1、Module 10 The weather,Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round.,What will the weather be like in ?,Revision,Whens the best time to visit your town or country? Why?,S1: When is the best time to visit your town/city? S2: I think September is the best time. S1: Why? S2: Because its not too hot or cold
2、 at that time.,Example,Warming up,Talk about what you can see in the pictures.,Enjoy some pictures.,The United States of America,The US is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around.,Whens the best time to
3、visit the US?,New York or Washington DC in winter,New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in _ or _, but in winter theres a lot of _.,New York,Washington DC,May,October,snow,The best time to visit New England is in _. The weather gets _, and the green leaves start to turn _, then _. Brin
4、g your _ so you can take photos of autumn trees.,New England,September,cooler,gold,brown,camera,In California, the weather is _ all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go _ in the sea, even in _.,California,fine,swimming,December,In Seattle, in the northwest, it isnt ver
5、y _ but it _ a lot, so bring an _.,Seattle,cold,rains,umbrella,In Alaska the days are long and warm in _, but may be _ in the evening, so bring a warm _. Dont go in winter. Itll be very cold.,Alaska,summer,cool,sweater,In Texas and the southeast, its usually very _ and _ compared to other places. Th
6、ere are _ from time to time in summer and autumn.,Texas,hot,sunny,storms,Words and expressions,mile northwest umbrella southeast from time to time,n. 英里 n. 西北； adj. 西北的；朝西北的 n. 雨伞 n. 东南； adj. 东南的；朝东南的有时；间或,Listen and read,a lot of snow,In May or October,It gets cooler in September.,In September,Comp
7、lete the table.,Fine all year round,All year,warm day, cool night,very cold,In summer,Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.,brown mile storm sweater umbrella,1. In autumn the leaves turn gold and then _. 2. It is about 3,000 _ from the east coast to the west coast.,br
8、own,miles,3. You might need a(n) _ in the evening. 4. Sometimes there are _ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast. 5. You will need a(n) _ in Seattle because it rains a lot.,sweater,storms,umbrella,1. The best time to visit New England is in September. 九月是去新英格兰游览的最佳时间。这里的New England (新英格兰) 指的是
9、美国东北部的一个地区, 它包括六个州：缅因州（Maine ）、 新罕布什尔州（New Hampshire）、佛蒙特州,(Vermont)、马萨诸塞州(Massachusetts)、 罗得岛州(Rhode Island) 和康涅狄格州(Connecticut) 。这里的小镇非常美丽，每年秋天都会有大批游客来此游玩。1614年英国探险家约翰史密斯 (John Smith) 给这个地方起名为新英格兰。,2. Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees.带上你的照相机以便拍摄秋天的树木。take photos of 的意思是
10、“给拍照”。例如：I took a photo of Linda.我给琳达拍了一张照片。She took a lot of photos of the kids. 她给孩子们拍了许多照片。,3. In Texas and the southeast, its usually very hot and sunny compared to other places.和其他地方相比，得克萨斯州和东南部地区通常天气很热，阳光灿烂。 compared to 意为“和比较”， 表示此意也可以用 compared with。例如：,Compared to our small house, Bills hou
11、se seemed like a palace. 和我们的小房子相比，比尔的房子就像一座宫殿。 This road is very busy compared to/ with ours. 和我们（附近）的马路相比，这条马路（交通）非常繁忙。,4. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn. 但是夏秋季节时常有暴风雨。from time to time 表示“有时, 间或”。例如: He has moved to another city, but we write to each other from time to time. 他移居到了另外一座城市，但我们会时不时通通信。,They are now living in different cities, but they still talk on the phone from time to time. 他们现在生活在不同的城市, 但是仍然间或通通电话。,Thank you!,
