英语教案－Dates, months and seasons

英语教案－Dates, months and seasons 教学目标   通过本单元的学习，学生们应会：“年月日”(dates, months and years) 和“季节”(seasons) 的表达, 以及不同季节的特点、自然现象的描述等。   学会1—12月份和的四季英语名称，以及1—31的序数词。有关各国季节的变化，自然现象的描述和信件的基本写法，也是本课的主要内容。  语音学习   / n / n nk  / N / ng  /Ng / ng  / Nk / nk  nc  词汇学习   掌握   L 41  date  season   write down  January  March  June  July  August  December  spring  last   L 42  weather  warm  come out  heavily  crop  really  snow  snowman  all the year round    L 44  true  nearly  unlike  opposite  语法学习   1．学会序数词，并用于“年月日的表达。”   2．反意问句的基本用法。   3．介词in, on 和at与时间的搭配和一些特殊用法。   教学生一个顺口溜，也许对对记忆介词的用法有些帮助。   年用in月用in星期也用in   有年有月还用in   如果遇到年月日，千万记住要用on。  日常交际用语   Which is the second / fourth / month of the year?  February / April.   When is spring / summer / autumn / winter / in China?  It lasts from March to May.   What is the date today?  It’s December the 20th, 2001.   What’s the weather like in spring / summer / autumn / winter in your hometown? It’s very warm and windy.   The days get warmer, and the nights get longer.   Which season do you like best?  Summer.   Why? Because I can swim in the river. 教学建议   本单元主要是围绕两个话题开展教学活动。即 “日期”和“季节”。主要的语言项目是序数词，月份的名称和反意疑问句及回答。   在41课中，12个月份和四季的英语名称，1—31的序数词，一般现在时和一般过去时的有关日期的提问及回答都是比较难掌握的。第42课是阅读课。讲的是杭州的一中学生王伟给他的加拿大朋友的一封信。信中描述了杭州的四季。文章前的三个讨论题可让学生自由发挥，开展讨论。第43颗主要是学会运用反意疑问句。第三部分，看图说话可供条件极好的班级使用。这一部分主要练习四季特征的描述。可锻炼学生的语言组织能力和表达能力。   第44课为综合实践课。提供了语音，听力，说话和阅读四个方面的材料。其中说话部分要求学生真实地回答问题，复习了反意问句及有关问句，并给学生提供了自由发挥的空间。阅读部分通过两个国家的气候对比叙述和文后的两幅图画，给学生们谈论气候提供了素材。   重难点分析   本单元的重点是学习并掌握反意疑问句的用法和介词in, on, at的用法。难点是反意疑问句的两种不同形式及答语。   1．表示季节、月份、日期、天气状况的词，能很流利地运用这些词谈论季节和天气状况。   2．日期的提问和回答。   3．有关BE动词和行为动词最基本的反意问句及回答。   4．介词in, on以及at和时间的搭配。   重点词组和短语分析   thank sb. for sth.为某事感谢某人   ask sb. about sth. 就某事询问某人   come out （花）开；发（芽）；出来；出现   rain heavily 下大雨   a busy season 繁忙的季节   harvest time 收获季节   help sb. with sth. 在某事上帮助某人   work on the farm 在农场工作   make a snowman 做雪人   all the year around 一年四季   at this time of the year 一年中的这个时候   in much of China在中国的这个时候   last from...to... 从……延续到……   go on to... 延续到……   warm clothes 暖和的衣服   the best time 最好的时节   日常交际分析   本单元的交际用语主要是关于天气状况和季节的，现将有关这两方面的词汇和句型总结如下：   1.词汇   1) spring, summer, autumn, winter   2) January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December   2. 句型和短语   1) It is... in winter/summer. ...   2) It is/lasts from . . . to . . . .   3) go on to...   4) come after   5) It/The weather is .. ., isnt it?   6) at a bad time of year   7) at this time/that time of year   8) be different from   9) Whats the weather like...?   词汇教学建议   以旧代新 在学习12个月份的时候，先让学生复习已学过的几个月份。用下面的表格引出以下新单词：   ___________  __February__  ___________   ___April_____  ___May____  __________   ____________  ___________  _September_   __October___  ____________  ___________   也可采用以四季划分的方式排列12个月份。   1．符合发音规律的单词   三月、六月和七月建议老师先让学生们仔细听三个单词的读音，推测出它们是什么字母。必要时可写出音标。相信学生们是可以拼出单词的。也可写出单词，让学生自己读。   2．可用迁移的方法教单词  autumn August  February January September November December   3．教学生月份的简写    月份的简写一般是前三个字母。如：January    Jan.  February      Feb.    April Apr.等。   用挂历让学生看月份的缩写。 语法教学建议   1. 利用值日生报告学习日期的表达。   值日生报告制度是老师们常用的训练学生口语的方式。此方法简单易行，深受老师和同学们的喜爱。