【正文】 December The northwest (Alaska) July and August Southeast(Texas) Spring and winter Ask students to work in pairs to plete the table and report their answers. Then go through the answers with the students. Sample answers: Places Time The reason New York and Washington DC May and October Because it’s not too hot then. In winter there’s a lot of snow, too. New England September The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change color. And you can take photos of the autumn leaves. California December The weather is fine all year. You can swim in the sea. The northwest (Alaska) July and August It isn’t very cold and there’s a lot of rain. Southeast(Texas) Spring and winter Because it’s usually very sunny here. Step III Careful reading In this procedure, students will read the passage more carefully and slowly. Then they will do activities 2 and 3. Check the answers with the class. T: If you want to give your friends advice, you’d better give your reasons at the same time. Now read the passage again and find out the sentences of this type. Sample sentences: 1. Bring an umbrella. Bring an umbrella because it might rain. 2. Wear warm clothes. Wear warm clothes because it might be cool in the evening. Ask students to report their work. Game Ask students to do activity 4 by playing a game “Look for your friends”. T: When we give our friends advice, we should use because or so to say our reasons. Let’s e to activity 4. Please read the sentences first, and then we’ll play a game. Divide students into two groups and ask each group to write these sentences down on small pieces of paper. One group writes down the first part numbered 1, 2, 3 … and the other the part with a, b, c… . Then begin the game as follows: S1 group draws one piece from Sa group and read the sentence, the other group must respond quickly by matching the two parts of the sentence and read out loudly. One sample: S1: You can e any time you like, but… Sa: But the best time to visit England is in spring. Step IV Writing In this procedure, students will try to write some advice and give the reasons using so, but, because. T: We’ve learned the best time to visit the USA from the passage. What’s the best time to visit your town? Write your advice and don’t fet to give your reasons. Give students a few minutes to write and ask some students to read what they write before the class. Sample version: The best time to visit my town is in summer because the famous cypresses all bee green. The mountains and rivers are very clear and cool. And don’t fet to bring your umbrellas because there might be rains any time there. Guess where my town is! Step V Homework Ask students to 1. finish activities 4—7 on page 153. 2. find information about Sydney and New York. Period 3 Language in use Target language 目標(biāo)語言 1. Words amp。 10 倆倆合作，詢問溫度、天氣狀況。 1, 2 聽錄音，選擇正確的月份和句子。 9 對不同時間內(nèi)天氣狀況做出預(yù)測。 1 要求把表示天氣狀況的詞匯與相應(yīng)圖標(biāo)配對。 Vocabulary and listening中設(shè)計了 6 個活動。 8 利用活動 2 中正確信息，描述天氣情況。 Unit 3 在練習(xí)中復(fù)現(xiàn)本單元重點(diǎn)詞匯、句型和語法；讀關(guān)于 The wettest place 的文章；準(zhǔn)備關(guān)于到中國 來旅游的最佳時間的建議。 9用表示天氣狀況的詞補(bǔ)充句子。 phrases 生詞和短語 cloud, shower, degree, temperature, joke, wet, might, windy, probably, sunny, cool, dry, cloudy, centigrade, freezing, snowy 2. Key sentences 重點(diǎn)句子 It’s freezing, isn’t it? It may not even be cold, just wet. And it might be windy. What will the weather be like? It may be quite cool, so it’ll probably be hot and sunny. Come on, better get going! Ability goals 能力目標(biāo) Enable students to listen to and talk about weather. Teaching important/difficult points 教學(xué)重難點(diǎn) The usage of may, might and probably. Teaching methods 教學(xué)方法 Taskbased learning. Teaching aids 教具準(zhǔn)備 A projector, some pictures and a tape recorder Teaching procedures and ways 教學(xué)過程與方式 Step I Leadin Show some pictures to help students learn some new words about weather. The Sun Clouds Rain Severe Weather T: Weather has an important effect on our lives. If we are planning a trip or just getting dressed in the morning, we always have to know what the weather will be like. Weather changes with different seasons and times. Look at the picture above. What’s the weather like? S: It’s sunny. S: It’s cloudy. S: It’s raining. S: It’s flashing. Show the words about the weather. cloud, rain, showers, snow, storm, sun, wind Ask students to read the new wo