2. The important sentences:

① Weather is warming.

②They come in one by one.

Learning important and difficult points:

1. The words and phrases: climb, change, hillside, gently, blossom, one by one

2. not…until… “直到……才”

They didn’t leave until they finished the work.

Learning method:

Listen, say, read and write.

Learning steps:

Step 1. Revision

Revise the words of Lesson 1 and 2.

Step 2. Learning (A)

Learn the new words. Read and write.

Step 3. Learning (B)

Learn the text.

Step 4. Reading

Read the text and recite it.

Step 5. Exercise

Step 6. Homework: Recite the dialogue.

Lesson 4 Sun is rising

Learning aims:

1. 区分 arrive 与 reach

2. The important sentences:

① Spring has arrived in Shijiazhuang.

② I see many people in the park exercising.

③ We won’t see any flowers until May.

④ The sun will set in about fifteen minutes.

Learning important and difficult points:

1. The words and phrases: road, outdoors, cycling

2. It becomes warmer. The temperature goes up!

Learning method:

Listen, say, read and write.

Learning steps:

Step 1. Check

Check Lesson 1: ask some students to act the dialogue out.

Step 2. Learning

Learn the new words. Read and write.

Step 3. Looking

Look at the pictures and read it.

Step 4. Learning

Learn it. Find out the useful expressions.

Step 5. Practice

Practice the dialogue.

Step 6. Exercises

Step 7. Homework: Describe spring.

Lesson 3 Postcard

Learning aims:

1. What is spring weather like?

2. The important sentences:

① What’s the date today? It’s March twenty-first.

② In Spring, the weather becomes warmer.

③ The temperatures goes up.

Learning important and difficult points:

Ask and describe the weather of spring.

1. The new words and language points: become, fact, daylight, melt, lightning, fascinating, go up, make a loud noise