学习本单元大约在一月份，可利用这一段时间反复复习日期的表达。重点是两类问题；What day is it today? What day was yesterday? 和 What is the date today? What was the date yesterday? 并以完全和缩略两种形式，把每天的日期都写在黑板上，如January 20th, 2003, Jan. 20th, 2003, 也可让值日生自己写，以加深学生们的印象。   2. 利用常见句型，练习反意疑问句。   先让学生观察一些句子，老师可事先用投影写好一些句子，条件较好的班级也可由老师口头朗读这些句子，如：   It’s fine today, isn’t it?  Yes, it is.   You’re from Japan, aren’t you?  Yes, I am.   让学生总结反意问句的构成，以及它的回答方式。   日常交际用语建议   1．让学生相互询问生日，朋友的生日、父母的生日、值日生报告等，练习年月日的表达。   教学完日期的表达方法后，应要求值日生每天进行这样的问答：What’s the date today? What was the date yesterday?等。这是复习巩固日期表达法的最好的途径。   2．通过编对话、描述等练习四季天气的表达。   可利用书上的彩图，教师平时要从画报上选择一些图片，做为补充。这项工作也可发动学生帮助完成。还可利用南北半球的气候差异做比较将会引起学生的兴趣。指着中国和澳大利亚的地图让学生自己根据教材内容进行总结其差异及各自季节特点。   Which month is the coldest / hottest in China / Australia?   Can Australians have snow on New Year’s Day? 反意疑问句   反意疑问句（The Disjunctive Question）又叫附加疑问句，它表示提问的人对所提的事有一定的看法，但没有把握，需要对方来证实。反意疑问句由两部分组成：前一部分是一个陈述句，表示提问者的看法。后一部分是一个简短的附加疑问句，对前部分陈述句中所陈述的内容提出疑问。反意疑问句后半部分的附加疑问句应与前部分的陈述句在人称以及时态上保持一致。反意疑问句的基本结构有以下两种：   1．陈述部分肯定式+疑问部分否定式？   2．陈述部分否定式+疑问部分肯定式？   例：They work hard, don’t they?   She was ill yesterday, wasn’t she?   You didn’t go, did you?   He can’t ride a bike, can he?   大多数反意疑问句的结构是和上面所说的一样，但也有些特殊的反意疑问句：   一、当陈述部分的主语是I, everyone, everything, nobody等词时，后面的附加疑问句一般这样来表示：   1. I am a student, aren’t I ?   2. Everyone is in the classroom, aren’t they?   3. Everything begins to grow in spring, doesn’t it?   4. Nobody will go, will they?   二、当陈述部分有never, seldom, hardly, few, little 等含有否定意义的词语时，附加疑问句多用肯定式。如：   1. He has never been to(去过、到过) Nanchang, has he?   2. There are few apples in the basket, are there?   3. He can hardly swim, can he?   4. They seldom come late, do they?   三、当陈述部分是I think加宾语从句时，后面的附加疑问句应和宾语从句中的人称和时态保持一致。如：   I think chickens can swim, can’t they?   I think Lucy is a good girl, isn’t she?   四、当陈述部分有had better时，附加疑问句应用hadn’t开头。如：   You’d better get up early, hadn’t you?   五、当陈述部分是祈使句时，附加疑问句部分有不同的形式，并多使用肯定来表示有礼貌的请求。如：   Let’s go out for a walk, shall we?   注意：Let us go out for a walk, will you?   Turn on the radio, will you?   六、反意疑问句的回答用yes或no，但是当陈述部分是否定式，附加疑问句部分是肯定句时，答语中使用yes或no则应根据事实来决定，事实是肯定的用yes，事实是否定的就用no。如：   They don’t work hard, do they? 他们工作不太努力，是吗？   简略回答：   Yes, they do. 不，他们工作努力。   No, they don’t. 是的，他们工作不努力。   另外，朗读反意疑问句时要注意：前面的陈述部分通常用降调朗读，而后面的附加疑问句部分则要根据说话人的口气来定：如果是很客气地要求对方回答，就用升调朗读，如果只表示一种语气上的强调，则用降调朗读。   分析in, on 和at 的用法   表示年、月、季节、星期等用in: in a year / season / month / week / the morning / the      afternoon / the evening /   They have four classes in the morning, and they have no classes in the afternoon.   表示日、日期、某一天的早晨、下午等用on: on a day / date, on Sunday / Saturday on Wednesday morning, on the evening of March 7th, 2002   It rained heavily on the evening of June 20th.   表示几点、某个时刻用at：at eight / two / half past one / at this time yesterday / at this time of year / at that time / at present   He was watching TV at this time yesterday.   零介词：this year, last time, next month, the next day，all the year round, all the day, the whole day等。   Their family are going to fly to London next month.   