教學目標
通過本單元的學習，學生們應會：“年月日”(dates, months and years) 和“季節(jié)”(seasons) 的表達, 以及不同季節(jié)的特點、自然現(xiàn)象的描述等。
學會1-12月份和的四季英語名稱，以及1-31的序數(shù)詞。有關各國季節(jié)的變化，自然現(xiàn)象的描述和信件的基本寫法，也是本課的主要內容。
語音學習
/ n / n nk / N / ng /Ng / ng / Nk / nk nc
詞匯學習
掌握
L 41 date season write down January March June July August December spring last
L 42 weather warm come out heavily crop really snow snowman all the year round
L 44 true nearly unlike opposite
語法學習
1．學會序數(shù)詞，并用于“年月日的表達。”
2．反意問句的基本用法。
3．介詞in, on 和at與時間的搭配和一些特殊用法。
教學生一個順口溜，也許對對記憶介詞的用法有些幫助。
年用in月用in星期也用in
有年有月還用in
如果遇到年月日，千萬記住要用on。
日常交際用語
Which is the second / fourth / month of the year? February / April.
When is spring / summer / autumn / winter / in China? It lasts from March to May.
What is the date today? It’s December the 20th, 2001.
What’s the weather like in spring / summer / autumn / winter in your hometown? It’s very warm and windy.
The days get warmer, and the nights get longer.
Which season do you like best? Summer.
Why? Because I can swim in the river.
教學建議
本單元主要是圍繞兩個話題開展教學活動。即 “日期”和“季節(jié)”。主要的語言項目是序數(shù)詞，月份的名稱和反意疑問句及回答。
在41課中，12個月份和四季的英語名稱，1-31的序數(shù)詞，一般現(xiàn)在時和一般過去時的有關日期的提問及回答都是比較難掌握的。第42課是閱讀課。講的是杭州的一中學生王偉給他的加拿大朋友的一封信。信中描述了杭州的四季。文章前的三個討論題可讓學生自由發(fā)揮，開展討論。第43顆主要是學會運用反意疑問句。第三部分，看圖說話可供條件極好的班級使用。這一部分主要練習四季特征的描述。可鍛煉學生的語言組織能力和表達能力。
第44課為綜合實踐課。提供了語音，聽力，說話和閱讀四個方面的材料。其中說話部分要求學生真實地回答問題，復習了反意問句及有關問句，并給學生提供了自由發(fā)揮的空間。閱讀部分通過兩個國家的氣候對比敘述和文后的兩幅圖畫，給學生們談論氣候提供了素材。
重難點分析
本單元的重點是學習并掌握反意疑問句的用法和介詞in, on, at的用法。難點是反意疑問句的兩種不同形式及答語。
1．表示季節(jié)、月份、日期、天氣狀況的詞，能很流利地運用這些詞談論季節(jié)和天氣狀況。
2．日期的提問和回答。
3．有關BE動詞和行為動詞最基本的反意問句及回答。
4．介詞in, on以及at和時間的搭配。
重點詞組和短語分析
thank sb. for sth.為某事感謝某人
ask sb. about sth. 就某事詢問某人
come out （花）開；發(fā)（芽）；出來；出現(xiàn)
rain heavily 下大雨
a busy season 繁忙的季節(jié)
harvest time 收獲季節(jié)
help sb. with sth. 在某事上幫助某人
work on the farm 在農(nóng)場工作
make a snowman 做雪人
all the year around 一年四季
at this time of the year 一年中的這個時候
in much of China在中國的這個時候
last from...to... 從……延續(xù)到……
go on to... 延續(xù)到……
warm clothes 暖和的衣服
the best time 最好的時節(jié)
日常交際分析
本單元的交際用語主要是關于天氣狀況和季節(jié)的，現(xiàn)將有關這兩方面的詞匯和句型總結如下：
1.詞匯
1) spring, summer, autumn, winter
2) January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
2. 句型和短語
1) It is... in winter/summer. ...
2) It is/lasts from . . . to . . . .
3) go on to...
4) come after
5) It/The weather is .. ., isn't it?
6) at a bad time of year
7) at this time/that time of year
8) be different from
9) What's the weather like...?
