Lesson+4+The+Spring+City 冀教版八年级下册

初中英语冀教版八下Unit1SpringIsComing！Lesson4TheSpringCityTounderstandthetextTousethewordscorrectly:longforallyearroundplentyofhundredsofnearly•Wouldyouliketoliveinaplacewheretherearenowinters?•Whatdoyouenjoymostaboutspring?•Whichcityiscalled“theSpringCity”inChina?Doyouknow?KunmingAskandanswerthesequestionswithyourpartner.Leadinbuddingnearlymillimetreplentyanytimeadj.正发芽的adv.几乎；差不多；将近n.毫米；千分之一米n.丰富；大量adv.在任何时候；随便什么时候LearnLearnthewordsandexpressions

Whenwethinkofspring,wethinkofaseasonoffine,warmweatherandclear,freshair.Wethinkofnewlife,greenplantsandbuddingtreesallaroundus.Everyonelongsforspring.Springisashortseasoninmanyplacesaroundtheworld.Butinmyhometown,itfeelslikespringnearlyallyearround.Theweatherhereisneithertoohotnortoocold.Theaveragewintertemperatureis15℃.Insummeritnevergetstoohot.Theaveragetemperatureis24℃.Thecitygetsabout1000millimetresofraineveryyear.There'splentyofsunshinetoo,withabout2250hoursofsunshineeveryyear.Becauseofthespring-likeweather,youcanfindhundredsofbeautifulflowersandtreesanytimeoftheyear.Canyouguessmayhometown?Yes,it’sKunming—“theSpringCity”.Learnthelesson.LearnPracticeReadthetextingroupsandpayattentiontothesesentences.(1)Whenwethinkofspring,wethinkofaseasonoffine,

warmweatherandclear,freshair.

(2)Everyonelongsforspring.(3)It’squitewarmtoday.Springiscoming.1.Inmanyplacesoftheworld,springisvery__________.2.Thetemperatureisnottoo__________inKunminginsummer.3.InKunmingwecansee__________andtreesanytimeoftheyear.4.Everyone__________spring.5.Butinmyhometown,itfeelslikespringnearly________________.6.__________thespring-likeweather,youcanfindhundredsofbeautifulflowersandtreesanytimeoftheyear.shorthotflowerslongsforallyearroundBecauseofReadthetextandfillintheblanks.Practice(1)Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyoutalkaboutspring?(2)WhatistheaveragetemperatureinKunminginwinter?(3)Howmuchraindoesthecitygeteveryyear?(4)Howmanyhoursofsunshinedoesthecitygeteveryyear?About2250hours.Wethinkofaseasonoffine,warmweatherandclear,freshair.15℃.About1000millimetres.Readthelessonandanswerthefollowingquestions.Practice教材解读1.Whenwethinkofspring,wethinkofaseasonoffine,warmweatherandclear,freshair.thinkof意为“想起,想到”。

e.g.Ioftenthinkofmybestfriends.我常想起我最好的朋友们。【拓展】

thinkof的其他含义:(1)表示“关心,替人着想”。(2)表示“考虑”。(3)表示“想出”。(4)表示“认为”。教材解读2.Everyonelongsforspring.long作动词,意为“渴望,盼望”,longfor为一个固定短语,意为“渴望,向往”。longtodosth表示“渴望做某事”,longforsbtodosth表示“盼望某人做某事”。e.g.Shelongedforthechancetospeaktohimagain.

她渴望有机会再和他交谈。教材解读3.Butinmyhometown,itfeelslikespringnearlyallyearround.feellike意为“感觉像”,后常接名词或从句。feellikedoingsth意为“想要做某事”,相当于wanttodosth;feellikesth意为“想要某物”,相当于wantsth。e.g.Hefeelslikehehasneverbeentosuchaplace.他感觉好像从未到过这样一个地方。教材解读4.Becauseofthespring-likeweather,youcanfindhundredsofbeautifulflowersandtreesanytimeoftheyear.◆becauseof意为“因为,由于”,其后接名词、代词、动名词或what引导的名词性从句,在句中作状语,可位于句首或句中。e.g.Hedidn’tcomebecauseofsickness.他由于生病而没来。教材解读【拓展】

because作连词,意为“因为”,其后接原因状语从句。e.g.Hefeelshungrynowbecausehedidn’thavebreakfast.他没吃早饭,所以现在感觉饿。◆hundredsof意为“数百的”。当hundred,thousand,million,billion等前有基数词表示确切的数目时,其后不能加-s,也不与of连用。但表示不确切的数目时,要在这些词的复数形式后面接of。e.g.Therearetwothousandstudentsinourschool.

我们学校有两千名学生。1.What’stheaveragetemperatureinwinter/summerinKunming?

Theaveragewintertemperatureis15℃andinsummertheaveragetemperatureis24℃.2.Howmuchraindoesthecitygeteveryyear?

About1000millimetres.3.Howmanyhoursofsunshinedoesthecitygeteveryyear?2250hoursofsunshine.4.WhyaretheremanyflowersallyearroundinKunming?TherearemanyflowersallyearroundinKunmingbecauseofthespring-likeweather.1.Readthelessonandanswerthequestions.Let’sDoIt!2.Listentopeopletalkingabouttheirhometownsandmatchthenameswiththesentences.Let’sDoIt!SusanMikeZhangJingTomDongChaoSpringbeginsinAprilandendsinJune.Thetemperatureisbetween4℃and15℃.

Itiswarmandwet.Springbeginsin

November.

Theaveragespringtemperatureis5℃.Itisvery

cold.Theweatherisneithertoohotnortoocold.Theaveragespringtemperatureis20℃.TheycelebratetheFestivalofColourstogreetthecomingofspring.3.Fillintheblankswiththecorrectformsofthephrasesinthebox.Let’sDoIt!1.Shedidn’tgotoschool_________herillness.2.Healways________hisfriendwhenheisintrouble.3.They__________sunshineduringthelongrainydays.4.It’ssohottoday.It________summer.longforthinkoffeellikebecauseofbecauseofthinksoflongedforfeelslike4.Workinpairs.Talkaboutthespringinyourhometown.Let’sDoIt!Tasktips:Youcantalkabouttheweather,thetemperatureandyourfavouriteactivities.将下列句子翻译成汉语。Exercises1.我今天已经做了很多工作。

I

have

done

plenty

of

work

today.2.我们渴望父母关心我们。

We

long

for

parents

to

care

for

us.3.一年到头把花园拾掇得干净整洁是很辛苦的。

Keepingthegardentidyallyearroundcanbehardwork.4.几百人正处于危险中。

Hundredsofpeopleareatrisk.5.这瓶子差不多空了。

Thebottle’snearlyempty.根据提示完成句子。Exercises1.Thatpieceofmusicmadeher__________(想起)herhometown.2.Wewerelate_________