At 还有一些特殊的用法，如：at work, at table，at hand, at once, at last, at home, at the same time   at once 立刻   His father telephoned him to return home at once.   at hand 不远，快到   Autumn is nearly over. Winter is at hand.   at most 最多   He looks very old, but in fact he is forty at most.   日期的表达与询问   日期表达   由于书写习惯的不同，英语里日期的写法也有差异。美国人习惯先说日期后说月份，英国人则习惯先说月份后说日期，但年份均是放在最后。书写日期时，可用阿拉伯数字表示，也可用序数词的缩略式（1st 、2nd 、4th ）表示，但是年份只能用阿拉伯数字。如1999年3月2日可表达为2 (nd) March, 1999（读作the second of March, nineteen ninety-nine）或March 2(nd), 1999（读作March the second, nineteen ninety-nine）。   日期询问   1.几月几日的询问方法   a. What’s the date (today)?   b. What was the date yesterday (last Monday…)?   其回答方式是：It’s (It was) …   2.星期几的询问方法   a. What day is today (tomorrow)?   b. What day is it today (tomorrow)?   c. What day of the week is it today?   这种句子中可用today, tomorrow等名词作主语，也可用代词it作主语。其回答方式是：It’s (It was) …   对话实例   A: What day is today?   B: It’s Sunday.   A: What was the date yesterday?   B: It was September 10th, Teachers’ Day. Lesson 41 教学设计方案   教学目标   学会12个月份、四季和顺数词的说法。学会表达日期。   教学用具   投影仪、录影机以及挂历和媒体设备等。   教学步骤   Step 1 Revision   老师可先做Duty Report， 除规定的内容外，必须让值日生回答以下几个问题： What day is it today / tomorrow？What day was it yesterday? What is the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday? 然后将答案（完全形式和缩略形式）写在黑板上，并让学生视听，初步了解英文日期的表达与中文顺序的不同。然后全班问学生几个问题：What day is our National Day?  October 1st. / Oct.1st. Which month is the Spring Festival in? Usually in February. Who / Whose mother / Whose father was born in February / April / May / September / October? 最好先找几个学生是在已学过的这几个月份出生的，或他们的父母是在这几个月份出生的，这样可先复习学过的几个月份。按季节做以下表格。先填出学过的季节和月份。学完生词后填满表格。 Step 2 Presentation Learn and practise   Today we’ll study the first month, the third month, the sixth month, the seventh month, the eighth month, and the eleventh month of the year.   以下单词符合发音规律，请同学们自己拼读, 应该不会有太大的困难。   March  June  July    以下单词可迁移    autumn    August  February    January   September    November, December     past     last   sing     spring   sea    season 先让学生根据旧单词读出划线部分，然后再读整个单词。 这些单词大多数拼读较复杂，可让学生把这些单词先在本上抄一遍。   然后让学生练习自己的生日，每个人说出自己的生日。可两人互相问答，练习说自己的生日，父母的生日，朋友的生日等。   最后教师问学生：   T: How many months are there in a year?   Students: There are twelve months in a year.   T: What are they? Can you say them in English?   Ss: They are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.   让学生填满表格。 Ask and answer   T: There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, slimmer, autumn and winter. Do you know when spring/summer/autumn/winter is in China?   让学生根据上面填写的表格进行对话练习：   S1: When is spring in China?   S2: It’s from March to May.   S1: When is summer in China?   S2: It’s form June to August.   …  …   Notes:   1. We say “autumn” in Britain, and say “fall” in American English.   2. When we say four seasons, we should use preposition “in”——in spring, in summer, in autumn/fall, in winter.   3. Preposition “on”   On Monday, On Tuesday, On Wednesday, On Thursday, On Friday, On Saturday, On Sunday   4. Preposition “at”   at 6 o clock, at 120 clock, at this time of year.   5. Preposition “in”   in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.   然后让学生自己完成课本上第2部分的练习。 Learn and practise   T: Do you remember the cardinal numbers that we have learnt before?   