詞匯教學建議
以舊代新 在學習12個月份的時候，先讓學生復習已學過的幾個月份。用下面的表格引出以下新單詞：
___________ __February__ ___________
___April_____ ___May____ __________
____________ ___________ _September_
__October___ ____________ ___________
也可采用以四季劃分的方式排列12個月份。
1．符合發(fā)音規(guī)律的單詞
三月、六月和七月建議老師先讓學生們仔細聽三個單詞的讀音，推測出它們是什么字母。必要時可寫出音標。相信學生們是可以拼出單詞的。也可寫出單詞，讓學生自己讀。
2．可用遷移的方法教單詞
autumn August February January September November December
3．教學生月份的簡寫
月份的簡寫一般是前三個字母。如：January Jan. February Feb.
April Apr.等。
用掛歷讓學生看月份的縮寫。
語法教學建議
1. 利用值日生報告學習日期的表達。
值日生報告制度是老師們常用的訓練學生口語的方式。此方法簡單易行，深受老師和同學們的喜愛。學習本單元大約在一月份，可利用這一段時間反復復習日期的表達。重點是兩類問題；What day is it today? What day was yesterday? 和 What is the date today? What was the date yesterday? 并以完全和縮略兩種形式，把每天的日期都寫在黑板上，如January 20th, 2003, Jan. 20th, 2003, 也可讓值日生自己寫，以加深學生們的印象。
2. 利用常見句型，練習反意疑問句。
先讓學生觀察一些句子，老師可事先用投影寫好一些句子，條件較好的班級也可由老師口頭朗讀這些句子，如：
It’s fine today, isn’t it? Yes, it is.
You’re from Japan, aren’t you? Yes, I am.
讓學生總結反意問句的構成，以及它的回答方式。
日常交際用語建議
1．讓學生相互詢問生日，朋友的生日、父母的生日、值日生報告等，練習年月日的表達。
教學完日期的表達方法后，應要求值日生每天進行這樣的問答：What’s the date today? What was the date yesterday?等。這是復習鞏固日期表達法的最好的途徑。
2．通過編對話、描述等練習四季天氣的表達。
可利用書上的彩圖，教師平時要從畫報上選擇一些圖片，做為補充。這項工作也可發(fā)動學生幫助完成。還可利用南北半球的氣候差異做比較將會引起學生的興趣。指著中國和澳大利亞的地圖讓學生自己根據(jù)教材內容進行總結其差異及各自季節(jié)特點。
Which month is the coldest / hottest in China / Australia?
Can Australians have snow on New Year’s Day?
反意疑問句
反意疑問句（The Disjunctive Question）又叫附加疑問句，它表示提問的人對所提的事有一定的看法，但沒有把握，需要對方來證實。反意疑問句由兩部分組成：前一部分是一個陳述句，表示提問者的看法。后一部分是一個簡短的附加疑問句，對前部分陳述句中所陳述的內容提出疑問。反意疑問句后半部分的附加疑問句應與前部分的陳述句在人稱以及時態(tài)上保持一致。反意疑問句的基本結構有以下兩種：
1．陳述部分肯定式+疑問部分否定式？
2．陳述部分否定式+疑問部分肯定式？
例：They work hard, don’t they?
She was ill yesterday, wasn’t she?
You didn’t go, did you?
He can’t ride a bike, can he?
大多數(shù)反意疑問句的結構是和上面所說的一樣，但也有些特殊的反意疑問句：
一、當陳述部分的主語是I, everyone, everything, nobody等詞時，后面的附加疑問句一般這樣來表示：
1. I am a student, aren’t I ?
2. Everyone is in the classroom, aren’t they?
3. Everything begins to grow in spring, doesn’t it?
4. Nobody will go, will they?
二、當陳述部分有never, seldom, hardly, few, little 等含有否定意義的詞語時，附加疑問句多用肯定式。如：
1. He has never been to(去過、到過) Nanchang, has he?
2. There are few apples in the basket, are there?
3. He can hardly swim, can he?
4. They seldom come late, do they?
三、當陳述部分是I think加賓語從句時，后面的附加疑問句應和賓語從句中的人稱和時態(tài)保持一致。如：
I think chickens can swim, can’t they?
I think Lucy is a good girl, isn’t she?
四、當陳述部分有had better時，附加疑問句應用hadn’t開頭。如：
You’d better get up early, hadn’t you?
五、當陳述部分是祈使句時，附加疑問句部分有不同的形式，并多使用肯定來表示有禮貌的請求。如：
Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?
注意：Let us go out for a walk, will you?
Turn on the radio, will you?
