Talking about the weather (3)

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Talking about the weather (3)

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2. Session 3 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Section IV Trying Your Hand
3. Passage Ⅱ British People Like Talking About the Weather
4. Do you know something about the weather conditions in Britain? changeable Warm-up questions
5. 2. How do English people usually start their conversations? Why? Warm-up questions
6. British People Like Talking About the Weather Reading of the passage passage
7. Find out the topic sentences and summarize the main ideas for each paragraph. Reading comprehension
8. The topic sentence: The first sentence. The main idea: Weather in Britain is changeable. Reading comprehension
9. The topic sentence: The first sentence. The main idea: Some British customs are related to the
10. The topic sentence: The first two sentences. The main idea: British people talk about weather frequently
11. The topic sentence: The last sentence. The main idea: Talking about weather is an easy way
12. The climate in Britain is very c_________. Sometimes it can be c___, r____, w_____ and s____
13. Role play the situation. A Chinese student is going to study in Britain, and he is
14. Useful words and expressions (1) change according to (2) need someone or something for help or
15. Whether we’ll go out for a walk depends on the weather. Useful words and expressions Don’t
16. Many people know that the weather in Britain is ____________. b. variable various variety varied variable
17. He is very reluctant to accept the fact that his sister has married a foreigner. c.
18. d. break the ice say or do sth. to make people feel more relaxed Useful words
19. Section IV Trying Your Hand
20. Applied writing: Weather report A weather report or forecast is a very useful aid in our
21. Figures, measurement units, graphics, weather terms, and broken short passages are often used to forecast weather
22. Sentences used to describe weather: 1. Tomorrow is going to be fair. 2. It’s foggy in
23. 4. It is expected to be partly cloudy in the next two days. 5. Tomorrow we
24. Exercises Key to Ex. 2: Weather outlook for the urban area: It’ll be cloudy today, and
25. Exercises Key to Ex. 2: It is expected to be partly cloudy in the next two
26. Sentence Writing: Simple past and present perfect The simple past tense is used to prefer to
27. Exercises Key to Ex. 6. The weather was terrible yesterday. In fact, it has been awful
28. 4. We have never spoken to each other since we quarreled last time. Key to Ex.6.
29. Assignments 1. Recite the first and the last paragraphs of Passage II. 2. Read and learn
30. The most important thing to remember about the weather in Britain is that it often changes.
31. The weather in Britain may explain a lot about what you find here. For example, the
32. Foreigners are often amused that the English spend so much time discussing the weather. An important
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Session 3
Section III
Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Section IV
Trying Your Hand

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Passage Ⅱ
British People Like
Talking About the Weather

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Do you know something about the weather conditions in Britain?
changeable
Warm-up questions

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2. How do English people usually start their conversations? Why?
Warm-up

questions

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British People Like
Talking About the Weather
Reading of the

passage

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Find out the topic sentences and
summarize the main ideas
for

each paragraph.

Reading comprehension

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The topic sentence:
The first sentence.
The main idea:

Weather in Britain is changeable.

Reading comprehension

Para. 1

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The topic sentence:
The first sentence.
The main idea:

Some British customs are related
to the weather there.

Reading comprehension

Para. 2

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The topic sentence:
The first two sentences.
The main

idea:
British people talk about weather
frequently because it is interesting
and changeable.

Reading comprehension

Para. 3

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The topic sentence:
The last sentence.
The main idea:

Talking about weather is an easy
way for British people to begin
their conversation.

Reading comprehension

Para. 4

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The climate in Britain is very c_________. Sometimes it can be

c___, r____, w_____ and s____ all in the same day. Generally, it
r____ a lot, especially in the north and the west. Most of the time, the weather is quite m___― never too h___ nor too c___. In summer, it is usually w____.

hangeable

old

ainy

indy

unny

ains

ild

old

arm

Fill in the blanks and then read aloud.

Reading comprehension

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Role play the situation.
A Chinese student is going to study in

Britain, and he is asking a British student studying in China about the weather conditions in Britain and the British student happily
gives the information.

