Unit 5

Talking About the Weather

By 伍时燕 , 李红军

Aims of the unit Building the vocabulary related to the themeListening to theme-related dialogue and passage for specific informationReading theme-related textsCreative writing of weather reportRevision of simple past tenses & present perfect tenses

Information on Weather Conditions

Thundershowers

Windy

Cloudy

Overcast

Showers

Rain

Snow

Mist

Sunny

Partly cloudy

Hot

Cold

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 EarsNew Words

Dialogue 1 Celsius

Dialogue 2 awful, Detroit, speak well of

Passage sentimental, suffer from, put in

Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage 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?

*Chicago*San Francisco

*Los Angeles*San Diego

*Denver

Dallas*

* Detroit

* Toronto

Montreal *

Miami *

Passage I Is it Going to be a Fine Day?

Maintaining a Sharp EyeLanguage focus:

1.      It looks like that….. be going toIt 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 timeIt’ll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers.e.g. It is fine with the temperature of 20 degree.

Maintaining a Sharp Eye3.      …..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) ase.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 Eye6. 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 Eye8.      Back to….., once again, …..e.g. Back to the topic just now, once again, it is my personal idea.

9.      wind up: to bring to an end (wind up sth./ wind sth. up)wind-wound- wounde.g. We wound up the meeting with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage 2Language points:1.      depend…..on….2.      the opportunities for sb. to do sth.3.      outdoors & outdooroutdoors (adv.): in the open airoutdoor (adj.): out of door4.      be reluctant to do5.      converse about: talk about6.      a comment on 7.      a complaint about8.      break the ice

Trying Your Hand Revision of Simple Past Tense & Present Perfect

Tenses Grammar: Page 70 in Workbook 比较过去时与现在完成时 　 1 ）过去时表示过去某时发生的动作或单纯叙述过去的事情，

强调动作；现在完成时为过去发生的，强调过去的事情对现在的影响，强调的是影响。

　 2 ）过去时常与具体的时间状语连用，而现在完成时通常与模糊的时间状语连用，或无时间状语。例如：

He has been in the League for three years. ( 在团内的状态可延续 )　 He joined the League three years ago. ( 三年前入团， joined 为短暂行为。 )

Trying Your Hand

Writing for specific purpose:

Objective: Ss can correctly write a weather report.

A weather report: It's hot and sunny in Miami today, with the temperature of about 90 oF. It's going to be cloudy and cool tomorrow, about 70 oF.

Sample

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