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Weather

作者: 日期: 03/21/2011 没有评论

Vocabulary

noun adj verb e.g
wind windy blow It’s windy today.
It blows heavily.
sun sunny shine It’s sunny today.
The sun is shining.
rain rainy rain It’s a rainy day.
It’s rainy today.
It rains a lot in ShangHai in Summer.
cloud cloudy
snow snowy snow
storm stormy
lightning
fog foggy

homonym: sun, son, song, soon; # sun, son发音完全相同

temperature, degree, minus, Celsius;

very hot very cold
boiling hot warm mild cool cold freezing

mild: moderately warm of soft in taste.

snowy: of or like snow.

rainy: in or on which rain is falling.

sunny: bright with sunlight, exposed to or warmed by the sun.

windy: having wind or exposed to the wind.

stormy: of or affected by storms.

cloudy: of the sky covered with cloud; overcast.

warm: of or at a comfortably high temperature.

Language covered

  • Talking about different types of weather
  • Describe the weather in China
  • Discussing what we do on different days

Useful expressions

  • It’s very cold and stormy.
  • It’s quite sunny and hot.
  • It’s mild but windy.
  • What’s the weather like?
  • What’s the weather like today?
  • What’s the weather like in China?

hot, sun, shining, sunny

The sun is shining today.
It is sunny /hot/sunny and hot/ today.
The earth needs the sun.
The weather is great today. It’s nice and sunny.

wind, windy, blowing

The wind is blowing today.
It will be windy tomorrow.
The strong wind will come from the south.

raining, rain, rainy

It is raining hard today.
It will rain tomorrow.
It will probably be rainy for the whole day tomorrow.

cloud, cloudy

I hope it won’t be cloudy tomorrow.
Look at that cloud.

cold, snow, snowy, snow

It will snow tomorrow.
The weather will be snowy next week.
The snow will come from the north.
The temperature will be very cold – 5 below freezing.

It is + adj /+ doing(Ving)/.

Discussion points

  • How do people talk about different types of weather?
  • What’s the weather like in China?
  • What’s the weather like today?
  • What do you wear in a rainy day? I usually wear a raincoat in a rainy day.

Weather forecast

Good afternoon and welcome to the weather forecast.
Let’s take a look at the weather outside now.

What’s it like? Well, it’s raining and cloudy in southern China while northern China is cold and clear(no cloud). The sun is shining, but it’s very cold here in the North!
The temperature is 25 degrees in the southern China and only 15 degrees in North.

What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Well, it will be rainy in the morning in Beijing and windy in Tianjin.
In the afternoon, Beijing will be cloudy.
Tianjin will see rain turning to snow and quite windy, with winds coming from the North-East.

That’s the weather forecast for this afternoon. Have a good day!

Sports

作者: 日期: 06/22/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Different sports
  • Where we do sports
  • Asking questions about sports

New vocabulary

  • Ball games: football (US), soccer (UK), volleyball, American football (US), rugby (UK), tennis, cricket, badminton;
  • Other popular sports: swimming, running, motor racing (race), horse racing, skiing, karate, canoeing (canoe);
  • Places to play sports: tennis court, football field, swimming pool, river.
  • Other: baseball, ice hockey, jogging, bowling, weight lifting, sailing, hang gliding, boxing, gymnastics, aerobics;

Key structures

What’s your favorite/favourite/ sport?

I like American football the best.

Do you play badminton? #1

Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. I prefer playing tennis.

Where do you play tennis? #2

We play tennis on a tennis court.

We play football on a football field.

We swim in a swimming pool.

We  canoe in a river.

Neither of them like volleyball.

Both of them like volleyball.

PS.

  1. 对于回答Yes/No的疑问句，句尾升调
  2. 对于句首是where, why等疑问词的疑问句，句尾降调

Things we do everyday (Verbs and actions)

作者: 日期: 06/01/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Verbs for daily activities
  • Questions about everyday things
  • Describing daily activities
  • Actions in the classroom

New vocabulary

Things we do in the house: get up, brush my teeth, go to work, have dinner, make a phone call #1,watch TV, clean the house,  wash clothes #2, go to bed #3;

Things we do in the classroom: be quiet, look at me, come here, sit down, stand up, take notes, raise your hand, read after me, listen.

PS.

  1. make a phone call 打电话; pick up/answer/ the phone 接电话;  make a phone call to your parents;
  2. wash clothes or do laundry;
  3. take a nap 小睡一下，睡午觉.

