Module 11 The weather 主讲教师：席文冬 Less is more. 简单就是美。 一、一周课程概述 在这一模块中我们要完成以下学习任务： 1．能够谈论、描述天气并读懂描述天气的语言材料。 2．能够正确使用不定式（复习）和表示可能性的单词和句型。 3．能够就某一问题给出建议，并使用 because, so, but 写出原因和说明。 4．本单元需要掌握的重点单词有：cloud, shower, centigrade, degree, temperature, freezing, snowy, joke, wet, might, windy, probably, sunny, cool, dry, cloudy, camera, swimsuit, northwest, umbrella, pleasant, southeast, fall, compared, possible, stormy, shine, depend, railcard, truly. 5．本单元需要掌握的重点短语有：from time to time, best of all 二、重点知识归纳及讲解 1．cloud n . 云 e.g. black clouds appearing from the west 西方出现的乌云 There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. 天空无云。 The top of the mountain was covered in cloud. 浮云遮盖着山顶。 warm— cool cold— hot rain— rainy storm— stormy snow—snowy cloud—cloudy wind—windy —How’s the weather in Hong Kong? —It’s sunny. —What’s the weather like in Canada? —It’s snowing there. It’s terribly cold. 关于天气的拓展词汇：humid 潮湿的 chilly 寒冷的 icy 结冰的 foggy 有雾的 damp 潮湿的 2．degree n. 度，度数（温度单位）；程度，等级 e.g. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Celsius. 水结成冰的温度是32 华氏度或零摄氏度。 I agree with you to some/a certain degree. 我在某种程度上同意你的意见。 常用搭配：by degrees 逐渐地 3．truly adv. 真诚地；诚挚地 e.g. Tell me truly what you think. 实话告诉我你是怎么想的？ I’m truly grateful. 我由衷地感激。 Her last novel was truly awful. 她最近的这部小说真糟糕。 4．joke v. & n. 玩笑，笑话；开玩笑 e.g. tell sb. a joke 给某人讲笑话 make a joke about/of sb./sth. 拿某人/某事开玩笑 I’m sorry but I can’t see the joke. 很抱歉，我看不出来有什么可笑的。 Can’t you take a joke...
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