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Unit 4 Weather
Let’s Talk 2 (Second Edition)
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Unit 4 Weather
4A4AWhat’s the weather like?
Unit 4Unit 4
4B4BExtreme weather
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2A What’s the weather like?
Activity 3
Activity 2
Lead-in
contents
Activity 1
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Lead-in
1. What’s the weather like today?
2. What’s the weather going to be like
tomorrow? 3. How can we know the weather?
4. What is the telephone number of the weather report?
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1. (It's) raining cats and dogs
4. under the weather
Lead-in: Idioms about weather
2. a fair-weather friend
3. quick as a flash / quick as lightning
5. A heavy snow, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。
Give their Chinese and recite them.
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1. (it’s) raining cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
4. under the weather
身体不舒服，心情不好
Idioms about the weather:
2. a fair-weather friend 酒肉朋友
3. quick as a flash / quick as lightning 快如闪电
Give their Chinese and recite them.
5. A heavy snow, a rich year. 瑞雪兆丰年。
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Relevant Words (adj.)Relevant Words (adj.)
sunny
partly cloudy windy
rainy
snowy
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showery
stormy
icy
breezy
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fog
frost
lightning
MoreMore Words ( Words (nn.).)
sleet ( 雨夹雪 )
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snowstorm （暴风雪）
RelevantRelevant Words ( Words (nn.).)
droughtflood
hail （冰雹）
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Centigrade & Fahrenheit
the Celsius (centigrade) system, which is the one used in most countries. In Western countries the Fahrenheit system is also used. Temperatures are very often given in both ways. And please note temperatures are always given in degrees (plural form). For example, 0 degrees. C= (F-32)*5/9; F= (C*5/9)+32.
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• Objectives:
•Listening & speaking
To describe weather conditions
• Vocabulary:
chilly, foggy, humid, icy…
Activity 1
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Activity 1 A Work aloneReview the words and then describe the weather in each place.
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Activity 1A Work alone
•Model: P1: It’s very foggy in San Francisco.
Model and practice:
P2: In Taipei, it looks stormy and windy.
P3: In Geneva, it’s snowy and icy.
P4: In Rio de Janeiro, it’s warm and sunny.
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What a beautiful/lovely/awful/terrible day! There is not a cloud in the sky. It’s not too hot and not too cold.
I hate to work in hot weather.
The hot weather makes me lazy.
When are we getting warmer weather?
Data bank
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I’m going to wear my heavy coat.
Are we going to get much snow this winter?
It’s usually warm in New York in the spring. What’s it like outside?
I don’t mind the heat.
I can’t stand it. It’s freezing!
Data bank
返回
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Activity 1B Pair Work
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(open answers)
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Models:
A: Would you like to visit any of the places in Part A?
B: I’d like to visit Geneva. Snowy weather doesn’t bother me.
A: Are you sure? L hate snowy and icy weather when I travel.
A: What’s the weather like here today?
B: It’s sunny and hot today.
A: I don’t think it’s so hot. I’d say it’s sunny and warm today.
Activity 1B Pair Work
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Models (continued)
A: What’s the weather like last weekend?
B: Let’s see. I think it was cloudy and warm.
A: Is your favorite season spring, summer, fall or winter? Why?
B: My favorite season is the summer. I love to go to the beach.
A: Not me. I’m just the opposite. I love the winter because I love to ski.
Activity 1B Pair Work
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• Objectives:
•To talk about that the weather can affect people’s
moods; to discuss activities enjoyed on certain
weather conditions
•Vocabulary
irritable: easily annoyed or made angry
mood: the way you feel at a particular time
Activity 2 A
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Activity 2 A Pair work
How does weather affect your mood? Use the words in the boxes and your own ideas.
cheerful depressed energetic
irritable lazy sleepy
(open answers)
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* Activity 2 B Pair work
Think about next weekend. What do you want to do if it’s warm and sunny? Write the things.
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* Activity 2 C Join another pair
Compare your ideas. Choose the best things to do.
