Unit 5 Talking About the Weather

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Unit 5 Talking About the Weather
Section I Listening and Conversation Section II
Reading Comprehension Section III Writing and
Translating
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Section I Listening and
Conversation
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Section I Listening and Conversation

• Part I Leading in
• Part II Putting in use
• Part III Further Practice for better use
• Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance

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Part I Leading in

• 1. Pre-class Work
• 2. Warming up for the new class
• Reading and acting out

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1. Pre-class Work

• Collect some information about the weather
• Find out the expressions for getting or giving
  the information about weather condition as many
  as possible.

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2. Warming up for the new class Reading and
acting out

• Present your collections
• Put the collections into a data bank
• Present new materials
• Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About the Weather
  Today

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Part II Putting in use

• Divide the students into groups
• Offering the situations
• Each group should choose one of the
  situations and work together to form a dialogue
  and then act out
• 3. Acting out and comments

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Situations

• Situations1 Bill, a friend of yours has come to
  visit you. You are now talking about the local
  weather. Play your role according to the Chinese
  version provided.
• Situations2 Follow the examples to fulfill the
  tasks accordingly.
• A I am going to visit the Guangzhou in July.
• B Oh, yes. Whats the weather like there in
  July?
• A Its usually hot and rains a lot, I think.
• B Then you must bring your umbrella.
• Task Ask what the weather is like in different
  seasons in Guangzhou.

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Part III Further Practice

• 1. Practicing and Furthering
• 2. Listening and completing
• 3. Responding

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1. Practicing and Furthering

• Practice the dialogues on Pages 70 -71 of the
  Textbook in groups, and try to further them

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2. Completing

• Listen to a dialogue and complete it by filling
  in the blanks on Page 73 of the Textbook
  (Exercise 3), also work in groups

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3. Responding

• Practice Exercise 2 on Page 72 of the Textbook
  orally .
• Teacher offers the situation in Chinese, and ask
  the students to give the English equivalent , the
  whole class work together

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The script for the dialogue You What a cold
day! Bill Yes, indeed. I feel frozen. You
????????????????? Bill its much warmer during
this season. You ?????????? Bill Theyve
predicted it will be cold on this day. You
???????????? Bill Im afraid I dont like it
very much. Too much snow. You ??????? Bill
anyway, lets stop complaining. Its better than
yesterday. You ????????
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Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance

• 1. Match after you listen
• 2. Judge after you listen
• 3. Make after you learn
• 4. Self-assessment and Teachers Guidance
• 5. Assignment

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1. Match after you listen

• Distribute a diagram
• Listen to a dialogue
• Match the match the blanks with the right places

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2. Judge after you listen

• Do the multiple choices to each of the questions
  given on the blackboard
• Listen to a dialogue
• Making a choice from A, B, C or D.

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3. Make after you learn

• Make a short dialogue by yourselves by using what
  you have learned.

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4. Self-assessment and Teachers Guidance

• Checking the answers to 1 and 2
• Teachers brief explanations
• Scoring your own paper
• Hand in the paper.

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5. Assignment

• Workbook P 63-5 6
• Read fluently the passage on page 76 of your
  Textbook New Practical English and try to
  understand it as possible as you can by using a
  dictionary.
• Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism from 29 to
  35 and Passage 5

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Section II Reading Comprehension
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Section II Reading Comprehension

• Part I Leading in
• Part II Comprehension and Practicing
• Part III Further Practice
• Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance

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Part I Leading in

• Revision
• 2. Warming up for the new class

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1. Revision

• Recite the seven practical sentences for tourism
  and the others repeat
• Answer questions according to Passage 5 for
  tourism

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2. Warming up for the new class

• Work in groups of four to to talk about the
  weather condition in their hometown , use the
  sentences and structures youve reviewed .
• Teachers comments

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Part II Comprehension and Practicing

• 1. Checking and Explaining
• 2. Retelling the story

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1. Checking and Explaining

• Say true or false according to the passage on
  page 76 of the Textbook
• Answer questions in details according to the
  passage on page 76 of the Textbook New Practical
  English, at the same time explaining some
  language points.

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difficult words, sentences

• opportunity n. a favorable moment or
• occasion ??,??
• e.g. Opportunity knocks at the door, but only
  those who are well-prepared can seize it.
• outdoors adj. in the open air???
• e.g. They prefer walking outdoors to sitting
  indoors.

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• amuse v. make someone laugh cause laugher in
  
• ??,?????
• e.g. He is amused by the little girls word.
• climate n. the average weather conditions at a
• particular place over a period of year ??
• e.g. I am still not used to the climate here.
• discuss v. talk about ??,??
• e.g. They are discussing where to spend their May
  Day holiday.

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• variable a. changeable, not steady ???,??
• ?, ????
• e.g. The winds today will be light and variable.
• reluctant a. unwilling and therefore perhaps
  slow
• to act???,????
• e.g. He is very reluctant to accept the date with
  the girl.
• converse v. talk informally??
• e.g. They often converse over the phone.

