3. Make a survey by the whole class. Ask Ss: Who likes the cold weather? Have Ss raise their hands. Check out the most popular and the least popular weather. Get Ss to talk about the local weather in 4 seasons.

　　 Step2. Presentation

2. Get Ss to look at Picture C .Tell them: It’s Chengdu. How is the weather in it? It’s sunny. Is it cool? No, it’s hot. It’s hot and humid.

ⅥTeaching procedures

　　 Step1. Revision

1. Show different weather signs to revise the description words in Section A. Draw an arrow to revise the 4 words: cold, cool, warm and hot. But don’t forget humid.

2. Ability: Describe the different kinds of weather and different activities in different areas

ⅡImportant points: Revise and use the words, expressions and sentence structures correctly.

1.　　 Knowledge

①Words: hot, cold, cool, warm, humid

②Additional words: spring, summer, autumn

③Sentence structures: How’s it going? What are you doing? How’s the weather?

2. Write 2 paragraphs about the 2 pictures on P84 and P86.

Period Three

Section B 2a, 2b, 2c

1. Copy the new words 4 times and the Grammar Focus.

2. Some oral exercises about the core materials in Section A.

　　 Step6. Homework

1. Ask 2 Ss to read the sentences loudly and make interpretations.

2. Guessing game. Guess the activities people are doing.

　　 Step4. Game. Find the differences!

　　 2 Ss in a group. Student A looks at the picture on P84 and Student B looks at the picture on P86. Each picture has the same people in it, but they are doing different things. Take turns talking about what the people doing in the picture. Attention: don’t look at the partner’s picture. And the weather in 2 pictures could be compared too.

Get Ss to describe the 2 pictures orally.

　　 Step5. Grammar Focus