2. Talking about the Weather

3. Lead-in Weather snow rain shower wind cloud storm sunny cloudy rainy snowy windy stormy 有暴风雨 / 雪的 showery 阵雨的 sun

4. warm cold sunny cloudy windy rainy snowy showery clear stormy foggy dry wet centigrade fahrenheit temperature 温暖的 寒冷的 晴朗的 多云的 刮风的 下雨的 下雪的 阵雨的 晴朗的 暴风雨的 有雾的 干燥的 潮湿的 摄氏温度 华氏温度 温度 I. Pre-listening

5. warm cold sunny cloudy windy rainy snowy 温暖的 寒冷的 晴朗的 多云的 刮风的 下雨的 下雪的 warm cold sunny cloudy windy rainy snowy

6. showery clear stormy foggy dry wet centigrade fahrenheit temperature 阵雨的 晴朗的 暴风雨的 有雾的 干燥的 潮湿的 摄氏温度 华氏温度 温度 showery clear stormy foggy dry wet centigrade fahrenheit temperature

7. Activity 1

8. sunny and hot What’s the weather like today ? It’s sunny and hot.

9. What’s the weather like today ? It’s … sunny cloudy windy rainy snowy 1 2 3 4 5

10. Temperatures hotcold warmmild 和煦的 cool

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

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

13. Task 1 Listen and Respond Listen to the weather broadcast and complete the chart with the missing information. LocationWeather Condition Temperature San Francisco ____________ high ____ low ____ Los Angeles ____________ high ____ low ____ San Diego ____________ high ____ low ____ cloudy sunny 55 40 82 64 88 70

14. Task 2 Listen and Repeat Listen and repeat, then answer the following questions. Woman: Did you hear how cold it got last night? Man: I heard the radio say it was 18 degees below zero.t was 18 Woman: It was so cold this morning! I could hardly start my car. Man: My car didn't want to start, either, at first. Woman: Don't you have a garage? Man: Not in the new apartment. We have to leave the car in the street. Woman: Does it ever get that cold around here ? Man: Not really. It sometimes gets to 20 below. Woman: Speaking of cold, how about going for a cup of coffee to warm up?

15. Questions 1. What's the weather like today? 2.What was the temperature last night? 3. It is cold today, isn't it? 4. What's wrong with the woman's car? 5.How about the man's car? 6.What are they going to do?

16. Asking about the Weather What’s the weather like today? 今天天气如何 ? What was the weather like yesterday? 昨天天气怎么样？ What will the weather be like tomorrow? 明天天气会如何？ How is the weather today? 今天天气怎么样？ Have you heard the weather forecast? 你听天气预报了吗？

17. What does the weather forecast say? What's the weather forecast for tomorrow? 天气预报怎么说？ What's the temperature today? 今天几度？ Beautiful day, isn't it? 今天天气真好，是不是 ? Lovely day, isn’t it? 多好的天哪，是吗？ Does it rain often here? 这儿常下雨吗？ How long will this hot weather last? 这样热的天气会持续多久 ?

18. Talking about the Weather 1. It looks like rain/snow. 看来要下雨了 / 下雪了。 2. I think it's going to be a nice day. 我想今天会是一个好天。 3. It seems to be clearing up. 看来天要放晴了。 4. We'll have fine weather for the next few days. 接下来几天我们都会有好天气。 5. The weather is terribly changeable at this time of the year. 每年的这个时候天气都变化无常. 6. It's twenty - five degrees Centigrade ( 25 ℃ ) or it's seventy - eight degrees Fahrenheit ( 78 ℉ ). 摄氏二十五度, 或者说是华氏 七十八 度。

19. 7. The weather is very good / lovely / terrible / too bad. 天气非常好 / 坏。 8. The weather is neither too hot nor too cold. 天气不冷不热。 9. It's sunny / cloudy / windy / rainy / snowy. 今天天气晴朗 / 多云 / 有风 / 下雨 / 下雪。 10. There's not a cloud in the sky. 天空乌云。 11. There's plenty of sunshine today. 今天阳光灿烂。 12. It's hot / warm / cool / cold / chilly. 天很热 / 暖和 / 凉爽 / 冷 / 寒冷。

20. What do you do on ________ days? Do you…on …days?

22. I would like to take a walk in the rain.

23. outdoor activities play basketball swim in the sea swim in a swimming pool go for a walk in the park hike （徒步旅行） to the nearest lake make a snowman visit friends and relatives indoor activities stay at home and chat with my family watch TV take a rest surf the internet shop online

24. Task3 Create Your Own Dialogues

25. Games 1 2 3 4

26. Tongue Twister （绕口令） Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not. Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot. We’ll weather the weather whether we like it or not. 无论是晴天或是阴天 无论是寒冷或是温暖 不管是喜欢或是讨厌 我们都要经历风霜

27. Proverbs （谚语） 1. A snow year, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。 2. After rain comes fair weather. 雨过天晴。 否极泰来。 3. While it is fine weather, mend your sail. 趁好天气快补帆。 未雨绸缪。

28. Riddles ( 谜语 ) 1. When can you get water with a net? ( 什么时候可以用网兜装水 ?) When water is turned into ice. ( 当水结成冰时 ) 2.What weather do mice and rats fear? ( 老鼠害怕什么天气 ?) When it's raining cats and dogs. ( 下大雨。 rain cats and dogs 下大雨 )

29. Idioms ( 习语 ) 1. We save money for a rainy day. 我们存点钱算是未雨绸缪。 2. It never rains but it pours. 这里要么不下雨，一下雨就是瓢泼大雨。 （意即：祸不单行）

30. extreme weather 极端天气 Natural Disasters are dangerous weather conditions.

31. Tornado 龙卷风

32. Hurricane 飓风

33. Avalanche 雪崩

34. Landslide 山崩 (Mudslide 泥石流 )

35. Drought 干旱

36. Flood 洪水

37. Lightning

38. sandstorm 沙尘暴

39. torrential rain 暴雨

40. hailstone

41. 雾霾 fog and haze

42. ridicule ( 调侃 ) I couldn’t see Chairman Mao even though I am right in front of the Tiananmen!

43. ridicule You Are the Apple of My Eye We suck the poison gas together. 那些年，我们一起吸 的毒气

44. Pollution and destruction

45. pollution Because of the pollution, forests are being destroyed. Because of the pollution, lots of green hills have changed into the wasteland. Because of the pollution, sandstorms strike us now and then. Because of the pollution, floods come to our home again and again.

46. How to protect the environment? First, we should plant more trees and flowers around us. We shouldn’t cut them down. Second, we should stop factories from pouring waste water into the river and waste gas into the air. Third, whenever we see litter on the ground,we should pick it up and throw it into dustbins. Fourth, we should take a bus to travel instead of a car so that the air will become fresh again.

47. There is only one planet we can survive on which is called Earth ! Protect the Environment, Protect Ourselves.

48. 1.To be a the weatherman and introduce tomorrow’s weather. 2. What should you do to protect the environment. Homework