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课件网) UNIT6 Rain or Shine Reading Plus Learning Objectives After the lesson, you will be able to read and understand how weather affects our lives; grasp some weather-related language; know the importance of staying in a good mood no matter what the weather is. Lead in: Watch and answer the questions. What weather can you see in the video How does the main character seem to feel Do you think the weather has anything to do with his mood ” Excited Extremely happy It’s raining. Yes. Instead of feeling upset about the rain, he uses it as an opportunity to express his joy. Discussion In our daily life, do you also have different feelings in different weather Discussion How would you feel if the weather is nice energetic cheerful comfortable… Discussion How would you feel if it lighting and thundering afraid scared gloomy… Discussion If a heavy snowstorm hits and you’re unable to go outside, how would you feel extremely cold cozy bored… Discussion If you are visiting Beijing but the weather is extremely hot, how would you feel uncomfortable exhausted thirsty… Match: Match the weather words with the mood ones. Give your reason. Weather Mood cloudy sunny happy sad rainy windy snowy stormy excited stressed bored afraid … … Example: I feel happy when the sun is shining. The bright light and warmth can make me feel more energetic. Pre-reading: What can you know from the picture and the tittle stormy sunny happy sad Weather Mood and It means people may feel bad in rainy weather feel good in sunny weather. While-reading: How does weather affect our lives Weather Mood and Read the passage quickly and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. Fast-reading: What is the main idea of each paragraph Weather has a wide-ranging impact on our lives. We use weather-related language to express our emotions. Lack of outdoor time can make us feel down. Weather can directly change our mood. Weather Mood and Careful-reading: Read Para1 and answer the questions. Do you know how weather affects our lives Well, it affects where we go, what we do, and what we wear. And it also affects how we feel and behave. It is a big part of our lives! In what ways does weather affect our lives according to the first paragraph Weather affects where we go, what we do, what we wear and how we feel and behave. Can you give an example to explain weather is a big part of our lives Careful-reading: Read Para1 and answer the questions. Can you give an example to explain weather is a big part of our lives On a rainy day, we won't go to the park but stay at home instead (affects where we go). We might watch TV or play video games inside (affects what we do). We wear raincoats and boots to keep dry (affects what we wear). And the rainy weather can make us feel a bit bored or lazy, so we just lie on the sofa and relax (affects how we feel and behave). We often use weather language to describe how we feel. For example, if we are f ... ...
