Period 1 （Section A la—1c）
设计说明
本课时的中心话题是谈论天气。学会运用“How's the weather?” 及描述天气情况的形容词来谈论不同城市的天气状况;lb采用“打电话”的真实情景，人们就各自城市的天气进行问答，同时也为lc的操练提供了素材。
教学目标
1.知识目标：
掌握单词：rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather。
掌握句型：
—How's the weather in Beijing?
—It's sunny.
2.能力目标：
能用所学的知识描述天气情况。
能描述正在发生的事情。
3.情感目标：
引导学生善于观察天气，善于调整自己的情绪;了解世界各地的天气情况;知道大自然的力量是神奇而伟大的。 鼓励学生好好学习，为长大后探索神奇的大自然打好基础。
重点难点
1.重点：
本课时词汇及天气的表达法。
2 .难点：
学会使用how引导的特殊疑问句。
教学准备
课件、录音机、磁带。
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Leading in
1.Greet the students and check the homework.
2.Watch a video program about the weather.
e. g.
T：What's the date today?
Ss：It's...
T: Right. So it's late spring/early summer/late autumn/ early winter now. The weather is good/bad today. Look at the sun/cloud/rain/wind/ snow! How is the weather today?
Ss：It's sunny/cloudy/rainy/windy/snowy.(板书新单词)
3.Read the new words and remember them.
4.Translate the new words into Chinese.
(1)rain 下雨;雨水
(2) windy 多风的
(3)cloudy 多云的
(4)sunny 晴朗的
(5) snow 下雪;雪
(6) weather天气
(Show the pictures on the big screen. ) Ask the students to use “How's the weather?”“It's...”to practice the structures.
e. g.
S1：How's the weather in picture 1?
S2：It’s sunny. How's the weather in picture 2?
S1：It's cloudy.
5.Write the words about weather according to the pictures above.
Answers： (1) sunny (2) cloudy (3) windy (4) raining/ rainy (5) snowing/ snowy
Step 2 Practice
1.Look at the pictures in la. Then read the words on the left. Ask the students to match the words with the pictures.
2.Check the answers.
Answers： 1. a 2. b 3. e 4. c 5. d
Step 3 Presentation
Show some pictures to the students, and ask them to ask and answer in pairs about the weather.
e. g.
T：How's the weather in Beijing?
Ss：It’s sunny.
T：How's the weather in Moscow?
Ss：It’s snowing.
Step 4 Game
(Show some pictures on the big screen.) Ask the students “How's the weather?”.
The students guess and answer the question.
T： How's the weather in picture 1?
S1：Is it rainy?
T： No,it isn't. It's windy.
Step 5 Listening
T：Now let's look at the city names in the box in lb.
Please read after me.
(The students read the city names after the teacher.)
T：Now, we'll hear four conversations. Listen carefully,and point out each city in the picture when you hear it on the tape.
Play the recording a second time. Ask the students to write the name of the city in the picture.
Check the answers.
Answers:a. Toronto b. Boston c. Beijing d. Moscow e. Shanghai
Step 6 Pair work
1.Tell the students: If you are in one of the places in the pictures above, talk about the weather with your friend in another city on the phone.
2.Make a model with a student like this：
T：Hi! How's the weather in Beijing?
S1：It's sunny.
3.The students work in groups.
(1)由对应的名词构成的描述天气的形容词：
sun→sunny
cloud→cloudy
wind→windy
rain→brainy
snow→snowy
(2)谈论某一个地方的天气的句型有：
A.询问某地天气状况的句型为：
How is the weather+in+地点名词？
How is可以缩写为How's。
莫斯科的天气怎么样？
How's the weather in Moscow？
B.It’s+描述天气的形容词+ in+地点名词.
It's sunny in Beijing.北京天气晴朗。
C.地点名词+ be+描述天气的形容词.
Beijing is sunny.北京天气晴朗。
Step 7 Task(The best weather forecaster)
Work in groups to give the weather report.
Report like this：
Here's the weather report for some big cities in China.
It's sunny in Shanghai. It’s. . . in Shenyang...
Here's the weather report for today. Thank you for listening.
Step 8 Summary
In this lesson,we have learned:
Words: rain, windy, cloudy, sunny, snow, weather
Sentence structures:—How's the weather in Beijing? —It's sunny.
Grammar：运用how句型来谈论天气。
当堂达标
（一）根据汉语提示完成句子
1.It's a (多云的)day today.
2.It's (正在下雨)today9 so I can't go out.
3.It's (有风的)today. I want to take a bus to school.
4.—How's the (天气)in your city?
—It (晴朗的).
5.It is (下雪)now. It's very cold outside.
（二）用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.—How's the weather today in Shanghai?
—It’s (cloud).
2.It's (wind) in spring,just right for flying kites.
