Unit 5 Talking About the Weather By伍时燕，李红军
Unit 5 Talking About the Weather By 伍时燕,李红军
Aims of the unit rBuilding the vocabulary related to the theme Listening to theme-related dialogue and passage for specific information Reading theme-related texts Creative writing of weather report Revision of simple past tenses & present perfect tenses
Aims of the unit Building the vocabulary related to the theme Listening to theme-related dialogue and passage for specific information Reading theme-related texts Creative writing of weather report Revision of simple past tenses & present perfect tenses
Information on Weather Conditions Thunder showers Showers Sunny Windy Rain Partly cloudy Cloudy Snow Hot Overcast Mist Cold
Information on Weather Conditions Thunder showers Windy Cloudy Overcast Showers Rain Snow Mist Sunny Partly cloudy Hot Cold
Talking Face to Face Small tips: Fahrenheit(华氏)=(9*℃/5)+32 Celsius(摄氏)=5*（°F-32)/9 Useful Sentence Pattern: What is the weather like? Itis.… What is the weather report? Today will be..... How is the weather? There is a chance of
Talking Face to Face °Fahrenheit (华氏) =(9*℃/5)+32° °Celsius (摄氏) = 5*(°F-32)/9 What is the weather like? What is the weather report? How is the weather? It is….. Today will be….. There is a chance of….. • Small tips: • Useful Sentence Pattern:
Being All Ears New Words Dialogue 1 Celsius Dialogue 2 awful,Detroit,speak well of rPassage sentimental,suffer from,put in
Being All Ears New Words Dialogue 1 Celsius Dialogue 2 awful, Detroit, speak well of Passage sentimental, suffer from, put in
Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage I Read and think: 1 What is the weather condition in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday? 2 What is the temperature in Chicago on Saturday night?And what's that in Celsius? 3 Why are the western states experiencing a temperature drop? 4 Is it usual for Dallas to have such a low temperature as 48 oF at this time of year? 5 What will the weather probably be like in the New York area this weekend? 6 Where is the first snow storm of the season reported and where does the snow activity is expected to move? 7 What kind of weather is forecast for the south of the country? 8 What is the advice the weatherman gave about going out?
Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage I Read and think: 1 What is the weather condition in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday? 2 What is the temperature in Chicago on Saturday night? And what's that in Celsius? 3 Why are the western states experiencing a temperature drop? 4 Is it usual for Dallas to have such a low temperature as 48 oF at this time of year? 5 What will the weather probably be like in the New York area this weekend? 6 Where is the first snow storm of the season reported and where does the snow activity is expected to move? 7 What kind of weather is forecast for the south of the country? 8 What is the advice the weatherman gave about going out?
Passage I Is it Going to be a Fine Day? Montreal oronto 重 San Francisco Detratf 8 Denver *Ghidago Los Angeles San Diego Dallas* Miami* -60-50-40-30-20-100102030405060708090100110120 F -50 -40 -30-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 C
*San Francisco *Chicago *Los Angeles *San Diego *Denver Dallas* * Detroit * Toronto Montreal * Miami * Passage I Is it Going to be a Fine Day?
Maintaining a Sharp Eye Language focus: r1. It looks like that.....be going to It looks like that rain is going to continue through the weekend. e.g.It looks like that we are going to cancel the plan. 2.with:indicate accompaniment,at the same time It'll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers. e.g.It is fine with the temperature of 20 degree
Maintaining a Sharp Eye Language focus: 1. It looks like that….. be going to It looks like that rain is going to continue through the weekend. e.g. It looks like that we are going to cancel the plan. 2. with: indicate accompaniment, at the same time It’ll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers. e.g. It is fine with the temperature of 20 degree
Maintaining a Sharp Eye 了3. .....be expected to.. The temperature is expected to dip to the freezing point tomorrow.(Passive voice is commonly used in the weather report. e.g.He is expected to be the winner in this competition. 了4. as far.....(direction)as e.g.They stop for a rest as far south as the river. 了5. .....be predicted for..... e.g.A bright future is predicted for the child
Maintaining a Sharp Eye 3. …..be expected to….. The temperature is expected to dip to the freezing point tomorrow. (Passive voice is commonly used in the weather report. e.g. He is expected to be the winner in this competition. 4. as far …..(direction) as e.g. They stop for a rest as far south as the river. 5. …..be predicted for….. e.g. A bright future is predicted for the child
Maintaining a Sharp Eye 了 6.There be+n.+participle phrase (as a post modifier) There is a cold front from Canada moving down through the western states. cold front:冷锋 e.g.There are students coming from the south. 7.Rain is going to continue through tomorrow,when it may turn to snow. "When it may turn to snow"is a relative clause(or attributive clause),further explaining the weather situation tomorrow. e.g.This is the very day when I come to this city
Maintaining a Sharp Eye 6. There be+ n.+participle phrase (as a post modifier) There is a cold front from Canada moving down through the western states. cold front: 冷锋 e.g. There are students coming from the south. 7. Rain is going to continue through tomorrow, when it may turn to snow. ”When it may turn to snow” is a relative clause (or attributive clause), further explaining the weather situation tomorrow. e.g. This is the very day when I come to this city