Reading comprehension

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Useful words and expressions
(1) change according to
(2) need someone or something

for help or to be able to
do something

a. depend on

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Whether we’ll go out for a walk
depends on the weather.
Useful

words and expressions

Don’t always depend on your parents
since you are an adult now.

a. depend on

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Many people know that the weather in Britain is ____________.
b. variable
various

variety
varied variable

Useful words and expressions

changeable; not steady

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He is very reluctant to accept the fact that his sister

has married a foreigner.

c. be reluctant to do

not willing to do;
slow to act

Useful words and expressions

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d. break the ice
say or do sth. to make
people feel

more relaxed

Useful words and expressions

Sometimes talking about the weather is a way of breaking the ice between strangers.

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Section IV
Trying
Your Hand

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Applied writing: Weather report
A weather report or forecast is a very

useful aid in our daily life. Knowing the usual format for giving a weather forecast helps us a lot in understanding a weather forecast in English.

Sample analysis

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Figures, measurement units, graphics, weather terms, and broken short passages are

often used to forecast weather conditions. In general, the language used to forecast weather should be concise, clear, familiar and vivid.

Applied writing: Weather report

Sample analysis

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Sentences used to describe weather:
1. Tomorrow is going to be fair.

2. It’s foggy in the morning and it’ll be
clear and fine this afternoon.

3. Tomorrow will be overcast
with drizzle.

Applied writing: Weather report

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4. It is expected to be partly cloudy
in the

next two days.

5. Tomorrow we can expect cloudy,
windy and cold weather.

6. The wind will be light with little
change of the temperature.

Applied writing: Weather report

Sentences used to describe weather:

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Exercises
Key to Ex. 2:
Weather outlook for the urban area:
It’ll be cloudy

today, and later turn to be
partly cloudy, the highest temperature
will be one degrees and the lowest
temperature will be four degrees below
zero.

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Exercises
Key to Ex. 2:
It is expected to be partly cloudy

in the next two days.
The wind will be calm with little
change of the temperature.

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Sentence Writing:
Simple past and present perfect
The simple past tense

is used to prefer to a past action that does not continue, while the present perfect tense is used to show actions which started in the past and are still continuing, or actions which happened in the past, but have
an effect till the present.

Sample snalysis

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Exercises
Key to Ex. 6.
The weather was terrible yesterday.

In fact, it has been awful for several days.

2. She has worked in this office for 5 years.

3. I paid a visit to the Great Wall last year
and had a very good time there.

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4. We have never spoken to each other
since

we quarreled last time.

Key to Ex.6.

5. Turn down the TV a bit. The weather
forecast hasn’t begun yet.

Exercises

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Assignments
1. Recite the first and the last
paragraphs of

Passage II.
2. Read and learn by heart the
new words in Unit 6.
3. Prepare the speaking activities
in Section I of Unit 6.

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The most important thing to remember about the weather in

Britain is that it often changes. You can wake up to a beautiful blue sky and then it starts raining during breakfast. Similarly, you may decide not to go for a picnic because it's too wet--then later it's fine. Because long periods when the weather stays the same day after day aren't very common in Britain, the kind of weather you get will depend not only on the time of year, but also on luck.

Reading of the passage

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The weather in Britain may explain a lot about what

you find here. For example, the opportunities for people to meet outside depend a lot on the weather, so you won't see people meeting and spending time together outdoors as much as you do in warmer countries. This may give some visitors the idea that the British are not very friendly. The weather helps to explain eating customs too; a large hot breakfast, for example, is a good idea on a cold dark morning.

Reading of the passage

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Foreigners are often amused that the English spend so much

time discussing the weather. An important reason for this is that the climate in Britain is interesting and variable. Because the weather changes frequently, there's always something to say about it, and this is probably the commonest way for strangers to start a conversation. At places like bus stop you might hear conversations start like this: 1st person: Lovely day, isn't it? 2nd person: Yes, isn't it.

Reading of the passage