Unit 7 A 1a-3b
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1 1a-3b
1.描述并谈论天气
2.描述正在发生的事情—学习现在
进行时的用法
教学目标
— How’s the weather?
— It’s snowy.
— How’s the weather?
— It’s sunny.
cloudy
— How’s the weather?
— It’s cloudy.
— How’s the weather?
— It’s rainy.
— How’s the weather?
— It’s windy.
cloudy
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pair work
A: How’s the weather in Picture 1?
B: It’s rainy.
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Beijing
Shanghai
Do you know these places?
Do you know these places?
Moscow
Boston
Toronto
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rain 下雨
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windy 有风的；多风的
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cloudy 多云的；阴天的
sunny 阳光充足的
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snow 下雪
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weather 天气；气候
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cook 烹调；煮
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study 学习
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bad 坏的；劣质的
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terrible 很糟的；极坏的；可怕的
The weather is terrible. 天气很糟。
pretty 相当；很；颇
What a pretty little garden!
多么漂亮的小花园！
1a Match the words with the pictures.
1. Beijing ____
2. Boston____
3. Shanghai ____
4. Toronto ____
5. Moscow____
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d
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c
这是谈论天气的常用表达法之一。询问天气状况，英语中常见的有两种句式：
How is the weather ...?
What’s the weather like ...?
其答语常用：
It’s sunny / rainy / cloudy / windy / snowy ...
天气晴朗 / 有雨 / 多云 / 有风 / 有雪……
It’s warm / hot / cool / cold...
天暖和 / 炎热 / 凉爽 / 寒冷……
—How’s the weather in Shanghai?
—It’s cloudy.
拓展
英语中表示雨或风的大小,不用big或small, 习惯上使用下列说法：
heavy rain大雨
light rain小雨
strong wind大风
soft wind和风
拓展
1. raining ___
2. windy_____
3. cloudy ____
4. sunny ____
5. snowing____
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c
Moscow
Toronto
Shanghai
Boston
Beijing
1b
Listen and write these city names in the boxes.
1b
Tapescript
Conversation 1
Tom: Hey, Peter. Happy New Year!
Peter: Happy New Year, Tom!
Tom: How’s the weather down there in Shanghai?
Peter: It’s cloudy. How’s the weather in Boston?
Tom: It’s windy.
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Conversation 2
Peter: Hi, Aunt Sally. Happy New Year!
Aunt Sally: Hello, Peter. Happy New Year!
Peter: How’s the weather in Moscow?
Aunt Sally: Oh, it’s snowing right now.
Conversation 3
Peter: So, how’s the weather there in Beijing?
Girl: It’s sunny.
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Conversation 4
Peter: Happy New Year, Uncle Bill!
Uncle Bill: Happy New Year, Peter!
Peter: How’s the weather in Toronto?
Tom: It’s raining, as usual!
A: How’s the weather in your city?
B: It’s..
How’s the weather in…?
1c
Imagine you are in one of the places in the pictures above. Talk about the weather.
CCTV Weather Report
How’s the weather in…?
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2a
Listen. Number [1-4] the pictures
as you hear them.
2b. Listen again. Match the names with
the activities.
1. ____ Uncle Joe a. is playing computer games.
2. ____ Jeff b. is cooking.
3. ____ Mary c. is playing basketball.
4. ____ Aunt Sally d. is watching TV.
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d
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2c. Talk about the people in 2a with
a partner.
How’s the weather? It’s raining.
What are you doing? I ’m watching TV.
What are they doing? They’re studying.
What’s he doing? He’s playing basketball.
What’s she doing? She’s cooking.
How’s it going? Great!
Grammar
Focus
— It’s great.
How’s it going? 是询问处境或事情现在的状况如何。great在口语中意为“妙；好”。如：
—How’s everything? 一切都好吧？
—Great!很好！
—How is your study? 你的学习情况如何？
—Terrible! 糟透了。
—How’s the life? 日子过得如何？
—Not bad!不错！
— How is it going?
＝How’s it going (with you)?
＝How’s everything going?
Great
Pretty good
Terrible
Not bad
3a
Match the words with the faces in the box.
一. 对于一个或多个事物提问,询问他们是什么
或属于什么,如:
What are these on the table?
二. 询问某人的职业身份,头衔相貌等,如:
What does your mother do?
三. 询问时间 价格 号码 距离 尺寸 体积 面积等
数字,如:
What's your telephone number, please?
小结
what与how的用法
what的用法
四. 询问数学中加 减 乘 除等运算结果是多少,
如:
What’s eleven plus five?
五. 询问对某人或某事的看法, 如:
What do you think of our English teacher?
六. What+名词，如：
What sport do you like best?
小结
what与how的用法
what的用法
how是疑问副词,主要询问方式 状态或程度,表示“如何”“怎么样”,在特殊疑问句中常作状语或表语。如：
一. 询问某动作执行方式，如：
How do you usually go to work?
二. 询问某人或某事的状态，如：
How is the computer ?
小结
what与how的用法
how的用法
三 .询问某人的品行或对某事物的评价，如：
How do you like Chinese food?
四. How+形容词用语询问年龄 身高或高度 体
积重量等，如：
How tall is that tree behind the house?
How old is your brother?
小结
what与how的用法
how的用法
五 询问频率
常以how often 的形式出现，表示“多久， 多长时间”， 用于对动作发生的频率进行提问，如对once / twice / three times等等提问。如:
I write to my parents once a month.
How often do you write to your parents?
how often 也可以对表示频度的副词如：sometimes，usually，always等进行提问。
小结
what与how的用法
how的用法
六 询问数量
how many 用于对可数名词前的数量进行提问。注意：how many后面必须接复数名词，涉及到数的变化时，前后要一致。如：
I can see seven kites in the sky.
How many kites can you see in the sky?
There is only one bottle on the table.
How many bottles are there on the table?
小结
what与how的用法
how的用法
pair work
A: How’s the weather in Beijing?
B: It’s sunny. How’s the weather in…?
A: It’s…
查询你最喜欢的城市的天气状况，并编写
一组谈论该地天气的对话。
2. 回家后打电话询问2~3个同学正在做什么，
并把电话内容写下来。
Homework
