2. Unit 1 It might snow.

3. Revision of words and expressions 1.noise n. noisy adj. noisily adv. 2. prepare something\ somebody for something n. Preparation, make preparation for sth. 3. Notes, write notes; take notes 4. report something to sb. reporter. n. 5. grow up, grow fast ， 6. Solve problem; no problem; have problem with something 7. Increase by\ to; poppulation increase

4. Revision of words and expressions 8. birth; birthday; give birth to a baby 9. one fifth; two-fifths; three-fifths 10. hang on; hold on; wait a moment; hang off 11. collect rubbish; throw away rubbish 12. litter about; litter n. trash; dirt; dust; 13. keep quiet; keep calm; make a dicision; 14. stop pollution; save water 15. close down; shut down 16. public service; 17. solve v. solution; the solution to the problem

5. New words and expressions 1.cloud _cloudy 2.shower-showery 3. snow-snowy 4. storm-stormy 5. rain-rainy 6. fog-fogy 7.wind-windy 8.ice-icy

6. Brainstorm cloud rain showers snow storm sun wind weather

7. sun weather: sunny storm weather: stormy

8. cloud weather: cloudy wind weather: windy

9. rain weather: rainy / raining snow weather: snowy / snowing

10. Beijing -2 ℃～ 5 ℃ You might go out to visit …

11. Shanghai 10 ℃～ 15 ℃ You might stay at home and …

12. Hong Kong 20 ℃～ 26 ℃ You might do sports …

13. Harbin -13 ℃～ 4 ℃ It’s freezing (too cold). You might put on warm clothes …

14. Sanya 23 ℃～ 31 ℃ It’s hot. You might …

15. Dalian 2 ℃～ 5 ℃ You might take an umbrella …

16. Weather report

17. Fill in the blanks according to the pictures. It’s ______. rainy It’s ______. foggy It’s _____________. a heavy shower __________ comes.Lightning

18. It’s ______. It’s _______. snowy cloudy sunny windy

19. stormy 5~8ºC How’s the weather in …? What’s the temperature? windy -1~14ºC cloudy -7~1ºC

20. Ask and answer about the weather. 1. --- How’s the weather in Hong Kong? --- It’s sunny. 2. ---What’s the weather like in Canada? --- It’s snowing there. It’s terribly cold.

21. Match the words with the symbols in the table. cloudrainshowers snow stormsun wind

22. Can you read? -7 ℃ ~ 1 ℃ 5 ℃ ~ 8 ℃ between minus seven and plus one degrees between five and eight degrees

23. Listen and check the correct information. CityTemperature Weather Beijing-8~-2 0 C Shanghai 5~9 0 C Xi’an -5~1 0 C √ √ √ √ √ √

24. CityTemperature Weather Guangzhou10~21 0 C Hong Kong17~20 0 C √ √ √ √

25. Listen to the conversation and write down the places Betty, Tony, Lingling and Daming have mentioned. England America Australia Hainan

26. Beijing England America Australia freezing, cloudy, cold snowy, wet, rainy hot and sunny snowy, cold Listen again and complete the table with the weather forecast in winter.

27. She is going to the park to skirt. It’s really cold. 1. Where is Betty going? 2. What’s the weather like now? Read and answer the following questions. It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees. 3. What’s the temperature in China in winter?

28. It’s snowy. It’s snowy and cold. 4. What’s the weather like in England in December? 5. What’s the weather like in America in winter? Australia. It’s sunny and hot in winter. 6. Where is the best place in winter? Why?

