesting to make snowmen. People usually spend time with their relatives during the Spring Festival.
Grouping words
Can you put the following adjectives into different groups
brown cold cool dry exciting green hot
interesting nice red snowy warm wet yellow
For example, brown, green, red and yellow are all colours. What do the other adjectives mean It is helpful to learn words by remembering them in groups.
Find sentences beginning with It is … from the article on page 45 to go with these pictures.
It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year.
It is interesting to make snowmen.
D Comprehension
D1
It is nice to eat ice cream in the hot weather.
It is exciting to take a trip in spring.
Complete the table below.
Weather Activities
Spring It starts to ___________. It often ________. It is exciting to ____________.
Summer It is ______ and the Sun _________________. People like to _____________ and ________________.
Autumn It is ______________. It is nice to _____________.
winter It is often ___________________. Children love to __________________.
get warm
rains
take a trip
hot
shines brightly
go to the beach
swim in the sea
cool and dry
go on a picnic
cold and snowy
play in the snow
D2
1 Listen to a girl talking about the weather in Canberra,
Australia. 听一个女孩讲述澳大利亚堪培拉的天气。
Australia n. 澳大利亚。如：
This kangaroo is from Australia. 这只袋鼠来自澳大利亚。
回顾：Australian adj. 澳大利亚的；澳大利亚人的
n. 澳大利亚人
Language points
2 Everything turns green. 万物复苏。
everything pron. 所有事物；一切。如：
I wish you good luck in everything. 我祝您万事如意。
Don’t worry. Everything will be OK. 别担心，一切都会好起来的。
回顾：anything 任何事情（东西）；某些事情（东西）。如：
If you see anything, please let me know.
如果你看到任何东西，请让我知道。
nothing 没有东西；没事。如：
There is nothing in his bag. 他的包里什么也没有。
something 一些东西；某些东西。如：
I have something to do this afternoon. 我今天下午有些事情要做。
3 It is exciting to take a trip in spring. 在春天去旅行是一件令
人激动的事。
trip n. 旅行。take a trip 去旅行。如：
take a trip by plane / train / car 乘飞机 / 乘火车 / 乘汽车旅行
My elder sister will take a three-day trip to London next
Friday.
我姐姐下周五要去伦敦旅行三天。
4 It is nice to go on a picnic at this time of year because the weather is cool
and dry.
在一年之中的这个时候去野餐是一件很棒的事情，因为天气凉爽而干燥。
picnic n. 野餐。go on a picnic 去野餐。如：
They are preparing food for their picnic. 他们正在为野餐准备食物。
My class will go on a picnic in Yuexiu Park next weekend.
我们班下周末会去越秀公园野餐。
回顾：have a picnic 野餐。如：
We are having a picnic at the beach now. Do you want to come
我们正在海边野餐，你想来吗？
dry adj. 干的；干燥的。如：
He is walking on the dry earth. 他正走在干燥的土地上。
Forest fires easily happen in dry weather. 天气干燥时易发生森林火灾。
反义词：wet adj. 湿的
5 Winter is often cold and snowy. 冬季常常寒冷多雪。
snowy adj. 下雪多的。如：
When it is snowy, we can make snowmen.
下雪时，我们可以堆雪人。
常见的形容天气的词汇：
cool 凉的；凉爽的 warm 暖和的；暖的
cold 冷的 hot 热的
dry 干的；干燥的 wet 湿的；潮湿的；有雨的
fine 晴朗的 cloudy 多云的 foggy 有雾的
rainy 下雨的；多雨的 sunny 阳光充足的
windy 有风的；刮风的
6 People usually spend time with their relatives during the
Spring Festival. 在春节期间，人们通常花时间走亲访友。
spend v. 花（时间）；度过。如：
They plan to spend their holidays at the beach.
他们计划在海滩度假。
spend还有“花（钱）”的意思。如：
She spends about 100 yuan on books every month.
她每月花大约一百元买书。
辨析：spend和cost 都表示“花费”。
(1) spend主语是人，即付出时间或金钱的人。
① spend time / money on something在……上花费时间（金钱）。如：
He is good at Maths because he spends a lot of time on it.
