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Look at the following pictures and tell what the weather is like.

sunny

rainy

cloudy

overcast

snowy

thundery

tornado / hurricane

foggy

sunny / fine drizzly / light rain partly cloudy moderate rain cloudy heavy rain overcast rainstorm

thunder / lightning heavy snow rain & snow hail (冰雹) light snow frost (霜冻) moderate snow fog / mist

Sentences used in a weather report Ø It will be cloudy /overcast /drizzly … Ø The morning /afternoon will be …, with heavy showers around lunchtime. Ø A thin mist /cloudy weather will develop. . . Ø A thin mist will turn to fog. It be + 表示天气情况的adj (+时间+地点) There be +表示天气情况的名词(+时间+地点)

Learn to report the weather Morning Afternoon Weather The morning will be fine, fine with showers in the afternoon. A fog will develop in the morning and the afternoon will be sunny It’ll be overcast in the morning and there’ll be snow in the afternoon.

Five-day weather forecast for Nanjing Monday partly cloudy Tuesday light rain / drizzly Wednesday Thursday Friday Hi 13°Lo 2° Hi 12°Lo 6° overcast Hi 19°Lo 9° rainstorm Hi 15°Lo 5° rain & snow Hi 5°Lo 1°

How to describe the temperature Centigrade (℃) /’sentigreid/ 摄氏温 度的 华氏温 度的 Fahrenheit (℉) /f. Ar. En’hait/

℃ (centigrade) (0 ℃ - 100 ℃) ℉(Fahrenheit) (32 ℉ = 0 ℃, 212 ℉ = 100 ℃) (20℃) 20 degrees centigrade (-5 ℃) minus 5 degrees centigrade below freezing / zero (40 ℉) 40 degrees Fahrenheit

Learn to report the temperature In the morning the temperature will be 16 ℃. It will drop to 12 ℃ in the afternoon. And in the evening it will be freezing and drop to -1 ℃.

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Scanning

1. That morning, the city was already covered in a thick fog. 2. Because of the thick fog, she had to take a subway. 3. When she got to the station entrance, she sensed that nobody was there. 4. By the time she reached the corner of the street, she heard the sound of footsteps, and then she was taken away by force. 5. While she was walking in such a thick fog, she felt frightened. 6. An old man helped her get to her destination: King Street. 7. After she arrived at 86 King Street, she invited the blind man to come in and rest for a while. 8. From the text, we can infer that the blind man helped many people who were lost that day.

Scanning

Read the story again with the following 6 questions

1. Why did Polly leave work early? 2. Why did Polly take the underground train to Green Park? 3. What was the weather like outside the train station? 4. According to lines 22 -24, what made Polly afraid? 5. According to line 33, what did the man look like? 6. How could the man tell that Polly was young?

1. Why did Polly leave work early? Because there was a thick fog that afternoon and she wondered if the bus would still be running in the fog. 2. Why did Polly take the Underground train to Green park? Because the fog was too thick for the bus to go to King Street. 3. What was the weather like outside the train station? The fog lay like a thick, grey cloud.

4. According to lines 22 --24, what made Polly afraid ? The rough hand that brushed her face, and the man’s voice that was close to her ear made Polly afraid. 5. According to line 33, what did the man look He looked old. like ? 6. How could the man tell that Polly was young ? He could tell Polly was young by hearing her voice.

Try to put the following events in the correct order.

1. Polly took an underground train to Green Park. 2. An old man took Polly’s hand. 3. A hand reached out and touched Polly’s arm. 4. Polly thanked the blind man. 5. A tall man in a dark coat was watching Polly. 6. Polly and the old man turned left at the corner. 7. Polly felt frightened when a rough hand brushed her face. 8. Polly got to King Street safely. 9. Polly left the office at four o’clock. 10. The old man went to help others.

Scanning

1. What is the main idea of the text? A. It is about an old man how to help people out of the fog. B. It mainly talks about the foggy weather that affects people’s daily lives in England. C. It is about what happened to a young lady on a thick foggy afternoon. D. Blind people can show the way better than common people by using their touch.

2. Which is not TRUE according to the passage? A. Polly first took an underground train to Green Park and then she walked home with a man’s help. B. The conductor refused to pick her up because the bus wouldn’t run that far. C. A man meant to brush her face in the fog and this made her very frightened. D. No one followed Polly. It was all her imagination.

3. The word “lay” lay in the sentence “Outside, the fog lay like a thick, grey cloud” means ____. A. 躺 B. 撒谎 C. 存在；内含 D. 处于…状态

4. Why did the man brush Polly’s face? A. He did it on purpose (故意). B. He wanted to ask her the way. C. It was foggy and he didn’t know there was someone in front of him. D. He wanted to help Polly go along the street.

5. Did Polly completely believe in the old man? Which is RIGHT? RIGHT A. She didn’t doubt the words of the old man all the way. B. She was afraid to get lost in the fog so she asked the old man for help. C. She kept tense and calm on the way home and became frightened when turning left. D. The old man happened to meet Polly and helped her.

6. On sunny days, how can the blind like the old man get across the road? A. They can manage it without any help. B. Some workers are arranged specially to help them. C. They have a special road to take. D. Many warm-hearted people would like to offer their help.

Read the story once more and try to complete the following passage with a proper word for each blank.

In the terrible fog last week, Polly was told that the fog was too thick for the bus to run ______ that far and she had to go to _____ underground train and find a _____ taxi there. She Green Park by ______ followed the advice. Polly sensed that she was being watched _______ by a tall man in a dark coat. When Polly got to the station entrance, deserted in it was ____. There was no one ____ sight. She was so that with frightened ______ she could feel her heart beating _____ fear. offered Then an old man _______ to help her. Polly was frozen with fear for a moment, but then she found that he was the very ______ that she had wished for. A few seconds later, Polly found man _____ staring resting herself _______ up at a man standing with his hand _______ on out her arm. While _____ walking, the man told Polly to watch ______ for surprise blind the step. To Polly’s ____, the man was ______ and he got back the chance to pay ______ others’ help in fine weather.

Scanning

1. Review the story and try to find all the language points in it. 2. Master all the words and expressions in this story and try to recite the story or retell the story in your own words.