UnitTa的lkingAbouttheWeather.doc

Unit 5 Talking About the Weather The First Contact Hour (90mins) Section I: Talking Face to Face Requirement: Get very familiar to the given expressions and sentences (best to recite them) so as to express yourself freely when talking about weather. 1. Warm-up questions 1) Do you often listen to a weather forecast? Why or why not? 2) What’s the use and importance of a weather forecast? 2. Introduction: Weather is a favorite topic in western countries. Firstly, weather is connected with everyone’s daily life; secondly, western people don’t like to talk about personal affairs such as age, salary, etc. People like talking about the weather. It makes for a good opening line or change of topic with a stranger. 3. Useful Expressions and Sentences 1) Words and expressions 气象局 Weather Bureau 潮湿的 humid 气象报告 weather report 温暖的 warm 气候 climate 热的 hot 天气 weather 干燥的 dry 温度 temperature 凉爽的 cool 摄氏 Celsius 寒冷的 cold 华氏 Fahrenheit 冰冷的 freezing 晴天 clear day/fair day/fine day 多风的 windy 阴天 cloudy day 严寒的 chilly 雨天 rainy day 雪 snow 小雨 slight rain 台风 Typhoon 毛毛雨 drizzle 飓风 Hurricane 阵雨 shower 龙卷风 Tornado 暴风雨 storm 寒流 Cold front 雷 thunder 暖流 warm front 闪电 lightning 冰雹 hail 湿度 humidity 做日光浴 take a sun bath 1) What’s the weather like today? (2) How is the weather there? (3) What is the weather report? (4) Will it be a nice day? (5) Why don’t you call the weather report? (6) What’s the temperature? (7) It’s warm and sunny. (8) Today will be cool and partly cloudy, with a chance of rain this afternoon. (9) It’s 62?°F and there’s a chance of rain. (10) That’s cold for November. (11) It’s supposed t