课件24张PPT。M3U1 The world of our sensesWORD POWERParts of speechDescribing the weatherFive sensessense of sightsense of smellsense of hearingsense of tastesense of touchQ: Why don’t we say “sense of hear” ?Let’s analyze(分析) parts of speech!sense of touch`sense of hearing`touch v. to put your hands and fingers on
something触摸
n. the sense that enables you to be
aware of things when you put your
fingers and hands on them感觉,触觉 hear v. to be aware of sounds with ears 听
hearing n. the ability to hear 听力He met me in Park Street and walked me the rest of the way home.I did, but he wanted to go and find more people to help.That was nice of him. Why didn’t you invite him to come in and rest?rest v. 休息rest n.
其他,其余Can you analyze the parts of speech of the word ‘rest’?Parts of SpeechIn most cases, a word can act both as a noun and a verb. For example, water in “pure water” and “water the flowers”, and book in “an interesting book” and “book a ticket”. What does ‘part of speech’ mean? 词性Activity 1:
Read the story “Fog” again, and find more words that can be used both as a noun and a verb.Polly leaves work early.…, she sensed she was being watched.While the rest of the passengers were getting out,…Suddenly Polly felt a rough hand brush her face …“Maybe I can help you. Which road do you want?” he asked. ……Activity 2:Find the words listed below in the story and complete the table. Use a dictionary to help you if necessary.
conj.whenOnce she finished the work ,she can help you.adv.at sometime in the pastI once lived in Shanghai.v.p. or pp. of leaveI left for work early this morning.adv.opposite to rightShe was sitting on my left.adv.continuingI’m still waiting for his reply.adj.not movingCan’t you sit still?Activity 3:housecauseincreaseanswerThe air sometimes smells very bad. Do you want to know what (1) _______ this? One (2) _______ is traffic. Does anyone have an (3) _______ to the problem of global warming? So far even scientists can’t (4) _______ this question. In some countries you can see people without (5) ________ sleeping on the streets. It’s difficult to (6)________ all the people who need homes. In some other countries, the price of food(7)___________ every year. Poor people often have to go hungry because they cannot afford the (8)_________.Polly is listening to a radio report on problems around the world but she cannot hear some words clearly. Use the words below and the correct part of speech to complete the report clearly.causescauseansweranswerhouseshouseincreasesincreaseActivity 4: Competition:
Divide yourself into groups of four. Each group should think of more words which have different parts of speech and then share the words with your classmates on the blackboard.Describing the Weather
Do you know what’s people favorite topic when starting a conversation in western countries?A: Beautiful day, isn't it?
B: Yes, it's not like what the radio said at all.
A: I wish it would stay this way for the weekend.
B: As long as it doesn't snow!
A: What are you going to do this weekend?
B: Go camping!
… Culture Tips:
The favorite topic to begin a conversation is weather, especially for the British people.
This is because the weather changes a lot in Great Britain. Besides, weather is a safe topic because it has nothing to do with other’s privacy. sunnysnowsleet
n. 雨夹雪shower
n. 阵雨cloudysandyActivity 1: BrainstormingThink about as many words as possible to describe weather.cloudysunnycoldcoolwarmhotdrywetsnowstormwindshowerActivity 2: Read the following passage and look up any words that you don’t know in the dictionary.Richard: Good morning.
Shirley: Morning.
Richard: It’s a perfect day today, don’t you think?
Shirley: But I heard it was going to rain this afternoon, followed by a thunderstorm.
Richard: Oh, well, I’d better go home and fetch my umbrella. Did you read about the floods in India?
Shirley: No, but I heard about the tornadoes in America, and the snowstorms in Russia. The weather is certainly unpredictable lately.
Richard: Yes, strange! Oh, look, here’s your bus. Have a good day.
thunderstorm n. 雷暴雨tornado n. 龙卷风 snowstorm n. 暴风雪 sunny/finecloudyovercastfoggy/mistystormythunder/
lightningsnowydrizzlytornadorainywindyshoweryVocabulary Activity 3: quizthunder/lightningovercastfoggy/mistytornadodrizzlyrainywindyshoweryRead the first paragraph of weather report on Page 7. Try to pay attention to the parts of speech of the words in blue. Here is today’s weather report. It will be overcast and drizzly in the morning, with heavy showers around lunchtime. The afternoon will be mostly fine, with occasional cloudy periods. A thin mist will develop over the city centre in the early evening, later turning to fog.MorningHere is the weather forecast for tomorrow. It will (1) _______, (2) ________, and (3)________ in the morning, with a fair chance of (4)________ weather developing before midday. It will become (5) _________ in the afternoon. The sky will be (6)__________ with heavy (7) _______. In the evening, the temperature will drop a lot and it will become very (8)_________. There will be (9)________and (10) ________ with a (11)_______ likely after midnight!warmfinesunnycloudycoolerovercastraincoldthunderlightningstorm16 °CAfternoon12 °CEvening-1 °CHomework:Write a weather report for Wuxi TV Station tomorrow. You are encouraged to use every word and sentence you like! Here’s the weather tomorrow.