3.Put on your raincoat. It's (rain) hard.
4.It hardly ever (几乎从不) (snow) in our city in winter.
5.The weather is (sun) and warm. Let's go out for a walk.
（三）完成下列城市的天气预报
Here's the weather report for some big cities in China. Shanghai
Here's the weather report for today. Thank you for listening.
（四）补全对话(有两项多余)
A.My name is Jack.
B.This is Jack.
C.Tm going fishing.
D.What are you going to do then?
E.Let's meet at our school gate at 4 o’clock.
F.Can I go with you?
G.Tm going for a picnic.
A: Hello! This is Jim speaking.
B: Hi,Jim. 1.
A: Hi,Jack. What's up?
B: Hmm. . . are you free this afternoon? 2. Would you like to come?
A: A picnic? Are you kidding? It's reported that the temperature will stay over 38°C.
B: Oh,that's too bad. 3.
A: I'm going swimming. It's comfortable to swim in this heat.
B: That's a good idea. 4.
A: Sure. When and where shall we meet?
B: 5.
A: OK. See you then.
B: See you.
（五）阅读理解
根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Sandy is in Japan. It's raining there. ( )
2.Sandy is having a good time. ( )
3.It's hot and sunny in London. And it's windy?too.( )
4.Simon is doing some reading by the pool.( )
Simon often goes swimming.( )
答案及解析：
（一）1. cloudy cloudy为形容词，意为“多云的”。
2.raining 此处表示“正在下雨”，故应填raining，与空格前的be动词构成现在进行时结构。
3.windy windy为形容词，意为“有风的”。
4.weather； sunny weather为不可数名词，意为“天气”;sunny为形容词，意为“晴朗的”。
5.snowing 此处表示“正在下雪”,故应填snowing，与空格前的be动词构成现在进行时结构。
（二）1. cloudy “It is+adj. ”来描述天气状况。
2.windy
3.raining 根据上文“穿上雨衣”可知，正在下雨,应用现在进行时，故用动词rain的现在分词形式raining。
4.snows 本句在陈述事实，应用一般现在时,it为第三人称单数，作主语时,谓语动词应用第三人称单数形式。
5.sunny
（三）One possible version：
Here's the weather report for some big cities in China. Shanghai is sunny today. It's snowy in Shenyang. Nanjing is windy and Chengdu is rainy. It's rainy in Nanning and it's cloudy in Lhasa. The weather is snowy in Urumqi and sunny in Hong Kong.
Here's the weather report for today. Thank you for listening.
（四）1?5 BGDFE
（五）1. F 由第一封信中“It's snowing again in Japan. ”可知此题题干表述错误。
2.T 由第一封信中 “But we're having a great time here... ”可知此题题干表述正确。
3.F 由第二封信中“But it isn't windy...”可知此题题干表述错误。
4.T 由第二封信中“I'm sitting by the pool and reading a fantastic book. ”可知此题题干表述正确。
5.T 由第二封信中“I often go swimming. ”可知此题题干表述正确。
Step 9 Homework
1.According to the chart,write a weather report.
Example:
Hello, everyone! I'm going to give a weather report. It is cloudy in Beijing. It is. . . in Shanghai. . . It is. . . Guangzhou. Thank you.
2.Remember the useful expressions in this class and preview the new words on P38—39.
板书设计
UNIT 7 It’s raining!
Period 1 (Section A la—1c)
rain—rainy/raining
wind—windy
cloud—cloudy
sun—sunny
snow—snowy/snowing
weather
—How's the weather in Beijing?
—It's sunny.
教学反思
Period 2 （Section A 2a—3b）
设计说明
本课时用谈论天气的话题继续学习现在进行时的用法，侧重于听、说的练习，目的是不断巩固和加强学生的听说能力;在活动的选取方面结合目标语言的模仿操练及任务型的情景练习,使学生多方位地理解现在进行时的用法。 通过本节课的学习，学生可以熟练地运用有关谈论天气和现在进行时的句型，自如地与他人进行交流,活学活用所学知识。在个人展示、小组合作与竞赛等活动中充分调动学生的积极性,激发学生学习的热情，体现教师的主导地位和学生的主体地位。
教学目标
1.知识目标：
(1)掌握单词和短语：cook, bad, park, message, him, could, back, problem, again； take a message, call ( sb.) back, right now。
(2)掌握句型：
—How's it going?
—Great! /Not bad. /Terrible!
—Can I take a message for him?
—Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?
—Sure, no problem.
2.能力目标：
(1)能用所学的知识描述天气情况。
(2)能描述正在进行的动作。
3.情感目标:了解天气变化情况，注重身体健康。
重点难点
1.重点：
(l)how引导的询问天气状况的特殊疑问句。
(2)描述天气状况的形容词。
(3 )与天气相关的人们相应的即时活动。
2 .难点：
综合运用现在进行时和一般现在时谈论人们的活动。
教学准备
多媒体课件、录音机、磁带。
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Free talk
1.Check the homework.
