(
课件网) Unit 3 初中英语沪教版七年级上册 seasons The Lesson 6 Cross-curricular connection Learning objectives 1. 理解并正确使用与季节及地球运动相关的关键词汇，如equinox, solstice, tropics, equator, pole, season, sunlight, direction, temperature 等。 2. 阅读语篇，获取“四季形成原因”。 3. 提取并列举关于全球不同地区季节差异的具体细节，理解不同地理位置的季节模式差异。 4. 认识气候对日常生活的影响，联系实际解决相关生活问题，如旅行安排等。 重点 重点 We have learnt about the four seasons in this unit, but why does the Earth have four seasons Does every place on Earth have four seasons Think and share Learn and match Earth equator hemisphere tropics poles rainy season dry season Match the words with their meanings. 雨季 地球 旱季 赤道 （地球的）半球 地球两极 （南极和北极） 热带地区 Choose and fill 1. Countries located right on the _____ usually have hot weather all year. 2. When it is summer in the Northern _____, it is winter in the Southern _____. 3. In the tropics, many regions have a _____ season and a dry _____. equator hemisphere hemisphere season Choose the correct words and fill in the blanks. Earth equator hemisphere tropics poles rainy season dry season rainy Observe and learn ① 图中二分二至日均指北半球 ② equinox / ekw n ks / n.昼夜平分时; (春或秋)分 ③ solstice /s lstis / n.至(点); (夏或冬)至 春分 冬至 秋分 夏至 Read and predict What is the passage mainly about The passage mainly explains why we have different seasons because of the Earth’s position relative to the sun. As our planet moves around the Sun, the light from the Sun falls on the Earth from different directions. This helps create the seasons. Skim and answer Why does the Earth have four seasons Underline the sentences. Read Para.1 carefully and fill in the blanks. At different times of year, there is _____in some places, and _____in others. Read and fill more sunlight less sunlight 1. What does more sunlight in some places mean Read Para.1 carefully and answer the questions. It means longer days and warmer weather. Read and answer 2. What does less sunlight in some places mean It means shorter days and colder weather. The seasons fall at _____of year around the world. Australia-- spring China -- _____ Example: China -- Summer: From _____to _____ Australia -- Summer: From_____to _____ different times June August December February autumn Read Para. 2 carefully and answer the questions. Read and answer Does every place on Earth have four seasons --The_____and the _____ parts of the world don’t have four seasons. What places have only two seasons Name both types of places and what their two seasons are. Read and answer hottest coldest Read Para. 3 carefully and answer the questions. Places close to the equator / tropics - a rainy season & a dry season North/South Poles - a very, very cold winter &a somewhat less cold summer. Think and discuss 1. Why do seasons change As our planet moves around the Sun, the light from the Sun fa ... ...
