【正文】 ay be pleasant to live in the ho use. S: It might be hot summer in Picture 2 because there are many people swimming in the sea. And I can see a balloon. S: It is winter now in Picture 3. There are a lot of snow in the street. Then ask students to read the passage and check their answers. T: You should choose time to visit some good places in the USA. Read the passage carefully and fill in the table below. Places Time The reason New York and Washington DC May and October New England September California 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 目標語言 1. Words amp。 He may be a soldier. 他可能是個軍人。t rain every day, most rains happen in the evening or wee hours of the morning. The lightning show acpanying the tropical thunderstorms has to be seen to be believed. However, travel can be restricted. The many unsealed roads in Outback Australia are closed, and even highways get cut off at times. It is something I would only remend to people who have a lot of time. (And did I mention another reason why we locals love the Wet? We have the place to ourselves again.) 。 I can\39。 III． Class types and periods 課型設計與課時分配 Period 1 Listening and speaking (Unit 1) Period 2 Reading and writing （ Unit 2) Period 3 Language in use (Unit 3) Ⅳ . Teaching plans for each period 分課時教案 Period 1 Listening and speaking Target language 目標語言 1. Words amp。 5 用 because, so, but 提出參觀所在城鎮(zhèn)時的建議并說明理由。 Unit 1 談論天氣及其標志和氣象信息，談論不同國家和地區(qū)的天氣狀況，重點學習和天氣有關的詞匯以及情態(tài)動詞 may, might 和副詞 probably 表 示可能性的用法。 Unit 2 學習 關于美國各地區(qū)差別很大的氣候狀況的課文，學習一些外國地名的讀法；能 用 because, so, but 寫短文，