cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on, mile, northwest, umbrella, southeast, from time to time

1. You’re joking!

2. Sounds great!

3. Come on!

4. When is the best time to visit your country?

5. What clothes should she bring?

6. What’s the temperature?

7. Where are you going?

8. It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.

9. It might be rainy.

10. It’s probably sunny and hot there.

11. Bring a map because you may want to travel around.

1. Function: Describing the weather.

2. Structure: may, might, probably (for possibility)

3. Skills:

1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (weather).

2) Giving weather forecast based on clues; predicting about future weather using probably.

3) Reading and finding specific information.

4) Writing a short passage about the best time to visit your town, using because, so and but.

4. Around the world: The wettest place

5. Task: Preparing some advice on the best time to visit China

1. Describing the weather.

2. Grammar: The using of may, might, probably (for possibility)

Listening and speaking 

 Interactive approach

1. To understand conversations about the weather;

2. To get specific information from the listening material;

3. To talk about possibilities

1. Key vocabulary: cloud, shower, snow, storm, cloudy, rainy, snowy, sunny, windy, skate, thick, ice, joke, might, temperature, minus, degree, although, wet, terrible, wish, probably, come on

2. Key structures: may, might, probably (for possibility)

3. Key sentences:

1) ― What’s the temperature?

― It’s between minus five and minus two degrees!

2) ― What’s the weather like in …? = How is the weather in …?

― It’s snowy (cloudy, rainy, sunny, windy ...).

3) … although this year it snowed a lot.

4) Come on, better get going!

5) It’s probably sunny and hot there.

It’ll probably be cold tomorrow.

Tape recorder, OHP, video

Weather report:

1) Show some pictures of the weather.

2) Ask and answer: What's the weather like in …?

1. Show some pictures of the weather. Ask the students to talk about the weather.

2. Introduce the new words.

1) sun  n. 太阳 → sunny adj. 晴朗的

2) rain  n. 雨 → rainy adj. 多雨的；下雨的

3) cloud  n.云 → cloudy adj. 多云的

4) snow  n.雪；  v. 下雪 → snowy   adj.多雪的；下雪的

5) wind  n.风 → windy   adj.多风的；刮大风的

6) storm  n. 暴风雨 → stormy   adj.有暴风雨的

7) shower  n. 阵雨； → showery   adj.有雷阵雨的

3. Learn the new words.

4. Read the new words.

5. Exercises:

边学边练：根据句子意思，用适当的词填空：

1) It rains a lot in summer in Beijing. It’s often ________.

2) There’re a lot of clouds. It’s _________.

3) The weather is snowy and there’s a lot of __________ in the park.

4) The sun is out. It’s very ____________ and hot today.

5) The wind is very strong. It’s so __________ that it’s difficult to walk.

6. Ask the students to check with a partner.

7. Check the answers:

Keys: 1. rainy 2. cloudy  3. snow  4. sunny  5. windy

8. Learn the new words.