1. UnitFive Talking About theWeather (I) PartAMicro-listening PartBMacro-listening PartCOral Practice PartDHome Listening

2. Listen to the Song A Beautiful Day It’s a beautiful day. It’s a very nice day. It’s a ___ day. It’s ____. It’s ____. The skies are ____. There are ____in the trees. And there’s ____here. It’s a beautiful day in any weather, So let’s sing a beautiful song. It’s a beautiful day when ____________. And ________________, There’s _________. And ________________. It’s a beautiful day in any weather. And it’s going to be a beautiful night.

3. Passage 1 Here is the Latest Weather Report Here is the Latest Weather Report Passage 2 Let’s Listen to the Weather Forecast

4. Exercise Listen to the report and take notes while you listen. Then supply the missing information on the weather conditions in the following spaces. 1. The Pacific Coast: ____________ 2. The Rockies: ________________ 3. The Midwest: _________________ 4. The Northeast: ___________ in the morning, _____________ in the afternoon

5. Exercise 5. The Southeast: ____________ in the morning; _____________ in the early afternoon; 6. The Local area: Clear, ____ 。 F ； Winds NW at ____mph; Tonight: _____, winds ___at ___mph; Tomorrow: _______in the morning; _______later in the day; High: _____ 。 F. Low _____ 。 F; Chance of ______________

6. Exercise Listen to the weather forecast and fill in the blanks to complete the following descriptions of the weather conditions for today and tomorrow. 1. Today ______________________ through the day. Temperature: about ___ _____ tonight; Winds: SSW at ____mph.

7. Exercise 2. Tomorrow ______ and ______; Winds: _________mph later in the afternoon; Scattered _________in the evening; Chance of _________.

8. Making Appropriate Responses What does the forecast say? _________________________________________ Have you listened to the forecast for today? __________________________________________ Lovely day, isn’t it? __________________________________________ The weather’s been awful these days, isn’t it? __________________________________________ Do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow? __________________________________________

9. We Can Decide After the Forecast 1. a. To watch a movie on TV. b. To stay at home and relax. c. To go on a trip. d. To go skiing. 2. a. The whole country will see fine weather tomorrow. b. The whole country will see some bad weather tomorrow. c. The weather tomorrow will be perfect for travel. d. The weather tomorrow will not be ideal enough for travel.

10. 3. a. The woman is using the bad weather condition as an excuse not to go anywhere tomorrow. b. The man wants to make a trip tomorrow even though the weather will be bad everywhere. c. The woman will stay at home but the man will go to the southwest tomorrow. d. The man and the woman will both stay at home tomorrow.