2.Ask one of the students to give a weather report.
Step 2 Presentation
1.Show some pictures of the weather.
e. g.
T: Look at picture 1. How is the weather?
S1：It's raining.
T: What are the children doing?
S2: They are going to school,I think.
S3：I think they are going home.
(Practice the structures in the same way.)
2.Practice the Present Progressive Tense.
Complete the sentences with the right forms of the given words.
(1)I am doing (do) my homework now.
(2)Is he having (have) dinner now?
(3)Look! What are they doing (do)?
(4)They are running (run) in the park now.
(5)Are they swimming (swim) in the pool now?
Step 3 Listening
1.Work on 2a.
Let's see what Joe's family are doing. Point to the four pictures.
(1)Ask the students to tell what each person is doing in each picture. Remind them to pay attention to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense.
(2)Ask the students to listen and number the pictures [1—4].
(3)Play the tape for the students to check the answers.
Answers: 2 3 4 1
2.Work on 2b.
(1)Listen again. Match the names with the activities.
(2)Check the answers.
Answers：1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b
(3)Report according to the information you got in 2b.
Model: Uncle Joe is playing basketball.
Step 4 Pair work
1.Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner like that in 2 c.
2.Brainstorming.
Ask the students to close their books and then do a memory test.
e. g.
T：What's Uncle Joe doing?
S1: He is playing basketball.
T: What is Jeff doing?
S2: He is playing computer games.
Step 5 Role-play
1.Ask the students to read the conversation in 2d and answer the questions:
(1)What's Steve doing?
(2)What's Rick's brother doing?
Answers:(1) He is playing basketball (with some friends at the park).
(2)He's studying (at his friend's home).
2.Read the conversation again. Find out the following phrases and translate them into Chinese.
(1)not bad 不错
(2)play basketball 打篮球
(3)at the park 在公园
(4)have a good time 玩得高兴
(5)take a message for...给……捎口信
(6)tell him to call me back告诉他给我回电话
(7)no problem 没问题
(8)sound like听起来好像
3.Let the students role-play the conversation in pairs.
Step 6 Language points
(1)“How's it going?"是日常用语，表示问候对方近来的情况，意为“近况如何？/一切还好吗?”。也可用"How’s everything?"。
常用回答有：Not bad!(不错!) Great!(很好!) Pretty good!(相当好!)Terrible!(太糟糕了!)
(2)Can I take a message for him?
要我给他捎个口信吗？
Could you just tell him to call me back?
你能否叫他给我回个电话？
以上两句中的情态动词can和could相当于汉语中的 “可以”“能否”，用于表达请求，只是could在语气上更加委婉、客气。
(3)tell sb. to do sth.意为“告诉某人做某事”，其否定结构为 tell sb. not to do sth.。
(4)“No problem.(没问题)”表示很爽快地答应别人的请求。
Step 7 Grammar Focus
1.Ask the students to read the sentences in Grammar Focus, and then ask them to close their books and translate the sentences.
(1)“天气怎么样?”How's the weather?
“天气多云。/天气晴朗。/天在下雨。”It's cloudy. /It's sunny. /It's raining.
(2)“你在做什么？”What are you doing?
“我在做饭。”I’m cooking.
(3)“他们在做什么？”What are they doing?
“他们正在公园里打篮球。”They're playing basketball in the park.
(4)“他在做什么?”What’s he doing?
“他在他朋友家里学习。”He's studying at his friend's home.
(5)“近来怎么样?”How's it going?
“很好！ /不错。/很糟糕!”Great! /Not bad. /Terrible!
2.Check the answers and correct the mistakes by themselves.
3.Give the students some minutes to remember the sentences.
Step 8 Practice
1.Work on 3 a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. Then practice the conversations with a partner.
2.The students read the conversations and fill in the blanks.
3.Check the answers with the class.
Answers： 1. am doing;do 2. is playing;plays 3. Is, studying;is studying
4. are making;make 5. Is, talking;talks
4.The students practice the conversations in pairs.
5.Ask some pairs to role-play the conversations.
6.Look at the pictures in 3b and fill in the chart. Then work in pairs after the model.
Model:
S1: How's the weather?
S2：It’s sunny.
S1：What's the boy doing?
S2： He’s playing the guitar.
Step 9 Summary
In this lesson,we have learned:
Words:cook, bad, park,message,him, could, back,problem,again
Phrases: take a message,call (sb. ) back,right now
Sentence structures:—How's it going?
—Great! /Not bad. /Terrible!
—Can I take a message for him?
—Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?
—Sure,no problem.