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Activity 3
• Objectives:
To understand weather forecast;
To talk about weather in the past and in the
future
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Activity 3A listening
You will hear the weather forecast for next weekend. Write the weather and temperatures.
23
sunny 24
cloudy 20
rainy 15
dry, cold 10
warm, sunny 19
windy
18
stormy, hot, humid30
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Now the weather report for today and tomorrow:
It’s foggy in the morning and it’ll be clear and fine
this afternoon. Tomorrow will be overcast with
drizzle. Today, the high will be 12 . ℃ Tomorrow the
low will be 6 . ℃
Model
样例 3/ 现在是今明两天的天气预报：
今天上午有雾，下午天气晴好；明天阴有小雨。今天最高
气温为摄氏 12 度。明天最低气温为摄氏 6 度。
Weather report
key
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Weather report
A weather report:
It’s hot and sunny in Miami today, with the
temperature of about 90 °F. It’s going to be
cloudy and cool tomorrow, about 70 °F.
PracticePracticePracticePractice
天气预报：今天，迈阿密天气晴朗炎热，气温大约为 90华氏度。明天多云，天气凉爽，温度约为 70华氏度。
key
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* Activity 3B Pair work
1. Is the weather forecast better for Saturday or
Sunday?
2. What do you think the weather will really be like
next weekend?
3. Which day last week had the best weather?
What did you do?
4. What’s your favorite type of weather? Why?
Discuss these questions.
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4B Extreme weather
Self-study
Activity 3
Activity 2
Activity 1
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Activity 1 Pair work
• Objectives:
1) To talk about extreme weather conditions
2) To share stories about personal
experiences with bad weather
• Vocabulary:
blizzard, drought, extreme, flood, frostbite,
heat wave, power loss, typhoon, wildlife
Warm-up ActivitiesWarm-up Activities
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Volcano（火山）
typhoon
Extreme Weather
heat wave （热浪）blizzards
大暴风雪
Lead- in
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thunderstorms
tornadoes龙卷风
Extreme Weather
Meteorite（陨石）
hurricane
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Avalanche（雪崩）
landslide/ rockslide, mudslide
（山体滑坡、岩滑、泥石流）
Tsunami （海啸）
Extreme Weather
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Activity 1A Work alone
Look at these pictures. Have you ever been in these type of weather? How did you feel?
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Activity 1B&C Pair work
Which words and phrases in the box go with each kind of weather? write them in the chart. (More than one answer is possible)
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Activity 1B & C Join another pair
Compare your ideas. Can you add more words and phrases in the chart?
(Possible answers)
Typhoons: closed roads, floods, high winds, power losses, traffic accidents, cancelled flights and ferries, rough seas
Blizzards: closed roads, frostbite, high winds, power losses, traffic accidents, closed schools, closed airports
Heat waves: drought, power losses, wildfires, sunstroke, heat exhaustion, limited water use, overcrowded swimming pools
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* Activity 1D Group work
Discuss these questions.
1.Where are typhoons common? Blizzard? Heat
waves?
2. Is there extreme weather where you live? What kind?
3. What kinds of weather are most dangerous? Why?
(open answers)
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Activity 2A Pair work
• Objectives: To understand and discuss advice on safe precautions during a thunderstorm • Vocabulary: disconnect, hill, metal
Warm-up ActivitiesWarm-up Activities
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Activity 2A&B Work Alone
what should you do if you are outside during a what should you do if you are outside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13
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Activity 2A&B Work Alone
what should you do if you are outside during a what should you do if you are outside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13
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Activity 2C Pair work
what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Circle your guesses. track 14track 14
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Activity 2C Pair work
what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. track 14Circle your guesses. track 14
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* Activity 3 Group work
1.Do you remember a day that particularly hot or cold?2. Have you ever been in a violent thunderstorm?
What did you do?3. Have you ever been in a heavy snowstorm?
What did you do?
Discuss these questions.Discuss these questions.
(open answers)
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空间课外拓展资源链接
• 句型练习（常用句型及习语）
• 对话练习（情景对话剧本）
• 对话练习（期末考试题库）
• 篇章练习（天气预报练习稿）
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