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Watch & Answer
What’s the song about?
Unit 6 Rain or Shine
Section A
1a—Pronunciation 2
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. learn more words and expressions about weather.
2. talk about weather and weather-related activities.
3. pronounce letter combinations ar, er, ir, or, and ur in different
words correctly.
4. perceive the rhythm when reading the chant.
Look and share
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BIG
Question
How does the weather affect us?
v. 影响
Look and Share
How do you think the kids in the photo feel about the weather?
They feel happy about the rain.
Do you like rainy weather?
What weather do you like best?
What do you do during such
weather?
Warming up
sunny
Here are some weather icons:
What do they mean?
rainy
snowy
windy
天气图标
Warming up
Here are some weather icons:
What’s your favourite weather?
lightning
cloudy
stormy
dry
有暴风雨的
闪电
干的
What about them?
Here’s a weather quiz to test how much you know about weather.
Complete it in pairs. Pay attention to the highlighted words.
1 What shape is a raindrop before it starts falling?
2 What makes the sound of thunder?
a cloud b rain c lightning
3 You only get foggy weather when
a the air is cold. b it is rainy. c you are near the ocean.
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4 You only get hail when
a it is windy.
b there are storm clouds.
c there’s no sunshine.
5 In what directions does an east wind blow?
a towards the east b towards the west
6 When you are facing a rainbow, the sun is always
a in front of you b behind you c to one side
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Noun Adjective Verb Related words and phrases
__________ cloudy rain clouds
_______________
fog __________
frost(霜;冻) frosty(有霜的) frostbite(冻伤)
(冰雹) hail(下冰雹) hail storm
ice icy
__________(闪电) flash of lightning
Weather Vocabulary
cloud
storm clouds
foggy
hail
lightning
Noun Adjective Verb Related words and phrases
mist(薄雾) misty(多雾的)
_________ __________ rain ________________
shower(阵雨;阵雪) showery(下阵雨/雪的) rain shower(阵雨)
snow snowy snow _____________
__________ stormy thunderstorm
____________ sunny (the sun) shines ____________
___________ thundery to thunder clap/crash of thunder
____________ ____________ (the wind)
blows
rain
rainy
raindrop
snowflake
storm
sun
sunshine
thunder
wind
windy
Write the weather descriptions in the box under the pictures.
cloudy
dry
lightning
stormy
windy
stormy
dry
windy
cloudy
lightning
1a
1b Listen to the weather report. Match the different parts
of Australia with the weather conditions.
While-listening
north
west
south and east
centre
warm and dry
sunny and hot
stormy
cloudy
35℃
20℃
28℃
22℃
北方
西方
南方
东方
中间
天气状况
天气预报
Listen & Fill
Place:_________________________________
Weather:____________________________________
Temperature: ___________________________________
Here is a weather report about Australia. Listen to the weather report and fill in the related words on the line.
north, west, south and east, centre
stormy, cloudy, sunny and hot, warm and dry
20℃, 22℃, 35℃, 28℃
Here’s the weather report. Let’s look at the weather across Australia. In the north, it’s stormy. It’s raining and the wind is blowing hard. The temperature is around 20℃. In the west, it’s cloudy and about 22℃. In the south and east, the sun is shining and it’s very hot. It’s around 35℃. The centre of the country has the best weather right now. It’s warm and dry, and the temperature is about 28℃.
Listening materials
Listen and answer
1. Who is Lucy calling?
2. What are they talking about?
She is calling her Grandpa.
They are talking about weather.
Listen to the conversations. Circle the correct answers.
1. Where is Grandpa now?
A. In Australia. B. In his hometown.
2. What's the weather like at Grandpa's place?
A. It’s stormy. B. It's sunny.
3. What's Lucy doing?
A. She is staying in. B. She is watering flowers.
4. Is the weather making Grandpa sad?
A. Yes. B. No.
1c
Listen and fill
Who
Where
Weather
What
Lucy
Grandpa
Lucy’s home
Australia
sunny and warm
raining & lightning
watering flowers
staying in
Lucy: Hey, Grandpa. How are you? How's the weather in
Australia?
Grandpa: Hi, Lucy. It's raining cats and dogs. Oh! And now
there's lightning!
Lucy: Oh no, don't go outside!
Grandpa: Don't worry. I'm staying in! What's the weather like
back home? What are you doing now?
Lucy: I'm watering flowers in the garden. It's sunny and
warm here!
Grandpa: Lucky you! Well, enjoy your day!
Lucy: You too!
Grandpa: I'm always happy, rain or shine!
Listening scripts
Common Idioms
raining cats and dogs: 形容雨势很大,倾盆大雨
rain or shine:无论如何;不论晴雨
e.g. Don't forget to take your umbrella because it's raining cats
and dogs out there.
e.g. It often rains cats and dogs in summer in my hometown.
e.g. We never stop learning, rain or shine.
1d
Act out a phone conversation with a partner. Talk about the weather near you and what people are doing.
It’s warm and sunny.
What’s the weather like?
What are you doing?
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ar er ir or ur
/ɑː/ /ɜː/ /ɜː/ /ɔ:/ /ɜː/ /ɜː/
hard
start
——— verb
person
——— first
bird
——— short
horse
——— word
world
——— hurt
nurse
———
star
dark
perfect
serve
third
thirty
sport
morning
work
worse
turn
purple
1. Listen and repeat. Add one more word to each group.
Pronunciation
What’s the weather like today?
It’s windy and warm. It’s spring again.
Let’s fly a kite. Isn’t it great?
Hooray! Hooray! Let’s play!
2 Read the chant and clap when you read the bold syllables.
Then listen and repeat.
拍手
Pronunciation
加粗的
Key words
Expressions
dry, lightning, stormy, north
stay in, back home, go outside
—What’s the weather like?
—It’s ...
Sentences
Summary
Pronunciation
1.字母组合 ar、er、ir、or、ur 的读音
2.英语中的节奏
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Exercises
选词填空。
warm cold hot windy snow weather
1. What is the _______ like today?
2. Spring is coming. It’s getting ______.
3. I like summer. It’s ______,so I can swim.
4. It is _______ outside now. Let’s make a snowman.
5. ― Do you like winter? ― No,it’s very ______.
6. Look! The trees are shaking(摇晃).It’s ______.
weather
warm
hot
snowing
cold
windy
Homework
Review words, phrases and sentences about weather.
Watch the weather report and talk about the weather with your partner in English.
Whether it rains or shines, we should always stay cheerful.
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