1、Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Bottom-up approach Teaching aims1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).2. Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.3. Reading and finding speci
2、fic information.4. Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time 2. Keys sentences: 1) Whens the best time to visit the US?2) The US is a very big country to vi
3、sit.3) So choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. 4) Bring a map because you may want to travel around.5) New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in May or October.6) The best time to visit New England is in September. 7) The weather gets cooler and the green leaves start
4、to go gold, then brown. 8) Its a good idea to bring your camera so you can take photos of autumn trees.9) Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.10) So whens the best time to visit the US?Teaching aidsRecorder, OHP, video Teaching StepsStep 1 Re
5、visionTalk about the weather.1) Show a China weather map.2) Ask and answer:What will the weather be like in ?Step 2 Warming upWork in pairs. Whens the best time to visit your town or country? Why?Step 3 Reading1. Show some pictures about the weather of the cities and states in America.2. Talk about
6、what you can see in the pictures.3. Talk something about the weather of the cities and states.4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.5. Introduce the new words.6. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.7. Ask the students to read through the passage.Step 4 Complete the table.1. Read
7、 the passage again.2. Complete the table in Activity 3.Places WeatherBest time to visitNew YorkWinter: 1. _2._New England3. _4. _California5._6. _AlaskaSummer: 7. _Winter: 8._9. _3. Check the answers .Keys:1. a lot of snow 2. In May or October 3. It gets cooler in September4. In September 5. Fine al
8、l year round 6. All year7. Warm day and cool night 8. very cold 9. In summer Step 5 Complete the sentences.1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.brown mile storm sweater umbrella2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.1) In autumn the leaves
9、 turn gold and then _.2) Its about 3,000 _ from the east coast to the west coast.3) You might need a(n) _ in the evening.4) Sometimes there are _ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast.5) You will need a( n) _ in Seattle because it rains a lot.3. Check the answers Keys:1. brown 2. miles 3. swea
10、ter 4. storm 5. umbrellaStep 6 Language points1. The best time to visit New England is in September. 九月是去新英格兰游览的最佳时间。这里的New England (新英格兰) 指的是美国东北部的一个地区，他包括六个州：缅因州（Maine）、新罕布什尔州（New Hampshire）、佛蒙特州(Vermont )、马萨诸塞州(Massachusetts)、罗得岛州(Rhode Island) 和康涅狄格州(Connecticut) 。这里的小镇非常美丽，每年秋天都会有大批游客来此游玩。1614年
11、英国探险家约翰史密斯 ( John Smith ) 给这个地方起名为新英格兰。2. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.带上你的照相机以便可以拍摄秋天的树木。take photos of 的意思是“给拍照”。例如：I took a photo of Linda.我给琳达拍了一张照片。She took a lot of photos of the kids. 她给孩子们拍了许多照片。3. In Texas and the southeast, its usually very hot and sunny com
12、pared to other places. 和其他地方对比，得克萨斯州和东南部地区通常天气很热，阳光灿烂。compared to 意为“和比较”， 表示此意也可以用compared with。例如：Compared to our small house, Bills house seemed like a palace.和我们的小房子相比，比尔的房子就像一座宫殿。This road is quite busy compared to/ with ours.和我们（附近）的马路相比，这条马路（交通）非常繁忙。4. There are storms from time to time in su
13、mmer and autumn. 但是夏秋季节时常有暴风雨。from time to time 表示“时常，有时”。例如：He has moved to another city, but we write to each other from time to time. 他移居到了另外一座城市，但是我们会时不时通通信。They are now living in different cities, but they still talk on the phone from time to time. 他们现在生活在不同的城市里，但是仍然偶尔通通电话。Step 7 ExercisesI. 请根
14、据句意及括号内所给汉语提示写出所缺单词。1. My father bought a _ (照相机) for me on my birthday.2. Its raining and you should take an _ (雨伞) with you. 3. It will get cooler and cooler when _ (秋天) comes.4. Bring your _ (游泳衣) because you might go swimming in the sea.II. 请根据所给汉语及括号内的提示词语翻译下列句子。1. 每天用英语写日记是个好主意。 (its a good id
15、ea to .) _2. 与其他城市相比，海南的冬天很温暖。(compared to .) _3. 我昨天在动物园拍了几张猴子的照片。(take photos of .) _4. 在昆明，一年到头都很温暖。(all year) _5. 海上不时有风暴，所以你一定要小心。(from time to time) _Step 8 Writing.1. Match the two parts of the sentences.1) You can come any time you like, but 2) It often rains in spring, so 3) Bring a coat be
16、cause 4) Our plan is to walk in the countryside, so 5) Sydney is a big city, but 6) Lets stay for a long time because a) it will soon become cool.b) there are lots of things to see.c) the best time to visit England is in spring.d) its a good idea to bring an umbrella.e) wear comfortable shoes.f) we will find our way with a good map.2. Check the answers.Keys: 1. c 2. d 3. a 4. e 5. f 6. b 4. Read the sentences together.5 Write some advice for visiting your home town and give reasons. Use because, so and but.The best time to visit my home town is in because the weather is
