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Unit3 Seasons
Reading
The four seasons
There are four seasons in a year, and each season has______(it) special features. Spring
Life begins again _____ spring. The snow melts, and nature wakes up after the long winter. Warm rain falls on the forests and fields. Plants start to grow, and birds come back from ______south.Farmers begin to work their land. It is a time of new life and new hope. It is _______(excite) to take a trip in the countryside in springtime.
Summer
Summer is bright and noisy. The weather is hot. The sun shines _______(bright) in the clear, blue sky. Cicadas sing loudly.There is often thunder _______ lightning in the afternoon. Many people like to go to the beach and swim in the sea. It is nice _________(eat)ice cream or fresh fruit in summer.
Autumn
Autumn is beautiful and full of colour. The weather is cool and dry. In autumn, everything __________(change).Leaves turn brown, red or yellow and start falling from the trees.Squirrels gather food for the cold winter. ________(farm) are busy with the harvest . It is great to go on a family outing at this time of year.
Winter
Winter is peaceful and fun. It is cold and snowy in many places. Bears and snakes find warm places to sleep through the winter. Children love winter because they love to play in the snow.
1. Its 2.in 3.falls 4.the 5.exciting
6. brightly 7.and 8.to eat 9.changes 10. Farmers
Grammar
The climate in China
In the north of China, it is very cold and dry in winter. There is sometimes heavy snow.It is exciting_____(go)skiing then. In summer, it is usually ______(sun)and hot during the day and cool in the evening. Spring and autumn are the _______(nice)seasons.
The weather_____the middle and east of China is quite different. It is hot in summer and cold and wet in winter.
In many places in the south of China, winters are _______(usual) short and cool. In summer, the weather is often hot and wet, and it can _______(is)very rainy. You'd better bring _____ umbrella when you go out.
The south-west of China _______(have)a very comfortable climate, many people like to live there. The summers are cool and the _______(winter) are warm.
1. to go 2. sunny 3. nicest 4. in 5. usually
7. be 7. an 8.has 9.so 10. winters
Writing
My favourite season: summer
I live in Guangzhou. My favourite season is summer.
Everything_______(be) alive. The trees have a lot of green _________(leaf), ______ they can help keep me cool on sunny days. There are also many beautiful flowers in summer. They smell _______(real) nice.
The ______(good) thing about summer is the summer holiday! I have lots of time _________(do)fun things. I enjoy _______(go) swimming with my friends. I also love going running in the park with _____(me)best friend. It is great to exercise outdoors in summer, and it is nice to eat ice cream ______ a hot day. ________(sometime) I go to the beach with my family. I like to build sandcastles there with my little sister. Summer is ______best for sure!
1. is 2.Leaves 3.and 4.really 5.best
6.to do 7. my 8.on 9.Sometimes 10.the
Extending and developing competencies
The 24 solar terms
The months of the traditional Chinese calendar follow ______ moon, but did you know that the calendar also follows the sun? ln fact, the year is divided into 24 parts, based on where the sun is in the sky. Each part ______(start) with a solar term, or jieqi in Chinese.These solar terms follow the _________(changes)of the seasons and the weather.
The “Start of Spring”, “Start of Summer", "Start of Autumn” and “Start of Winter” divide the year _______four seasons. Each of the seasons is then divided into six parts, ________ each part lasts about 15 days. The solar terms can fall on different dates. They sometimes move a day or two.
The 24 solar terms are very ________(use)in daily life. For example, they help farmers decide when ________( plant) their crops. The solar terms also play an important part in _________(tradition) Chinese culture. People _________(celebrate) these days in different ways in the past, such as eating special local dishes.Many of these traditions continue in ______(we) times. For example, people still eat spring rolls and spring pancakes to celebrate the “Start of Spring”.
1. the 2.starts 3. changes 4.into 5.and 6.useful 7.to plant 8.traditional 9.celebrated 10. our
Cross-curricular connection
Why do we have different seasons?
As ________(we) planet moves around the Sun, the light from ______ Sun falls on the Earth from different ________(direction). This helps create the seasons. At different times of year, there is ______(much) sunlight in some places, and less sunlight in others. More sunlight _________(mean) longer days and warmer weather, and this is why we have spring and summer. lt gets colder in autumn and winter _________the days are shorter, and we get less light from the Sun. The seasons fall at different times of year around the world. China is north of the equator. Here, we experience summer from June_____August.South of the equator, June,July and August are winter months.
In Australia,it is summer from December to February, and Australians have their spring when we have _______(we)autumn.
The _______(hot)and the coldest parts of the world don't have four seasons. It is always hot in places close to the equator. These places are called the tropics. Instead of our four seasons, many parts of the tropics have a ________(rain)season and a dry season. Around the North and South Poles, there are only _________(second) seasons too: a very, very cold winter and a somewhat less cold summer.
1. our 2.the 3.directions 4.more 5.means
6.because 7.to 8.hottest 9.rainy 10.two
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