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• personal a. Belonging or relating to a
  particular person, not to others ???,???
• e.g. This is my personal problem, you have no
  right to know.
• social a. Relating to leisure activities that
  involve meeting other people??,??
• e.g. You must take part in some social
  activities, otherwise youll have no way to make
  friends.
• comment v. make a remark, give an opinion??
• e.g. His friends commented humorously about his
  new haircut.
• complaint n. discuss ??,??
• e.g. We can often hear his complaints about the
  Sales Department.

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difficult phrases

• Depend on
• a)change according to ???
• b) need someone or something for help or to be
  able to live ??
• e.g.
• The success of a person depends on many things.
• I know you are my true friend whom I can
  always depend on .

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• Break the ice begin to be friendly with
  someone make people feel comfortable????
• e.g. She is very active at social events and
• often the one who breaks the ice.

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difficult sentences

• (Para. 1) The most important thing to remember
  about the weather in Britain is that it often
  changes.
• ???????,?????????????????
• To remember about is the post modifier of
  the sentence subject the most important things,
  and that introduces the complement clause.

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• (Para. 1) Because long periods when the weather
  stays the same day after day arent very common
  in Britain, the kinds of weather you get will
  depend not only on the time of year, but also on
  luck.
• ???????????????????????????,??????????????????
  ???????,????????
• Within the because-clause of reason,there is
  a relative clause introduced by when and
  modifying periods, and in its main clause, there
  is another relative clause you get modifying
  weather, with the relative pronoun that omitted.

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• (Para. 3) I was about to despair of finding my
  passport when suddenly a woman waved the small
  blue book in the air---shes found it!
• ?????????????, ?????????????????????---????!
• be about to means be just ready to
• e.g. She was about to leave when she heard
  someone knocking at the door.
• finding is a gerund and acts as the object of
  the preposition of
• when means at the moment and is a conjunction
  that introduces an adverbial clause of time.

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2. Retelling the story

• Read the passage again
• Retell the story in the first person

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Part III Further Practice

• Simulating and translating
• Rewriting

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1. Simulating and translating

• Do exercise 6 on page 79 of the Textbook
• Pay attention to the italicized parts in the
  English sentences and translate the Chinese
  sentences by simulating the structure of the
  English sentences

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2. Rewriting

• 1) Do excises 8 on page 81 of the textbook
• 2. Rewrite the passage by focusing on the
  following points
• A. The weather in Britain is unpredictable
• B. Peoples daily activities and even habits
  are greatly influenced by the weather
• C. Talking about the weather is a common way
  to start a conversation.

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Part IVAptitude Test and Guidance

• Translating
• Assignment

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1. Translating

• Remember the words, phrases and sentence
  structures in the passage you have learned and
  translate the following sentences into Chinese
  orally and the teacher comments.

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1?The most important thing to remember about
China is that is a huge country with a large
population. 2?Similarly, you can download the
kind of software you like. 3?Chinas National
Football Teams success in the World Cup
Qualifiers depended more on their excellent
performance than on luck. 4?However often they
meet, there is always a lot for them to say to
each other. 5?It is impolite to ask personal
questions of those you cant know well. 6?She
is reluctant to accept his invitation to see a
movie.
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2. Assignment

• Workbook p 65 from 1 to 3
• Collect as timetables or schedules often seen in
  public places as many as possible

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Section III Writing and Translating
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Section III Writing and Translating

• Part I Leading in
• Part II Putting in use
• Part III Further Practice
• Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance

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Part I Leading in

• Checking the assignment
• Warming up for new class

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1. Checking the assignment

• Check the answers to comprehension exercises on
  the workbook orally and comment

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2. Warming up for new class

• Present your collections of weather condition
• Put your collections into the data bank on the
  blackboard

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Part II Putting in use

• Divide the students into groups
• Present new cards about weather condition
• Give the rules for weather condition / report
• Understanding
• Matching
• Translating

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Part III Further Practice

• Creating new weather condition cards
• Writing

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1. Creating new weather condition cards

Each of the students makes a card and tells your
classmates the meaning of it.
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2. Writing

• Work together to write a short passage of about
  100 words to tell a story or about an event
  related to the picture given. Some useful words
  and phrases have been provided to help.

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Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance

• 1.Grammatical rules concerning the - Basic
  Sentence Structure
• 2. Applying
• 3. Self-assessment and Guidance
• 4. Assignment

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2.Applying

• Choose the correct answers to fill in the
  blanks, paying attention to the use of Simple
  Past and Present Perfect.
• Correct the errors in the following sentences.
• Translate the following sentences into English,
  paying attention to the use of Simple Past and
  Present Perfect

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3. Self-assessment and Guidance

• 1) and 2) are printed on the paper. After the
  teacher checks the answers, the students can
  score their own paper as for 3) the teacher can
  collect the paper and correct after class if time
  is not permitted.

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4. Assignment

• Workbook P71 from 3 to 5
• Get some information about Study
• Make some cards about study, such as certificate,
  diploma, etc.
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