当堂达标
（一）单项填空
1. I don't like days. I like days.
A. snow;sun B. snowy;sun C. snow;sunny D. snowy;sunny
2. the weather in Jinan?
A. What B. How's C. What's D. How
3. —How's it ?
—Great!
A. go B. goes C. going D. to go
4. Hello! Is that Bob ?
A. speak B. speaking C. to speak D. speaks
5. My mother often tells me at school.
A. fight B. not fight C. to fight D. not to fight
（二）补全对话
A: Hello, Tom speaking.
B:Hi,Tom. It's Bob. 1.
A:Not bad?thank you. 2.
B:I'm playing soccer with some friends in the park.
A: 3.
B:Yeah. Is your brother at home?
A:Oh, he's not here. He's studying at his friend's home. 4.
B:Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?
A: 5.
B: Thank you.
答案及解析：
（一）1.D 由空后的名词days可知，前后两处要用形容词修饰名词，故答案选D。
2.B 询问某地天气情况的句型有“What’s the weather like in. . . ?”或“How's the weather in. . .” 故答案选B。
3.C “How's it going?”意为“近来怎样?”,是常用的问候语。
4.B 句意:你好！你是鲍勃吗？该句为打电话用语，常用 speaking。
5.D tell sb. (not) to do sth.为固定用法，意为“告诉某人(不要)做某事”。由句意“我的妈妈经常告诉我在学校不要打架”可知，答案应选D。
（二）1. How's it going? 由答语中的 “Not bad, thank you. ”可知问句询问“近况如何”，故填“How's it going?”
2.What are you doing? 由答语“我和一些朋友正在公园踢足球”可知问句询问“你在做什么?”
3.Sounds like you're having a good time/having fun. 由上下文可知此处表示“听起来好像你玩得正开心”。
4.Can I take a message for him? 由答语中的“你能让他给我回个电话吗? ”可知此处应表示“我可以给他捎个口信吗?”
5.Sure,no problem. 上文请求帮忙，下文又表示了感谢，说明此处为肯定回答。
Step 10 Homework
1.Remember all the useful expressions we learned.
2.Suppose you are Yuan Yuan, write down your interviewing report.
板书设计
UNIT 7 It5s raining!
Period 2 (Section A 2a—3b)
cook bad park message
take a message him could back
call (sb. ) back problem again
right now
—How's it going?
—Great! /Not bad. /Terrible!
—Can I take a message for him?
—Yes. Could you just tell him to call me back?
—Sure, no problem.
教学反思
Period 3 （Section B 1a—1e）
设计说明
本节课主要练习听说能力和巩固本单元所学语言项目，强调学生在课堂中的主体地位，注重对信息的处理,如 对本地天气情况的认识和对图表信息的处理;在匹配单词、 填表格等课堂活动中，让不同层次的学生都有表现的机会, 从而激发学生学习英语的兴趣;使用图片、多媒体辅助教 学，可以增加课堂容量,给学生更多的练习机会，鼓励大家 发挥想象力，开拓思维，大胆创新。
教学目标
1.知识目标：
(1)掌握单词:dry, cold, hot, warm。
(2)掌握句型：
—How's it going with you? —Not bad.
—How's the weather in. . . ? —It’s...
—What are you doing? —I'm having a party.
2 .能力目标：
(1)能用所学的知识描述天气情况。
(2)能描述正在进行的动作。
3.情感目标：
善于与人沟通，根据天气情况合理安排自己的假期生活。
重点难点
1.重点：
描述天气的形容词。
2 .难点：
how和what引导的特殊疑问句。
教学准备
多媒体课件、录音机、磁带。
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Free talk
1.Ask and answer about the weather.
2.Ask and answer questions about what sb. is doing.
For example:
T: How's the weather?
S1：It's sunny.
T: What are you doing?
S2 ： I'm reading a book.
Step 2 Presentation
1.Show some pictures to the students. What seasons are they? What do you think of the weather?
e.g.
T: What season is it in picture 1?
Ss：It’s spring.
T： How's the weather in picture 1?
Ss：It’s warm.
(Teach the other new words in the same way.)
2.Read the new words.
3.Write the Chinese meanings of the following words.
(1) spring 春天
(2) summer 夏天
(3)autumn 秋天
(4) winter 冬天
(5)warm温暖的
(6)hot热的
(7)cool凉爽的
(8) cold寒冷的
(9)dry干燥的
Step 3 Practice
1.Read the words in the box in la. Then look at the pictures. Match the words with the pictures.
2.Check the answers.
Answers： 1. d 2. a 3. e 4. b 5. c
3.Describe the weather in the pictures after the model.
Model: The weather is cold in picture a.
Step 4 Pair work
1.Look at the pictures in la. Ask and answer questions about the weather in the pictures like that in lb.
2.Now work in pairs.
3.Ask some pairs to ask and answer the questions.
