1. Let’s Talk 2 (Second Edition)
Unit 4 Weather
Let’s Talk 2 (Second Edition)

2. Unit 4 Unit 4 Weather 4A 4B What’s the weather like? Extreme weather
Unit 4 4A
What’s the weather like? 4B
Extreme weather

3. 2A What’s the weather like?
Lead-in
Activity 1
contents
Activity 2
Activity 3

4. 1. What’s the weather like today?
Lead-in
1. What’s the weather like today?
2. What’s the weather going to be like
tomorrow?
3. How can we know the weather?
4. What is the telephone number of the weather report?

5. Give their Chinese and recite them.
Lead-in: Idioms about weather
Give their Chinese and recite them.
1. (It's) raining cats and dogs
2. a fair-weather friend
3. quick as a flash / quick as lightning
4. under the weather
5. A heavy snow, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。

6. Give their Chinese and recite them.
Idioms about the weather:
Give their Chinese and recite them.
1. (it’s) raining cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
2. a fair-weather friend 酒肉朋友
3. quick as a flash / quick as lightning
快如闪电
4. under the weather
身体不舒服，心情不好
5. A heavy snow, a rich year.
瑞雪兆丰年。

7. Relevant Words (adj.) sunny rainy windy partly cloudy snowy
sunny
rainy
windy
partly cloudy
snowy

8. showery icy stormy breezy
showery
icy
stormy
breezy

9. More Words (n.)
fog
frost
lightning
sleet (雨夹雪)

10. Relevant Words (n.) flood drought snowstorm（暴风雪） hail（冰雹）
flood
drought
snowstorm（暴风雪）
hail（冰雹）

11. Centigrade & Fahrenheit
the Celsius (centigrade) system, which is the one used in most countries. In Western countries the Fahrenheit system is also used. Temperatures are very often given in both ways. And please note temperatures are always given in degrees (plural form). For example, 0 degrees. C= (F-32)*5/9; F= (C*5/9)+32.

12. Activity 1 Listening & speaking To describe weather conditions
Objectives:
Listening & speaking
To describe weather conditions
Vocabulary:
chilly, foggy, humid, icy…

13. Activity 1 A Work alone
Review the words and then describe the weather in each place.

14. P1: It’s very foggy in San Francisco.
Activity 1A Work alone
Model and practice:
Model:
P1: It’s very foggy in San Francisco.
P2: In Taipei, it looks stormy and windy.
P3: In Geneva, it’s snowy and icy.
P4: In Rio de Janeiro, it’s warm and sunny.

15. What a beautiful/lovely/awful/terrible day!
Data bank
What a beautiful/lovely/awful/terrible day!
There is not a cloud in the sky.
It’s not too hot and not too cold.
I hate to work in hot weather.
The hot weather makes me lazy.
When are we getting warmer weather?

16. Are we going to get much snow this winter?
Data bank
I’m going to wear my heavy coat.
Are we going to get much snow this winter?
It’s usually warm in New York in the spring.
What’s it like outside?
I don’t mind the heat.
I can’t stand it. It’s freezing! 返回

17. Activity 1B Pair Work 1
(open answers)

18. Activity 1B Pair Work Models:
Models:
A: Would you like to visit any of the places in Part A?
B: I’d like to visit Geneva. Snowy weather doesn’t bother me.
A: Are you sure? L hate snowy and icy weather when I travel.
A: What’s the weather like here today?
B: It’s sunny and hot today.
A: I don’t think it’s so hot. I’d say it’s sunny and warm today.

19. Activity 1B Pair Work Models (continued)
Models (continued)
A: What’s the weather like last weekend?
B: Let’s see. I think it was cloudy and warm.
A: Is your favorite season spring, summer, fall or winter? Why?
B: My favorite season is the summer. I love to go to the beach.
A: Not me. I’m just the opposite. I love the winter because I love to ski.

20. Activity 2 A
Objectives:
To talk about that the weather can affect people’s moods; to discuss activities enjoyed on certain weather conditions
Vocabulary
irritable: easily annoyed or made angry
mood: the way you feel at a particular time

21. cheerful depressed energetic irritable lazy sleepy
Activity 2 A Pair work
How does weather affect your mood? Use the words in the boxes and your own ideas.
cheerful depressed energetic
irritable lazy sleepy
(open answers)

22. * Activity 2 B Pair work
Think about next weekend. What do you want to do if it’s warm and sunny? Write the things.

23. * Activity 2 C Join another pair
Compare your ideas. Choose the best things to do.

