Bard High School Early College 施玲玲老师 Lesson Eleven Talking about the Weather 第十一课 谈天气 会话二 The Weather Here is Aweful! 这儿的天气真糟糕！ Bard High School Early College 施玲玲老师

Warm up questions How was the weather yesterday? 昨天天气怎么样？ What kind of weather do you like? 你喜欢什么样的天气? 你喜不喜欢冬天的天气？ 你觉得哪里的天气好？

Learning Goals学习目标 Employ basic terms for weather patterns and phenomena. Describe simple weather changes; Compare the weather of two places and persons Talk about what you may do in nice or bad weather: Present a simple weather forecast

生词Vocabulary

那么(nàme) so, such He is so nice, why don’t you like him? 他人那么好！你为什么不喜欢他？ This character is so easy, how can you not know how to write it? 这个字那么容易，你怎么不会写！

好玩儿（háowánr) fun, amusing, interesting Beijing has many fun place (you can visit). 北京有很多好玩的地方可以去。 长城 chángchéng

出去(chūqù): go out 回去(huíqù)： go back May I speak to XX (on the phone) 请问XX在（家）吗？ He is out. 他出去了. Are you going back to see your parents this summer vacation? 你今年暑假回去看你爸爸妈妈吗？

非常 (fēicháng): very, extremely 非 =》“不”的意思；常 =》“平常“--píngcháng Today’s weather is very bad. 今天的天气非常糟糕！ 这里冬天的天气怎么样？ 这里冬天的天气非常冷。 She is very beautiful! 她非常漂亮。

糟糕 (zāogāo): terrible Today I did really bad in my test. 今天我考试考得非常糟糕。 Shoot! I forgot to bring my money. 糟糕了！我忘了带钱！ The weather is terrible today! 今天天气非常糟糕！

Four seasons 四季 sìjì 一年有四季（seasons):春、夏、秋、冬 春天 (chūntiān): Spring 夏天 (xiàtiān): Summer 秋天 (qiūtiān): Autumn 冬天 (tōngtiān): Winter

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春 夏 秋 冬 chūn xià qiū dōng 你喜欢哪一个季节？春天、夏天、秋天还是冬天？ 你的老家春天/夏天/秋天/冬天的天气怎么样？ 春：春雨、早春 、暖春 、 春风 秋：中秋、秋雨、秋风 冬：暖冬

下雨（xiàyǔ): rain 下雪 (xiàxuě): snow It’s raining! 下雨了！ It’s snowing! 下雪了！ Does it snow heavily in Cleveland during the winter? 克利夫兰冬天下大雪吗?

又 yòu /再 zài: again 又 yòu –again (for actions that have already happened). 我昨天又去看他了。 I went to see him again yesterday. 再 zài– again （for actions that will happen again). 再见！ 我今天吃了中国菜，明天我想再吃中国菜。

又 yòu /再 zài: again She watch that movie yesterday, today she watched it again. 她昨天看那部电影，今天又看了那部电影了！ Will you come to visit me again? 你会再来看我吗？ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XKwJHJE4Y

舒服 (shūfu): comfortable A: What’s the matter? 你怎么了？ B: I don’t feel quite well today. 我今天觉得不太舒服/我觉得有点 儿不舒服。 I feel very refreshed (comfortable) after taking a shower. 洗了澡以后，我觉得很舒服。

面试 (miànshì) interview I feel a bit nervous, (because) today I have an interview. 我今天有一个面试。我觉得有点儿紧张。 I am coming for an interview. 我来面试。

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重要句型 Key sentence patterns

The Adverb 又 (yòu, again) indicates repetition of an action. (It snowed yesterday morning. It snowed again this morning. ) 昨天早上下雪， 今天早上又下雪了。 (My mom called me last week. She called me again this week.) 妈妈上个星期给我打电话，这个星期又给我打电话了。

I went ice-skating last week. I went ice-skating again this week. 我上个星期去滑冰，今天我又去滑冰了。

Note: Both 又 (yõu, again) and 再 (zãi, again) can indicate repetition of an action, but in a sentence with 又 (yõu, again), both the original action and the repetition usually occurred in the past whereas 再 (zãi, again) denotes an anticipated repetition of an action in general.

(I danced last weekend. Yesterday I went dancing again.) 我上个周末去跳舞，昨天我又去跳舞了。 (I danced yesterday. I’m thinking of going dancing again tomorrow night.) • 我昨天去跳舞了，我想明天晚上再去跳舞。 Do Language Practice on p. 24. H. Little Zhang’s Routine.

Adj/V + 是 + Adj/V, + 可是/但是 Sentences in this pattern usually imply that the speaker accepts the validity of a certain point of view but wishes to offer an alternative perspective or emphasize a different aspect of matter.

A: (Is ice-skaing difficult?) 滑冰难不难？ Huábīng nán bú nán ？ B: (It is difficult, but it is fun.) 滑冰难是难，可是很好玩儿。 Huábīng nán shì nán ，kěshì hěn hǎowánr

A:(Do you get nervous driving on the highway?) 在高速公路上开车，你紧张嗎？ Zài gāosù gōnglù shàng kāichē ，nǐ jǐnzhāng ma B:(I do get nervous, but I found it a lot of fun, too.) 紧张是紧张，可是也很好玩兒。 Jǐnzhāng shì jǐnzhāng ，kěshì yě hěn hǎo wán ér

A:(There is a meeting at school tomorrow, will you go?) 明天学校开会，你去不去？ Míngtiān xuéxiào kāihuì, nǐ qù bú qù? B:(I’ll go, but I’ll be a little bit late.) 我去是去，可是会晚一点儿。 Wǒ qù shì qù, kěshì huì wǎn yī diǎn ér

A:(Do you like this picture?) 你喜欢这张照片吗？ Nǐ xǐhuān zhèzhāng zhàopiàn ma ？ B:(I like it, but this picture is too small.) 喜欢是喜欢，可是这张照片太小了。 Xǐ huān shì xǐ huān ，kěshì zhè hāng zhàopiàn tài xiǎo le. This pattern can be used only when the adjective or verb in it has already been mentioned. Do Language Practice on p. 25 I. Two sides of every coin. P. 25.

Textbook Language Practice J. Beijing Weather p. 25 看图，根据天气预报，北京的天气会怎么样？ 北京下个星期一天气会怎么样？ 北京下个星期二天气会怎么样？ 北京下个星期三天气会这么样？

How’s the weather where your family live? Supplementary words to describe weather: p. 27 潮湿 cháoshī: wet, humid 闷热 mēnrè: hot and stifling 凉快 liángkuài: pleasantly cool 晴天 qíngtiān: sunny day 阴天 yīntiān: cloudy day 风 wind/多风 fēng/duōfēng: Windy