一、 語法要點
1． 句型:
1) It’s very cold today, isn’t it?
2) You’re from England, aren’t you?
3) I like… better than…
4) I like… best.
2． 語法：反意疑問句
二、 教學建議
Lesson 61
Step 1. 教師出示圖片或放投影片，引導學生談論春、夏、秋、冬四季的變化以及人們的活動。教師以提問的方式引導學生展開討論。
Questions:
1) How many seasons are there in a year?
2) What are they?
3) What’s the weather like in summer / winter?
4) What do people often do in spring?
5) What do you like to do in autumn?
Step 2. 學生分小組討論后，每組選一名代表在全班與大家交流。
Lesson 62
Step 1. 教師通過復習四季氣候引出反意疑問句。
T: It’s cold in winter, isn’t it?
It’s hot in summer, isn’t it?
The trees are green in spring, aren’t they?
It rains in summer, doesn’t it?
Leaves fall in winter, doesn’t it?
Step 2.教師與學生對話引出課文內容。
T: Where are you from?
S1: Can you guess?
T: You’re from Shanxi, aren’t you?
S1: Yes, I am. How did you guess?
T: The way you speak.
教師與學生做幾組對話后，學生之間做練習。
Step 3.教師對學生說：Now you are going to listen to a dialogue between Jim and Bruce. Listen carefully and tell me: 1) Where is Bruce from? 2) Which part of the country does he come from? 3) Where was Jim born? 學生聽錄音回答問題后，根據(jù)自己的實際情況編對話并表演。
Lesson 63
Step 1. 教師通過提問的方式組織學生復習四季。
T: Which season do you like best? Why?
Which season do you like better? Why?
What happens in winter?
What do people often do in spring?
Step 2. 學生快速閱讀課文后，兩人一組就信的內容互相提問。
Step 3. 學生復述信的內容。
三、 鞏固練習
1． 用所給詞的適當形式填空：
1) It’s best (wear) cool clothes.
2) Which part of (English) do you come from?
3) The weather here is (difference) from Australia.
4) Spring is the (good) season of the year.
5) Summer is the (hot) season.
6) In summer it often rains, sometimes quite (heavy).
7) In autumn the days get (short) and the nights get (long).
8) All the (farmer) are very busy.
2． 用方框中所給詞的適當形式填空：
1) We often go in summer.
2) We went to work on the farm last year and we really it.
3) The students often the farmers the orange-picking.
4) They are from America, they?
5) The girls ready for the exam now.
6) Everything to grow in spring.
[Key]
1． 1) to wear 2) England 3) different 4) best
5) hottest 6) heavily 7) shorter, longer 8) farmers
2． 1) swimming 2) enjoyed 3) help, with
4) aren’t 5) are getting 6) begins