29. Read again and check (√) the true sentences. 1. Tony thinks cold weather is funny. 2. Winter is colder in Beijing than in England. 3. It’s always warm and dry in winter in England. 4. There is sometimes snow in winter in England. × × √ √

30. 5. It’s usually snows in New York in winter. 6. It’s always too hot in the US in summer. 7. Tony doesn’t like windy weather. √ √ ×

31. Language points 1. joke joke 作动词, 意为 " 开玩笑 " 。常见用法 如下 : (1) You’re joking! 意为 “ 你一定是在开玩 笑吧 ”, 表示对某人所说的话表示不相信或 惊讶, 也可以说 “You must be joking! ” 。如 :

32. (3)joke about sth. 意为 “ 就某事开玩笑 ” 。 如： Is it true? You must be joking! 是真的吗？你是在开玩笑吧！ (2)joke with sb. 意为 “ 和某人开玩笑 ” 。如： He often jokes with me. 他经常和我开玩笑。 Peter often jokes about my mistakes. 彼得经常拿我的错误开玩笑。

33. joke 还可作名词, 意为 “ 笑话；玩笑 ”, 为 可数名词。常见搭配 : tell jokes 意为 “ 讲笑 话 ” ； make jokes about 意为 “ 取笑 …”, 相当 于 laugh at 。如： The teacher often tells jokes in class. 老师经常在课上讲笑话。 The other children often make jokes about him. 其他的孩子经常取笑他。

34. 2. probably probably 是副词, 意为 “ 很可能地；大概 ” ， 它所表示的可能性比较大, 表示有充分的依据、 合乎情理或有望实现。如： It will probably clear up this afternoon. 今天下午天气大概将晴朗。 We're going on holiday soon, probably next month. 我们很快就要去度假了，可能是下个月。

35. 3. What … like …? What … like? 表示 “…… 怎么样 ?” ， 相 当于 how 。如： — What’s the story like? （ = How’s the story? ） 这个故事怎么样？ — It’s very interesting. 很有意思。

36. What’s the weather like today? = How is the weather today? 今天天气怎么样？ [ 注意 ] 询问天气用 what 和 how 来提问， how 后 面不能再接 like 。

37. 4. better get going! 好了，走吧。 better get going 相当于 had better go, 意思是 “ 最好现在去 / 走 ” 。 We’d better get going (= go now), or we’ll be late. 我们最好现在就走吧，不然的话要迟 到了。

38. rain ， shower 与 storm 作名词时，都有 “ 雨 ” 之意，具体含义却不相同。 rain 意为 “ 雨，雨水 ” ，是一个总称，具体是 什么样的雨，要有一定的修饰词。 After a heavy rain, the trees were getting greener. 一场大雨过后，树木更绿了。 I enjoy walking in light rains. 我喜欢在小雨中漫步。 There is often fine rain in spring here. 春天，这儿经常下细雨。 单词辨析

39. shower 意为 “ 阵雨 ” ，也有 “ 阵雪 ” 之意，特指下 雨的时间短暂。 I got caught in a shower on my way here. 到这儿的路上我被阵雨淋了。 storm 意为 “ 暴风雨 ” ，特指天气环境的恶劣， 经常带大风、冰雹、沙尘、雷电等修饰 The thunder storm caused a lot of trouble to the farmers. 这场暴风雨给农民带来许多麻烦。 Because of a sand storm, the highways were closed for a day. 由于一场沙暴，公路被迫关闭了一天。

40. It’s freezing and really cold today. Betty asks her friends to _______. The temperature is between __________ and __________ degrees. In Beijing, winter is ______ than in England. It’s not usually _______ in winter in England. But it _______ quite a lot this year. Most December are ______ and ______. Complete the passage. skate minus eightminus two colder snowy snowed wetrainy

41. Betty said she has cold winter and hot summer in America; it’s _______ in New York in winter. Tony said he like ______ and _______ weather. He doesn’t like ________or _______ weather. In Australia, it’s ______ and _____ in winter. hot snowy windyshowers snowy sunny

42. Listen to the speaker asking a question or if he is showing surprise. What’s the weather like?

43. Listen and write ( √ ) if the speaker is asking a question or ( × ) if he is showing surprise. 1.When is the best time to visit your country? ( ) 2.What clothes should she bring? ( ) 3.What’s the temperature? ( ) 4.Where are you going? ( ) √ √ × ×

44. Work in pairs. Say what the weather will be like tomorrow. Beijing15 0 C Shanghai16 0 C Jinan12 0 C Lhasa18 0 C Harbin- 6 0 C Hong Kong14 0 C

45. tomorrow next week next month It’ll probably be cold tomorrow. Say what the weather might or might not be like.

46. Enjoy the weather forecast.