Unit 7 Listening & Speaking (A)

What’s the Weather Like?

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What is the weather like?

It’s ….

cloudysunny

drizzlyfoggy

snowy

hailing

What is the weather like?

It’s ….

windy raining heavily

lightning and thunder

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sunny

cloudy

snowy

foggy

drizzly

hailing

windy

lightning and thunder

raining heavily

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晴多云 /阴雪雾毛毛细雨冰雹大风闪电打雷大雨

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18°C

18 degrees centigrade

8°C8 degrees centigrade

What is the temperature?

What’s the temperature?

It’s …degree(s) centigrade.

0°C24°C

42°C

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-18°C

…degrees below zero.

What will the weather be like this afternoon?

Listening

It’ll be fine this afternoon.

It’s going to be clear in the afternoon.

Task One

Listen and find out the answers. Why is Sue worried about the weather?

What does Billy think the weather will be like? Why?

What does Sue say about the weather forecast?

The football match.

It’ll be fine this afternoon.Because the wind’s beginning to lift the fog up.

It isn’t always accurate.

New Words

The meeting is scheduled at 4:00 p.m.

be scheduled at （做某事的时间）被安排在某时

schedule 安排，预定['skedʒuːl]

So what?

So what do you want to do?Why do you worry about the weather?

I wonder = I don’t know, but I want to know

Expressions

I bet =I believe 我敢说

accurate  ['ækjərət]

=correct

正确的

lift up

distance ['dɪstəns] 距离 a short distance 很短的距离

Read the dialogue after the speakers.

Listening & Reading

Read the dialogue with your partner.

Find out expressions of talking about weather.

Speaking

Questions & Answers of talking about weather:

What’s the weather like today?

What did it (the weather forecast) say?

it’ll be fine this afternoon.

It said it’s going to be foggy in the morning and clear in the afternoon, and the highest will be 18 degrees centigrade, the lowest 8 degrees.

I bet

Speaking

What’s the weather like?

Ask & Answer

It will be… It is going to be….

Speaking Ask & Answer

It’s

________.What/How…?

What…?

It’s ________.

32°C

Speaking

What does the weather forecast say?

It says…

Review Translate the words into Chinese.下毛毛雨的

有雾的下冰雹的闪电和打雷好心情安排距离准确的我敢说

drizzly

foggy

hailing

lightning and thunder

good mood

schedule

distance

accurate

I bet

Review Translate the sentences into Chinese.

不知道今天下午会不会下雨。

我敢肯定今天下午会晴。

早上有雾，下午会放晴。

天气预报怎么说的啊？

天气预报并不都是对的。

I’m wondering if it is going to rain this afternoon.I bet it’ll be fine this afternoon.

It’s going to be foggy in the morning and clear in the afternoon.

What does the weather forecast say?

The weather forecast isn’t always accurate.

Homework

Compulsory:1. Copy the words and sentences.2. Recite the model dialogue.

Optional:

1. Make a dialogue, talking about the weather and your plans.2. Collect sayings about the

weather.