It's a good time to climb hills. It's a good time for climbing hills.
Winter
--How is the weather in winter? --It's cold.
Sometimes it snows in winter.
B:It's... It's a good time/season for doing/to do... We can do...
(K---Kang, J---Jane)
K:Jane, which season do you like best, spring, summer,
fall or winter?
Topic 1 How is the weather in winter?
springsummerseasonsfall
winter
--What's the weather like in spring?
--WIt'shwatarcman. we do in spring?
We can...
It's a good season for flying kites. It's a good season to fly kites.
--What’s the weather like in summer? --It's hot.
We can go swimming.
rain But it often rains in summer.
--How is the weather in fall? --It's cool.
climb hills
Work in pairs and practice 1a. Then make up a new conversation with the following sentence stuctures.
A:What's the weather like in...? How is the weather in...?
K:I don't like summer very much because it often rains. My favorite season is _______w_i_nt.eWr hen it snows, I can make________s_n_o.wmen
• 5 It’s hard to say. • 很难说。 • 此句作为对某事犹豫不决或难以回答时的答语。
• e.g. It’s a good season to swim. • 这是游泳的好季节。 • 还可表达为It’s a good + time/season+for
sth./doing sth.
• e.g. It’s a good place for rest. • 这是个休息的好地方。
• It’s a good way for learning English. • 这是个学英语的好方法。
J:Well, it's hard to say. I liked winter before, but now I like _su__m_m__e_r best.
K:Why?
J:Because I learned to swim last year, and I can often _g_o_s_w__im__n_i_n_g_ in summer. What about you?
When it snows, we can make snowmen.
spring summer fall winter
cool warm cold hot
go swimming make snowmen fly kites climb hills
• 1 What’s the weather like ...? • ……天气怎么样？是对天气状况进行提问的特殊疑问
• 4 make snowmen堆雪人 • snowmen是snowman的复数形式，单数
表达为make a snowman。
• e.g. We all like making snowmen. • 我们都喜欢堆雪人。
• My brother made a snowman yesterday. • 昨天我弟弟堆了一个雪人。
• e.g. There is too much rain this week. • 这周雨水太多了。 • 类似的用法还有：snow。(雪/下雪)
• 6 I don’t like summer very much because it often rains.
• 我非常不喜欢夏天，因为它经常下雨。 • 此处rain 是动词，意为“下雨”。
• e.g. It is going to rain. • 要下雨了。 • rain还可作为名词，意为“雨，雨水”。
句。同义句为
• How is the weather...?
• e.g.—What’s the weather like in Kunming?=
• How is the weather in Kunming? • 昆明的天气怎么样？
• —It’s warm. • 天气暖和。 • 2 fall秋天，作名词。
• e.g. Fall is the harvest season. • 秋天是收获的季节。 • 但该词多用作动词，意为“落下”，过去式为fell。
• e.g. The little bird fell off the tree. • 小鸟从树上掉了下来。
• 3 It’s a good + time/season.+ to do sth. • 这是做……的好时间/季节。
• e.g.—Which is your favorite color, red, green or blue?
• 哪个是你最喜欢的颜色，红色、绿色还是蓝色？
• e.g.—It’s hard to say. Let me see. Oh, I think it is red.
• 这很难说。让我想一想。呃，我想是红色吧。