1. Weather Forecast Unit 5 Talking About the Weather

2. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I Session 3 Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye Section IV Trying Your Hand

3. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I Passage Ⅱ British People Like Talking About the Weather

4. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 1.Do you know something about the weather conditions in Britain? changeable Warm-up questions

5. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 2. How do English people usually start their conversations? Why? Warm-up questions

6. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I British People Like Talking About the Weather Reading of the passage

7. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I Find out the topic sentences and summarize the main ideas for each paragraph. Find out the topic sentences and summarize the main ideas for each paragraph. Reading comprehension

8. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I The topic sentence: The first sentence. The main idea: Weather in Britain is changeable. Reading comprehension Para. 1

9. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I The topic sentence: The first sentence. The main idea: Some British customs are related to the weather there. Reading comprehension Para. 2

10. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

11. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

12. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

13. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

14. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

15. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I Many people know that the weather in Britain is ____________. b. variable various variety varied variable Useful words and expressions changeable; not steady

16. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

17. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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.

18. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I Section IV Trying Your Hand Section IV Trying Your Hand

19. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

20. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

21. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

22. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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:

23. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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

24. Weather Forecast Unit 5 New Practical English I 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.