Let’s count them from one to thirty - one. OK! Could you please write them down in your note - books? Who wants to write the cardinal numbers on due blackboard?   要一个学生来写下以前所学的数词：   one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve … twenty-one … thirty thirty-one   然后问这个学生是否能把这些数词变成序数词：   first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, … twenty-first … thirtieth, thirty-first   让学生注意黑体字显示的特殊变化。   Step 3 Practice   T: Which is the first month of the year?   Ss: January is the first month of the year.   T: Show them the answers   1. January  is  the  first  month  of  the  year.   2. February  is  the  second month  of  the  year.   3. March   is  the  third  month  of  the  year.   4. April   is  the  fourth  month  of  the  year.   5. May   is  the  fifth  month  of  the  year.   6. June   is  the  sixth  month  of  the  year.   7 .July   is  the  seventh  month  of  the  year.   8. August  is  the  eighth month  of  the  year.   9. September  is  the  ninth  month  of  the  year.   10. October  is  the  tenth  month  of  the  year.   11. November is  the  eleventh month  of  the  year.   12. December is  the  twelfth  month  of  the  year.   用投影片练习以下日期：   两千零三年一月一日 New Year’s Day 日期January the first, two thousand and three / Jan. 1st, 2003,  星期 Wednesday   二月   Spring Festival    日期      星期   三月八日 Women’s Day    日期      星期   五月一日 Labour Day     日期      星期   六月一日 Children’s Day    日期      星期   七月一日 Birthday of the Party 日期      星期   八月一日 建军节       日期      星期   九月十日 Teachers’ Day    日期      星期   十二月二十五日 Christmas Day 日期      星期   然后让学生练习关于询问最近几天的日期 (pair work)，   S1: What day is it today?   S2: It’s November 3rd, 2002/November the third, two thousand and two.   S1: What day was it yesterday？   S2: It was November 2nd, 2002.   …   …   运用下面句型进行练习：   What day is it today / tomorrow? What day was it yesterday？ What the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday? When is your birthday? When is your father’s birthday / your mother’s birthday / your friend’s birthday?   让学生统计本组的，生日，看看那一个月份过生日的最多。   Step 4 Consolidation   编一段小短文，假定我们班一月份有五个同学过生日，说出这五个同学的生日，我们准备给他们集体过生日，要开一个生日Party, 定一个日期。并向全班宣布时间、地点。   Step 5 Exercises in class   Filling in the blanks: (keys in the following brackets)   1. New Year is on January, _________(the first)   2 .May the first is _________(Labor Day)   3. We love our teachers, we say Happy Teachers day on _________ (September, the tenth)   4. Flowers come out in________(spring)   5. Our second school - term lasts from ____ to ____. (February to July).   6. June the first is _________. (Children’s Day).   7. ______ is our National Day. (October, the first)   8.We can make a snow man in _________(winter)   9. September is the _________ month of year. (ninth)   10. ________, the twenty - fifth is Christmas Day. (December).   Homework   1. Recite the numbers, seasons and months.   2. Make five English sentences according to this lesson.   3. Do workbook. The design of the blackboard Lesson 42 教学设计方案   教学目标   学会描述四季天气，信的基本写法。   教学用具   投影仪、录音机以及用过的外国的信封、信纸等。   教学步骤   Step 1 Revision   1. Duty Report: 让值日生报告，包括以下问题： What day is it today / tomorrow？