Ⅲ. Game (How's the weather?)

1. (Showing some pictures on the big screen.) Ask Ss "How's the weather?"

2. Ss guess and answer the question.

Ⅳ. Listening

1. Now let's look at the city names in the box in 1b. Please read after me.

　　 Ss read the cities after the teacher.

2. Now, We'll hear four conversations. Listen carefully, point out each city in the picture as it comes upon the tape. Play the recording a second time. Ask Ss to write the name of the city in the picture of its weather.

3. Check the answers.

Ⅴ. Pair work

1. Tell the Ss: If you are in one of the places in the picture above. Talk about the weather with your friends in another city on the phone.

2. Make a model with a student like this:

T: Hi! How's the weather in Beijing?

S1: It's sunny.

3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities.

Ⅵ. Listening

1. Work on 2a.

Let's see what Joe's families are doing. Point to the 4 pictures.

2. Ask Ss tell each person is doing in each picture. More attentions should be paid

to the correct use of the Present Progressive Tense.

3. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the pictures [1-4].

4. Play the tape for Ss to check the answers.

　　5. With the whole picture, get some Ss to tell the story of it.

　　6. Brainstorming

Play the tape for another time. Then do a memory test.

　　　Ask Ss: What's Uncle Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aunt Sarah doing?

　　　What're Scott and Lucy doing?

　　　Is Jeff watching TV? etc.

　　7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b.

Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers.

Ⅶ. Pair work

1. Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner.

2. Ask a student the questions as a model:

T: What's Uncle Joe doing?

S1: He's playing basketball.

3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures.