Unit 5 Talking About the Weather
Section I Listening and Conversation
Section II Reading Comprehension
Section III Writing and Translating
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice for better use
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Pre-class Work
2,Warming up for the new class:
Reading and acting out
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1,Pre-class Work
? Collect some information about the
weather
? Find out the expressions for getting or
giving the information about weather
condition as many as possible,
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2,Warming up for the new class
Reading and acting out
? Present your collections;
? Put the collections into a data bank;
? Present new materials;
? Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About the Weather
Today
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Part II Putting in use
1,Divide the students into groups
2,Offering the situations：
Each group should choose one of the
situations and work together to form
a dialogue and then act out
3,Acting out and comments
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Situations
Situations1 Bill,a friend of yours has come to visit
you,You are now talking about the local weather,
Play your role according to the Chinese version
provided.
Situations2 Follow the examples to fulfill the tasks
accordingly.
A,I am going to visit the Guangzhou in July.
B,Oh,yes,What’s the weather like there in July?
A,It’s usually hot and rains a lot,I think.
B,Then you must bring your umbrella.
Task,Ask what the weather is like in different
seasons in Guangzhou,back
Part III Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Listening and completing
3,Responding
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1,Practicing and Furthering
? Practice the dialogues on Pages 70 -
71 of the Textbook in groups,and
try to further them
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2,Completing
? Listen to a dialogue and
complete it by filling in the
blanks on Page 73 of the
Textbook (Exercise 3),also
work in groups
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3,Responding
? Practice Exercise 2 on Page 72 of the Textbook
orally,
? Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and ask
the students to give the English equivalent,the
whole class work together
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The script for the dialogue
You,What a cold day!
Bill,Yes,indeed,I feel frozen.
You,问他的国家每年这个时候的天气情况。
Bill,it’s much warmer during this season.
You,询问天气预报怎么说 。
Bill,They’ve predicted it will be cold on this day.
You,征求对对方对天气的看法。
Bill,I’m afraid I don’t like it very much,Too much snow.
You,同意对方观点。
Bill,anyway,let’s stop complaining,It’s better than yesterday.
You,希望明天会转晴。 back
Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
2,Judge after you listen
3,Make after you learn
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
5,Assignment
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1,Match after you listen
? Distribute a diagram;
? Listen to a dialogue;
? Match the match the blanks with
the right places
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2,Judge after you listen
? Do the multiple choices to each of the
questions given on the blackboard;
? Listen to a dialogue;
? Making a choice from A,B,C or D,
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3,Make after you learn
? Make a short dialogue
by yourselves by using
what you have learned.
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4,Self-assessment and
Teacher’s Guidance
? Checking the answers to 1 and 2;
? Teacher’s brief explanations;
? Scoring your own paper ;
? Hand in the paper.
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5,Assignment
? Workbook P 63-5 & 6
? Read fluently the passage on page 76 of your
Textbook New Practical English and try to
understand it as possible as you can by using
a dictionary,
? Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism from
29 to 35 and Passage 5
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
Part I Leading in
Part II Comprehension and Practicing
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
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1,Revision
1,Recite the seven practical
sentences for tourism and
the others repeat
2,Answer questions
according to Passage 5
for tourism
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2,Warming up for the new class
? Work in groups of four to to talk about
the weather condition in their hometown,
use the sentences and structures you’ve
reviewed,
? Teacher’s comments
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Part II
Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Retelling the story
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1,Checking and Explaining
? Say true or false according to the passage on
page 76 of the Textbook
? Answer questions in details according to the
passage on page 76 of the Textbook New
Practical English,at the same time explaining
some language points.
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difficult words,sentences
opportunity n,a favorable moment or
occasion 机会，时机
e.g,Opportunity knocks at the door,but only
those who are well-prepared can seize it.
outdoors adj,in the open air在户外
e.g,They prefer walking outdoors to sitting
indoors.
next
amuse v,make someone laugh; cause laugher in
逗乐，使用权发笑
e.g,He is amused by the little girl’s word.
climate n,the average weather conditions at a
particular place over a period of year 气候
e.g,I am still not used to the climate here.
discuss v,talk about 讨论，谈论
e.g,They are discussing where to spend their May
Day holiday.
next
variable a,changeable,not steady 易变的，无常
的,不稳定的
e.g,The winds today will be light and variable.
reluctant a,unwilling and therefore perhaps slow
to act勉强的，不情愿的
e.g,He is very reluctant to accept the date with the
girl.
converse v,talk informally谈话
e.g,They often converse over the phone,
next
personal a,Belonging or relating to a particular person,not
to others 个人的，私人的
e.g,This is my personal problem,you have no right to know,
social a,Relating to leisure activities that involve meeting
other people社交，谈话
e.g,You must take part in some social activities,otherwise
you’ll have no way to make friends.
comment v,make a remark,give an opinion评论
e.g,His friends commented humorously about his new
haircut,
complaint n,discuss 抱怨, 投诉
e.g,We can often hear his complaints about the Sales
Department,next
difficult phrases
? Depend on
a)change according to 由 … 决定
b) need someone or something for help or to be able
to live 依赖
e.g,
? The success of a person depends on many things.
? I know you are my true friend whom I can
always depend on,
next
? Break the ice begin to be friendly with
someone make people feel comfortable打
破僵局
e.g,She is very active at social events and
often the one who breaks the ice.
next
difficult sentences
? (Para,1) The most important thing to
remember about the weather in Britain is
that it often changes.
关于英国的天气，需要记住的最重要的一点就是它
多变。
To remember about, is the post modifier of the
sentence subject the most important things,and
that introduces the complement clause.
next
? (Para,1) Because long periods when the
weather stays the same day after day aren’t
very common in Britain,the kinds of weather
you get will depend not only on the time of
year,but also on luck.
因为天气在几天长的时间都保持不变的时候在英
国不是很常见, 所以会遇上什么样的天气不仅取
决于是一年中的什么时候, 而且取决于运气 。
Within the because-clause of reason,there is a relative
clause introduced by when and modifying periods,
and in its main clause,there is another relative clause
you get modifying weather,with the relative pronoun
that omitted.
next
? (Para,3) I was about to despair of finding
my passport when suddenly a woman waved
the small blue book in the air---she’s found it!
我对找到护照几乎就要绝望时, 突然一位妇女用
手在半空中挥动着那个蓝皮本子 ---她找到了 ！
be about to,means be just ready to
e.g,She was about to leave when she heard someone
knocking at the door.
finding,is a gerund and acts as the object of the
preposition of
when,means at the moment and is a conjunction that
introduces an adverbial clause of time,
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2,Retelling the story
? Read the passage
again
? Retell the story in the
first person
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Part III Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
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1,Simulating and translating
? Do exercise 6 on page 79 of the Textbook
? Pay attention to the italicized parts in the
English sentences and translate the
Chinese sentences by simulating the
structure of the English sentences
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1) Do excises 8 on page 81 of the textbook
2,Rewrite the passage by focusing on the following
points:
A,The weather in Britain is unpredictable;
B,People’s daily activities and even habits are greatly
influenced by the weather;
C,Talking about the weather is a common way to start a
conversation.
2,Rewriting
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Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
? Translating
? Assignment
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1,Translating
? Remember the words,phrases and
sentence structures in the passage you
have learned and translate the following
sentences into Chinese orally and the
teacher comments,
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1,The most important thing to remember
about China is that is a huge country with a
large population.
2,Similarly,you can download the kind of
software you like,
3,China’s National Football Team’s
success in the World Cup Qualifiers
depended more on their excellent
performance than on luck.
4,However often they meet,there is
always a lot for them to say to each other,
5,It is impolite to ask personal questions
of those you can’t know well.
6,She is reluctant to accept his invitation
to see a movie.
2,Assignment
? Workbook p 65 from 1 to 3;
? Collect as timetables or schedules
often seen in public places as
many as possible
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Section III
Writing and Translating
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Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Section III Writing and Translating
Part I Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
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1,Checking the assignment
? Check the answers to comprehension
exercises on the workbook orally and
comment
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2,Warming up for new class
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?Present your collections of
weather condition
?Put your collections into the
data bank on the blackboard
Part II Putting in use
1,Divide the students into groups
2,Present new cards about weather
condition
3,Give the rules for weather condition
/ report
4,Understanding
5,Matching
6,Translating back
Part III Further Practice
1,Creating new weather
condition cards
2,Writing
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1,Creating new weather condition cards
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Each of the students
makes a card and tells
your classmates the
meaning of it.
2,Writing
? Work together to write a short
passage of about 100 words to tell a
story or about an event related to the
picture given,Some useful words and
phrases have been provided to help.
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Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1.Grammatical rules concerning the
Basic Sentence Structure
2,Applying
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
4,Assignment
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2.Applying
? Choose the correct answers to fill in the
blanks,paying attention to the use of Simple
Past and Present Perfect.
? Correct the errors in the following sentences.
? Translate the following sentences into English,
paying attention to the use of Simple Past and
Present Perfect
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3,Self-assessment and Guidance
? 1) and 2) are printed on the paper,After
the teacher checks the answers,the students
can score their own paper; as for 3) the
teacher can collect the paper and correct
after class if time is not permitted.
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4,Assignment
? Workbook P71 from 3 to 5;
? Get some information about Study;
? Make some cards about study,
such as certificate,diploma,etc.
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Section I Listening and Conversation
Section II Reading Comprehension
Section III Writing and Translating
back
Section I
Listening and Conversation
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice for better use
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
back
Part I Leading in
1,Pre-class Work
2,Warming up for the new class:
Reading and acting out
back
1,Pre-class Work
? Collect some information about the
weather
? Find out the expressions for getting or
giving the information about weather
condition as many as possible,
back
2,Warming up for the new class
Reading and acting out
? Present your collections;
? Put the collections into a data bank;
? Present new materials;
? Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About the Weather
Today
back
Part II Putting in use
1,Divide the students into groups
2,Offering the situations：
Each group should choose one of the
situations and work together to form
a dialogue and then act out
3,Acting out and comments
back
Situations
Situations1 Bill,a friend of yours has come to visit
you,You are now talking about the local weather,
Play your role according to the Chinese version
provided.
Situations2 Follow the examples to fulfill the tasks
accordingly.
A,I am going to visit the Guangzhou in July.
B,Oh,yes,What’s the weather like there in July?
A,It’s usually hot and rains a lot,I think.
B,Then you must bring your umbrella.
Task,Ask what the weather is like in different
seasons in Guangzhou,back
Part III Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Listening and completing
3,Responding
back
1,Practicing and Furthering
? Practice the dialogues on Pages 70 -
71 of the Textbook in groups,and
try to further them
back
2,Completing
? Listen to a dialogue and
complete it by filling in the
blanks on Page 73 of the
Textbook (Exercise 3),also
work in groups
back
3,Responding
? Practice Exercise 2 on Page 72 of the Textbook
orally,
? Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and ask
the students to give the English equivalent,the
whole class work together
back
The script for the dialogue
You,What a cold day!
Bill,Yes,indeed,I feel frozen.
You,问他的国家每年这个时候的天气情况。
Bill,it’s much warmer during this season.
You,询问天气预报怎么说 。
Bill,They’ve predicted it will be cold on this day.
You,征求对对方对天气的看法。
Bill,I’m afraid I don’t like it very much,Too much snow.
You,同意对方观点。
Bill,anyway,let’s stop complaining,It’s better than yesterday.
You,希望明天会转晴。 back
Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
2,Judge after you listen
3,Make after you learn
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
5,Assignment
back
1,Match after you listen
? Distribute a diagram;
? Listen to a dialogue;
? Match the match the blanks with
the right places
back
2,Judge after you listen
? Do the multiple choices to each of the
questions given on the blackboard;
? Listen to a dialogue;
? Making a choice from A,B,C or D,
back
3,Make after you learn
? Make a short dialogue
by yourselves by using
what you have learned.
back
4,Self-assessment and
Teacher’s Guidance
? Checking the answers to 1 and 2;
? Teacher’s brief explanations;
? Scoring your own paper ;
? Hand in the paper.
back
5,Assignment
? Workbook P 63-5 & 6
? Read fluently the passage on page 76 of your
Textbook New Practical English and try to
understand it as possible as you can by using
a dictionary,
? Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism from
29 to 35 and Passage 5
back
Section II
Reading Comprehension
back
Section II
Reading Comprehension
Part I Leading in
Part II Comprehension and Practicing
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
back
Part I Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
back
1,Revision
1,Recite the seven practical
sentences for tourism and
the others repeat
2,Answer questions
according to Passage 5
for tourism
back
2,Warming up for the new class
? Work in groups of four to to talk about
the weather condition in their hometown,
use the sentences and structures you’ve
reviewed,
? Teacher’s comments
back
Part II
Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Retelling the story
back
1,Checking and Explaining
? Say true or false according to the passage on
page 76 of the Textbook
? Answer questions in details according to the
passage on page 76 of the Textbook New
Practical English,at the same time explaining
some language points.
back
difficult words,sentences
opportunity n,a favorable moment or
occasion 机会，时机
e.g,Opportunity knocks at the door,but only
those who are well-prepared can seize it.
outdoors adj,in the open air在户外
e.g,They prefer walking outdoors to sitting
indoors.
next
amuse v,make someone laugh; cause laugher in
逗乐，使用权发笑
e.g,He is amused by the little girl’s word.
climate n,the average weather conditions at a
particular place over a period of year 气候
e.g,I am still not used to the climate here.
discuss v,talk about 讨论，谈论
e.g,They are discussing where to spend their May
Day holiday.
next
variable a,changeable,not steady 易变的，无常
的,不稳定的
e.g,The winds today will be light and variable.
reluctant a,unwilling and therefore perhaps slow
to act勉强的，不情愿的
e.g,He is very reluctant to accept the date with the
girl.
converse v,talk informally谈话
e.g,They often converse over the phone,
next
personal a,Belonging or relating to a particular person,not
to others 个人的，私人的
e.g,This is my personal problem,you have no right to know,
social a,Relating to leisure activities that involve meeting
other people社交，谈话
e.g,You must take part in some social activities,otherwise
you’ll have no way to make friends.
comment v,make a remark,give an opinion评论
e.g,His friends commented humorously about his new
haircut,
complaint n,discuss 抱怨, 投诉
e.g,We can often hear his complaints about the Sales
Department,next
difficult phrases
? Depend on
a)change according to 由 … 决定
b) need someone or something for help or to be able
to live 依赖
e.g,
? The success of a person depends on many things.
? I know you are my true friend whom I can
always depend on,
next
? Break the ice begin to be friendly with
someone make people feel comfortable打
破僵局
e.g,She is very active at social events and
often the one who breaks the ice.
next
difficult sentences
? (Para,1) The most important thing to
remember about the weather in Britain is
that it often changes.
关于英国的天气，需要记住的最重要的一点就是它
多变。
To remember about, is the post modifier of the
sentence subject the most important things,and
that introduces the complement clause.
next
? (Para,1) Because long periods when the
weather stays the same day after day aren’t
very common in Britain,the kinds of weather
you get will depend not only on the time of
year,but also on luck.
因为天气在几天长的时间都保持不变的时候在英
国不是很常见, 所以会遇上什么样的天气不仅取
决于是一年中的什么时候, 而且取决于运气 。
Within the because-clause of reason,there is a relative
clause introduced by when and modifying periods,
and in its main clause,there is another relative clause
you get modifying weather,with the relative pronoun
that omitted.
next
? (Para,3) I was about to despair of finding
my passport when suddenly a woman waved
the small blue book in the air---she’s found it!
我对找到护照几乎就要绝望时, 突然一位妇女用
手在半空中挥动着那个蓝皮本子 ---她找到了 ！
be about to,means be just ready to
e.g,She was about to leave when she heard someone
knocking at the door.
finding,is a gerund and acts as the object of the
preposition of
when,means at the moment and is a conjunction that
introduces an adverbial clause of time,
back
2,Retelling the story
? Read the passage
again
? Retell the story in the
first person
back
Part III Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
back
1,Simulating and translating
? Do exercise 6 on page 79 of the Textbook
? Pay attention to the italicized parts in the
English sentences and translate the
Chinese sentences by simulating the
structure of the English sentences
back
1) Do excises 8 on page 81 of the textbook
2,Rewrite the passage by focusing on the following
points:
A,The weather in Britain is unpredictable;
B,People’s daily activities and even habits are greatly
influenced by the weather;
C,Talking about the weather is a common way to start a
conversation.
2,Rewriting
back
Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
? Translating
? Assignment
back
1,Translating
? Remember the words,phrases and
sentence structures in the passage you
have learned and translate the following
sentences into Chinese orally and the
teacher comments,
back
1,The most important thing to remember
about China is that is a huge country with a
large population.
2,Similarly,you can download the kind of
software you like,
3,China’s National Football Team’s
success in the World Cup Qualifiers
depended more on their excellent
performance than on luck.
4,However often they meet,there is
always a lot for them to say to each other,
5,It is impolite to ask personal questions
of those you can’t know well.
6,She is reluctant to accept his invitation
to see a movie.
2,Assignment
? Workbook p 65 from 1 to 3;
? Collect as timetables or schedules
often seen in public places as
many as possible
back
Section III
Writing and Translating
back
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
back
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
back
1,Checking the assignment
? Check the answers to comprehension
exercises on the workbook orally and
comment
back
2,Warming up for new class
back
?Present your collections of
weather condition
?Put your collections into the
data bank on the blackboard
Part II Putting in use
1,Divide the students into groups
2,Present new cards about weather
condition
3,Give the rules for weather condition
/ report
4,Understanding
5,Matching
6,Translating back
Part III Further Practice
1,Creating new weather
condition cards
2,Writing
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1,Creating new weather condition cards
back
Each of the students
makes a card and tells
your classmates the
meaning of it.
2,Writing
? Work together to write a short
passage of about 100 words to tell a
story or about an event related to the
picture given,Some useful words and
phrases have been provided to help.
back
Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1.Grammatical rules concerning the
Basic Sentence Structure
2,Applying
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
4,Assignment
back
2.Applying
? Choose the correct answers to fill in the
blanks,paying attention to the use of Simple
Past and Present Perfect.
? Correct the errors in the following sentences.
? Translate the following sentences into English,
paying attention to the use of Simple Past and
Present Perfect
back
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
? 1) and 2) are printed on the paper,After
the teacher checks the answers,the students
can score their own paper; as for 3) the
teacher can collect the paper and correct
after class if time is not permitted.
back
4,Assignment
? Workbook P71 from 3 to 5;
? Get some information about Study;
? Make some cards about study,
such as certificate,diploma,etc.
back