What day was it yesterday? What is the date today / tomorrow? What was the date yesterday?等，并问学生What’s the weather like today? 老师可自己回答 It’s fine / cold.   2. Review the names of 12 months and four seasons.   Step 2 Presentation   1．通过叙述四季教新单词。如能配合媒体效果会更好。老师可看着媒体描述四季，让学生们注意听。   Spring is the first season of the year. The weather is very warm. 教warm, weather. I like spring best. Everything begins to turn green. Flowers come out. We can wear beautiful clothes, again. 教 come out. Summer is the warmest season of the year. It often rains, sometimes quite heavily, in the South. 教 heavily. The crops grow very quickly. 教 crop. Autumn is the busy season of the year. We often help them with their harvest. We really enjoy working on the farm. Because I like working better than having classes in the classroom. 教really. Winter is the coldest of the year. Old people don’t like it, but children like it. Because it sometime snows, sometimes very heavily. 教snow. Children can make a snowman. 教snowman.   引导学生讨论re-reading questions。先找一两个较好的同学说一说，再找几个小组的学生代表在全班展示。   2．观察信的格式   信纸的右上角写什么，称呼用什么标点，落款写什么。   阅读P.12, P.69和P.153三封信。让学生总结写信应有些什么套话。   老师可总结一封信的格式, 用你自己学校的地址。 观察SB P132 信封的写法。也可给让学生看一个真正的用过的信封、信纸。   让学生听录音，并跟读。   Step 3 Practise   1）让学生快速阅读这封信，Say something about the weather in spring, summer, autumn and winter in Hangzhou.   2）Say something about the four seasons in Beijing. 可以小组讨论后，代表发言，也可个人发言。   1. There are four seasons in Beijing.   2. It’s windy in spring. It’s warm in autumn.   It’s hot in summer. It’s cold in winter.   3. People like to have a picnic in spring.   They like to swim in summer.   They like to go outing in autumn.   They like to go skiing in winter.   Addition: How many kinds of sports do you know?   eg. running, skating, playing basketball, playing football, playing volleyball, the high jump, the long jump, relay race.   3）做Workbook   Step 4 Exercises in class   T: Let the students close their English books and fill in the missing words according to the letter. Then check the answers.   ___1__Helen ,I___2___you are well. Thank you___3__your last letter. You__4___me about the weather here in China. There__5__four seasons in a year___6__spring,__7__, autumn and winter.   I think spring is the___8__season of the year. The weather___9___warmer, and the days___10__longer.___11__the fields everything begins to___12__. Trees__13__green, and flowers start to come__14__.   Summer__15___after spring. It is the__16__season. It often reins .sometimes quite__17___ The crops grow very quickly. Many people love this__18__of year, __19__it is good for___20__. I often go___21__, sometimes in a___22_near my home, and sometimes in a___23__. I enjoy it very___24__.   ___25__is a busy season. The days get___26___and the nights get__27__. It is the harvest time, and all farmers are___28__.Often, we help them___29_the harvest.__30__month we helped them with the rice harvest. We really enjoyed__31__on the farm.   The coldest season of the year is winter. Some people___32___like winter, __33_I like it. Sometimes it snows, and the land is___34__white. Then we can play in the mow. I like to___35___snowmen.   