六、反意疑問句的回答用yes或no，但是當陳述部分是否定式，附加疑問句部分是肯定句時，答語中使用yes或no則應根據(jù)事實來決定，事實是肯定的用yes，事實是否定的就用no。如：
They don’t work hard, do they? 他們工作不太努力，是嗎？
簡略回答：
Yes, they do. 不，他們工作努力。
No, they don’t. 是的，他們工作不努力。
另外，朗讀反意疑問句時要注意：前面的陳述部分通常用降調朗讀，而后面的附加疑問句部分則要根據(jù)說話人的口氣來定：如果是很客氣地要求對方回答，就用升調朗讀，如果只表示一種語氣上的強調，則用降調朗讀。
分析in, on 和at 的用法
表示年、月、季節(jié)、星期等用in: in a year / season / month / week / the morning / the afternoon / the evening /
They have four classes in the morning, and they have no classes in the afternoon.
表示日、日期、某一天的早晨、下午等用on: on a day / date, on Sunday / Saturday on Wednesday morning, on the evening of March 7th, 2002
It rained heavily on the evening of June 20th.
表示幾點、某個時刻用at：at eight / two / half past one / at this time yesterday / at this time of year / at that time / at present
He was watching TV at this time yesterday.
零介詞：this year, last time, next month, the next day，all the year round, all the day, the whole day等。
Their family are going to fly to London next month.
At 還有一些特殊的用法，如：at work, at table，at hand, at once, at last, at home, at the same time
at once 立刻
His father telephoned him to return home at once.
at hand 不遠，快到
Autumn is nearly over. Winter is at hand.
at most 最多
He looks very old, but in fact he is forty at most.
日期的表達與詢問
日期表達
由于書寫習慣的不同，英語里日期的寫法也有差異。美國人習慣先說日期后說月份，英國人則習慣先說月份后說日期，但年份均是放在最后。書寫日期時，可用阿拉伯數(shù)字表示，也可用序數(shù)詞的縮略式（1st 、2nd 、4th ）表示，但是年份只能用阿拉伯數(shù)字。如1999年3月2日可表達為2 (nd) March, 1999（讀作the second of March, nineteen ninety-nine）或March 2(nd), 1999（讀作March the second, nineteen ninety-nine）。
日期詢問
1.幾月幾日的詢問方法
a. What’s the date (today)?
b. What was the date yesterday (last Monday…)?
其回答方式是：It’s (It was) …
2.星期幾的詢問方法
a. What day is today (tomorrow)?
b. What day is it today (tomorrow)?
c. What day of the week is it today?
這種句子中可用today, tomorrow等名詞作主語，也可用代詞it作主語。其回答方式是：It’s (It was) …
對話實例
A: What day is today?
B: It’s Sunday.
A: What was the date yesterday?
B: It was September 10th, Teachers’ Day.
Lesson 41 教學設計方案
教學目標
學會12個月份、四季和順數(shù)詞的說法。學會表達日期。
教學用具
投影儀、錄影機以及掛歷和媒體設備等。
教學步驟
Step 1 Revision
老師可先做Duty Report， 除規(guī)定的內容外，必須讓值日生回答以下幾個問題： What day is it today / tomorrow？What day was it yesterday? What is the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday? 然后將答案（完全形式和縮略形式）寫在黑板上，并讓學生視聽，初步了解英文日期的表達與中文順序的不同。然后全班問學生幾個問題：What day is our National Day? October 1st. / Oct.1st. Which month is the Spring Festival in? Usually in February. Who / Whose mother / Whose father was born in February / April / May / September / October? 最好先找?guī)讉�學生是在已學過的這幾個月份出生的，或他們的父母是在這幾個月份出生的，這樣可先復習學過的幾個月份。按季節(jié)做以下表格。先填出學過的季節(jié)和月份。學完生詞后填滿表格。
Step 2 Presentation
Learn and practise
Today we’ll study the first month, the third month, the sixth month, the seventh month, the eighth month, and the eleventh month of the year.
以下單詞符合發(fā)音規(guī)律，請同學們自己拼讀, 應該不會有太大的困難。
March June July
以下單詞可遷移
autumn August February January September November, December
past last sing spring sea season 先讓學生根據(jù)舊單詞讀出劃線部分，然后再讀整個單詞。
這些單詞大多數(shù)拼讀較復雜，可讓學生把這些單詞先在本上抄一遍。
然后讓學生練習自己的生日，每個人說出自己的生日。可兩人互相問答，練習說自己的生日，父母的生日，朋友的生日等。
最后教師問學生：
T: How many months are there in a year?
