Lesson 43-44
Lesson 43-44(一课时或两课时)
教学目标
掌握语音；谈谈自己对四季的看法，说说自己最喜欢那个季节，并说明理由。
教学用具
录影机、媒体设备。
教学步骤
Step 1 Revision
四季和12个月份。
Step 2 Presentation
老师朗读这些句子，朗读两遍，重读动词及反意部分。
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.
将这些句子用投影仪打出，让学生观察，并总结反意问句的构成，以及它的回答方式。
Step 3 Drill
然后可采用老师说主句部分，由学生练习缩略部分的方式练习。练熟后由学生说主句部分，老师说从句部分，直至练熟。也可在黑板上出一部分句子，写出主句部分，让学生写反意部分。目前只让学生练习前肯定后否定的反意问句，回答部分不必多花时间。
听录音，并跟读。
Step 4 Practise pair work
联系Part 2 可让学生自由发挥，如两人谈谈北京的四季，和你家乡的季节，但主要练习反意问句及其回答。
教单词：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．看图并谈谈北京的四季。一个学生可重点谈一个季节。练习Lesson 43 Part3.
2．让学生编一个对话，谈谈自己所喜爱的季节。引出一个十分有用的句型：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.
把你听到的填写在下列表格中，对比中国，美国和澳大利亚。
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
Lesson 43-44