How’s the weather?
What are you doing? It’s rainy/raining.
I’m driving.
How’s the weather?
What are you doing?
It’s sunny and warm.
We are cleaning.
It’s windy and cool.
I’m running.
How’s the weather?
What are you doing?
It’s snowy/snowing.
I’m making a snowman.
How’s the weather?
What are you doing?
Talk about the pictures below with a partner. How's the
weather? What are the people doing?
2a
A:How's the weather?
B:It's warm and sunny.
A:What is she doing?
B:She is sitting by the pool
and drinking orange juice.
A:How's the weather?
B:It's cool and cloudy.
A:What are they doing?
B:They are climbing the
mountains.
A:How's the weather?
B:It's raining.
A:What is she doing?
B:She is writing a
letter in her room.
Match each postcard below with the correct picture in
2a.
Dear Jane,
H o w i s i t g o i n g ? I ' m h a v i n g a g r e a t t i m e
visiting my aunt in Canada.She's working here
a n d I 'm goi n g t o s u m m e r s c h o o l . I ' m s t u d y i n g
English and I'm learning a lot.I'm also visiting
s o m e o f m y o l d f r i e n d s . I ' m s o h a p p y t o s e e
t h e m a g a i n . I t ' s a f t e r n o o n r i g h t n o w, a n d I ' m
s i t t i n g b y t h e p o o l a n d d r i n k i n g o r a n g e
j u i c e . I t ' s w a r m a n d s u n n y , a n d i t ' s v e r y
relaxing here.
See you soon.
Su Lin
2b
Dear Jane,
H o w ' s y o u r s u m m e r v a c a t i o n g o i n g ? A r e y o u
studying hard, or are you having fun?I'm having
a great time in Europe!My family and I are on a
vacation in the mountains.I want to call you but
m y p h o n e i s n ' t w o r k i n g , s o I ' m w r i t i n g t o y o u .
It's hot in your country now,isn't it? The weather
here is cool and cloudy, just right for walking.
See you next month.
Dave
Fill in the chart with information from the postcards in
2b.
2c
Name Where
are they?
How’s the
weather? What are they doing?
Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
Dear Xiao Lu,
It’s winter in Harbin. The weather is and .
People are wearing hats and sweaters, but they’re having
fun. Friends are Russian bread to take home. In
a park, some boys are in the snow. One girl is
. on a river and a man is a photo of a
snowman.
I miss you.
Kate
3a
skating buying playing taking snowy windy
windy snowy
buying
playing
skating taking
Imagine you are on vacation. Write notes about your
vacation.
3b
Where are you?
What’s the weather like?
What are you doing right now?
What are your friends or family doing?
Are you having a good time?
Write a postcard to a friend. Tell your friend about
your vacation and what you are doing.
Dear John,
How's it going? Are you still busy with
schoolwork or are you on vacation now? I'm
visiting my counsins in Sydney and having a
wonderful time here. Australia is a beautiful
country and the weather is warm and sunny
these days.There are many things to do
here. Right now I'm swimming with my
family at the beach.
Ann
3c
1 Add more words in each box.
Self Check
Feelings great,fine,not bad,pretty good, happy,terrible...
Weather cool,warm,hot,cold,dry,wet,windy,cloudy,rainy,snowy...
Activities playing ping-pong,playing basketball,watching TV,cooking....
2 Match the sentences on the left with the responses on the right.
A:Hello,Jenny speaking.
A:Sorry,she's not at
home. Can I take a
message?
A:Sure,no problem.
B:Thank you. Bye.
B:Hi,Jenny.It's Steve
here.May I speak to
Laura, please?
B:Yes.Could you ask
her to call me at
8765-4321?
3 Put these sentences in order to make a conversation. Then write
your own conversation.
It's raining and very cool.
What are you doing in the rainy
weather?
Not too bad.
How's the weather in Nanjing?
I'm reading a book in my room.
Hi,Jill! How is it going?
Write a short passage about the weather and
what the people are doing in your hometown.