Module 11 The weather

中山大学附中三水实验学校  张佳望

一、学习目标:

1、知识与技能：掌握本模块中关于描述天气的词汇；掌握动词不定式用法；能够对照天气示意图，能听懂天气预报；能够谈论并描述天气；能够读懂语言材料，就某一问题提出建议并做出解释；能够就某一问题给出建议，并使用because , so , but写出原因。

2、情感态度：让学生了解世界各地的天气情况，能够就选择最佳时机来中国游玩提出建议；培养学生在学习和生活中如何向别人提出建议的能力。

3、学习策略：通过听、读语言材料学会在整句话中识别理解词汇；通过练习学会归纳、总结本模块的语法现象，并进行系统的操练；能够用英语描述天气，表达自己的观点和建议；能够关心他人，为他人排忧解难，解决学习与生活中的实际问题。

二、语法重点及难点:

1、情态动词may / might

2、.动词不定式做主语

Unit 3 Language in use

一）自主学习

A . Listen and choose the correct months.

1. Picture 1:

A . Sydney in July           B . Sydney in Dec. 

2. Picture 2:

A . New York in July         B . New York in Dec. 

3. Picture 3:

A . Sydney in June         B . Sydney in Feb.

Keys : 1. B   2. B   3. A  

B .Listen and check the true sentences.

1. In December the weather is usually the same in Sydney and New York. (F)

2. In June it never rains in Sydney. (F)

3. It's often very sunny in New York in December. (F)

4. It often snows in December in New York. (T)

5. It usually snows in Australia in December. (F)

Keys : 1. F   2. F   3. F   4. T   5. F

C . Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

bring; go; see; swim; visit; wear

Example:   It's nice to see the Sun in winter.

1. It's a good idea _________ an umbrella.

2. The best time ________ New York is in October.

3. It's very important ________ warm clothes when it's freezing.

4. It's nice _________ in the sea.

5. It's great fun __________ on holiday.

6. When it's sunny, he _________ sunglasses.

7. We'd better go and _________ the famous Water Park while we are in Tianjin.

Keys :

1. to bring  2. to visit  3. to wear  4. to swim   5. to go  6. wears   7. visit

D. Complete the sentences with possible, probably or may.

1. It will ________ rain tomorrow.

2. It ________ be cold and wet in London in January.

3. It's _________ freezing in Moscow in winter.

4. Is it _________ to visit Alaska in winter?

5. Mary _________ go to New England in fall.

Keys :

1. probably   2. may   3. probably   4. possible   5. may

E . Complete the sentences.

Example:

The weather is pleasant, but bring a sweater ... (cold in the evening).

The weather is pleasant, but bring a sweater because it may be cold in the evening.

1. It's sunny now, but let's take an umbrella ... (rain later)

2. It isn't always warm in February, so ... (cool)

3. We're going to the mountains, and we hope ... (snow)

4. It's usually hot and sunny so ... (swim in the sea)

5. Buy a good map because ... (visit the city)

6. Don't go to Russia in winter ... (dark all day, freezing cold)

7. In Mexico, in summer … (too hot and sunny)

Possible answers:

1. It's sunny now, but let's take an umbrella because it may / might rain later.

2. It isn't always warm in February, so it may / might be cool.

3. We're going to the mountains, and we hope it won't snow.

4. It's usually hot and sunny so we will probably swim in the sea.

5. Buy a good map because we may / might visit the city.

6. Don't go to Russia in winter because it might be dark all day and freezing cold.

7. In Mexico, in summer it will be too hot and sunny.

F . Complete the sentences.

Example:

It rains a lot in spring.

It's the rainy season.

