1. What’s the weather like in spring?
Unit 8 Topic 1
What’s the weather like in spring?
Section D
杨锋 May 24, 2010

2. Which season do you like best?
Pair work
What season is it now?
Which season do you like best?
Why?
It’s spring.
I like winter best.
Because I can
make snowmen.

3. Spring comes before summer.
It lasts from March to May.
Summer comes after spring.
It begins in June and ends in August.
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4. Weather trees flowers If winter comes, can spring be far? 冬天来了，春天还会远吗？
When spring replaces(代替) winter, what changes would happen(发生)?
冬去春来，会发生哪些变化？
有图片的链接。
Weather
trees
flowers

5. Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
1.What’s the weather like in summer?
2.What are the farmers busy doing in fall?
3.Which month does winter usually come in?
4.Do people wear warm clothes in winter?
It’s very hot.
They are busy harvesting.
December.
Yes, they do.

6. Read and understand.

7. Make notes according to 1a
spring
return in March/ get warm/come back to life/ a wonderful season
summer
begin in June,
hot,
rain heavily

8. fall
come after summer,
harvest season,
cool
winter
last from December to February,
cold, wear warm clothes, wind
blows strongly, snow

9. Summary What have you learnt in this topic? 在这个话题里，你学到了什么？ 1.词汇： 2.语法：
3.重点句子：

10. exercises D C B ( )1.Spring lasts from March to May. It is a good
season _____ hiking.
A. at B. in C. to D. for
( )2.Look! Sally and Jane are talking _____ their
holiday plans.
A. with B. at C. about D. to
( )3.The trees and flowers _____ in spring every
year.
A. get warm B. come back to life
C. begin to die D. have a good time D C B

11. exercises
( )4.The sky is getting dark. I think it will be _____.
A. rain B. rainy
C. raining D. rains
( )5.—What do you think of the weather?
—It’s nice and warm. “Nice and” here means __.
A. very B. nice
C. good D. a little
( )6.The eating habits(习惯) in China are different
_____ those in America.
A. of B. for C. with D. from B A D

12. Exercises---find out the mistakes
In Britain(英国), winter was not very cold, but summer is not very hot. There is not a great difference (不同) with summer and winter. What is this?
Britain have a warm winter and a cool summer because it is a island(岛) country. In winter the sea is warmer than the land (海水比陆地更暖一些). The winds from the sea take warm air to Britain. In summer the sea is cooler than the land (海水比陆地更凉一些). The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain.
The winds from the west(西部) blew over Britain all the year.
Britain has many rain all the year.
The four seasons are both three months long. Winter is at December, January and February. Spring lasts between March and May.

13. exercises has is and between
In Britain(英国), winter was not very cold, but summer is not very hot. There is not a great difference with summer and winter. What is this?
Britain have a warm winter and a cool summer because it is a island(岛) country. In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds from the sea take warm air to Britain. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain.
The winds from the west(西部) blew over Britain all the year.
Britain has many rain all the year.
The four seasons are both three months long. Winter is at December, January and February. Spring lasts between March and May.
Why
a lot of
blow
bring an
all in
From…to…

14. Homework
课时优化与过程性评估
Section D

15. Thank you!

16. Goodbye!

17. come back to life
Many trees and flowers
come back to life in spring.

18. leaf leaves Many leaves fall from the trees.
夕阳西下，一对老人，走在乡间的大路上，走在幸福的大道上。他们头上顶着的是黄叶，脚下踩着的也是黄叶。一阵清风吹来，哦，好凉，好秋思！
Many leaves fall
from the trees.

19. harvest
Paddy 水稻
The farmers are busy
harvesting in fall.

20. Look, the wind is blowing strongly.
blow strongly