1、2.Would you like to live in a place where there are no winters?Why or why not?3.Have you been to Kunming?What do you think of this city?Lets talk1.What do you enjoy most about spring?Some beautiful pictures of Kunming.Unit 1Spring is Coming!Lesson 4 To know how the weather is in KunmingTo learn to t
2、alk about the spring in your hometownTo use the words correctly:long for all year round plenty of hundreds of nearly There are plenty of stones in Kunming.n.丰富丰富,大量大量大量的It feels like spring nearly all year around.So we can find trees anytime of the year.adv.几乎几乎,差不多差不多adv.任何时候任何时候The city gets about
3、 100 millimetres of rain every year.n.毫米毫米,千分之一米千分之一米cetimetermeterkilometerdecimeterWords andExpressionsbuddingnearlymillimetreplentyanytimeadj.正发芽的正发芽的adv.几乎；差不多；将几乎；差不多；将近近n.毫米；千分之一米毫米；千分之一米n.丰富；大量丰富；大量adv.在任何时候；随便在任何时候；随便什么时候什么时候1.Whats the average temperature in winter/summer in Kunming?The ave
4、rage winter temperature is 15 and in summer the average temperature is 24.2.How much rain does the city get every year?About 1000 millimetres.Read the lesson and answer the questions.Task 13.How many hours of sunshine does the city get every year?About 2250 hours of sunshine.4.Why are there many flo
5、wers all year round in Kunming?Its because of the spring-like weather.Task 2Everyone _ spring.Spring is a short season in many places around the world.But in Kunming,it feels like spring is _ all year round.The weather there is _ too hot _ too cold.The average winter temperature is 15 and the averag
6、e summer temperature is 24._ the spring-like weather,you can find hundreds of beautiful flowers and trees anytime of the year.longs fornearlynorneitherBecause of1.Would you like to live in a place where there are no winters?定语从句定语从句2.Everyone longs for spring.long在这里作动词。在这里作动词。long for sb/sth,long(f
7、or sb)to do sth(尤指对看似不会很快发生的事尤指对看似不会很快发生的事)渴望渴望 Lucy had always longed for a brother.露西一直渴望有个弟弟。露西一直渴望有个弟弟。Im longing to see you again.我渴望再次见到你。我渴望再次见到你。2.it feels like spring nearly all year round.一年到头都感觉像春天。感觉像感觉像 adv.几乎几乎;差不多差不多 I feel like having a drink.一年到头一年到头;终年终年 feel like doing sth.=want t
8、o dosth.He plays golf nearly every weekend.He plays golf almost erery weekend.I almost never play golf every weekend.There is almost no water in the glass.nearly adv.几乎几乎;差不多差不多 nearly 与 almostnearly 与almost 在肯定句肯定句中可互换互换almost 常与no,never,any以及由no/any 构成的合成词连用3.Theres plenty of sunshine too,with abo
9、ut 2250 hours of sunshine every year.plenty(of sth)大量，充足，众多大量，充足，众多 They always gave us plenty to eat.他们总是给我们好多东西吃。他们总是给我们好多东西吃。I have seen a lot of/lots of/plenty of/a great number of English films.我已经看了多部英文电影。我已经看了多部英文电影。表伴随表伴随4.Because of the spring-like weather,you can find hundreds of beautiful
10、 flowers and trees anytime of the year.because of+n./pron./v-ingbecause+从句从句春天般的春天般的数百的数百的millions ofbillions of1.She didnt go to school _ her illness.2.He always _ his friend when he is in trouble.3.They _ sunshine during the long rainy days.4.Its so hot today.It _ summer.because oflong forthinks o
11、ffeels likeTask 3Work in pairs.Talk about the spring in your hometown.Task tips:You can talk about the weather,the temperature and your favourite activities.Where is your hometown?My hometown is in Chengdu,Sichuan province.Wow,its a nice place.Hows the weather there?It must be very beautiful in spri
12、ng.Yes,the spring in Chengdu is beautiful,and the weather there is quite comfortable.Whats your favourite activities in spring?I like flying kites in spring.Spring begins in April and ends in June.The temperature is between 4 and 15.It is warm and wet.Spring begins in November.The average spring tem
13、perature is 5.It is very cold.The weather is neither too hot nor too cold.The average spring temperature is 20.They celebrate the Festival of Colours to greet the coming of spring.SusanMikeZhang JingTomDong ChaoTask 4I.Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases in the box.long for thin
14、k of feel like because of1.She didnt go to school _ her illness.2.He always _ his friend when he is in trouble.3.They _ sunshine during the long rainy days.4.Its so hot today.It _ summer.because ofthinks oflong forfeels likeII.Translation.1.我今天已经做了很多工作。我今天已经做了很多工作。I have done plenty of work today.2.
15、我们渴望父母关心我们。我们渴望父母关心我们。We long for parents to care for us.3.一年到头把花园拾掇得干净整洁是一年到头把花园拾掇得干净整洁是很辛苦的。很辛苦的。Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be hard work.4.几百人正处于危险中。几百人正处于危险中。Hundreds of people are at risk.5.这瓶子差不多空了。这瓶子差不多空了。The bottles nearly empty.Homework 1.Review Lesson 4.2.Learn the words in Lesson 5 by heart.3.Read the dialogue in Lesson 5 and underline the useful phrases.
