Lesson 43-44
(一課時或兩課時)
教學目標
掌握語音；談談自己對四季的看法，說說自己最喜歡那個季節，并說明理由。
教學用具
錄影機、媒體設備。
教學步驟
Step 1 Revision
四季和12個月份。
Step 2 Presentation
老師朗讀這些句子，朗讀兩遍，重讀動詞及反意部分。
It’s fine today, isn’t it? Yes, it is.
You’re from Japan, aren’t you? Yes, I am.
They are waiting, aren’t they? No, they aren’t.
He’s a middle school student, isn’t he? Yes, he is.
She is at home now, isn’t she? No, she isn’t. She is at school.
It was Sunday yesterday, wasn’t it? Yes, it was.
Jim knows the way Australians speak, doesn’t he? Yes, he is.
Han Meimei knows Jim a lot, doesn’t she?
They were watching TV yesterday evening, weren’t they? Yes, they were.
You like spring best, don’t you? No, I don’t. I like summer.
將這些句子用投影儀打出，讓學生觀察，并總結反意問句的構成，以及它的回答方式。
Step 3 Drill
然后可采用老師說主句部分，由學生練習縮略部分的方式練習。練熟后由學生說主句部分，老師說從句部分，直至練熟。也可在黑板上出一部分句子，寫出主句部分，讓學生寫反意部分。目前只讓學生練習前肯定后否定的反意問句，回答部分不必多花時間。
聽錄音，并跟讀。
Step 4 Practise pair work
聯系Part 2 可讓學生自由發揮，如兩人談談北京的四季，和你家鄉的季節，但主要練習反意問句及其回答。
教單詞：true near nearly like unlike opposite
Step 5 Listen and repeat
Open your books and do Exercise One, Lesson 44
Pay attention to these pronunciations.
Read the words again.
T: Now let’s do Exercise Two. Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers on Page 134.
Then check the answers together.
Step 6 Consolidation
1.看圖并談談北京的四季。一個學生可重點談一個季節。練習Lesson 43 Part3.
2.讓學生編一個對話，談談自己所喜愛的季節。引出一個十分有用的句型：That’s true.
仿照Lesson 44 Part3.
A: Which season do you like best, spring, summer, autumn or winter?
B: That’s an easy question. I think I like spring best.
A: Why?
B: Well, I like travelling. You can do a lot of sightseeing in spring. What about you?
A: Can you guess?
B: You like winter, don’t you?
A: Yes. How did you guess?
B: Because you like skiing.
A: That’s true, but I like summer better than winter.
B: Why?
A: Because I can have a long holiday in Summer then.
3.Listen Lesson 44 Part 4 Read.
把你聽到的填寫在下列表格中，對比中國，美國和澳大利亞。
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar—
May
Warm
England
Amer-
ica
Mar—
May
Austra-
lia
Keys
Spring
Weather
Summer
Weather
Autumn
Weather
Winter
Weather
China
Mar—
May
warm
short
June—
August
hot
Aug.—
Nov.
quite warm
Dec.—
Feb.
very cold
England
Mar.-- May
longer than in China and USA
Not too hot or too cold
Amer-
ica
Mar—
May
A nearly the same as China.
Austra-
lia
Dec.—Feb.
The seasons are opposite of China.
June—Aug.
Ask the students to look at the two pictures in students Book and describe the pictures in their own words.
Let them talk about the weather in China, in England, in the U. S. A. and in Australia.
4. Go over Checkpoint 11
A: Grammar
1. disjunctive questions 2. the prepositions: in, on and at
B: Useful expressions
1. turn green/yellow/… 2. this year/month/… 3. the next year/month/…
4. be different from 5. What is the date today? 6. What’s the weather like?
Step 7 Exercises in class
Listening practice.
Listen to a story and try to answer the following questions.
Everybody talks about weather. “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” I think it s going to snow. These are common ways of starting a conversation in England.
Many people think that they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see it is cloudy in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We’re going to have fine weather tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell himself that it's going to rain. When people play in a park on a rainy day, they are sure that the weather is going to be fine soon. They even sit eating their lunch while it rains.
Most people listen to what the weatherman says on the radio. But he doesn’t always tell them what they want to hear. Sometimes he makes a mistake, but he is still right more often than anyone else.
Questions.
1. How do English people start a conversation?
2. Do many of them think they can tell what the weather is going to be like?
3. Why do they hardly agree with each other?
4. What kind of weather do people think it’s going to be if they go out to play in a park in the rain?
5. Who is right more often about the weather?
Keys:
1. They usually talk about the weather.
2. Yes, they do.
3. Because each of them is so sure of himself that only he knows about the weather.
4. They think it s going to be fine.
5. The weatherman is.
Step 8 Homework
1. Make up a new dialogue according to Exercise Three.
2. Write about the weather of four seasons in China.
3. Read the text fluently and try to recite it.
4. Review Checkpoint 11 and the whole unit.
5. Go over disjunctive questions.
Step 9 Blackboard Handwriting