新视野大学英语(视听说教程UNIT4 How is the Weather Today).ppt

HOW IS THE WEATHER TODAY Brainstorming Now work in groups of 3, discuss and write down as many words as you can which are associated with weather and climate, the group who can work out most words will win the game! You may focus on: temperature, weather, wind and rain You have only 3 minutes. Brainstorming Reference: Words About Weather and Climate On temperature: warm, cool, hot, mild, freezing, sweltering (闷热的), scorching (灼热的) On weather: frosty, sunny, clear, shining, bright, wet, dry, humid, foggy, misty (有薄雾的), windy, rainy, stormy, cloudy, snowy, cloudy and gray, hot and sticky Brainstorming Reference: Words About Weather and Climate On wind: gale (突发的一阵大风), gust (一阵狂风), breeze, hurricane (飓风), tornado (龙卷风) On rain: lightening, downpour, shower, storm, cloud, flood, thundershower, blizzard (大风雪), sleet (冰雨, 雨夹雪) , hail Brainstorming Brainstorming Matching Game Directions: In weather forecast weather icons are often used. Below are some of them taken from . Could you recognize them? Now please try the match-making game on the next page. Match the weather icon with its proper meaning. Good luck! Matching Game heavy snow fair cloudy Matching Game heavy rain sleet drizzle Matching Game snow becoming rain thunderstorms partly cloudy Be a Weatherman CNN Weatherman Fahrenheit VS Celsius In the United States, Fahrenheit is still the scale for measuring temperature. On the Fahrenheit scale, water freezes at 32 and boils at 212. On the Celsius scale, water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°. On the Fahrenheit scale, normal human body temperature is 98.6. Be a Weatherman Words and expression patterns for your reference … all day with a daytime temperature of… degree (Celsius/Fahrenheit) But bundle up… night, as the temperature will… sharply. On Saturday, it will be… in the morning with… In the afternoon, there is a good chance of…, and the temperature will (only) reach…degrees! On Sunday morning it wil