Step 5 Listening
1.Work on 1c.
(1) Revise “How's it going?"and its answers: Pretty good. /Great. /Not bad. /Terrible. /...
(2) Play the tape for the students to listen and write what Mary and Eric answer to How's it going.
Play the recording twice. The first time the students only listen. For the second time the students listen and write down the answers.
Answers: Mary: not bad Eric: great
2.Work on 1d.
(1)Listen again. Write the answers to What are you doing and How's the weather.
Play the recording twice. The first time the students only listen. For the second time the students listen and write down the answers.
(2)Check the answers.
Answers: Mary: I'm visiting my grandmother.;hot, dry, sunny
Eric: I'm having a party.; terrible, cold, raining
Step 6 Practice
1.Role-play a conversation between Mary and Eric.
2.The students work in pairs or groups,make similar conversations about the weather,and role-play them in class.
3.Write a short passage about Mary or Eric according to the conversation.
For example: Mary is in Mexico now. Everything is not bad. She is visiting her grandmother. The weather there is hot, dry and sunny.
4.Work in groups.
“How's it going with you?”意为“你近况如何?”。其常见答语有“Pretty good. /Great. /Not bad./Terrible ”。
Step 7 Summary
In this lesson,we have learned：
1.Words: dry, cold, hot, warm
2.Sentence structures:
—How's it going with you?—Not bad.
—How's the weather in. . . ? —It’s...
—What are you doing? —I'm having a party.
当堂达标
（一）根据汉语提示完成句子
1.In winter,it's (寒冷的).
2.I like spring because it's (温暖的)and I can see lots of beautiful flowers.
3.The weather here is (热的)and （干燥的）.
4. It’s (凉爽的)in autumn.
（二）单项填空
1.—Hi, Jim! it going?
— .I don't pass the math test(测试).
A. How;Great B. How’s;Terrible C. How's;Not bad D. How;Terrible
2, —How's it going?
—Not bad.I'm having a party.
A. for B. with C. about D. to
3. —How's the in Moscow?
—Sunny but cold.
A. food B. weather C. rain D. snow
4,—What are you doing there?
—I my aunt.
A. visit B. visiting C. am visiting D. visits
（三）用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.It is a (sun) morning. My brother (read) books in his room now.
2.The weather is cool and (cloud). Just right for (go) hiking.
3.It (rain) hard outside and I (write) to my uncle.
4.—How's your trip (go)?
—Pretty good.
（四）用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空
park, time, talk, read, play, take
Dear Jim,
How's it going? The weather is fine. There are many people in the 1. .Some boys are 2. basketball. Some girls are 3. photos. My sister is 4. a book. My brother is 5. with his friends. They are having a good 6. .
答案及解析：
（一）1.cold 2. warm 3. hot,dry 4. cool
（二）1.B How's...going?用来询问“……怎么样?”根据后面的回答“I don't pass the math test.”可推断 “情况很糟糕”。故选B。
2.B “How's it going with sb. ?”为固定句式，意为“某人近况如何?”
3.B 由答语“Sunny but cold.(晴朗但寒冷)”可知此处询问的是天气状况，故选B。
4.C 上文用现在进行时提问,下文也应用现在进行时回答，故选C。
（三）1. sunny;is reading morning为名词，应用形容词修饰;由句末的时间状语now可知应用现在进行时。
2.cloudy, going 第一处应用形容词作表语,for为介词,其后的动词应用动词-ing形式。
3.is raining,am writing 分析情境可知，此处表达的是“外面正在下大雨,我正在给叔叔写信”，时态为现在进行时,两个空格处都应用动词-ing形式。
4.going “How's...going?”为固定句式,意为“……进展如何?”。
（四）1. park 2. playing 3. taking 4. reading 5. talking 6.time
Step 8 Homework
1.Recite the new words.
2.Complete the chart. And write a passage to describe your hometown and people's activities.
seasons
weather
activities
spring
warm, windy
fly kites...
The weather is warm and windy in spring. Children like to fly kites in this season...
板书设计
UNIT 7 It’s raining!
Period 3 (Section B la—le)
dry
cold
hot
warm
—How's it going with you?
—Not bad.
—How's the weather in. .. ?
—It’s...
—What are you doing?
—I'm having a party.
