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Unit 5 Unit 5 Talking About the Weather Talking About the Weather

Unit 5 Talking About the Weather Unit 5 Talking About the Weather

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Unit 5Unit 5

Talking About the Weather Talking About the Weather

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Weather is one of the most important things in life. For a farmer the wrong weather may mean that he has poor crops, or no crops at all. For sailors and airmen, bad weather often brings danger, even death. Obviously, it is essential to know the changes of the weather in advance, then the career of weather forecast is developing little by little.

Introduction:

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Step One :--------------- The exact timeStep Two:--------------- The exact placeStep Three:------------- The weather

conditions of the place

1.Three essential aspects in weather

forecast

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Good morning. Here is the weather forecast for the next 24 hours. In the north of China, there will be snow with strong winds. It will be very cold. The temperature will be 30 below zero F. In Nanjing, the weather will be much better. There will be some fog in the morning, but it will clear later in the day.

Example:

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Exercise: write a weather report in English according to the information given in Chinese.

市区天气 :今天晴 , 北风 5-6级 , 逐步减弱道 4-5级 . 最高气温 1摄氏度 . 最低气温 -4摄氏度 , 预计大连地区明后两天少云 ,风力内不大 ,气温变化不大 .

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Teaching Tasks

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Read and translate the sample. It’s the common topic for the Europeans to great each other with weather. Now let us see the following one dialogue.

Good morning. This is the local weather report. Today will be cool and partly cloudy, with a chance of rain this afternoon. At 7:00 a.m., the downtown temperature is 62 0 F.

Thank you for calling. Have a nice day !

Task one:

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Learn how to make a weather forecast to the super market.

Here is the weather forecast:

Tomorrow it’s going to be fair in New York; the temperature will be about 15 Celsius. In Madrid it is going to rain and it will be 20 Celsius. The weather in Moscow is going to be cloudy; the temperature will be about 3 Celsius. London will be 10 Celsius and wet. Zurich will be sunny and cold; the temperature is going to be 0 Celsius.

Task Two:

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Task three: learn the taking

Jane: Hello, Tom?--------------------Greeting

Tom: Hello, Jane. Have you heard the weather forecast?

Jane: Yes.

Tom: What’s the weather like today? ----------------Inquiry

Jane: They said it would be cool and partly cloudy.

Tom: What’s the temperature?

Jane: It’s 60.

Tom: It that about 16 Celsius?

Jan: That’s right.

Tom: So I think we should wear a little thick.

Jan: That’s a good idea.

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Backgrounds:

Its sunshine. On Mary’s way to the supermarket, she meets with her friend Tracy. They begin to greet each other with the weather. Please make up a dialogue according to the backgrounds.