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Unit
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Different ways to predict weather
Weather and our lives
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weatherwoman
She is giving a weather forecast for tomorrow in the UK.
forecast (v.) 预测
(n.) 预测
Different ways to predict weather
How do people predict tomorrow’s weather?
How did people predict weather in the past ?
Do you know that animals can sometimes help people predict weather?
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C
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What are they called?
Where do they work?
How do they work?
Which one of them has the longest history and which one is the most modern?
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Read the text and complete the table.
Name Where they work How they work When and where they were first in use
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Over 2,000 years ago, people in Athens could tell time and the wind direction. The Tower of the Winds is said to be the world’s first weather station. Today weather stations are on land or on the sea to collect information about the wind direction and wind speed.
Weather satellites go around the Earth, and get pictures and information to predict weather. China had its first weather satellite, Fengyun 1A, in 1988.
Different ways to predict weather
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Weather balloons measure temperature, humidity, air pressure and wind speed in the air. The first weather balloons appeared in France in 1892.
Weather stations
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Weather balloons
Weather satellites
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Read and complete
Name Where they work How they work When and where they were first in use
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weather stations
on land or on the sea
collect information about the wind direction and wind speed
in Athens (雅典) over 2,000 years ago
Is the writer sure that it is the world’s first weather station?
No. The Tower of the Winds is said to be the world’s first weather station. That means people say that but the writer is not sure.
the Tower of the Winds
People in Athens could tell time and wind direction.
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Name Where they work How they work When and where they were first in use
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weather balloons
in the air
measure (测量) temperature, humidity (湿度), air pressure (气压) and wind speed
in France in 1892
Both weather stations and weather balloons measure wind speed. What is the difference?
Weather stations work on the surface (表面) of the Earth. But weather balloons work in the sky. They collect different information of wind speed at different altitudes (海拔).
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Name Where they work How they work When and where they were first in use
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weather satellites (卫星)
around the Earth (in space)
get pictures and information to predict weather
No. Fengyun 1A is China’s first weather satellite. The writer does not tell us what the world’s first weather satellite is.
Is Fengyun 1A the first weather satellite in the world?
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on land
on the sea
in the air
in space
In what order does the writer introduce the three ways to predict weather?
over 2,000
years ago
in 1892
in 1988
In time order.
In the order of the development of weather prediction.
basic (基本的), local
advanced (先进的), global (全球的)
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How does weather forecast help people in their daily lives?
It reminds (提醒) people to ... when there is a sunny/ rainy/ windy/ typhoon (台风) day.
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How is a weather forecast made?
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Watch the video clip and match the steps with pictures.
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B
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forecast the weather
collect information
create a weather model
compare the data
check and improve the predictions
do calculations
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Watch the video clip and match the steps with pictures.
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Watch the video clip and match the steps with pictures.
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B
C
D
E
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forecast the weather
collect information
create a weather model
compare the data
check and improve the predictions
do calculations
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F
B
E
D
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Watch the video clip again and put the steps into the correct order.
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forecast the weather
collect information
create a weather model
compare the data
check and improve the predictions
do calculations
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C
F
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more accurate
(精准的)
How is a weather forecast made?
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Think and answer
During the process, what makes weather forecast accurate (精确的)?
predicting tools
modern technology
experienced experts
accurate weather forecasts
a more enjoyable life
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Do you know any other weather reporters in the nature?
the dragonfly flies very low
the ants move from one place to another
the frog starts to “sing”
Before rainy days
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