Unit16高職英語第一冊TalkingabouttheweatherVocabularySomewordsaboutweatherLookatthewordandguessthemeaningFair晴時有風(fēng)晴時多云晴天MostlySunny晴Sunny/WindSunnyDayVocabulary多云PartlyCloudy/WindyCloudsEarly/ClearingLate多云時有風(fēng)Cloudy/Wind早多云/晚轉(zhuǎn)晴

Cloudy陰時有風(fēng)VocabularyLightRainwithThunder小雨有雷聲LightDrizzle下午小雨時有風(fēng)PMRain/Wind小雨HeavyRain大雨VocabularyT-StormsEarly早有持續(xù)雷雨ScatteredStrongStorms零星強(qiáng)烈暴風(fēng)雨ScatteredT-Storms零星雷雨T-Storms雷雨VocabularyLightSnowShower小陣雪LightSnowFall小粒雪LightSnowGrains小降雪LightSnow小雪Questions:What’stheweatherlikein…/today?Howistheweathertoday?Whatisthetemperature?Doyouthinkitwillrain?/snow?Itissubzerotoday?(-minus)Someusefulexpressions:Britishpeopleoftenbeginpoliteconversationsbytalkingabouttheweather.It’aniceday,isn’tit??Thatstrangeweatherwe'rehaving!?Itdoesn'tlooklikeit'sgoingtostoprainingtoday.?Terribleweather,isn'tit?Ithasn'tstoppedrainingfordays.?Ithinkitisgoingtorain.?Thereisachillintheairthismorning.?Beautifulday,isn'tit??Itlookslikeit'sgoingtosnow?Wecouldn'taskforanicerday,couldwe?

ContentsAfterReadingWhileReadingBeforeReading

AfterReadingBeforeReadingWhileReading1Lead-in322Skimming

Itiscoldtoday,therearechangeableweatherhere,andmanyofusgetill.Weknowweatherhasapowerfuleffectonpeople.Doyouknowhowweatheraffectspeople?Lead-in

TrueorFalse?Gothroughthetextanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse1.Theweatherinfluencespeople’shealthandfeelings.2.TherearethesamenumberofheartattacksineverypartoftheUnitedStatesineverymonthoftheyear.3.Intelligenceneverchanges.4.Hotandcoldweatheraffectsallpeoplethesameway.5.Someweatherinfluencesaretemperature,storms,andairpressure.6.Thereisaperfectkindofweatherforpeople’sworkandhealth.

TrueorFalse?Gothroughthetextanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse

BeforeReadingWhileReadingAfterReadingTextOrganizationFurtherUnderstanding11

2Thefirstparagraph:

Thesecondparagraph:

Thethirdparagraph:TextOrganizationIntroductionTheeffectofheat,cold,andweatherchangesonpeople’shealthTheinfluenceofweatheronintelligenceThefourthparagraph:

Thefifthparagraph:Thesixthparagraph:TextOrganizationTheinfluenceofweatheronpeople’sfeelingsTheeffectofairpressureonpeopleConclusionn

1.Weatherhasapowerful_______onpeople.It__________health,intelligence,andfeelings.(Para.1)

FurtherUnderstandingeffectinfluencesNoteshaveaneffecton,意為“對...有影響”，其意等同于influence.

E.G.Didthemedicinehaveanyeffect/agoodeffectonyou?Thefilmhadquiteaneffectonher.

Peopleinthesestates_________tohaveheartattacksaftertheweatherchangesinFebruaryorMarch.

(Para.2)

FurtherUnderstandingtendtendto意為“傾向于做某事，往往”E.G.Itendtogotobedearlierduringthewinter.Womentendtolivelongerthanmen.

Notes

Theweathercanalso________intelligence.(Para.3)

FurtherUnderstandingaffectaffect及物動詞，意為“影響”，等同于haveaneffectonE.G.Thenoiseoutsideaffectedourwork.Overworkhasaffectedhishealth.

Notes

Veryhotweather,_________________,canlowerit.(Para.3)

FurtherUnderstandingontheotherhandononehand,ontheotherhand意為“一方面，另一方面”E.G.Youhavestudiedveryhard,ontheotherhand,youhavenotlearnedasmuchasyouneed.Ononehandthisjobdoesn’tpayverymuch,butontheotherhand,Ican’tgetanotherone.

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BeforeReadingWhileReadingAfterReading12DiscussionExtension1Discussion1.Dohumanacitivitieshaveeffectontheweather?2.WhydoesEarth'sclimatechange?3.Whataregreenhousegasesandgreenhouseeffectrespectively?4.Whatarethehumancausesofclimatechange?Theevidenceisclear:themaincauseofclimatechangeisburningfossilfuelssuchasoil,gas,andcoal.Whenburnt,fossilfuelsreleasecarbondioxideintotheair,causingtheplanettoheatup.Discussion1.Dohumanacitivitieshaveeffectontheweather?

TheclimateonEarthhasbeenchangingsinceitformed4.5billionyearsago.Untilrecently,naturalfactorshavebeenthecauseofthesechanges.Naturalinfluencesontheclimateincludevolcaniceruptions,changesintheorbitoftheEarth,andshiftsintheEarth'scrust(knownasplatetectonics).Discussion2.WhydoesEarth'sclimatechange?However,sincetheIndustrialRevolutioninthe1800s,theglobaltemperaturehasincreasedatamuchfasterrate.Byburningfossilfuelsandchanginghowweusetheland,humanactivityhasquicklybecometheleadingcauseofchangestoourclimate.Discussion2.WhydoesEarth'sclimatechange?Discussion2.WhydoesEarth'sclimatechange?How_does_the_climate_system_work_.mp4SomegasesintheEarth'satmospheretrapheatandstopitescapingintospace.Wecallthese'greenhousegases'.ThesegasesactasawarmingblanketaroundtheEarth,knownasthe'greenhouseeffect'.Discussion3.Whataregreenhousegasesandgreenhouseeffectrespectively?Thegreenhouseeffectiscriticaltooursurvival.Infact,withoutgreenhousegases,Earthwouldbeabout30degreescolderthanitistoday.Withoutgreenhousegasesandtheirwarmingeffect,wewouldn'tbeabletosurvive.DiscussionHowever,sincetheIndustrialRevolution,we'vebeenaddingmoreandmoregreenhousegasesintotheair,trappingevenmoreheat.InsteadofkeepingEarthatawarm,stabletemperature,thegreenhouseeffectisheatingtheplanetatamuchfasterrate.Wecallthisthe'enhancedgreenhouseeffect'andit'sthemaincauseofclimatechange.DiscussionWeproducegreenhousegasesinlotsofdifferentways:*Burningfossilfuels–Fossilfuelssuchasoil,gas,andcoalcontaincarbondioxidethathasbeen'lockedaway'inthegroundforthousandsofyears.Whenwetaketheseoutofthelandandburnthem,wereleasethestoredcarbondioxideintotheair.Discussion4.Whatarethehumancausesofclimatechange?Weproducegreenhousegasesinlotsofdifferentways:*Deforestation–Forestsremoveandstorecarbondioxidefromtheatmosphere.Cuttingthemdownmeansthatcarbondioxidebuildsupquickersincetherearenotreestoabsorbit.Notonlythat,treesreleasethecarbontheystoredwhenweburnthem.Discussion4.Whatarethehumancausesofclimatechange?Weproducegreenhousegasesinlotsofdifferentways:*Agriculture–Plantingcropsandrearinganimalsreleasesmanydifferenttypesofgreenhousegasesintotheair.Dis