Section A Unit 7 Its raining! Do you know these places? Beijing Shanghai Talk about the weather. cloudy Hows the weather there? Its cloudy. Its raining. Its rainy. Its snowing. Its snowy. Its windy. Hows the weather there? Its sunny. Shanghai Boston Beijing Moscow Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Here is the weather forecast! Today is Wednesday. Beijing is sunny. Boston is raining. Moscow is snowing. And it is cold. Shanghai is cloudy Weather Forecast How is the weather in ? What is the weather like in ? sunny. cloudy. Its windy. raining/rainy. snowing/snowy. Look and say Lets learn! Lets do! 1b. Listen and write these city names In the boxes above. Beijing Moscow Toronto Boston Shanghai Tapescript: Conversation 1 Tom: Hey, Peter. Happy New Year! Peter: Happy New Year, Tom! Tom : Hows the weather down there in Shanghai? Peter : Its cloudy. Hows the weather in Boston? Tom: Its windy. Conversation 2 Peter : Hi, Aunt Sally. Happy New Year! Aunt Sally: Hello, Peter. Happy New Year! Peter : Hows the weather in Moscow? Aunt Sally: Oh, its snowing right now. Conversation 3 Peter: So, hows the weather there in Beijing? Girl : Its sunny. Conversation 4 Peter : Happy New Year, Uncle Bill! Uncle Bill : Happy New Year, Peter! Peter : Hows the weather in Toronto? Uncle Bill : Its raining, as usual! 1c. Imagine you are in one of the places in 1a. Talk about the weather with your friend on the phone. A: Hi! Hows the weather in Beijing? B: Its sunny. A: Hows the weather in Shanghai? B: Its cloudy. What is he/she doing? read Shes reading. cook They are cooking. They are running. They are studying. 2a. Listen and number the pictures. [1-4] 2 3 4 2b. Listen again. Match the names with the activities. 1. _____ Uncle Joe a. is playing computer games. 2. _____ Jeff b. is cooking 3. _____ Mary c. is playing basketball 4. _____ Aunt Sally d. is watching TV c a d b Jim : Hello, Linda! This is Jim. Linda: Hello, Jim! Jim : Is Uncle Joe there? Linda: No, he isnt. Hes outside. Jim : Outside? Its cold, isnt it? Linda: No, its sunny and really warm. Jim : Whats Uncle Joe doing? Linda: Hes playing basketball. Tapescript Jim : Is Aunt Sally there? Linda: Yes, she is, but shes busy right now. Jim : Whats she doing? Linda: Shes cooking. Jim : How about Mary? Whats she doing? Linda: Not much. Shes only watching TV. You want to talk her dont you? Jim : Yes, Thanks. And can I say Hi to Jeff, too? Linda: Sure. Hes just playing computer games. 2c. Talk about the people in 2a with a partner. Rick: Hello, Rick speaking. Steve: Hi, Rick. Its Steve. Hows it going? Rick: Not bad, thanks. The weathers great. What are you doing? Steve: Im playing basketball with some friends at the park. Rick: Sounds like youre having a good time. Steve: Yeah. Is your brother at home? Rick: Oh, hes not here. Hes studying at his friends home. Can I take a message for him? Steve: Yes, Could you just tell him to call me back? Rick: Sure, no problem. 2d. Role-play the conversation. Grammar Focus Hows the weather? Hows it going? What are you doing? What are they doing? Whats he doing? Its cloud./ Its sunny./ Its raining Im cooking Theyre playing basketball in the park Hes studying at his friends home. Great!/ Not bad./ Terrible! 3a. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. be play study talk do make 1. A: What are you doing? B: I ________ my homework. I always____ my homework in the evening. 2. A: Whats John doing right now? B: He_________ soccer. He______ soccer every Saturday. am doing do is playing plays 3. A: ____Julie________ English right now? B: No, she isnt. She__________ Chinese. 4. A: What are Julie and Jane doing? B: They__________ soup. They can ______ very good soup. 5. A: ___ Lisa________ on the phone again? B: Yes, she_____ on the phone for three hours every day! Isstudying is studying are makingmake Is talking talks Then practice the conversations with a partner. 3b. Yuan Yuan from CCTV is interviewing people in five different places. Fill in the chart below. Hows the weather? What are they doing Its sunny and warm. Hes playing the guitar. It windy. Theyre hiking. Its snowing. Its hot and humid. Its raining. Theyre cooking. Hes writing. Theyre playing soccer. 1. Its raining. 1) it , It is windy. ( ) Its cold today. Language Points 2) rain Its raining cats and dogs. rainy Its raining. Its rainy. 2. Hows the weather? 1) Hows the weather today? Hows the weather in Sichuan? ? 2) Its + , --Hows the weather today? --Its cloudy. 3) : Whats the weather like? Hows the weather in Beijing? = Whats the weather like in Beijing? 4) Hows the weather? Today is sunny. Hows the weather today? : weather , work, news , a (an) 3. +y 1) windwindy cloudcloudy sunsunny rainrainy fogfoggy snowsnowy +y = 2) snow snowy. : Its snowing. Its snowy. 4. a a wind a cloud a rain We can see many clouds in the sky. 5. Aunt Sally is cooking. cook 1) , 2) , His father is a cook. 3) cooker 6. Hows it going? with sb/ sth. Hows it going with Peter? Hows it going with your study? ? Not bad. Just so-so. Pretty good. Pretty 7. Jeff is playing computer games. play : play basketball play football play volleyball play tennis A football match play , the : play the piano play the violin . 1. rain ___________ 2. wind ___________ 3. cloud ___________ 4. sun ____________ 5. snow ____________ rainy windy cloudy sunny snowy 1. --What are you doing? --Im (watch / watching) TV Whats she doing? --Shes (doing / playing) her homework. . 3. --Whats he doing? --Hes (cook / cooking) What are they doing? --They are (snowing / studying) Hows the weather? --Its (rain/raining). -- Hows the weather? -- Its ________. -- ________ is the weather like? -- Its _________. windy What sunny . -- _____ ____ they doing? -- Theyre ____________. -- What ____ he _______? -- _______________________. is -- What are you doing? -- Im _____________. What are eating dinner Hes playing basketball watching TV doing . Fill in the blanks 1. -- ________ _______ _________in Beijing? -- Its ________. 2. Jeff -- What ______ Jeff _______? -- He _____ _________ computer games. Hows the weather sunny doing is playing is 3. Mary Mary _______ ____________ TV ______ the living room. 4. Sally ? -- _________ Aunt Sally ________? -- ________ __________. is watching Whats Shes cooking in doing Alice: How is it going? Bob : ______. Alice: ______ is the weather ______ in Beijing? Bob : Its windy. Alice: What _____ you ______ ? Bob : I am _______ books and _________ TV at home. Great Whatlike aredoing reading watching . . 1. ? . 2. ? . 3. ? ? -- . Do you like the cold weather? No, I dont. Hows the weather here? Its snowing. -- Hows it going? -- Great. -- Is it hot or cold here? -- Its cold. 5. -- -- -- --Hows the weather in Toronto? --Its snowing here now. --Hows the weather today? --Its cloudy. Homework 1. Copy the new words 5 times and the Grammar Focus.