Unit 1 The world of our senses

1.Once out in the street, she walked quickly towards her usual bus stop. 2. “Here we are, King Street,” he stopped. Read these two sentences, and notice the word “stop”.

In the first sentence, the word “stop” is a noun. In the second sentence, the word “stop” is a verb. Many words in English can have more than one part of speech. In some cases, different parts of speech have the same spelling but different meanings.

ExampleMeaning Part of speech Find the words listed below in the story and complete the table. (L 51) rest (L 16) (L 42) once (L 7)conjunctionwhen Once she finishes her work, she can help you. adverb at sometime in the past I once lived in Beijing. My mother told me to rest. relax verb He wants to see the rest of the world. the remaining part noun

Example Meaning Part of speech verb (the past tense or past participle of ‘leave’) went /gone away from a person or place I left for work earlier this morning. noun on the side of your body which is towards the west when your are facing north Look at right and left before crossing the street. (L 43) left (L 2)

ExampleMeaning Part of speech adverbcontinuing I’m still hungry though I’ve just had a big hamburger. adjective not movingCan’t you sit still? (L 29) still (L 5)

Fill in the blanks using the words in brackets. Change the form or part of speech where necessary.

1.Although she didn’t say anything, I _____ that she didn’t like the idea. She probably thought it didn’t make any ______ at all. (sense) 2.During my trip around the world, I went to the Sahara _______, visited a _______ village in the centre of Africa and explored the Great Pyramid of Egypt. (desert) sensed sense Desert deserted

3. I often ______ how people in ancient times built the Great Wall. As one of the Seven ________ of the World, it is a really __________ tourist spot. (wonder) 4. Your parents are _______ about you. Please call them and ease their ______. (worry) wonder Wonders wonderful worried worries

How to describe the weather?

Are you familiar with the forecast sign for different weather? Look at the following signs and guess.

sunny

cloudy

overcast

rainy

drizzly

showers

foggy

stormy

snowy

1. What is the weather like today? 2. How is the weather today / tomorrow? 3. What is the temperature? 4. Do you think it will rain / snow? 5. It is subzero today. 6. The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow. 7. I don’t set store by weather forecast. 8. It rains a lot here in summer. Useful expressions

9. It’s a warm day today. 10. It’s a lovely day! 11. The weather is better than yesterday. 12. It’s rather cold and windy today. 13. It’s about 6 degrees centigrade today. 14. The radio says it is going to rain tomorrow. 15. It is rather dry in Beijing. 16. It’s very hot. 17. Nice and bright today!

1.What kinds of weather do you prefer? 2. Please forecast the weather of tomorrow.

sandstorm, duststorm, sand, dust 浮尘，扬沙， 沙尘暴等沙尘天气 thunderstorms, thundershowers, storm, lightning 雷暴，雷阵雨，风暴，闪电 hail 冰雹 sleet 雨夹雪 blowing snow, blizzard, snowdrift, snowstorm 吹雪，大风雪，堆雪，暴风雪 snow showers, flurries 阵雪，小雪 snow, heavy snow, snowfall 雪，大雪，降雪 light snow 小雪

sleet 雨夹雪 showers, heavy showers, rainshower 阵雨，强 阵雨（从降雨强度及降雨量上） occasional showers, scattered showers 零星阵 雨（时间、空间上不连续的阵雨） isolated showers 局地阵雨（空间分布上 scattered showers 范围更小的阵雨） light showers 小阵雨 freezing rain 冻雨 drizzle, light rain 毛毛雨，小雨 fog 雾 mist 轻雾 smoke 烟雾

haze 霾 overcast 阴 sunny interval, no rain, clearing 多云间晴 sunny period, partly cloudy, partly bright, mild 晴间多云 fine, clear 晴 bright, sunny, fair 晴（尤指白天） windy, squall, stormy, chill, gale 风，狂风，暴 风，寒风，大风 wet, humid 潮湿 dry 干燥 freezing 冰冻 frost 霜冻 hot 炎热 cold 寒冷 warm 暖和（升温） humidity （湿度） visibility （能见度）