B: Because you like skiing.
A: That’s true, but I like summer better than winter.
B: Why?
A: Because I can have a long holiday in Summer then.
3．Listen Lesson 44 Part 4 Read.
把你听到的填写在下列表格中，对比中国，美国和澳大利亚。
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar—
May
Warm
England
Amer-
ica
Mar—
May
Austra-
lia
Keys
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar—
May
warm
short
June—
August
hot
Aug.—
Nov.
quite warm
Dec.—
Feb.
very cold
England
Mar.-- May
longer than in China and USA
Not too hot or too cold
Amer-
ica
Mar—
May
A nearly the same as China.
Austra-
lia
Dec.—Feb.
The seasons are opposite of China.
June—Aug.
Ask the students to look at the two pictures in students Book and describe the pictures in their own words.
Let them talk about the weather in China, in England, in the U. S. A. and in Australia.
4. Go over Checkpoint 11
A: Grammar
1. disjunctive questions 2. the prepositions: in, on and at
B: Useful expressions
1. turn green/yellow/… 2. this year/month/… 3. the next year/month/…
4. be different from 5. What is the date today? 6. What’s the weather like?
Step 7 Exercises in class
Listening practice.
Listen to a story and try to answer the following questions.
Everybody talks about weather. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” I think it s going to snow. These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.
Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We’re going to have fine weather tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that it's going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.
Most people listen to what the weatherman says on the radio. But he doesn’t always tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes he makes a mistake, but he is still right more often than anyone else.
Questions.
1. How do English people start a conversation?
2. Do many of them think they can tell what the weather is going to be like?
3. Why do they hardly agree with each other?
4. What kind of weather do people think it’s going to be if they go out to play in a park in the rain?
5. Who is right more often about the weather?
Keys:
1. They usually talk about the weather.
2.Yes, they do.
3. Because each of them is so sure of himself that only he knows about the weather.
4. They think it s going to be fine.
5. The weatherman is.
Step 8 Homework
1. Make up a new dialogue according to Exercise Three.
2. Write about the weather of four seasons in China.
3. Read the text fluently and try to recite it.
4. Review Checkpoint 11 and the whole unit.
5. Go over disjunctive questions.
Blackboard Handwriting
探究活动
12星座查询
在多媒体教室上这节课，可能效果更好。教给学生如何上网查资料。
每个人都有自己的星座，统计一下本班同学都属于哪个星座。提供给你一份星座的时间表，但不全，请你通过网上查一查，并填好表格。
中文名称
外文名称
日 期
人物性格
水 瓶 座
January 20th—February 18th
loving, wise, intelligent
ARIES
March 21st—April 19th
金 牛 座
GEMINI
quick-minded, thoughtful
June 22nd—July 22nd
LEO
处 女 座
August 23rd-- September 22nd
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