Module 10

Module 10 The weather

The weather is fine all year round. Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.

Revision What will the weather be like in …?

When’s the best time to visit your town or country? Why? Warming up When’s the best time to visit your town or country? Why? Example S1: When is the best time to visit your town/city? S2: I think September is the best time. S1: Why? S2: Because it’s not too hot or cold at that time.

Enjoy some pictures. Talk about what you can see in the pictures.

The United States of America

When’s the best time to visit the US? The US is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.

New York or Washington DC in winter

New York Washington DC New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in ____ or ________, but in winter there’s a lot of ______. May October snow

New England The best time to visit New England is in __________. The weather gets ______, and the green leaves start to turn _____, then ______. Bring your _______ so you can take photos of the autumn trees. September cooler gold brown camera

California In California, the weather is ____ all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go __________ in the sea, even in _________. fine swimming December

Seattle In Seattle, in the northwest, it isn’t very ____ but it ____ a lot, so bring an ________. cold rains umbrella

Alaska In Alaska, the days are long and warm in _______, but may be ____ in the evening, so bring a warm _______. Don’t go in winter. It’ll be very cold. summer cool sweater

Texas In Texas and the southeast, it’s usually very ____ and ______ compared to other places. There are _______ from time to time in summer and autumn. hot sunny storms

Words and expressions mile northwest umbrella southeast from time to time n. 英里 n. 西北； adj. 西北的；朝西北的 n. 雨伞 n. 东南； adj. 东南的；朝东南的 有时；间或

Listen and read

Complete the table. Place Weather Best time to visit New York Winter: New England In May or October a lot of snow It gets cooler in September. In September

Place Weather Best time to visit California Alaska Summer: Winter: Fine all year round All year In summer warm day, cool night very cold

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. brown mile storm sweater umbrella 1. In autumn the leaves turn gold and then ________. 2. It is about 3,000 _______ from the east coast to the west coast. brown miles

3. You might need a(n) ________ in the evening. 4. Sometimes there are ________ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast. 5. You will need a(n) _________ in Seattle because it rains a lot. sweater storms umbrella

1. The best time to visit New England is in September. 九月是去新英格兰游览的最佳时间。 这里的New England (新英格兰) 指的是美国东北部的一个地区, 它包括六个州：缅因州（Maine ）、 新罕布什尔州（New Hampshire）、佛蒙特州

(Vermont)、马萨诸塞州(Massachusetts)、 罗得岛州(Rhode Island) 和康涅狄格州(Connecticut) 。这里的小镇非常美丽，每年秋天都会有大批游客来此游玩。1614年英国探险家约翰•史密斯 (John Smith) 给这个地方起名为新英格兰。

2. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees. 带上你的照相机以便拍摄秋天的树木。 take photos of …的意思是“给……拍照”。例如： I took a photo of Linda. 我给琳达拍了一张照片。 She took a lot of photos of the kids. 她给孩子们拍了许多照片。

3. In Texas and the southeast, it’s usually very hot and sunny compared to other places. 和其他地方相比，得克萨斯州和东南部地区通常天气很热，阳光灿烂。 compared to 意为“和……比较”， 表示此意也可以用 compared with。例如：

Compared to our small house, Bill’s house seemed like a palace. 和我们的小房子相比，比尔的房子就像一座宫殿。 This road is very busy compared to/ with ours. 和我们（附近）的马路相比，这条马路（交通）非常繁忙。

4. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn. 但是夏秋季节时常有暴风雨。 from time to time 表示“有时, 间或”。 例如: He has moved to another city, but we write to each other from time to time. 他移居到了另外一座城市，但我们会时不时通通信。

They are now living in different cities, but they still talk on the phone from time to time. 他们现在生活在不同的城市, 但是仍然间或通通电话。

Exercises I. 请根据句意及括号内所给汉语提示写出所缺单词。 1. My father bought a _______ (照相机) for me on my birthday. 2. It’s raining and you should take an ________ (雨伞) with you. camera umbrella

3. It will get cooler and cooler when ___________ (秋天) comes. 4. Bring your _______________ (游泳衣) because you might go swimming in the sea. autumn/fall swimming clothes

II. 请根据所给汉语及括号内的提示词语 翻译下列句子。 1. 每天用英语写日记是个好主意。 (it’s a good idea to ...) _______________________________ _______________________ It’s a good idea to keep an English diary every day.

2. 与其他城市相比，海南的冬天很温暖。 (compared to ...) ______________________________ ________________________ 3. 我昨天在动物园拍了几张猴子的照片。 (take photos of ...) _______________________________ _______________________________ Hainan is very warm in winter compared to other cities. I took several photos of monkeys in the zoo yesterday.

It’s very warm in Kunming all year. _________________________________ 5. 海上时不时有风暴, 所以你一定要小心。 (from time to time) __________________________________ It’s very warm in Kunming all year. There are storms on the sea from time to time, so you must be very careful.

Match the two parts of the sentences. 1. You can come any time you like, but … 2. It often rains in spring, so … 3. Bring a coat because … 4. Our plan is to walk in the countryside, so … 5. Sydney is a big city, but … 6. Let’s stay for a long time because …

Keys: 1.c 2.d 3.a 4.e 5.f 6.b a) … it will soon become cool. b) … there are lots of things to see. c) … the best time to visit England is in spring. d) … it’s a good idea to bring an umbrella. e) … wear comfortable shoes. f) … we will find our way with a good map. Keys: 1.c 2.d 3.a 4.e 5.f 6.b

Write some advice for visiting your home town and give reasons Write some advice for visiting your home town and give reasons. Use because, so and but. The best time to visit my home town is in … because the weather is … ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________