Unit1TheworldofoursensesWordpower(Thefourthperiod)Step1Lead-inInthisperiod,wewilllearntwoparts.Thatis:partsofspeechandthewordswhichcanbeusedtodescribetheweather.Inthefirstpart,youwilllearnthatmanywordsinEnglishcanhavedifferentrolesndifferenttypesofsentences.Mostcommonly,awordcanbeusedasanouninonesentenceandaverbinanothersentence.Thesewordshavethesamespellingbutdifferentmeanings.Inthesecondpart,youwillreviewandlearnwordsusedtodescribedifferentkindsofweather.Ithink,inthisperiod,youareexpectedtowidenyourvocabularyandknowledge.Step2PartsofspeechWritedownthefollowingtwosentencesontheblackboard:Hewalkedquicklytowardsherusualbusstop.“Hereweare,KingStreet.”Hestopped.Ask:Whichwordisusedtwiceinthetwosentencesexcepttheword“street”?Canyoudescribethetwopartsofspeech?(Inthefirstsentence,“stop”isanoun,whichmeans“aplacewheresb.orsth.stops”.Inthesecondsentence,“stop”isaverb,whichmeans“toputanendtowhatsb.isdoing”.)Now,pleasereadthespeechbubblesonpage6.Youwillfindthewordinblue—“rest”.Wouldyoupleasedescribethedifferentmeaningsofitindifferentpartsofspeech?(Inthefirstsentence,“rest”isanoun,whichmeans“theremainingpart”.Inthesecondsentence,“rest”isaverb,whichmeans“torelax;ortostopmovingorworkinginordertorecoverone’sstrength”.)ThenreadtheinstructionsforPartA.Tellthestudents:Inmostcases,awordcanactbothasanounandaverb.Whocanfindmorewordsthatcanbeusedbothasanounandaverb?AskSstocompletethetableinPartAandthentodiscussInpairstheanswers.ThenfinishoffPartB.Step3PracticeContentsPartofspeechMeaningExamplerestnountheremainingpartHewantstoseetherestoftheworld.用心爱心专心116号编辑verbrelaxMymothertoldmetorest.fearnounemotioncausedbythenearnessorpossibilityofdanger,pain,evil,etc.Thesoldierdidnotshowhisfear.verbbeafraidofThechildfearedthebigdog.softadj.(ofsoundsetc.)quiet;notloudShespeaksinasoftvoice.adj.(ofsurfaces)smoothanddelicatetothetouchMycathasasoft,silkycoat.stilladj.(almost)withoutmovementorsound;quietandcalmPleasestandstillwhileItakeyourpicture.adv.inspiteofthat;evensoIknowit’sveryhard,butIstillwanttotry.secondadj.2nd;nextafterfirstintime,order,importance,etc.Februaryisthesecondmonthoftheyear.n.60thpartofaminuteoftimeThewinningtimeis1minuteand5seconds.senseverbfeel;becomeaware(of)Hesensedthatsomethinghadhappenedtohisfamily.nounanyoffivepowersofthebodyThefivesensesaresight,hearing,smell,tasteandtouch.glanceverbtakeaquicklookSheglancedshylyathimandthenloweredhereyes.nounquicklookOneglanceatherfacetoldmethatshewastired.Step4Describingtheweather1.Canyoulistthenameofdescribingtheweather?(Writethemdownontheblackboard)2.ReadthroughthedialogueinPartA.Ifyoumeetwiththenewwords,youcanlookthemupinthedictionary.YoucanalsolookatthesymbolsinPartBforreference.3.Now,pleaselookatthesymbolsfordifferentkindsofweatherandthenreadtheweatherreportinthefirstspeechbubble.Pleasefocusonthepartofspeechofthewordsinblue.用心爱心专心116号编辑4.Well,pleaselookatthethreepicturesbelowthesecondspeechbubble.Ithinkitwillhelpbecomemorefamiliarwiththeproperexpressionsusedinweatherforecasts.Talkaboutthechangeofthetemperatureforecastforthenextday.“Inthemorning,thetemperaturewillbe18℃.Itwilldropto14℃intheevening.Andatnightitwillbebelowfreezinganddropto-1℃.”Thencompletethesecondspeechbubble.Step5PracticePutthefollowingitemsaboutweatherintoEnglish:1.大气atmosphere2气候climate3气温temperature4霜frost5冰雹hail(frozenrainfallinginashower)6雷thunder7薄雾mist8浓雾fog9露水dew(tinydropsofmoisture,esp.atnight)10暴雨downpour11暴风雨storm12暴风雪snowstorm13阵雨shower14闪电lightning15微风breeze(lightwind)16陆风landwind17飓风hurricane(stormwithaviolentwind,esp.aWestIndiancyclone)18旋风；龙卷风tornado(violentanddestructivestormoverasmallarea;whirlwind)19台风typhoonStep6Exercise用心爱心专心116号编辑
