1. Weather Forecast Unit 5 Talking About the Weather

2. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Session 2 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage Ⅰ

3. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Passage Ⅰ Is It Going to Be a Fine Day

4. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Warm-up questions 1. What’s the weather like today?

5. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Something about Celsius and Fahrenheit: In weather forecasts we usually use two different measurements of temperature to describe the weather. Warm-up questions 2. Do you know the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit?

6. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 One is Celsius ( ℃ ) and the other is Fahrenheit ( ℉ ). 0 ℃ equals 32 ℉ and l00 ℃ equals 2l2 ℉. Western people are more familiar with Fahrenheit measurement. Warm-up questions

7. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading of the passage Is It Going to Be a Fine Day passag e passag e

8. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Para.1: Which city’s weather condition is mentioned in the first paragraph? Reading comprehension Para. 2: What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow in Chicago? Answer the following questions according to paragraphs.

9. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Para. 3: What’s the weather condition in Los Angeles? Reading comprehension Para. 4: How is the weather expected to be on the weekend in Colorado?

10. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Para. 5: What’s the weather like in Montreal? Reading comprehension Para. 6: Which city is a good place for you to enjoy a sunny weekend?

11. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading comprehension Pick up the words and expressions describing weather conditions used in the passage.

12. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 shower wind snow storm rain Reading comprehension shower wind snow storm rain cloudy freezing fair windy cold sunny clear scattered showers, freezing point, cold front, snow activity, thirty-mile-an-hour winds B. Adjectives: C. Phrases: A. Nouns:

13. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Forecast area Cities Weather conditions The city with the lowest temperature C_____ 32 ℉ ; raining; scattered showers The city with the highest temperature M____ 78 ℉ ; clear; sunny hicago iami Reading comprehension Fill in the table with the information in Passage Ⅰ.

14. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 The cities in the west San Francisco showers L________ little above 70 ℉ ; fair San Diegofair D_______ 38 ℉ ; windy and cold os Angeles enver Reading comprehension

15. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 The cities in the east Dallas 48 ℉ ; cold D________ 43 ℉ ; from rain to snow T________ 41 ℉ ; from rain to snow etroit oronto Reading comprehension

16. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 The cities in the east M_______storm N_______snow ontreal ew York Reading comprehension

17. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Useful words and expressions see or describe (a future happening) in advance; be expected to be It is predicted to be cold and windy through the weekend. a. be predicted to

18. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Useful words and expressions in the process of going or coming The weatherman says that colder weather is on its way. b. on one’s way

19. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Useful words and expressions (of the weather) not suitable for the time of year Shenyang is experiencing unseasonably warm weather this winter. c. unseasonably

20. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Useful words and expressions cause to be finished; come to an end The cold weather is going to wind up soon. d. wind up

21. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 1. We predict good weather for several days ahead though the temperature may be rather low. Key to Ex. 5: 2. She has experienced quite a lot for such a young age. Exercises

22. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 3. The chairman wound up his speech by giving thanks to everyone present. Key to Ex. 5: 4. People across the country are hailing for China’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Exercises

23. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 5. The current global situation is favorable to us. Key to Ex. 5: 6. They enjoy a 30-day paid holiday every year. Exercises 7. Viruses can reach your computer in various ways.

24. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 1. It looks like that we are going to be listening to all this nonsense through the meeting. Key to Ex. 6: It looks like that she is going to feel depressed through the month. Exercises

25. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 2. The weather is expected to be terrible through the weekend. The economy is expected to be slump through the year. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

26. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Exercises 3. He walked as far south as the river and then stopped for a rest. The desert stretches as far north as the border. Key to Ex. 6:

27. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 She’ll never forget him, her first love of the life. 4. She made a hit in the performance, her first success of the year. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

28. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Exercises 5. If you are thinking about a further study, now’s the time to do it. If you are thinking about buying a house, now’s the time to do it. Key to Ex. 6:

29. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Back to study, once again, you must work hard. 6. Back to the topic just now, once again, that is only my personal idea. Exercises Key to Ex. 6:

30. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Exercises 8. Have a good rest, and if you feel cold in the room, don’t hesitate to turn on the air-conditioner. Have a nice sleep, and if you don’t feel any better, come to see me again. Key to Ex. 6:

31. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 1. Translate the first three paragraphs of Passage I into Chinese. 2. Preview Passage II and the exercises.

32. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading of the passage A weatherman is giving the weekend forecast on the TV evening news:...It's still raining here in Chicago, and it looks like that rain is going to continue through the weekend. It'll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers, and the outlook for Sunday--more rain and colder. The predicted high for tomorrow is forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature is expected to dip to the freezing point tomorrow night with thirty-two degrees. I'm afraid colder weather is on its way!

33. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading of the passage Now let's take a look at the weather across the country. Showers are expected tomorrow down the West Coast as far south as San Francisco. Fair weather in the low seventies is predicted for the Los Angeles area; fair in San Diego. There is a cold front from Canada moving down through the western states. Thirty-eight degrees in Denver, Colorado, with thirty-mile-an-hour winds, and it's expected to be cold and windy right through the weekend. Dallas is experiencing unseasonably cold weather--forty-eight degrees.

34. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading of the passage It is raining as far east as Detroit and Toronto, and rain is going to continue through tomorrow, when it may turn to snow. Currently, forty-three degrees in Detroit, forty-one degrees in Toronto. And temperature's dropping. It's snowing heavily in Montreal, ladies and gentlemen, its first storm of the season, and we expect snow activity to move down from Canada into the eastern states sometime tomorrow, probably reaching the New York area sometime tomorrow night.

35. Weather Forecast New Practical English I Unit 5 Reading of the passage Good weather across the south. Clear skies in Miami, and they're going to enjoy a sunny seventy- eight degrees in that town this weekend, so if you're thinking about a vacation, now's time to do it. Back to Chicago. Once again, continuing rain tonight through Sunday. Current temperature, thirty-eight degrees. And that winds up our weather report for this evening. This is Dave Spellman. Have a good night, and if you're going out, don't forget your umbrella.