1. There's a lot of________ . It's cloudy.

2. The weather is snowy and there's a lot of _________ in the park.

3. The Sun is shining. It's very ________ and hot today.

4. The wind is very strong. It's so ________ that it's difficult to walk.

5. There was a bad _______ . The weather is stormy.

Keys :

1. cloud   2. snow   3. sunny   4. windy   5. storm

G . Complete the passage with the words in the box.

cold;  compared;  lot;  depend;  might;  time;  weather;  winter

It's very difficult to depend on the weather in Britain because it changes a lot. (1)________ with countries like Mexico, Egypt or India, it's really very (2) ________ . You can't plan to have a barbecue very easily, even in summer—it (3)________ rain! From (4)________ to time, you get several days of good (5)________ . Everybody loves it! But usually, there's a (6)________ of rain, especially in (7)________ . It doesn't snow very often but people always hope it'll snow at Christmas.

Keys :

1. compared   2. cold   3. might   4. time   5. weather   6. lot   7. winter

二）合作学习

A . Complete the sentences in your own words.

1. It's a good idea ...

2. The best time ...

3. It's very important ...

4. It's nice ...

5. It's great fun ...

B . Say what you usually do, then say what you might do:

1        this evening

2         at the weekend

3         in the holidays

I usually do my homework but I might watch a programme on TV this evening.

C . Read the email and answer the questions.

1. When might be the best time to come ?

2. What might the weather be like ?

3. What clothes should she bring ?

4. Where might Ms Wang like to stay ?

5. What might she like to do ?

Keys :

1. The best time to come might be in October.

2. The weather might be warm with some rain but also cold .

3. She should bring a sweater.

4. She might like to stay in a bed-and breakfast.

5. She might like to buy a railcard to travel around the rest of the country.

三）探究学习

Module task : Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China.

Write a message to a friend who wants to visit China.

 1) When might be the best time for your friend to come? Why?

  2) What might the weather be like?

  3) What should he/she bring? Why?

  4) Where might he/she like to stay?

  5) What might he/she like to do?

四）达标学习

A. 选择填空

1. It’s a good idea __________an umbrella .

A . bring   B. to bring    C. bringing

2. The poor old man depends __________ his only son .

A . at   B. in    C. on

3. He _________ in Shanghai two days ago .

A . reached   B. arrived    C. got

4. There is a lot of _________ . It’s _________ .

A . rainy , rain   B. cloud , cloudy    C. cloudy , cloud

5. I want to go to the supermarket _________  some shopping .

A . to buy    B. do    C. to do

6. There are many students _________ on the playground .

A . running   B. ran    C. to run

Keys :

1. B  2. C  3. B  4. B   5. C   6. A

B．完成句子

1．记住穿些保暖的衣服，可能会下雪。

Remember ________________some warm clothes . It will _______________ .

2．我们很难在两者之间作决定。

It is difficult _______________________ between the two .

3．可能他会来看你。

________________________ that he will come to see you .

4．搭地铁上班不舒服。

It is uncomfortable _______________________ by subway .

5．他不是一个可信赖的人。

He is not a man _____________________ .

Keys :

1. to wear , probably snow   2. for us to decide  3. It is possible

4. to go to work    5. to depend on

五）语法小结

maybe    perhaps   probably   possibly 的区别：

1. maybe"大概，或许"，意思与perhaps很接近，多数地方可以换用，但不及perhaps正式，多用于口语，还可用于礼貌的建议或请求，多用于句首或句末，多用于美国。

2. perhaps"也许，可能，大概"，可与maybe换用，但比maybe正式。perhaps还可用于建议，清求及温和的命令，英国用法。

① Perhaps/Maybe I‘ll go．

②This is perhaps his best novel yet．　　

③Perhaps/Maybe you would like to join us for lunch．（表请求）

④You'd better go now，perhaps．（表命令）

3. probably“大概，很可能”，所表示的可能性虽不是完全肯定，但比maybe，perhaps实现的可能性大, 多与动词连用。

4. possibly“可能地，也许，或许”，较probably意味弱，在肯定句表可能性很小，在否定、疑问句中与can，could连用，表示“无沦如何也不”，肯定句中与can，could连用，以加强语气，表示“设法，竭力地”。

e.g.

⑤John probably told his father all about the matter；he usually tells him everything． (表可能性很大)
⑥I'll do all I possibly can.我将尽我的所能去做。(与can连用)
⑦I can't possibly drink any more．我无论如何不能再喝了。