How many seasons are__36___in your country? I___37__it is cold all the year __38__.There are not four seasons,__39__there? _____40___ Wang Wei.   Keys: 1. Dear  2. hope  3. for  4. asked  5. are   6.here  7.summer  8.best  9.gets  10. get   11. In  12.grow  13.turn  14.out  15.comes   16.waimest  17.heavily  18. time  19.because  20.sports   21.swimming 22.lake  23.river  24.much  25.Autumn   26. shorter  27. longer  28. busy  29. with  30. Last   31.woiking  32.don’t  33.but  34.all  35.make   36.there  37.hear  38.round  39.are  40.Yours    Step 5 Homework   1. Read the letter fluently.   2. Make sentences with the useful expressions.   3. Try to write a short English letter.   假如Helen 给你也写了一封信，让你谈谈你家乡的四季，请你回一封信。  The design of the blackboard Lesson 43-L44 教学设计方案 (一课时或两课时)   教学目标   掌握语音；谈谈自己对四季的看法，说说自己最喜欢那个季节，并说明理由。   教学用具   录影机、媒体设备。 教学步骤   Step 1 Revision   四季和12个月份。   Step 2 Presentation   老师朗读这些句子，朗读两遍，重读动词及反意部分。   It’s fine today, isn’t it? Yes, it is.   You’re from Japan, aren’t you?  Yes, I am.   They are waiting, aren’t they?  No, they aren’t.   He’s a middle school student, isn’t he?  Yes, he is.   She is at home now, isn’t she? No, she isn’t. She is at school.   It was Sunday yesterday, wasn’t it? Yes, it was.   Jim knows the way Australians speak, doesn’t he?  Yes, he is.   Han Meimei knows Jim a lot, doesn’t she?   They were watching TV yesterday evening, weren’t they? Yes, they were.   You like spring best, don’t you? No, I don’t. I like summer.   将这些句子用投影仪打出，让学生观察，并总结反意问句的构成，以及它的回答方式。   Step 3 Drill   然后可采用老师说主句部分，由学生练习缩略部分的方式练习。练熟后由学生说主句部分，老师说从句部分，直至练熟。也可在黑板上出一部分句子，写出主句部分，让学生写反意部分。目前只让学生练习前肯定后否定的反意问句，回答部分不必多花时间。   听录音，并跟读。   Step 4 Practise pair work   联系Part 2 可让学生自由发挥， 如两人谈谈北京的四季，和你家乡的季节，但主要练习反意问句及其回答。   教单词：true  near nearly  like  unlike  opposite   Step 5 Listen and repeat   Open your books and do Exercise One, Lesson 44   Pay attention to these pronunciations.         Read the words again.   T: Now let’s do Exercise Two. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers on Page 134.   Then check the answers together.   Step 6 Consolidation   1．看图并谈谈北京的四季。一个学生可重点谈一个季节。练习Lesson 43 Part3.   2．让学生编一个对话，谈谈自己所喜爱的季节。引出一个十分有用的句型：That’s true.   仿照Lesson 44 Part3.   A: Which season do you like best, spring, summer, autumn or winter?   B: That’s an easy question. I think I like spring best.   A: Why?   B: Well, I like travelling. You can do a lot of sightseeing in spring. What about you?   A: Can you guess?   B: You like winter, don’t you?   A: Yes. How did you guess?   B: Because you like skiing.   A: That’s true, but I like summer better than winter.   B: Why?   A: Because I can have a long holiday in Summer then.   3．Listen Lesson 44 Part 4 Read.   把你听到的填写在下列表格中，对比中国，美国和澳大利亚。   Spring Weather Summer Weather Autumn Weather Winter Weather China Mar—   May Warm             England                 Amer- ica Mar—   May   Austra- lia             Keys   Spring Weather Summer Weather Autumn Weather Winter Weather China Mar—   May warm short June— August hot Aug.— Nov. quite warm Dec.— Feb. very cold England Mar.