The Weather

Unit 1 It may be cold tomorrow

Given by : Huang Xiaoyan

2006.12.20

What is the weather like in this picture ?It is raining.

How can we know the weather?

We can know the weather through the weather forecast.

“the weather forecast” means “天气预报”Who makes the weather forecast ?

The weatherman makes the weather forecast. ( 天气预报员 )

sunny windy

cloudy rainy snowy

℃?

It is a unit for temperature ( 温度 ).

“℃”refers to degree, and centigrade 度 摄氏温度

City temperature

( 温度 )

weather

( 天气 )

Beijing -7~1℃ minus ( 零下 )

cloudy(多云的 )

icy(结冰的 )

Shanghai 5~8 ℃ rainy

windy

Xi’an -1~14 (℃ ×)

-1~4 (℃ √)

cloudy

snowy

Guangzhou 10~21 ℃ sunny

showers

Hong Kong 17~20 ℃ rainy

Beijing It may be cloudy and icy in Beijing on Spring Festival

England It may be wet and windy in England on Spring Festival

Australia It may be hot and sunny in Australia on Spring Festival

Hong kong

It may be cool and dry in Australia on Spring Festival

cloudy cold dry freezing hot snow sun warm wet windy

Expressions on talking about the weather

1.What is the weather like today?

It may be snowy/ rainy /windy /sunny /cloudy…

It might be snowy/ rainy /windy /sunny /cloudy/…

2.How is the weather in…?

It’s snowy/ rainy /windy /sunny /cloudy…

Expressions on talking about the weather

3.What will the weather be like ?

It will probably be hot /cool /warm /cold /dry/wet…

4.What is the temperature today ?

The temperature of today is …

Language points

1.Hey ,you lot !

2.be off to

Eg. We are off to Shanghai tomorrow

出发去 , 动身去

嗨 , 你们这群人。 lot 在文中是表示一群人的意思。

明天我们动身去上海。

3.come on, better get going

Better get going 相当于 had better go

最好现在走 /去

4. 情态动词 may ,might 表示可能.Eg. It may be warm in February.

may 和 might 没有很大的区别，但表示一般将来的可能性时， might 的可能性比较小。

snowyrainy

windy sunny cloudy

warm

Homework for today

1.Try to find out the weather information for your favorite( 喜欢的 ) place .

2. Please prepare some advice 9( 建议 )on the best time to visit Guili .