Students: There are twelve months in a year.
T: What are they? Can you say them in English?
Ss: They are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.
讓學生填滿表格。
Ask and answer
T: There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, slimmer, autumn and winter. Do you know when spring/summer/autumn/winter is in China?
讓學生根據(jù)上面填寫的表格進行對話練習：
S1: When is spring in China?
S2: It’s from March to May.
S1: When is summer in China?
S2: It’s form June to August.
… …
Notes:
1. We say “autumn” in Britain, and say “fall” in American English.
2. When we say four seasons, we should use preposition “in”--in spring, in summer, in autumn/fall, in winter.
3. Preposition “on”
On Monday, On Tuesday, On Wednesday, On Thursday, On Friday, On Saturday, On Sunday
4. Preposition “at”
at 6 o clock, at 120 clock, at this time of year.
5. Preposition “in”
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.
然后讓學生自己完成課本上第2部分的練習。
Learn and practise
T: Do you remember the cardinal numbers that we have learnt before?
Let’s count them from one to thirty - one. OK! Could you please write them down in your note - books? Who wants to write the cardinal numbers on due blackboard?
要一個學生來寫下以前所學的數(shù)詞：
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve … twenty-one … thirty thirty-one
然后問這個學生是否能把這些數(shù)詞變成序數(shù)詞：
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, … twenty-first … thirtieth, thirty-first
讓學生注意黑體字顯示的特殊變化。
Step 3 Practice
T: Which is the first month of the year?
Ss: January is the first month of the year.
T: Show them the answers
1. January is the first month of the year.
2. February is the second month of the year.
3. March is the third month of the year.
4. April is the fourth month of the year.
5. May is the fifth month of the year.
6. June is the sixth month of the year.
7 .July is the seventh month of the year.
8. August is the eighth month of the year.
9. September is the ninth month of the year.
10. October is the tenth month of the year.
11. November is the eleventh month of the year.
12. December is the twelfth month of the year.
用投影片練習以下日期：
兩千零三年一月一日 New Year’s Day 日期January the first, two thousand and three / Jan. 1st, 2003, 星期 Wednesday
二月 Spring Festival 日期 星期
三月八日 Women’s Day 日期 星期
五月一日 Labour Day 日期 星期
六月一日 Children’s Day 日期 星期
七月一日 Birthday of the Party 日期 星期
八月一日 建軍節(jié) 日期 星期
九月十日 Teachers’ Day 日期 星期
十二月二十五日 Christmas Day 日期 星期
然后讓學生練習關于詢問最近幾天的日期 (pair work)，
S1: What day is it today?
S2: It’s November 3rd, 2002/November the third, two thousand and two.
S1: What day was it yesterday？
S2: It was November 2nd, 2002.
… …
運用下面句型進行練習：
What day is it today / tomorrow? What day was it yesterday？ What the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday? When is your birthday? When is your father’s birthday / your mother’s birthday / your friend’s birthday?
讓學生統(tǒng)計本組的，生日，看看那一個月份過生日的最多。
Step 4 Consolidation
編一段小短文，假定我們班一月份有五個同學過生日，說出這五個同學的生日，我們準備給他們集體過生日，要開一個生日Party, 定一個日期。并向全班宣布時間、地點。
Step 5 Exercises in class
Filling in the blanks: (keys in the following brackets)
1. New Year is on January, _________(the first)
2 .May the first is _________(Labor Day)
3. We love our teachers, we say Happy Teachers day on _________ (September, the tenth)
4. Flowers come out in________(spring)
5. Our second school - term lasts from ____ to ____. (February to July).
6. June the first is _________. (Children’s Day).
7. ______ is our National Day. (October, the first)
8.We can make a snow man in _________(winter)
9. September is the _________ month of year. (ninth)
10. ________, the twenty - fifth is Christmas Day. (December).
Homework
1. Recite the numbers, seasons and months.
2. Make five English sentences according to this lesson.
3. Do workbook.
The design of the blackboard
Lesson 42 教學設計方案
教學目標
學會描述四季天氣，信的基本寫法。
教學用具
投影儀、錄音機以及用過的外國的信封、信紙等。
教學步驟
Step 1 Revision
1. Duty Report: 讓值日生報告，包括以下問題： What day is it today / tomorrow？What day was it yesterday? What is the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday?等，并問學生What’s the weather like today? 老師可自己回答 It’s fine / cold.