教学反思
Period 4 （Section B 2a—Self Check）
设计说明
本课时的阅读将本单元的互致问候、谈论天气、询问正在进行的活动等单元重点功能结构以明信片的形式呈现; 指导学生进行阅读和思考，帮助学生逐步形成快速准确阅读的能力;在教学过程中注意句子结构和成分的把握，分析重点、难点，帮助学生写出能表达一定内容又符合英语逻辑习惯的短文。
教学目标
1.知识目标：
(1)掌握单词和短语:visit, Canada ,summer, sit, juice, soon, vacation, hard, Europe, mountain, country, skate, snowy, winter, Russian, snowman, rainy;on (a) vacation。
(2)学习课文2b。
(3)学习用英语写明信片。
2.能力目标：
学会阅读相关文章,分析并获取有用信息，应用于自己的表达。
3.情感目标：
引导学生关注天气情况，培养学生爱护环境、保护自然资源的良好意识。
重点难点
1.重点：
(1)本课时所学生词及短语。
(2)学习课文2b。
2 .难点：
学会用英语写明信片;运用描述天气情况的词汇和现在进行时进行写作训练。
教学准备
多媒体课件、录音机、磁带。
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up & Revision
Show the picture to the students. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
e. g.
S1: How's the weather?
S2：It's sunny and windy.
S1: How's it going with Tom?
S2：I think it's pretty good.
S1：What's he doing?
S2: He's flying a kite.
Step 2 Before reading
1.Talk about the pictures in 2a with a partner. How's the weather? What are the people doing?
e. g.
S1: How is the weather in picture a?
S2：It’s warm and sunny.
S1：What's she doing?
S2: She is sitting by the pool and drinking orange juice.
Ask the students to ask and answer the questions in pairs. Then make their own conversations.
2.Circle the following words in the two postcards and translate them into Chinese.
(1)visit v.拜访;参观
(2)Canada n.加拿大
(3)summer n.夏天;夏季
(4)sit v.坐
(5)juice n.果汁;饮料
(6)soon adv.不久;很快
(7)vacation n.假期
(8)hard adv.努力地adj.困难的
(9)Europe n.欧洲
(10)mountain n.高山
(11)country n.国；国家
3.Teach the students the new words. Then let the students read the new words after the teacher.
Step 3 Reading
1.Fast reading.
Read the postcards in 2b and match each postcard with the correct picture in 2a. The students read the postcards quickly and then check the answers.
Answers: a b
2.Careful reading.
(1)Read the first postcard again and find the answers to these questions.
①Where is Su Lin now? She is in Canada now.
②What is Su Lin studying there? English.
③Is she visiting any of her old friends there? Yes,she is.
④What's she doing right now? She is sitting by the pool and drinking orange juice.
⑤How's the weather there? It's warm and sunny.
(2)Read the second postcard again and find the answers to these questions.
①Where is Dave now? He is in Europe.
②What are Dave and his family doing there? They are on a vacation in the mountains.
③Is Dave having a great time? Yes,he is.
④How's the weather there? Cool and cloudy.
⑤How's Dave's summer vacation? It's fun and he is having a great time.
3.Work on 2c.
(1) Fill in the chart with information from the post cards in 2b.
Name
Where are they?
How's the weather?
What are they doing?
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
(2)Then check the answers.
Answers:1. Su Lin 2. Canada 3. warm and sunny
4.visiting her aunt, studying English, visiting old friends, sitting by the pool,drinking orange juice 5. Dave 6. Europe 7. cool and cloudy 8. walking in the mountains 9 writing to Jane
4.Read the two postcards and find out the phrases below. Then translate them into Chinese.
(1)have a great time doing sth.愉快地做某事
(2)summer school暑假班;暑期学校
(3)learn a lot学会很多
(4)some of... ……中的一些
(5)right now此刻，现在，马上
(6)sit by the pool坐在游泳池边
(7)drink orange juice 喝橙汁
(8)summer vacation 暑假
(9)study hard努力学习
(10)have fun过得愉快
(11)on a vacation 度假
(12)write to sb.给某人写信
(13)just right for doing sth.正好适合做某事
Step 4 Writing Preparation
1.Show some pictures on the big screen and present some new words and expressions in this period.
(skate, snowy, winter, Russian, snowman, rainy)
2.The students read the new words and try to remember them.
3.Translate the new words into Chinese.
(1)skate v.滑冰
(2)snowy adj.下雪的
(3)winter n.冬天;冬季
(4)Russian adj.俄罗斯的n.俄罗斯人;俄语
(5)snowman n.雪人
(6)rainy adj.阴雨的;多雨的
4.Fill in the blanks with the words in the box in 3a.
5.Check the answers.
Answers： snowy/windy,windy/snowy； buying； playing； skating, taking
Step 5 Writing
1.Imagine you are on vacation. Write notes about your vacation.
2.Let some students read the questions in 3b aloud.
Make sure the students know the meaning of the questions.
3.The students think and write down some notes about their vacations.
4.Let the students read out their own vacation notes.
5.Write a postcard to a friend to tell him/her about your vacation.
6.Let the students read their postcards to the class.
Step 6 Self Check
1.Add more words in each box.
Answers will vary.
2.Match the sentences on the left with the responses on the right. Then ask the students to read the sentences in pairs.