24. To understand weather forecast;
Activity 3
Objectives:
To understand weather forecast;
To talk about weather in the past and in the future

25. Activity 3A listening dry, cold 10 18 19 sunny 24 warm, sunny 23
You will hear the weather forecast for next weekend. Write the weather and temperatures.
dry, cold 10 18 19
sunny 24
warm, sunny 23
cloudy 20
windy 30 15
rainy
stormy, hot, humid

26. Now the weather report for today and tomorrow:
Model
Now the weather report for today and tomorrow:
It’s foggy in the morning and it’ll be clear and fine this afternoon. Tomorrow will be overcast with drizzle. Today, the high will be 12℃. Tomorrow the low will be 6 ℃.
key
样例 3/现在是今明两天的天气预报：
今天上午有雾，下午天气晴好；明天阴有小雨。今天最高气温为摄氏12度。明天最低气温为摄氏6度。

27. 今天，迈阿密天气晴朗炎热，气温大约为90华氏度。明天多云，天气凉爽，温度约为70华氏度。
Weather report
Practice
天气预报：
今天，迈阿密天气晴朗炎热，气温大约为90华氏度。明天多云，天气凉爽，温度约为70华氏度。
key
A weather report:
It’s hot and sunny in Miami today, with the temperature of about 90 °F. It’s going to be cloudy and cool tomorrow, about 70 °F.

28. Is the weather forecast better for Saturday or Sunday?
* Activity 3B Pair work
Discuss these questions.
Is the weather forecast better for Saturday or
Sunday?
2. What do you think the weather will really be like next weekend?
3. Which day last week had the best weather? What did you do?
4. What’s your favorite type of weather? Why?

29. 4B Extreme weather Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3 Self-study
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Self-study

30. 1) To talk about extreme weather conditions
Activity 1 Pair work
Warm-up Activities
Objectives:
1) To talk about extreme weather conditions
2) To share stories about personal experiences with bad weather
Vocabulary:
blizzard, drought, extreme, flood, frostbite, heat wave, power loss, typhoon, wildlife

31. Extreme Weather Lead- in heat wave（热浪） blizzards 大暴风雪 typhoon Volcano
Lead- in
heat wave（热浪）
blizzards
大暴风雪
typhoon
Volcano
（火山）

32. hurricane Extreme Weather Meteorite thunderstorms （陨石） tornadoes龙卷风
hurricane
Meteorite
（陨石）
thunderstorms
tornadoes龙卷风

33. landslide/ rockslide, mudslide （山体滑坡、岩滑、泥石流）
Extreme Weather
Tsunami（海啸）
Avalanche
（雪崩）
landslide/ rockslide, mudslide （山体滑坡、岩滑、泥石流）

34. Activity 1A Work alone
Look at these pictures. Have you ever been in these type of weather? How did you feel?

35. Activity 1B&C Pair work
Which words and phrases in the box go with each kind of weather? write them in the chart. (More than one answer is possible)

36. Activity 1B & C Join another pair
Compare your ideas. Can you add more words and phrases in the chart?
(Possible answers)
Typhoons: closed roads, floods, high winds, power losses, traffic accidents, cancelled flights and ferries, rough seas
Blizzards: closed roads, frostbite, high winds, power losses, traffic accidents, closed schools, closed airports
Heat waves: drought, power losses, wildfires, sunstroke, heat exhaustion, limited water use, overcrowded swimming pools

37. Where are typhoons common? Blizzard? Heat waves?
* Activity 1D Group work
Discuss these questions.
Where are typhoons common? Blizzard? Heat
waves?
2. Is there extreme weather where you live? What kind?
3. What kinds of weather are most dangerous? Why?
(open answers)

38. Activity 2A Pair work Warm-up Activities
Warm-up Activities
Objectives:
To understand and discuss advice on safe precautions during a thunderstorm
Vocabulary:
disconnect, hill, metal

39. Activity 2A&B Work Alone
what should you do if you are outside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13

40. Activity 2A&B Work Alone
what should you do if you are outside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. Track 13 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

41. Activity 2C Pair work
what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. track 14

42. Activity 2C Pair work ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
what should you do if you are inside during a thunderstorm? Circle your guesses. track 14 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

43. Discuss these questions.
* Activity 3 Group work
Discuss these questions.
Do you remember a day that particularly hot or
cold?
2. Have you ever been in a violent thunderstorm? What did you do?
3. Have you ever been in a heavy snowstorm? What did you do?
(open answers)

44. 空间课外拓展资源链接 句型练习（常用句型及习语） 对话练习（情景对话剧本） 对话练习（期末考试题库） 篇章练习（天气预报练习稿）
句型练习（常用句型及习语）
对话练习（情景对话剧本）
对话练习（期末考试题库）
篇章练习（天气预报练习稿）

45.
Thank You.