外研版+八级上册Module 10 Unit 2 精品课件.ppt

10 Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round. Key words : mile round northwest southeast 2. key structure: Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December. In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. 3. Ability: To extract specific information from the reading passage. Teaching aims /maIl/ /raund / /n?:θwest / /sauθi:st/ from time to time 英里 n. 围绕地 adv. 西北 n. southeast 西北的；朝西北的 adj. round 东南 n. 东南的;朝东南的 adj. northwest 有时;间或 mile Words and expressions Please describe the pictures! What you can see in the picture? 1. Then talk about the picture. For example: Where is it? What’s the weather like? What season is it? 2.Read the passage and find out the best time  to visit the US. When is the best time to visit the US? The US is a very big country. It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. New York and Washington D.C are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September. The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn photos gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees. California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December. In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrella. In Alaska, the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you. In Texas and