Unit 12. A vacation abroad

ENGLISH 8
UNIT 12
Listen+ Language focus 3

A vacation abroard
Period: 73
Lesson 3
hot
dry
Words of weather
cloudy
hot
cool
cold
warm
dry
fine
rainy
snowy
sunny
wet
windy
stormy
Thursday, March 3rd 2011
I. VOCABULARY
- temperature ( n) :
-humid (adj) :
-minus (adj) :
-degree (n) :
Nhiệt độ
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Âm (độ)
- Weather forcast = Weather Report (n)
Dự báo thời tiết
P.73: Lesson 3: Listen +Language focus 3
Unit 12: A vacation abroard
II. LISTEN
* What is the weather like today?
* Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on TV or on the radio?
* What does it often tell you about?
* Do you think it’s necessary to listen to the weather forecast? Why/ Why not?
* What do you know about the low and the high temperature?
(It refers to the lowest and the highest temperature)
P.73: Lesson 3: Listen +Language focus 3
Unit 12: A vacation abroard
16
10
cool; dry
6. Paris
15
8
windy; cloudy
5. New York
32
24
warm;
4. Bangkok
7
- 3
; cold
3. London
22
15
dry; windy
2. Tokyo
26
20
dry; windy
1. Sydney
High
Low
Weather
City
Temperature
Listen to the weather reports. Then fill in the blanks in the table with the
information you hear.
humid
dry
II. LISTEN


Ask and answer about the weather and temperature using the information in the table





Example exchanges:
A: What is the weather like in_________today?
B: It will be______and ________
A: How about the temperature?
B: The low will be ___and the high___degrees.


Weather: dry and windy
Temperature: - the low 20
- the high 26

Sydney
16
10
cool; dry
6. Paris
15
8
windy; cloudy
5. New York
32
24
warm ; dry
4. Bangkok
7
- 3
humid ; cold
3. London
22
15
;
2. Tokyo
26
20
;
1.
High
Low
Weather
City
Temperature
windy
dry
dry
windy
Sydney

Ask and answer about the weather and temperature using the information in the table






* Example Exchanges:
A: What is the weather like in ...... today?
B: It will be... and .....
A: How about the temperature?
B: The low will be....and the high....degrees.
16
10
cool; dry
6. Paris
15
8
windy; cloudy
5. New York
32
24
warm ; dry
4. Bangkok
7
- 3
humid ; cold
3. London
22
15
;
2. Tokyo
26
20
;
1.
High
Low
Weather
City
Temperature
windy
dry
dry
windy
Sydney
* Modal sentences:
Form : S + be + always + V ing
Use: To express a complaint
III. Language focus 3
(Bao is a very lazy student.)
+ What is Bao always doing?
 He is always forgetting his homework.
+ What are these students always doing?
 They are always playing chess.
Practice
Picture drill
Example exchange

* Bao/ forget/ homework
+ What is Bao always doing?
He is always forgetting his home work.
Production
Find someone who....
* Example exchange
S1: What is Mai always doing?
S2: She is always going to school late.
Homework

1. Write it up, use the information in the table to write a weather report, beginning with:
Here is today’s weather forecast’ for the international travelers.
In Sydney, it will be.....
2. Practice speaking with “Be + always + V ing”