Key structures

I get up very early at 6 o’clock.

They clean the house once a week.

What time do you get up?

I get up at 6 o’clock.

How often do you clean the house?

I clean the house once a week.

She usually watches TV every Saturday.

They usually go for a walk in the evenings.

Please be quiet, let’s get started.

Please look at the book and read after me.

Take a note, when you listen to the talk.

Raise your hand, if you know the answer.

Stand up please, and write down the word on the board.

Grammar

I [verbs] once

twice

3 times

 a week

a month

everyday
I always

usually/normally

often

sometimes

seldom

never

 [verbs].

in the morning/in the afternoon/in the evening

at noon/at night/at midnight

Places around town and directions

作者: 日期: 05/26/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Places around town
  • Prepositions of place
  • Asking and giving directions #1

PS.

  1. direction: north, south, west, east
  • get lost: Stick to me and you won’t(will not) get lost.
  • ask for directions
  • give directions

Pronunciation

/au/: how, about, down, town, house, south

Key words

bank, hospital, office, supermarket, school, pharmacy, library, bakery, park

What can you do in a bank? We can save money, take money, return money and exchange money. #save=deposit; take=withdraw

What can you do in a hospital? We can see/visit/ a doctor, when we get sick.

We can buy medicine in the pharmacy. #medicine=drug; pharmacy=drug store

In the library, we can read books and borrow books, but we need return books on time if you borrowed them.

In the bakery, we can buy bread and cookies baked by bakers.

I walk to relax at the park when I’m tired.

Useful phrases

up, down, left, right, front, back, middle; #front desk 前台

turn left, turn right, turn back, turn around, step back

go upstairs

go straight/go straight on/go straight ahead/

go along; go past; go across

on the left/on the right/on your left/on your right/

crossing, traffic lights

Direction expressions

Where is the school? It’s on the left.

How do I get to the park? Go straight ahead./Go straight on./ #1

PS.

  1. 不用加to
  • get there
  • go home

Discussion points

  • How do you ask for directions?
  • How do you give directions?
  • How do you describe places?

Asking for directions

Where is the bank, please? Go straight on. Turn left. The bank is on the right.

Could you tell me where the nearest hospital is, please? Go straight on, past the supermarket. The hospital is second on the left. #the nearest 最近的，必须加the

Excuse me. Do you know where the museum is, please? Go straight on, past the bank. The museum is on the right.

How do/can/ I get to the bakery, please? Go straight on and take the first right.

PS.

  • Who am I?
  • Do you know who I am?

Useful sentences for asking directions

  1. Could you tell me how to get to ___?
  2. How can I get to ___?
  3. How can I find___?
  4. Do you know where ___ is?

Example

  • Can you tell me how to get to the train station?
  • Sure. Go down Main Street until you reach the corner. Turn left and walk until you see a traffic light. Cross the street and look for a large supermarket. The train station is right next to it.

Shopping (Let’s go shopping)

作者: 日期: 05/19/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Learning the names of clothes
  • Listening to a dialogue in a shop
  • Practice asking about the price
  • Going shopping

New vocabulary

shopaholic,  shopping mall;

buy, bought;

sell, sold;

shopping / go shopping / go window shopping;

accessories: a belt, earrings, a necklace, tie, scarf;

clothes,  blouse, trousers, leather shoes; #a pair of

handbag/purse <for woman>, wallet <for man>;

shop assistant / salesgirl / salesman;

customer / fitting room / dressing room; #try on

cash / credit card / receipt / invoice/ total;

on sale 打折 /Which is on sale?/

Dialogue

Ask about size

C: What size do you have/want/wear/?
S: small (medium / large / extra small / extra large)
C: Do you have it in medium/size | color/?
S: Yes, of course.
C: It’s a little large for me. Do you have a smaller one?
S: I am sorry, we only have this size.

Pay the bill

S: What kind of way would you like to pay, cash or credit card?
C: Cash/Credit card/ please. Can I pay check?
C: How much is it?
A: $130.
C: This is $150.
A: Here is your change.

Important sentences

I went shopping yesterday.

How can I help you? /What can I do for you?/

I am looking for blouse.

Do you have this in green?

Can you reduce the price?

Can you give me a lower price/discount/?

I can give you 20%(twenty percent) off.

Can I try it on?

How much is it?

It’s a deal! /I’ll take it!/

It suits red/color | style/ you.

It fits small/size/ you.