2. Review the names of 12 months and four seasons.
Step 2 Presentation
1．通過敘述四季教新單詞。如能配合媒體效果會更好。老師可看著媒體描述四季，讓學生們注意聽。
Spring is the first season of the year. The weather is very warm. 教warm, weather. I like spring best. Everything begins to turn green. Flowers come out. We can wear beautiful clothes, again. 教 come out. Summer is the warmest season of the year. It often rains, sometimes quite heavily, in the South. 教 heavily. The crops grow very quickly. 教 crop. Autumn is the busy season of the year. We often help them with their harvest. We really enjoy working on the farm. Because I like working better than having classes in the classroom. 教really. Winter is the coldest of the year. Old people don’t like it, but children like it. Because it sometime snows, sometimes very heavily. 教snow. Children can make a snowman. 教snowman.
引導學生討論re-reading questions。先找一兩個較好的同學說一說，再找?guī)讉�小組的學生代表在全班展示。
2．觀察信的格式
信紙的右上角寫什么，稱呼用什么標點，落款寫什么。
閱讀P.12, P.69和P.153三封信。讓學生總結寫信應有些什么套話。
老師可總結一封信的格式, 用你自己學校的地址。
觀察SB P132 信封的寫法。也可給讓學生看一個真正的用過的信封、信紙。
讓學生聽錄音，并跟讀。
Step 3 Practise
1）讓學生快速閱讀這封信，Say something about the weather in spring, summer, autumn and winter in Hangzhou.
2）Say something about the four seasons in Beijing. 可以小組討論后，代表發(fā)言，也可個人發(fā)言。
1. There are four seasons in Beijing.
2. It’s windy in spring. It’s warm in autumn.
It’s hot in summer. It’s cold in winter.
3. People like to have a picnic in spring.
They like to swim in summer.
They like to go outing in autumn.
They like to go skiing in winter.
Addition: How many kinds of sports do you know?
eg. running, skating, playing basketball, playing football, playing volleyball, the high jump, the long jump, relay race.
3）做Workbook
Step 4 Exercises in class
T: Let the students close their English books and fill in the missing words according to the letter. Then check the answers.
___1__Helen ,I___2___you are well. Thank you___3__your last letter. You__4___me about the weather here in China. There__5__four seasons in a year___6__spring,__7__, autumn and winter.
I think spring is the___8__season of the year. The weather___9___warmer, and the days___10__longer.___11__the fields everything begins to___12__. Trees__13__green, and flowers start to come__14__.
Summer__15___after spring. It is the__16__season. It often reins .sometimes quite__17___ The crops grow very quickly. Many people love this__18__of year, __19__it is good for___20__. I often go___21__, sometimes in a___22_near my home, and sometimes in a___23__. I enjoy it very___24__.
___25__is a busy season. The days get___26___and the nights get__27__. It is the harvest time, and all farmers are___28__.Often, we help them___29_the harvest.__30__month we helped them with the rice harvest. We really enjoyed__31__on the farm.
The coldest season of the year is winter. Some people___32___like winter, __33_I like it. Sometimes it snows, and the land is___34__white. Then we can play in the mow. I like to___35___snowmen.
How many seasons are__36___in your country? I___37__it is cold all the year __38__.There are not four seasons,__39__there?
_____40___
Wang Wei.
Keys: 1. Dear 2. hope 3. for 4. asked 5. are
6.here 7.summer 8.best 9.gets 10. get
11. In 12.grow 13.turn 14.out 15.comes
16.waimest 17.heavily 18. time 19.because 20.sports
21.swimming 22.lake 23.river 24.much 25.Autumn
26. shorter 27. longer 28. busy 29. with 30. Last
31.woiking 32.don’t 33.but 34.all 35.make
36.there 37.hear 38.round 39.are 40.Yours
Step 5 Homework
1. Read the letter fluently.
2. Make sentences with the useful expressions.
3. Try to write a short English letter.
假如Helen 給你也寫了一封信，讓你談談你家鄉(xiāng)的四季，請你回一封信。
The design of the blackboard
Lesson 43-L44 教學設計方案
(一課時或兩課時)
教學目標
掌握語音；談談自己對四季的看法，說說自己最喜歡那個季節(jié)，并說明理由。
教學用具
錄影機、媒體設備。
教學步驟
Step 1 Revision
四季和12個月份。
Step 2 Presentation
老師朗讀這些句子，朗讀兩遍，重讀動詞及反意部分。
It’s fine today, isn’t it? Yes, it is.