Answers:
A： Hello, Jenny speaking.
B： Hi, Jenny. It's Steve here. May I speak to Laura,please?
A：Sorry,she's not at home. Can I take a message?
B：Yes. Could you ask her to call me at 8765-4321?
A: Sure, no problem.
B: Thank you. Bye.
3.Put these sentences in order to make a conversation. Then write your own conversation.
Answers:(4) It's raining and very cool.
:(5)What are you doing in the rainy weather?
:(2)Not too bad.
:(3)How's the weather in Nanjing?
:(6)I'm reading a book in my room.
:(1) Hi,Jill! How's it going?
Step 7 Language points
Work in groups. First read and then fill in the blanks.
1.have a great time doing sth.意为“享受做某事,喜欢做某事，做某事很开心”，相当于have fun doing sth.。
We have a great time playing (play) tennis. 我们打网球打得很开心。
2.be happy to do sth.意为“很高兴做某事”。
“主语+be+表示情感、情绪的形容词+ to do sth. ”为固定句式,意为“某人因做某事而感到……”。
He is happy to visit (visit) his grandparents. 他很高兴去看望他的爷爷奶奶。
I'm glad to help (help) you.我很乐意帮助你。
3.sit by...意为“坐在……旁边”。sit为不及物动词， 意为“坐，坐下”。其现在分词为sitting； by介词，意为 “在……旁边”。
She is sitting (sit) by the river and watching the fish swimming around.
她正坐在河边看鱼儿游来游去。
4.study hard意为“努力学习”。hard为副词，意为“努力地”。
Work hard,and you will get more.
努力工作，你会收获更多。
5.write to sb.意为“给某人写信”。
My friend,Tom,often writes to me. Now I'm writing to him.
我的朋友汤姆经常给我写信。现在我正在给他写信。
6.It's hot in your country now,isn't it?你们国家现在很热,对吧？
此句是陈述内容之后附加了一个简短的疑问部分，来对陈述的内容进行确认。在语法上把这样的疑问结构称为 “反意疑问句”。陈述部分为肯定时，疑问部分用否定;陈述部分为否定时，疑问部分用肯定。
It is very cold there,isn't it?那儿很冷，是吧？
7.“May I speak to Laura,please?"意为“请找劳拉接电话好吗? speak to sb.意为“和某人讲话”,常用在打电话用语中，表示“找某人接电话”。
May I speak to your father?
可以让你爸爸接电话吗？
8.ask sb. to do sth.意为“要求/请求某人做某事”。
He asks his mother to help (help) him.
他请求他的妈妈帮助他。
Step 8 Summary
In this lesson,we have learned：
1.Words and a phrase: visit, Canada, summer, sit, jnice, soon, vacation, on (a) vacation, hard, Europe, mountain, country, skate, snowy, winter, Russian, snowman, rainy
2.Reading: Two postcards
3.Writing： A postcard
当堂达标
（一）用所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词
1.Yesterday I had a good time (visit) my grandparents.
2.Joe ( sit) on the sofa and watching TV now.
3.I'm so happy (see) my friends again.
4.—Hello! Kate (speak).
—Hi? Kate. It's Tom. May I ( speak) to your mother,please?
5.You can ask the policeman (help) you.
6.It's (sun) and warm, just right for (take) a walk outside.
（二）句型转换
1.People are working hard right now.(就画线部分提问)
right now?
2.My summer vacation is great.(就画线部分提问)
summer vacation ?
3.Are you having fun?(改为同义句)
you good ?
4.It's cold and snowy in Harbin in winter.(就画线部分提问)
in Harbin in winter?
5.How's the weather in your country?(改为同义句)
the weather in your country?
6.It is a fine day, ?(完成反意疑问句)
（三）完形填空
Summer in Toronto is really great! The 1. is sunny and 2 . There are lots of people 3. on vacation every 4. . It is 5. in Toronto now. In the sea,some people are 6. and 7. are surfing (冲浪).On the
8. many children are 9. and laughing. Everyone is having a good 10. .
1. A. whether B. weather C. weathers D. time
2. A. cold B. warm C. snowy D. cloudy
3. A. here B. near C. where D. when
4. A. one year B. years C. year D. months
5. A. winter B. summer C. spring D. autumn
6. A. swimming B. swiming C. swim D. swims
7. A. the other B. other C. others D. another
8. A. beach B. park C. garden D. sea
9. A. running B. run C. runs D. ran
10. A. vacations B. time C. fun D. times
（四）阅读理解
In England,people don't often talk to each other when they travel. If you are on a bus or on a train,you can always see some people sitting and looking out of the window and other people reading books or newspapers.
English people often start a conversation(对话)by talking about the weather. So when you meet somebody in England? you can say “Nice weather for the time of year!”
“But it was a little cold yesterday,”somebody may answer.