他数学学得好是因为他花了大量时间在数学上。
② spend time / money (in) doing something 花费时间（金钱）做某事。如：I spend my free time (in) playing the piano. 我闲暇时学钢琴。
(2) cost主语是事物，即花费钱的商品或活动。
something costs (somebody) + money某物花了（某人）多少钱。如：
These books cost me about 200 yuan. 这些书花了我大约200元。
这本书花费了我10元钱。
1. I spent 10 yuan (in) buying this book.
2. I spent 10 yuan on this book.
3. I paid 10 yuan for this book.
4. This book cost me 10 yuan.
during prep. 在……期间。如：
I often go to the English Corner during my holiday.
我假期经常去英语角。
7. What is the weather like in spring 春天天气怎么样？
What is the weather like？天气怎么样？
可与 How is the weather 互换。
冬天天气怎么样？
What is the weather like in winter = How is the weather in winter
广州的天气怎么样？
What is the weather like in Guangzhou = How is the weather in Guangzhou
in spring “(在)春天”。
表示四季的名词：
(1)通常与介词 in 连用
(2)表示泛指时，其前面不能加定冠词 the，但表
示特指时则要加上定冠词 the。
in summer 在夏天
in the summer of 2010 在 2010 年的夏天
(3)可与 last，this，next 等词连用
last autumn 去年秋天 this autumn 今年秋天
next winter 明年冬天
8. In spring, the weather starts to get warm.
春天，天气开始暖和起来。
Leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees.
树叶变成了褐色、红色或是黄色，开始从树上掉落。
start to do = start doing
开始做某事，大多数情况下可以互换。
婴儿开始哭了。
The baby start crying.
The baby start to cry.
In spring, the weather starts to get warm.
春天，天气开始变暖。
Everything turns green. 一切都变成绿色。
I love snowy days because everything becomes white.
我喜欢下雪天，因为一切都变成了白色。
get，turn 和 become 都是系动词。意为“变；变成”。
后面都可接形容词。
take a trip
go on a picnic
go to the beach
at this time of year
spend time with sb
during the Spring Festival
at that time
去旅行
去野餐
去海边
在每年的这个时候
花时间和某人在一起
在春节期间
在那时
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课堂小结
We have learned about 4 seasons.
2. We have grasped the new words and expressions in
the reading.
一、根据句意及所给单词的首字母写出所缺单词，注意其形式。
1. It rained heavily last night. Now the ground is w________.
2. I often s________ an hour doing sports every day.
3. I'd like to take a holiday in Japan d________ the summer holiday.
4. The hurricane (飓风) is coming. Now, the wind b________ hard.
5. Hi, Tom. Does e____________ go well
et
pend
uring
lows
verything
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课堂训练
二、用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
1. She is very friendly. When she sees others, she always smiles ________(bright).
2. It's ________ (snow) today. The children are playing happily in the snow.
3. I didn't go to ________ (Australian) before.
4. It's a sunny day. The Sun ________________(shine) in the sky.
5. I'm going to stay with my ________ (grandparent) for the whole Spring Festival.
grandparents
brightly
snowy
Australia
shines / is shining
三、选择最佳答案填空。
( )1. It's wonderful ____ from one place to another.
A. travelled B. to travelling C. travelling D. to travel
( )2. In autumn, leaves start to ____ yellow and fall from the trees.
A. change B. turn C. became D. grow
( )3. In spring, the weather starts to ____ warm.
A. get B. grow C. turn D. go
( )4. The boy spends too much time ____ television.
A. watch B. to watching C. watching D. to watch
( )5. My father is very busy and he spends little time ____ us.
A. to B. with C. for D. on
D
B
A
C
B
四、完成句子。
1 这个周末，我们全家将乘火车从杭州去上海旅游。
My family will ___ ____ ___ by train from Hangzhou to Shanghai this weekend.
2 床前明月光。
The Moon _______ ________ in front of my bed.
3 下雨天去野餐是一件糟糕的事情。
It’s bad to ___ ___ __ ____ on rainy days.
4 简通常花一小时做作业。
Jane usually _______ 1 hour ____________ her homework.
5 上课期间不要睡觉。
Don’t sleep _____ ___ ____.
take a trip
shines brightly
go on a picnic
spends doing / on
during the class
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