Unit5TalkingAbouttheWeather
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Unit 5
Talking About the Weather
Ⅰ
. Aims and Requirements
1. Read and understand the
meaning of weather reports.
2. How to
write weather reports and remember the patterns of
writing a
weather report.
3. How to talk about the weather with
people.
4. Important words, phrases and
language points in the passage.
Ⅱ
. Introduction
The
weather is one of the most important things in
life. For a farmer the
wrong weather may mean that he has poor
crops or no crops at all. For sailors
and
airmen,
bad
weather
often
brings
danger,
even
death.
Obviously,
it
is
essential
to
know
the
changes
in
the
weather
in
advance,
so
the
career
of
weather forecast is
developing little by little.
Three essential aspects in
weather forecast
One: ------------the exact
time
Two: ------------ the exact place
Three: -----------the weather
conditions of the place
Example:
Good morning. Here is the weather
forecast for the next 24 hours. In the
north of China, there will be snow with
strong winds. It will be very cold and
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the
temperature
will
be
30
below
zero
degrees
Fahrenheit.
In
Nanjing,
the
weather will be much better. There will
be some fog in the morning. But it will
clear later in the day. The
temperature goes to 11 degrees Celsius.
Ⅲ
. Teaching
Tasks
Section
Ⅰ
Talking Face to Face
Part 1
Read and Translate the Weather
Reports/Forecast
Read and translate the
samples.
Notes:
1) F:
Fahrenheit
2) C: Celsius
3)
华氏和摄氏的换算公式：
C = (F-32)*5/9
Part 2
Learn Some Dialogues About Weather
It’s the common
to
pic for the Europeans to greet each
other with
weather.
Now let’
s see the following
dialogues.
1. Follow the Samples
Dialogue 1
Talking About the Weather Today
Dialogue 2
Talking About the Weather in New York
Learn, translate and read each
dialogue.
2. Act Out
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Dialogues 1-3
Learn, translate and read each
dialogue.
Part 3
Useful Words,
Phrases and Sentences
What
a beautiful/ lovely /terrible day!
天气真好
/
糟糕呀！
There is not a cloud in the sky.
天空万里无云。
It’s not too hot and too
cold.
天气不冷也不热。
The heat
is killing me!
热死我了！
I hate to
work in hot weather.
我讨厌在热天工作。
The hot
weather makes me lazy.
天气让我发懒。
When are
we getting warmer weather?
什么时候天气转暖？
I’
m going to wear my heavy
coat.
我得穿上我的厚大衣。
Are we going o get much snow this
winter?
今年冬天雪会多吗？
What’s it like outside?
外面天气怎么样？
I don’t
mind the heat.
我不在乎天气热。
I can’t
stand it. It’s freezing!
我受不了了，冻死了！
to rain all day
全天有雨
to be sunny
/ fine/cloudy/rainy/hot /cool
天气将会是阳光充足
/
晴
/
多云
/
有雨
/
很热
/
凉爽
to be going to
warm up/clear up
天气要转暖
/
放晴
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Quite a warm day with temperatures
around 24°
C
很暖和，气温在
24°
C
左右
The weather outlook
天气情况展望
sunny/bright
→clear/fair/fine→
partly cloudy→
cloudy
→
overcast/dull
阳光充足
晴朗
局部有云
多云
阴
freezing
→
cold→
cool→
mild
→
warm
→
hot
冰冷
冷
凉爽
温和
暖和
炎热
the lows /the highs
最低气温
/
最高气温
windy
有风
variable
→
southeast wind
风向不定
→
东南风
calm→
light→
moderate→
strong→
gate
无风
微风
风力不大
大风
强风
scattered showers
局部地区有阵雨
light /heavy rain/snow
小雨
/
大雨
/
有雪
frost /mist /fog /drizzle /shower
霜冻
/
薄雾
/
雾
/
细雨
/
阵雨
Part 4
Practice
1. Oral Practice
Task: Make a dialogue with your
partner(s) by choosing any of the tasks in
Act Out.
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2. Put in Use
Exercises 1-3
Section
Ⅲ
Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage 1
Is It Going to Be a Fine
Day
1. Related Information
The Celsius System and the Fahrenheit
System
There are two
different systems of temperatures that are used in
weather
forecasts.
There
is
the
Celsius
system
(°
C),
which
is
the
one
used
in
most
countries.
Another
name
for
this
system
is
centigrade.
In
Western
countries
the
Fahrenheit
system
(°
F)
is
also
used.
0
°
C
equals
32
°
F
and
100
°
C
equals
212
°
F.
The
Celsius
system
is
always
used
in
weather
forecasting,
but
because
many
Westerners
are
more
familiar
with
Fahrenheit,
temperatures
are
very
often
given
in
both
ways.
And
please
note
temperatures
are
always
given
in
degrees
(plural
form).
For
example,
0 degrees.
2. Preview Questions
1) What is the weather condition in
Chicago on Saturday and
Sunday
？
2) What
is the temperature in Chicago on Saturday
night
？
And what’s
that in
Celsius
？
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3) Why are the western
states experiencing a temperature
drop
？
4) What
will the weather probably be like in the New York
area this
weekend
？
5) What is the advice the weatherman
gave about going out
？
3. Explanation of Difficult
Sentences
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(Para 2) It’ll be cloudy tomorrow with
scattered showers…
Analysis
:
Note the frequent use of the word
with
in a weather
forecast. “With”
structure
further explains the part of the weather that
precedes it. You can find
more similar sentences in this
forecast.
Translation
:
明天多云，局部地区有阵雨
……
Example:
It is fine with the
temperature of 20 degrees.
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(Para. 2) The predicted high for tomorrow is
forty-five degrees Fahrenheit,
and the temperature is expected to dip
to the freezing point tomorrow night
with thirty-two degrees.
Analysis:
As the weather
information is given as an expected message,
passive voice is a commonly-used
structure of a weather forecast.
Translation
:
预计明天最高温度华氏
45
度
< br>,
明天晚上温度会降至冰点
,
华氏
32
度。
Example:
It is
predicted good weather for several days though the
temperature may be rather
low.
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③
(Para 3) Showers expected
tomorrow down the West Coast as far south
as San Francisco. Fair
weather in the low seventies predicted for the Los
Angeles area; fair in San
Diego.
Analysis:
Omission is often used in a weather
forecast. Both
expected
and
predicted
are
used in passive voice, but
are
and
is
are omitted respectively.
The full sentence for
fair
in San Diego
shou
ld be “it
will be fair in San
Diego”
Translation
:
预计明天沿西海岸向南直至旧金山有阵雨；洛杉矶地区，
天气睛好，气温
70
多华氏度；圣地亚哥<
/p>
,
晴。
Example
: Snow activities
forecast in the mountain area, and frost in the
Low Valley.
④
(Para 4) There is a cold
front from Canada moving down through the
western states.
Analysis
:
“
There be + n. + participle
phrase
” structure is often used in a
weather forecast. Here in
this case, the present participle phrase
moving
down
...
is the post modifier of
a cold front
.
Translation
:
来自加拿大的冷锋下行经过西部各州。
Example
: There
are a lot of people singing in the room.
⑤
(Para 5) It is raining as
far east as Detroit and Toronto, and rain is going
to continue through
tomorrow, when it may turn to snow.
Analysis:
When it
may turn to snow
is a relative clause,
further explaining
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