“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say. Talk like this, and English people will think you are friendly.
1.In England,some people often sit and look out of the on a train.
A. window B. door C. house D. hole
2.English people often on the bus.
A.talk a lot B. talk to each other C. eat something D. read newspapers
3.When you meet an Englishman? you can start a conversation by talking about the .
A.weather B. time C. food D. countryside
4.According to the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think .
A.you are friendly
B.you are right
C.you come from England
D.you talk too much
5.Which sentence is TRUE?
A.English people like traveling by bus.
B.English people don't talk much when they're on public transport.
C.English people are unfriendly.
D.English people don't enjoy good weather.
答案及解析：
（一）1.visiting have a good time doing sth.意为“做某事很开心”。
2.is sitting 根据时间状语now判断，该句为现在进行时，故谓语形式为“be(am/is/are)+v. -ing”，主语Joe 为第三人称单数，因此答案为is sitting。
3.to see 句意为“我很高兴，又见到我的朋友”。be happy to do sth.意为“很高兴做某事”。
4.(is) speaking；speak 在电话用语中，表示“我是……”可用“...(is) speaking.”或“This is. . . speaking.”； may为情态动词，其后动词用原形，故第二个空填 speak。
5.to help ask sb. to do sth,为固定搭配，意为“要求/请求某人做某事”。
6.sunny,taking 第一个空作表语，应用sun的形容词形式；just right for doing sth.为固定搭配，意为“正适合做某事”。
（二） 1. What are people doing 该句为现在进行时结构，提问事物应用疑问词what,后跟一般疑问句，故用 “What are people doing right now?”进行提问。
2.How's your, going 对great提问，应该用 “How's...going?”，表示“……怎么样?”。“How's your summer vacation going?”意为“你的暑假过得怎么样?”。
3.Are, having a, time have fun意为“过得高兴，玩得 愉快”，同义短语为have a good time，该句是一般疑问句，根据答题空可知，应为“Are you having a good time?”。
4.How's the weather 该句的画线部分为描述天气的形容词，根据答题空可知，应用“How's the weather...”来提问。
5.What's, like “How's the weather. . . ?”与“What's the weather like. . . ?”同义。
6.isn't it 陈述部分为肯定时，疑问部分用否定;疑问部分主语应与陈述部分主语一致。
（三） 1. B whether意为“是否”；weather是不可数名词，其后不能加-s；time意为“时间”；sunny是表示天气的形容词，所以应填weather,意为“天气”，故选B。
2.B 根据“Summer in Toronto is really great!”可判断天气应该是 sunny and warm。
3.A 从句意看，应用here来表达有许多人来这儿度假。
4.C every year“每年”。
5.B 后文中的swimming和surfing都是夏季运动，故可判断现在是夏天。
6.A 由are及下句时态判断,本句应为现在进行时，其结构为“be(am/is/are) +v.-ing”，swim 的现在分词为 swimming。
7.C others为代词,在本句中指人，意为“其他的人”。 而A项的the other指“两者中的另一个”，与句中的 are主谓不一致。B项的other为形容词，其后应跟名词才对，所以B项排除。another意为“另一个”。与题 也不符。故选C。
8.A 从“In the sea,some people. . .”等语句来看，此处应该是描写海滩上的景象。on the beach意为“在沙滩上”。
9.A and连接两个并列成分，由后面的laughing可知，与之并列的也应是现在分词。故选A。
10.B have a good time 意为“玩得开心"。
I（四）1. A 由第一段第二句“If you are on a bus or on a train, you can always see some people sitting and looking out of the window. . . ”可知，在火车上一些人常常坐着向窗外看。故选A。
2.D 由第一段内容可知，在英格兰，当人们出行时他们不经常互相交谈,他们在车上经常读书或看报，故选D。
3.A 由第二段第一句“English people often start a conversation by talking about the weather.”可知，当 见到英格兰人的时候，人们可以从谈论天气开始谈话，故选A。
4.A 由最后一段可知，如果和英格兰人谈论天气，他 们会认为你很友好，故选A。
5.B A项意为“英格兰人喜欢乘公共汽车旅行”,文中未提到，故排除;B项意为“英格兰人乘坐公共交通工具时谈话不多”,与短文内容相符;C项意为“英格兰人不友好”,D项意为“英格兰人不喜欢好天气”,均与文意不符。故选B。
Step 9 Homework
1.Recite the words and phrases in this unit.
2.Write an article. The title is “The weather in my hometown”.
板书设计
UNIT 7 It’s raining!
Period 4 (Section B 2a—Self Check)
visit Canada summer sit juice soon vacation on (a) vacation hard Europe mountain country skate snowy winter Russian snowman rainy
have a great time doing sth.
I'm so happy to do sth.
Are you having fun?
How's your summer vacation going?
教学反思
