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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!

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.

Describing people

作者: 日期: 05/05/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Adjectives to describe people
  • Talk about job
  • Ways to describe people

What do you know about Xiao Shenyang?

Name Xiao Shenyang
Age twenty nine
Date of birth May/7/1981
Place of birth Liaoning
Appearance thin
Personality funny
Hobby singing, acting
Idol Benshan Zhao

Yao Ming is very tall. My baby is short.

My sister is young. My grandmother is old.

Liu Qian is handsome and thin. Guo Degang is ugly and fat/heavy.

My living room is big. My bedroom is small.

New vocabulary

heavy, shy, smart, friendly, unfriendly, serious, funny, quiet, outgoing, active, talented, beautiful

chef, chief(CEO), thief

clean, dirty, happy, sad, strong, weak, clever, stupid, rich, poor, beautiful, ugly, friendly, unfriendly, honest, dishonest

opposite

Key structures

What does she do?

She is a businesswoman.

What is he/she like? (appearance or their personality)

He is short and fat. She is tall and thin. I am medium height/weight. I have long hair. He has a medium build. #1

What does he/she look like? (appearance)

He looks like a businessman. She looks like a doctor.

What are they like?

They are tall/medium height/short.

He is thirty years old. She is twenty seven years old.

He is three years older than her.

She is three years younger than him.

I’m one point seventy eight meters. I’m one meter and seventy eight centimeters. I’m one meter and seventy eight.

Appearance

beautiful (for girl), handsome (for man)

Personality

friendly, unfriendly

PS.

  1. has 动词have的第三人称单数形式

Telling and asking the time

作者: 日期: 04/28/2010 没有评论

Language covered

  • Time expressions
  • Telling the time
  • Asking the time

New vocabulary

minute, second, hour, quarter, midnight, sleep, spend

Key structures

  • in the morning
  • in the afternoon
  • in the evening
  • at night
  • half past six
  • a quarter past six
  • a quarter to six
  • half an hour #判断是否为 an 时，需要看音标的第一个字母是否是元音
  • half a minute

What time is it?

  • It’s ten o’clock.
  • It’s nine forty-five. It’s quarter to ten.
  • It’s eight fifteen. It’s quarter past eight.
  • It’s six fifty. It’s ten to seven.
  • It’s five fifty-five. It’s five to six.
  • It’s four twenty. It’s twenty past four.
  • It’s three thirty. It’s half past three. It’s half three.
  • It’s noon. It’s midnight.

Excuse me. What time is it please? 14:00

It’s 2. It’s exactly 2 o’clock. It’s exactly 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

Excuse me. Do you have the time please? 6:30

It’s half past six. It’s six thirty. It’s exactly half past six in the morning.

Excuse me. Could you tell me the time please? 19:28

It’s about half past seven. It’s about seven thirty. It’s about half past seven in the evening.

What do you have class on Mon. morning? I have a Basic class at half past nine on Mon. morning.

When do you get up? I get up at 7 every morning.

When do you go to work? I go to work at 8 o’clock every morning.

When do you go to sleep? I go to sleep at midnight.

When do you go home? I go home at 7 in the evening.

When do you have lunch? I have lunch at noon.

Tom’s daily routines

I always get up at seven o’clock. Then I eat breakfast. I usually eat bread and drink a glass of milk. Then I feed the cat. I always eat lunch at eleven forty five. At lunch time I usually drink coke and eat a bowl of rice. I usually have dinner at six o’clock in the evening. Later, I do my homework and go to bed. I often go to bed at nine o’clock.

  1. What time does he always get up?
  2. What does he do after that?
  3. What does he usually eat for breakfast?
  4. What time does he always eat lunch?
  5. What does he usually eat and drink for lunch?
  6. When does he usually have dinner?
  7. What does he do after dinner?
  8. What time does he usually go to bed?

Discussion points

  • How to ask the time?
  • How to tell the time?

[UPDATE at Jul 14]