1. Unit 1 Talking about the weather (Authentic practice 1) 成都市财贸职业高级中学 刘楣媛

2. 请看图回答问题 1. What does the man do? 2. Where does he work in? 4. Did the woman need someone call back? 3. Who does she want to call? He is a receptionist. He works in International Travel. She wants to talk to Maggie Thomas. Yes, she did.

3. Receptionist: Good morning. International Travel. How may I direct your call? This is Jenny Lei. I’d like to talk to Maggie Thomas. Receptionist: Just a minute, Ms. Lei. I'll see if she's here... I'm sorry, Ms. Lei. She stepped away. Would you like me to tell her you called? Yes, please. My number's 85357532. Receptionist: 85357532. And is L-E-I? Yes, it is. Receptionist: And how long will you be at that number? I'm not sure. Receptionist: Well, I'll tell her you called. You You You You

4. Receptionist: Good morning. International Travel. How may I direct your call? Receptionist: Just a minute, Ms. Lei. I'll see if she's here... I'm sorry, Ms. Lei. She stepped away. Would you like me to tell her you called? Receptionist: 85357532. And is L-E-I? Receptionist: And how long will you be at that number? Receptionist: Well, I'll tell her you called. You You You You This is Jenny Lei. I’d like to talk to Maggie Thomas. Yes, please. My number's 85357532. Yes, it is. I'm not sure.

5. R: 早上好。国际旅行社。请问哪位？ Y: 我是 Jenny Lei 。我想找 Maggie Thomas 。 R: 请稍等。雷女士。我确认一下她是否在。 R: 抱歉，雷女士。她外出了。您需要我帮您转告她您来过电吗？ R: 好的。我的电话是 85357532 。 Good morning. International Travel. How may I direct your call? This is Jenny Lei. I’d like to talk to Maggie Thomas. Just a minute. Ms. Lei. I’ll see if she’s here … I’m sorry, Ms. Lei. She stepped away. Would you like me to tell her you called? Yes, please. My number is 85357532.

6. C. Listen and read. Choose your response. Circle the letter. 1. "Health Care Center. How may I help you?" a. Yes. please. b. I'm calling Dr. Feng. 2. "I'm sorry. She stepped away." a. When will she be back? b. Can I talk to her, please? 3. "How long will you be at that number?" a. For an hour. b. My number is 62736511. ○ ○ ○

7. D. Listen. Choose your response. Circle the letter. 1. a. Thanks b. Five minutes 2. a. Just a moment. I'll check. b. Yes, please. 3. a. This is Peter Miller. Is Susan Preston there? b. This is Peter Miller. When will she be back? ○ ○ ○ Just a minute. I’ll check. Good morning. Bell Bus Company. How may I direct your call? Would you like me to tell her you called?

8. Listening comprehension A.Listen to the weather report. Then listen again and check √ the weather report you hear. 1. today is weather in Beijing 2. tomorrow is weather in Beijing 3. yesterday is weather in Beijing 4. tomorrow is weather in Harbin □ √

9. Welcome to Beijing Weather Line for Friday, May 12 th. We give up-to-date （最新的） weather reports for local and national weather. If you have a touch-one telephone, please press ___ now. <beep> Please listen to the following options （选项） before making your selection. If you’d like o know ______’s weather in Beijing, please press ___. If you’d like o know today’s weather in ___________, please press ___. If you’d like o know _________’s weather in Beijing, please press ___. 1 today 1 another city 2 tomorrow 3

10. Here’s the weather for__________, Saturday, May 13 th. Beijing will have ________ weather in early part of the day. The morning will start out ______and ______, with temperature ___ ℃. Later, in the afternoon, _____ will come in, pushing temperature down to ___ ℃, bringing ____ and ____ by nightfall. beautiful warm sunny 28 clouds 19 rainwind

11. B. Critical thinking. Listen to the weather report again. Then answer the question. Circle the letter. 1. What number did the caller press? a. 2 b. 3 2. What will the weather be at night? a. good b. bad ○ ○

12. C. In your own words. Answer the questions and then talk with a partner. 1. Where do you get information about the weather? _________________________________ 2. Why is it important to have information about the weather? _________________________________ Newspaper, radio, TV, Internet and so on. It can help us to decide what should we wear, what should we prepare and so on.

13. Homework 1. 完成课后练习 p131 10,11 2. 根据 p13 Do it yourself 中的提示， 与同伴自编对话。 3. 收看一段英文天气预报， 记录下 5 个城市的天气情况。