Dates, months and seasons

　　Keys: 1. Dear　　2. hope　　3. for　　4. asked　　5. are

　　6.here　　7.summer　　8.best　　9.gets　　10. get

　　11. In　　12.grow　　13.turn　　14.out　　15.comes

　　16.waimest　　17.heavily　　18. time　　19.because　　20.sports

　　21.swimming　22.lake　　23.river　　24.much　　25.Autumn

　　26. shorter　　27. longer　　28. busy　　29. with　　30. Last

　　31.woiking　　32.don’t　　33.but　　34.all　　35.make

　　36.there　　37.hear　　38.round　　39.are　　40.Yours

　　 Step 5 Homework

　　1. Read the letter fluently.

　　2. Make sentences with the useful expressions.

　　3. Try to write a short English letter.

　　假如Helen 给你也写了一封信，让你谈谈你家乡的四季，请你回一封信。

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Lesson 43-L44 教学设计方案

(一课时或两课时)

　　教学目标

　　掌握语音；谈谈自己对四季的看法，说说自己最喜欢那个季节，并说明理由。

　　教学用具

　　录影机、媒体设备。

教学步骤

　　Step 1 Revision

　　四季和12个月份。

　　Step 2 Presentation

　　老师朗读这些句子，朗读两遍，重读动词及反意部分。

　　It’s fine today, isn’t it? Yes, it is.

　　You’re from Japan, aren’t you?  Yes, I am.

　　They are waiting, aren’t they?  No, they aren’t.

　　He’s a middle school student, isn’t he?  Yes, he is.

　　She is at home now, isn’t she? No, she isn’t. She is at school.

　　It was Sunday yesterday, wasn’t it? Yes, it was.

　　Jim knows the way Australians speak, doesn’t he?  Yes, he is.

　　Han Meimei knows Jim a lot, doesn’t she?

　　They were watching TV yesterday evening, weren’t they? Yes, they were.

　　You like spring best, don’t you? No, I don’t. I like summer.

　　将这些句子用投影仪打出，让学生观察，并总结反意问句的构成，以及它的回答方式。

　　Step 3 Drill

　　然后可采用老师说主句部分，由学生练习缩略部分的方式练习。练熟后由学生说主句部分，老师说从句部分，直至练熟。也可在黑板上出一部分句子，写出主句部分，让学生写反意部分。目前只让学生练习前肯定后否定的反意问句，回答部分不必多花时间。

　　听录音，并跟读。

　　Step 4 Practise pair work

　　联系Part 2 可让学生自由发挥， 如两人谈谈北京的四季，和你家乡的季节，但主要练习反意问句及其回答。

　　教单词：true　　near　nearly　　like  unlike  opposite

　　Step 5 Listen and repeat

　　Open your books and do Exercise One, Lesson 44

　　Pay attention to these pronunciations.

　　Read the words again.

　　T: Now let’s do Exercise Two. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers on Page 134.

　　Then check the answers together.

　　Step 6 Consolidation

　　1．看图并谈谈北京的四季。一个学生可重点谈一个季节。练习Lesson 43 Part3.

　　2．让学生编一个对话，谈谈自己所喜爱的季节。引出一个十分有用的句型：That’s true.

　　仿照Lesson 44 Part3.

　　A: Which season do you like best, spring, summer, autumn or winter?

　　B: That’s an easy question. I think I like spring best.

　　A: Why?

　　B: Well, I like travelling. You can do a lot of sightseeing in spring. What about you?

　　A: Can you guess?

　　B: You like winter, don’t you?

　　A: Yes. How did you guess?

　　B: Because you like skiing.

　　A: That’s true, but I like summer better than winter.

　　B: Why?

　　A: Because I can have a long holiday in Summer then.

　　3．Listen Lesson 44 Part 4 Read.

　　把你听到的填写在下列表格中，对比中国，美国和澳大利亚。

　　Keys

　　Ask the students to look at the two pictures in students Book and describe the pictures in their own words.

　　Let them talk about the weather in China, in England, in the U. S. A. and in Australia.

4. Go over Checkpoint 11

　　A: Grammar

　　1. disjunctive questions　　2. the prepositions: in, on and at

　　B: Useful expressions

　　1. turn green/yellow/…　　2. this year/month/…　　3. the next year/month/…

　　4. be different from　　5. What is the date today?　　6. What’s the weather like?

　　Step 7 Exercises in class

　　Listening practice.

　　Listen to a story and try to answer the following questions.

　　Everybody talks about weather. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” I think it s going to snow. These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.

　　Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We’re going to have fine weather tomorrow.”

　　People often look for the weather they want. When farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that it's going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.

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