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1、Unit 5 Talking About The Weather,Session 3,Section III Maintaining a Sharp EyeSection IV Trying Your Hand,Passage 2,British People Like Talking About the Weather,Do you know something about the weather conditions in Britain?,changeable,Warm-up questions,2.How do English people usually start their co

2、nversations?Why?,Warm-up questions,British People Like Talking About the Weather,Reading of the passage,Find out the topic sentences and summarize the main ideas for each paragraph.,Reading comprehension,The topic sentence:The first sentence.The main idea:Weather in Britain is changeable.,Reading co

3、mprehension,Para.1,The topic sentence:The first sentence.The main idea:Some British customs are related to the weather there.,Reading comprehension,Para.2,The topic sentence:The first two sentences.The main idea:British people talk about weather frequently because it is interesting and changeable.,R

4、eading comprehension,Para.3,The topic sentence:The last sentence.The main idea:Talking about weather is an easy way for British people to begin their conversation.,Reading comprehension,Para.4,The climate in Britain is very c_.Sometimes it can be c_,r_,w_ and s_ all in the same day.Generally,it r_ a

5、 lot,especially in the north and the west.Most of the time,the weather is quite m_ never too h_ nor too c_.In summer,it is usually w_.,hangeable,old,ainy,indy,unny,ains,ild,ot,old,arm,Fill in the blanks and then read aloud.,Reading comprehension,Role-play the situation.,A Chinese student is going to

6、 study in Britain,and he is asking a British student studying in China about the weather conditions in Britain and the British student happily gives the information.,Reading comprehension,Useful words and expressions,(1)change according to,(2)need someone or something for help or to be able to do so

7、mething,a.depend on,Whether well go out for a walk depends on the weather.,Useful words and expressions,Dont always depend on your parents since you are an adult now.,a.depend on,Many people know that the weather in Britain is _.,b.variable,various variety varied variable,Useful words and expression

8、s,changeable;not steady,He is very reluctant to accept the fact that his sister has married a foreigner.,c.be reluctant to do,not willing to do;slow to act,Useful words and expressions,d.break the ice,say or do sth.to make people feel more relaxed,Useful words and expressions,Sometimes talking about

9、 the weather is a way of breaking the ice between strangers.,Section IV Trying Your Hand,Applied Writing:Weather report,A weather report or forecast is a very useful aid in our daily life.Knowing the usual format for giving a weather forecast helps us a lot in understanding a weather forecast in Eng

10、lish.,Sample Analysis,Figures,measurement units,graphics,weather terms,and broken short passages are often used to forecast weather conditions.In general,the language used to forecast weather should be concise,clear,familiar and vivid.,Applied Writing:Weather report,Sample Analysis,Sentences used to

11、 describe weather:,1.Tomorrow is going to be fair.,2.Its foggy in the morning and itll be clear and fine this afternoon.,3.Tomorrow will be overcast with drizzle.,Applied Writing:Weather report,4.It is expected to be partly cloudy in the next two days.,5.Tomorrow we can expect cloudy,windy and cold

12、weather.,6.The wind will be light with little change of the temperature.,Applied Writing:Weather report,Sentences used to describe weather:,Exercises,Key to Ex.2:,Weather outlook for the urban area:Itll be cloudy today,and later turn to be partly cloudy,the highest temperature will be one degrees an

13、d the lowest temperature will be four degrees below zero.,Exercises,Key to Ex.2:,It is expected to be partly cloudy in the next two days.The wind will be calm with little change of the temperature.,Sentence Writing:Simple Past and Present Perfect,The simple past tense is used to prefer to a past act

14、ion that does not continue,while the present perfect tense is used to show actions which started in the past and are still continuing,or actions which happened in the past,but have an effect till the present.,Sample Analysis,Exercises,Key to Ex.6.,The weather was terrible yesterday.In fact,it has be

15、en awful for several days.,2.She has worked in this office for 5 years.,3.I paid a visit to the Great Wall last year and had a very good time there.,4.We have never spoken to each other since we quarreled last time.,Key to Ex.6.,5.Turn down the TV a bit.The weather forecast hasnt begun yet.,Exercises,Assignments,1.Recite the first and the last paragraphs of Passage II.2.Read and learn by heart the new words in Unit 6.3.Prepare the speaking activities in Section I of Unit 6.,