-- May longer than in China and USA   Not too hot or too cold             Amer- ica Mar—   May    A nearly the same as China. Austra- lia   Dec.—Feb. The seasons are opposite of China. June—Aug.     Ask the students to look at the two pictures in students Book and describe the pictures in their own words.   Let them talk about the weather in China, in England, in the U. S. A. and in Australia. 4. Go over Checkpoint 11   A: Grammar   1. disjunctive questions  2. the prepositions: in, on and at   B: Useful expressions   1. turn green/yellow/…  2. this year/month/…  3. the next year/month/…   4. be different from  5. What is the date today?  6. What’s the weather like?   Step 7 Exercises in class   Listening practice.   Listen to a story and try to answer the following questions.   Everybody talks about weather. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” I think it s going to snow. These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.   Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We’re going to have fine weather tomorrow.”   People often look for the weather they want. When farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that its going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.   Most people listen to what the weatherman says on the radio. But he doesn’t always tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes he makes a mistake, but he is still right more often than anyone else.   Questions.   1. How do English people start a conversation?   2. Do many of them think they can tell what the weather is going to be like?   3. Why do they hardly agree with each other?   4. What kind of weather do people think it’s going to be if they go out to play in a park in the rain?   5. Who is right more often about the weather?   Keys:   1. They usually talk about the weather.   2.Yes, they do.   3. Because each of them is so sure of himself that only he knows about the weather.   4. They think it s going to be fine.   5. The weatherman is.   Step 8 Homework   1. Make up a new dialogue according to Exercise Three.   2. Write about the weather of four seasons in China.   3. Read the text fluently and try to recite it.   4. Review Checkpoint 11 and the whole unit.   5. Go over disjunctive questions. Blackboard Handwriting 探究活动 12星座查询   在多媒体教室上这节课，可能效果更好。教给学生如何上网查资料。   每个人都有自己的星座，统计一下本班同学都属于哪个星座。提供给你一份星座的时间表，但不全，请你通过网上查一查，并填好表格。 中文名称 外文名称 日 期 人物性格 水 瓶 座   January 20th—February 18th loving, wise, intelligent     ARIES           March 21st—April 19th   金 牛 座         GEMINI   quick-minded, thoughtful     June 22nd—July 22nd      LEO     处 女 座   August 23rd-- September 22nd     LIBRA     天 蝎 座           November 22nd – December 21st         hard-working, confident, patient   注意；此表格只是一种游戏和娱乐，仅供参考，千万不要迷信。   