外研版八年级英语上册Module 10 The weather unit 2课件

10 The weather

Teaching aims1. Key words : mile round northwest southeast 2. key structure: Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December. In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. 3. Ability: To extract specific information from the reading passage.

Words and expressions/maIl//raund /英里 n.围绕地 adv.

mile round northwest southeast

/n :θ'west / 西北 n.西北的；朝西北的 adj.

/sauθ'i:st/

东南 n. 东南的;朝东南的 adj. 有时;间或

from time to time

Please describe the pictures!

What you can see in the picture?

1. Then talk about the picture.

For example: Where is it? What’s the weather like? What season is it?

2.Read the passage and find out the best time to visit the US.When is the best time to visit the US?The US is a very big country. It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. New York and Washington D.C are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September. The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn photos gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.

California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all

year round. Take your swimming clothes because you mightwant to go swimming in the sea, even in December. In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot,

so bring an umbrella. In Alaska, the days are long and warm insummer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better go

in summer. Do not forget to bring a warm sweater with you.In Texas and the southeast, it is usually very hot and sunny compared to other places. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn. So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!

3 Complete the table.Place New York New England California Alaska Weather Winter: A lot of snowIt gets cooler in September

Best time to visitIn May or October In September

Fine all year round

All year

Summer:Warm day, cool night In summer

Winter: Very cold

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box.brown mile storm sweater umbrella brown . 1 In autumn the leaves turn gold and then ______ miles from the east coast to the west 2 It is about 3,000 ______ coast. sweater in the evening. 3 You might need a(n) ______ 4 Sometimes there are storms ______ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast. umbrella 5 You will need a(n) ____________ in Seattle because it rains a lot.

Language points1. the best time to do sth 做某事的最好时候 e.g. Spring is the best time to plant trees.2. Take photos of … 给……拍照 e.g. I took a photo of Linda. She took a lot of photos

of kids.

3. compared to/with 和……比较 表达这一意思也可以用compared with e.g. Compared to our small house, Bill’s house seems like a palace.

4. from time to time 有时，间或 e.g. They are now living in different cities, but they still talk on the phone from time to time.

May的用法1.“may”表达许可 如：May I come in? 我可以进来吗？ 2. “may”表达可能性 如：The news may be true. 或许这消息是真的。 另外，“may…”表达“可能性”时其意思等于 “maybe”或“perhaps”,即“或许；也许” 。 3. “may”表达目的 如：He studies hard (in order) to get passed in the exam. 为了要考试及格他努力在用功。

4. “may”表达祈愿句型 如：May you succeed. =I hope [wish] you'll succeed.(祝你成功。) 5. “May”的惯用表达句式 句型 may well +V… 如：You may well say so. =There is good reason for you to say so. 你很有理由这么说。——难怪你这么说。 句型 may/might as well +V…=had better +V… 例：We may [might] as well start at once. =We had better start at once. 我们最好立刻动身吧。 (本句式常用于表达提议或劝告。)

may与mightmay , might 或许，可能，可以 (might可以看作是 may的过去式，这两个词除了时态不相同外，在表 达意思的许多方面是相近的。当然may 和might又 都有一些各自不同的独特用法。) 1)表可能性 I may be busy from tomorrow on . 从明天起我可能会忙起来。 You may catch sight of the sunrise from here when you get up before 5 in the morning . 你在早晨五点钟以前起来，或许能从这儿看到日出。

2)表示允许 I’d like to have a smoke here if I may . 如果可以的话我想在这儿抽一支烟。 The librarian told her that she might return the book to the library in three days . 图书馆理员告诉她说，她可以在三天后还那本书 3) might也常用于表示目的等状语从句中: They left off earlier on that day so that they might catch the first train . 那天，他们为了赶上头班车动身早一些。 One error in calculation might ruin the whole project . 计算中出一点错就可能毁掉整个工程。