Unit 5 Talking About the Weather

Session 2 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage Ⅰ

Passage Ⅰ Is It Going to Be a Fine Day

Warm-up questions 1. What’s the weather like today?

Warm-up questions 2. Do you know the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit? Something about Celsius and Fahrenheit: In weather forecasts we usually use two different measurements of temperature to describe the weather.

Warm-up questions One is Celsius (℃) and the other is Fahrenheit (℉). 0℃ equals 32℉ and l00℃ equals 2l2℉. Western people are more familiar with Fahrenheit measurement.

Is It Going to Be a Fine Day Reading of the passage Is It Going to Be a Fine Day passage

Reading comprehension Answer the following questions according to paragraphs. Para.1: Which city’s weather condition is mentioned in the first paragraph? Para. 2: What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow in Chicago?

Reading comprehension Para. 3: What’s the weather condition in Los Angeles? Para. 4: How is the weather expected to be on the weekend in Colorado?

Reading comprehension Para. 5: What’s the weather like in Montreal? Para. 6: Which city is a good place for you to enjoy a sunny weekend?

Reading comprehension Pick up the words and expressions describing weather conditions used in the passage.

Reading comprehension scattered showers, freezing point, cold front, snow activity, thirty-mile-an-hour winds C. Phrases: shower wind snow storm rain A. Nouns: shower wind snow storm rain B. Adjectives: cloudy freezing fair windy cold sunny clear

Reading comprehension Fill in the table with the information in Passage Ⅰ. Forecast area Cities Weather conditions The city with the lowest temperature C_____ 32℉; raining; scattered showers The city with the highest temperature M____ 78℉; clear; sunny hicago iami

Reading comprehension The cities in the west San Francisco showers L________ little above 70℉; fair San Diego fair D_______ 38℉; windy and cold os Angeles enver

Reading comprehension The cities in the east Dallas 48℉; cold D________ 43℉; from rain to snow T________ 41℉; from rain to snow etroit oronto

Reading comprehension The cities in the east M_______ storm N_______ snow ontreal ew York

Useful words and expressions a. be predicted to see or describe (a future happening) in advance; be expected to be It is predicted to be cold and windy through the weekend.

Useful words and expressions b. on one’s way in the process of going or coming The weatherman says that colder weather is on its way.

Useful words and expressions c. unseasonably (of the weather) not suitable for the time of year Shenyang is experiencing unseasonably warm weather this winter.

Useful words and expressions d. wind up cause to be finished; come to an end The cold weather is going to wind up soon.

Exercises Key to Ex. 5: We predict good weather for several days ahead though the temperature may be rather low. 2. She has experienced quite a lot for such a young age.

Exercises Key to Ex. 5: 3. The chairman wound up his speech by giving thanks to everyone present. 4. People across the country are hailing for China’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Exercises Key to Ex. 5: 5. The current global situation is favorable to us. 6. They enjoy a 30-day paid holiday every year. 7. Viruses can reach your computer in various ways.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 1. It looks like that we are going to be listening to all this nonsense through the meeting. It looks like that she is going to feel depressed through the month.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 2. The weather is expected to be terrible through the weekend. The economy is expected to be slump through the year.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 3. He walked as far south as the river and then stopped for a rest. The desert stretches as far north as the border.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 4. She made a hit in the performance, her first success of the year. She’ll never forget him, her first love of the life.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 5. If you are thinking about a further study, now’s the time to do it. If you are thinking about buying a house, now’s the time to do it.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 6. Back to the topic just now, once again, that is only my personal idea. Back to study, once again, you must work hard.

Exercises Key to Ex. 6: 8. Have a good rest, and if you feel cold in the room, don’t hesitate to turn on the air-conditioner. Have a nice sleep, and if you don’t feel any better, come to see me again.

Assignments 1. Translate the first three paragraphs of Passage I into Chinese. 2. Preview Passage II and the exercises.

Reading of the passage A weatherman is giving the weekend forecast on the TV evening news: ...It's still raining here in Chicago, and it looks like that rain is going to continue through the weekend. It'll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers, and the outlook for Sunday--more rain and colder. The predicted high for tomorrow is forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature is expected to dip to the freezing point tomorrow night with thirty-two degrees. I'm afraid colder weather is on its way!

Reading of the passage Now let's take a look at the weather across the country. Showers are expected tomorrow down the West Coast as far south as San Francisco. Fair weather in the low seventies is predicted for the Los Angeles area; fair in San Diego. There is a cold front from Canada moving down through the western states. Thirty-eight degrees in Denver, Colorado, with thirty-mile-an-hour winds, and it's expected to be cold and windy right through the weekend. Dallas is experiencing unseasonably cold weather--forty-eight degrees.

Reading of the passage It is raining as far east as Detroit and Toronto, and rain is going to continue through tomorrow, when it may turn to snow. Currently , forty-three degrees in Detroit, forty-one degrees in Toronto. And temperature's dropping. It's snowing heavily in Montreal, ladies and gentlemen, its first storm of the season, and we expect snow activity to move down from Canada into the eastern states sometime tomorrow, probably reaching the New York area sometime tomorrow night.

Reading of the passage Good weather across the south. Clear skies in Miami, and they're going to enjoy a sunny seventy-eight degrees in that town this weekend, so if you're thinking about a vacation, now's time to do it. Back to Chicago. Once again, continuing rain tonight through Sunday. Current temperature, thirty-eight degrees. And that winds up our weather report for this evening. This is Dave Spellman. Have a good night, and if you're going out, don't forget your umbrella.