You’re from Japan, aren’t you? Yes, I am.
They are waiting, aren’t they? No, they aren’t.
He’s a middle school student, isn’t he? Yes, he is.
She is at home now, isn’t she? No, she isn’t. She is at school.
It was Sunday yesterday, wasn’t it? Yes, it was.
Jim knows the way Australians speak, doesn’t he? Yes, he is.
Han Meimei knows Jim a lot, doesn’t she?
They were watching TV yesterday evening, weren’t they? Yes, they were.
You like spring best, don’t you? No, I don’t. I like summer.
將這些句子用投影儀打出，讓學生觀察，并總結反意問句的構成，以及它的回答方式。
Step 3 Drill
然后可采用老師說主句部分，由學生練習縮略部分的方式練習。練熟后由學生說主句部分，老師說從句部分，直至練熟。也可在黑板上出一部分句子，寫出主句部分，讓學生寫反意部分。目前只讓學生練習前肯定后否定的反意問句，回答部分不必多花時間。
聽錄音，并跟讀。
Step 4 Practise pair work
聯(lián)系Part 2 可讓學生自由發(fā)揮， 如兩人談談北京的四季，和你家鄉(xiāng)的季節(jié)，但主要練習反意問句及其回答。
教單詞：true near nearly like unlike opposite
Step 5 Listen and repeat
Open your books and do Exercise One, Lesson 44
Pay attention to these pronunciations.
Read the words again.
T: Now let’s do Exercise Two. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers on Page 134.
Then check the answers together.
Step 6 Consolidation
1．看圖并談談北京的四季。一個學生可重點談一個季節(jié)。練習Lesson 43 Part3.
2．讓學生編一個對話，談談自己所喜愛的季節(jié)。引出一個十分有用的句型：That’s true.
仿照Lesson 44 Part3.
A: Which season do you like best, spring, summer, autumn or winter?
B: That’s an easy question. I think I like spring best.
A: Why?
B: Well, I like travelling. You can do a lot of sightseeing in spring. What about you?
A: Can you guess?
B: You like winter, don’t you?
A: Yes. How did you guess?
B: Because you like skiing.
A: That’s true, but I like summer better than winter.
B: Why?
A: Because I can have a long holiday in Summer then.
3．Listen Lesson 44 Part 4 Read.
把你聽到的填寫在下列表格中，對比中國，美國和澳大利亞。
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar-
May
Warm
England
Amer-
ica
Mar-
May
Austra-
lia
Keys
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar-
May
warm
short
June-
August
hot
Aug.-
Nov.
quite warm
Dec.-
Feb.
very cold
England
Mar.-- May
longer than in China and USA
Not too hot or too cold
Amer-
ica
Mar-
May
A nearly the same as China.
Austra-
lia
Dec.-Feb.
The seasons are opposite of China.
June-Aug.
Ask the students to look at the two pictures in students Book and describe the pictures in their own words.
Let them talk about the weather in China, in England, in the U. S. A. and in Australia.
4. Go over Checkpoint 11
A: Grammar
1. disjunctive questions 2. the prepositions: in, on and at
B: Useful expressions
1. turn green/yellow/… 2. this year/month/… 3. the next year/month/…
4. be different from 5. What is the date today? 6. What’s the weather like?
Step 7 Exercises in class
Listening practice.
Listen to a story and try to answer the following questions.
Everybody talks about weather. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” I think it s going to snow. These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.
Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We’re going to have fine weather tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that it's going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.
Most people listen to what the weatherman says on the radio. But he doesn’t always tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes he makes a mistake, but he is still right more often than anyone else.
Questions.
1. How do English people start a conversation?
2. Do many of them think they can tell what the weather is going to be like?
3. Why do they hardly agree with each other?
4. What kind of weather do people think it’s going to be if they go out to play in a park in the rain?
5. Who is right more often about the weather?
Keys:
1. They usually talk about the weather.
2.Yes, they do.
3. Because each of them is so sure of himself that only he knows about the weather.
4. They think it s going to be fine.
5. The weatherman is.
Step 8 Homework
1. Make up a new dialogue according to Exercise Three.
2. Write about the weather of four seasons in China.
3. Read the text fluently and try to recite it.
4. Review Checkpoint 11 and the whole unit.
5. Go over disjunctive questions.
Blackboard Handwriting