Weather Forecast Unit 5 Talking About the Weather
Dec 20, 2015
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Unit 5 Talking About the Weather
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Session 2
Section III
Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage Ⅰ
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Passage Ⅰ
Is It Going to Be a Fine Day
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Warm-up questions
1. What’s the weather like today?
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Something about Celsius and Fahrenheit:
In weather forecasts we usually use two
different measurements of temperature to
describe the weather.
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2. Do you know the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit?
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One is Celsius ( ) and the other ℃
is Fahrenheit ( ). 0 equals 32 ℉ ℃ ℉
and l00 equals 2l2 . Western ℃ ℉
people are more familiar with
Fahrenheit measurement.
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Reading of the passage
Is It Going to Be a
Fine Day
passage
passage
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Para.1: Which city’s weather condition is
mentioned in the first
paragraph?
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Para. 2: What’s the weather going to
be like tomorrow in Chicago?
Answer the following questions according to paragraphs.
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Para. 3: What’s the weather condition
in Los Angeles?
Reading comprehension
Para. 4: How is the weather expected to
be on the weekend in
Colorado?
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Para. 5: What’s the weather like in
Montreal?
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Para. 6: Which city is a good place for
you to enjoy a sunny
weekend?
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Reading comprehension
Pick up the words and
expressions describing
weather conditions used
in the passage.
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shower wind snow storm
rain
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shower wind snow
storm raincloudy freezing fair windy cold sunny clear
scattered showers, freezing point, cold front, snow activity,thirty-mile-an-hour winds
B. Adjectives:
C. Phrases:
A. Nouns:
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Forecast area Cities Weather
conditions
The city with the lowest
temperatureC_____
32 ; raining; ℉scatteredshowers
The city with the highest
temperatureM____
78 ; clear; ℉sunny
hicago
iami
Reading comprehension
Fill in the table with the information in Passage Ⅰ.
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The cities in the west
San Francisco
showers
L________ little above 70 ; fair℉
San Diego fair
D_______ 38 ; windy and ℉cold
os Angeles
enver
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The cities in the east
Dallas 48 ; cold℉
D________ 43 ; from ℉rain to snow
T________ 41 ; from ℉rain to snow
etroit
oronto
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The cities in the east
M_______ storm
N_______ snow
ontreal
ew York
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Useful words and expressions
see or describe (a future happening) in advance; be expected to be
It is predicted to be cold and windy through the weekend.
a. be predicted to
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Useful words and expressions
in the process of going or coming
The weatherman says that colder
weather is on its way.
b. on one’s way
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Useful words and expressions
(of the weather) not suitable for the time of year
Shenyang is experiencing unseasonably warm weather this winter.
c. unseasonably
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Useful words and expressions
cause to be finished; come to an end
The cold weather is going to wind up soon.
d. wind up
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1. We predict good weather for several days ahead though the temperature may be rather low.
Key to Ex. 5:
2. She has experienced quite a lot for such a young age.
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3. The chairman wound up his speech by giving thanks to everyone present.
Key to Ex. 5:
4. People across the country are hailing for China’s successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.
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5. The current global situation is favorable to us.
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6. They enjoy a 30-day paid holiday every year.
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7. Viruses can reach your computer in various ways.
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1. It looks like that we are going to be listening to all this nonsense through the meeting.
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It looks like that she is going to feel depressed through the month.
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2. The weather is expected to be
terrible through the weekend.
The economy is expected to be
slump through the year.
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Key to Ex. 6:
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3. He walked as far south as the river
and then stopped for a rest.
The desert stretches as far north as
the border.
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She’ll never forget him, her first
love of the life.
4. She made a hit in the performance,
her first success of the year.
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Key to Ex. 6:
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5. If you are thinking about a further
study, now’s the time to do it.
If you are thinking about buying a
house, now’s the time to do it.
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Back to study, once again, you
must work hard.
6. Back to the topic just now, once
again, that is only my personal
idea.
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Key to Ex. 6:
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8. Have a good rest, and if you feel cold in the room, don’t hesitate to turn on the air-conditioner.
Have a nice sleep, and if you don’t feel any better, come to see me again.
Key to Ex. 6:
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1. Translate the first three
paragraphs of Passage I into
Chinese.
2. Preview Passage II and the
exercises.
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Reading of the passage
A weatherman is giving the weekend forecast on the TV evening news:
...It's still raining here in Chicago, and it looks like that rain is going to continue through the weekend. It'll be cloudy tomorrow with scattered showers, and the outlook for Sunday--more rain and colder. The predicted high for tomorrow is forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and the temperature is expected to dip to the freezing point tomorrow night with thirty-two degrees. I'm afraid colder weather is on its way!
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Reading of the passage
Now let's take a look at the weather across the country. Showers are expected tomorrow down the West Coast as far south as San Francisco. Fair weather in the low seventies is predicted for the Los Angeles area; fair in San Diego.
There is a cold front from Canada moving down through the western states. Thirty-eight degrees in Denver, Colorado, with thirty-mile-an-hour winds, and it's expected to be cold and windy right through the weekend. Dallas is experiencing unseasonably cold weather--forty-eight degrees.
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Reading of the passage
It is raining as far east as Detroit and Toronto, and rain is going to continue through tomorrow, when it may turn to snow. Currently , forty-three degrees in Detroit, forty-one degrees in Toronto. And temperature's dropping.
It's snowing heavily in Montreal, ladies and gentlemen, its first storm of the season, and we expect snow activity to move down from Canada into the eastern states sometime tomorrow, probably reaching the New York area sometime tomorrow night.
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Reading of the passage
Good weather across the south. Clear skies in Miami, and they're going to enjoy a sunny seventy-eight degrees in that town this weekend, so if you're thinking about a vacation, now's time to do it. Back to Chicago. Once again, continuing rain tonight through Sunday. Current temperature, thirty-eight degrees. And that winds up our weather report for this evening. This is Dave Spellman. Have a good night, and if you're going out, don't forget your umbrella.