Keys: 中文名称 外文名称 日 期 人物性格 水 瓶 座 AQUARIES January 20th—February 18th loving, wise, intelligent 双 鱼 座 PRSCES February 19th-- March 20th  open-minded, fond of art 白 羊 座 ARIES March 21st— April 19th helpful, straight forward  金 牛 座 TAURUS April 20th-- May 20th intelligent, soft 双 子 座 GEMINI May 21st-- June 21st quick-minded, thoughtful 巨 蟹 座 CANCER June 22nd—July 22nd  kind, considerate 狮 子 座 LEO July 23rd-- August 22nd reliable, a born leader 处 女 座 VIRGO August 23rd-- September 22nd easy to get used to new things, thirst for knowledge, curious 天 平 座 LIBRA September 23rd -- October 22nd peaceful, good at judgment, of good taste 天 蝎 座 SCORPIO October 23rd-- November 21st warm-hearted, sociable 射 手 座 SCGITTARIUS November 22nd-- December 21st active, clear-minded 摩 羯 座 CAPRICORN December 22nd-- January 19th hard-working, confident, patient 趣味填词    Word Puzzle   左面有七朵云，每朵云里有一个英文字母，这些字母恰好构成英语单词“weather”——天气。众所周知，天气变化无常，请根据天气的变化（变换云朵位置），写出十四至十八个所学过的单词。   答案：1.we 2.eat 3.at 4.tea 5.the 6.he 7.her 8.here 9.there 10.tree 11.three 12.heart 13.are 14.where 15.hear 16.what 17.water 18.ate 中国节日介绍   你美国的朋友Bush向你询问中国的传统节日。我国有许多传统节日，最主要的有以下这些，请你的小组填好以下表格，并以表格的形式发 e-mail告之他。 节日名称 日 期 主要活动 主要传统食品 Lantern Festival The 15th of the 1st of lunar month     Spring Festival   Visit friends Watch TV Family party Dumplings Dragon  Boat Festival       Middle-Autumn Day         Keys: 节日名称 日 期 主要活动 主要传统食品 Lantern Festival The 15th of the 1st of lunar month (about in Fubruary) Look at the coloured lanterns Yuanxiao (sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice    flour) Spring Festival The 1st of the 1st of lunar month (about in Fubruary) Visit friends Watch TV Family party Dumplings Dragon  Boat Festival The 15th of the 5th lunar month (about in June or July) Match of dragon boats Zongzi(a pyramid -shape dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) Middle-Autumn Day The 15th of the 8th lunar month (about in September or October) Look at the moon mooncake 外国节日介绍   假如你在国外，你国内的朋友来信请你谈谈外国的节日,请你用表格的形式回答他们的问题。 节日名称   英文名称 日 期 新 年     情人节     耶稣受难日     愚人节     母亲节     父亲节     劳动节     万圣节（鬼节）     感恩节     圣诞节       Keys: 节日名称   英文名称 日期 新 年 New Year’s Day January 1st 情人节 Valentine’s Day February 14th 耶稣受难日 Good Friday March 21st 愚人节 April Fool’s Day April 1st 母亲节 Mother’s Day the second Sunday of May 父亲节 Father’s day the third Sunday of June 劳动节 Labor Day The first Monday of September 万圣节（鬼节） Halloween November 1st 感恩节 Thanksgiving Day The fourth Thursday of November 圣诞节 Christmas December 25th 旅游景点介绍   你是一位导游，请你向游人们介绍一下，北京各个季节可去的旅游景点。   英文提示词   Spring: Longtan Park, Tiantan Park, Palace Museum,   Summer: Summer Palace, Beihai Park,   Autumn: Xiangshan Park, Ming Tombs   Winter: Badachu Park   Welcome to Beijing! Beijing is a beautiful city. It has a long history of several thousands of years. It was a capital city of Yuan Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and other six Dynasties. Beijing has a lot of places of interest. Your travllingsights change with seasons. In spring you can go to Tiantan Park Beihai park Palace Museum and Jingshan Park. There are a lot of beautiful flowers in them. You can visit Summer palace and Beihai Park in summer. You will go boating in these parks. Autumn is the best seasons of a year. It is fine all the season. The weather is not too hot or too cold. People like to see Red Leaves in Xiangshan Park. Some of people are going to climb the hills. In winter you can go Badachu Park to see the sight of snow.