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Unit 6 Rain or Shine
Section A 2a—2e
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. grasp the detailed information about the weather and people’s
activities in Sanya and Stockholm through the conversation;
2. talk about weather and weather-related activities using target
languages;
3. think about how weather affects people’s activities in your hometown.
Look & Guess
Look at the two pictures, guess where the two places are and how the weather is.
Look and Say
Describe the weather in the following two pictures. Choose one place for your vacation and share your reasons.
Sanya
Stockholm
(斯德哥尔摩)
In Sanya, it’s sunny and hot. There’s blue sky and beautiful beaches. I can just lie on the beach to read and relax...
sunbathe
play beach volleyball
swim
surf
take a boat
In Stokholm, it’s snowy and cold. The scenery(风景) is beautiful and I can build a snowman with families...
Read the conversation quickly and figure out where Bill and Anna are. Match the right picture with them.
Anna
Bill
Bill is calling a friend. His friend is having a holiday in a place. Listen and answer:
Who is Bill calling?
Where does his friend have a holiday?
Listen & Answer
Anna.
In Sanya.
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
Bill: Hey, Anna. How's your holiday going?
Anna: It's wonderful! I'm at a beach in Sanya!
Bill: Wow, lucky you! That sounds amazing. What's the
weather like there?
Anna: It's _____________. It's about 28℃.
Bill: That's nice! What are you doing at the beach?
Anna: I'm sunbathing at the moment! My brother John's here too.
Bill: Oh, what's he doing?
hot and sunny
2a
Anna: He's ____________________ right now. What about you?
How's the weather in Stockholm?
Bill: Well, it's __________________. It's about -3℃.
Anna: Oh, that's really cold! What's your family doing?
Bill: Well, we usually stay in when it snows, but now we're
__________________ outside. Hey, come and visit us
some day!
Anna: OK. Once the weather turns warm!
playing beach volleyball
cold and snowy
building a snowman
Read & Judge
Anna’s holiday is very good.
Anna is playing beach volleyball now.
Anna’s brother is sunbathing now.
Bill’s family is staying in now.
T
F
Anna’s brother
Anna
building a snowman
F
F
2b Read the conversation. Then complete the table.
Listening & Reading
Information Anna’s family Bill’s family
Place ___________ Stockholm
Temperature _____ ℃ -3℃
Weather hot and ______ cold and ______
Activity sunbathing; playing ______________ building a ________
Sanya
28
sunny
beach volleyball
snowy
snowman
温度
2c
Listen to the conversation again and pay attention to the rhythm of the sentences. Then role-play the conversation.
Evaluation criterion:
Pronounce accurately. (1-5 points)
Express fluently. (1-5 points)
Act vividly. (1-5 points)
2d List the activities you can do in different weather. Tick the activities you enjoy doing the most.
Post-listening
swim outside
read
build a snowman
fly a kite
see a movie
go skating
Imagine you are calling a friend. Your friend is having a holiday in a place with different weather. Ask and answer questions using the ideas from 2d and the expressions below to help you.
Talking about the weather
What’s the weather like in...?
How’s the weather in...?
Is it very cold/...in...? It’s really warm/...now.
Today, it’s about...℃.
It’s raining/...heavily.
2e
A: What’s the weather like in ...?
B: It’s really ...
A: What are you doing now?
B: I’m ... right now. / I usually ..., but I’m ...
at the moment.
Stockholm
Sanya
Different places have different weather and people do different activities.
Summary
Expressions
at the moment, some day
Key words
lucky, temperature, heavily
Exercises
根据首字母提示或括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. 1. It is ________(luck) for us to be born in China.
2. Look! It is raining ________(heavy). We can’t go out with friends.
3. It is freezing outside. The t__________ is -20℃.
heavily
lucky
emperature
Homework
Listen, read and review the pronunciation knowledge.
Recite new words and read the conversation in 2a twice.
Talk about the weather of a place and the activities you do there with your partner.
Blues
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