Unit 4

I Words
1. comfortable adj. 舒适的
eg. He feels comfortable sitting on the chair.
→uncomfortable adj. 不舒适的
→comfortably adv. 舒适地
→comfort n. 安慰
eg. He is a great comfort to his parents.
v. 安慰
eg. I tried to comfort John after his father’s death.
2. degree n. 度
eg. It’s 23 degrees centigrade.
 n. 学位
eg. He is studying in Beijing University for a degree.
n. 程度
eg. To some degrees （从某种程度上说） , he is a
researcher.
3. move v. 移动
eg. Move your chair nearer to the fire.
We’re moving next week. ——v. 搬家
The story moved us deeply.——v. 感动
→movement n. 移动
eg. He lay there without movement.
→moving adj. 感人的（修饰物）
→moved adj. 令人感动的（修饰人）
eg. We were moved by the moving movie.
4. enough adj. 足够的 adj+enough
eg. The boy is old enough to go to school.
5. rain v 下雨
eg. It rains cats and dogs.
n. 雨
eg. There was a heavy rain last night.
→rainy adj. 下雨的
eg. He came here on a rainy morning.
6. snow v. 下雪
eg. It’s going to snow.
n. 雪
eg. Rain falls in summer and snow falls in winter.
II 句型

1. --What’s the weather like?

How is the weather?
--It’s rainy.

2. –What’s the temperature today?

--It’s 8℃-15℃.
 Dialogue(P17 下方左侧 task
2)
Mary: I'd like to visit Jinan. How's the weather there?
Chen Hua: It's always hot in summer and cold in wint
er.
Mary: What is the best season in Jinan?
Chen Hua: It's autumn. Autumn is the best season in J
inan. It's neither hot nor cold. You'd better come here
in autumn.
Mary: All right. Thank you.
 Exercise (p17 右下角 task
3)
1. You'd better come here in autumn.
2. Let's stay at home.
3. What/ How about going skiing?
4. Why not take an umbrella?
5. Shall we go for a picnic?

Dialogue 1
A: What a cold day it is! ________
B: Sure
Dialogue 2
A: It's raining. _________
B: All right.
Dialogue 3
A: It's snowing. _________
B: Good idea!
Dialogue 4
A: The sun is shining. _________
B: OK. Let's go.
Dialogue 5
A: What's the best season to travel to Jinan?
B: It's hot in summer. ___________.
 Text (P 18 左下方 task 2)
Weather Forecast
A cold wind is coming in from the North whi
le warm air is moving up from the Pacific. At t
he same time, rain clouds are gathering in the
southern part of the state. There could be hea
vy snow on Thursday or Friday if it gets cold e
nough. Otherwise there could be heavy rain.
III 语法
现在进行时态
1. 用法：表述说话人正在发生的事情，可以是当前一段
时间内的活动，可以说现阶段正在进行的活动。
eg. We are waiting for you.
I’m doing my homework now.
They are watching TV.

2. 句式
肯定句：主 +be+doing+ 其他。
否定句：主 +be+not+doing+ 其他。
一般疑问句： Be + 主 +doing+ 其他 ?
Yes, 主 +be.
No, 主 +be+not.
特殊疑问句：特殊疑问词 + 一般疑问句？
3. 点动词
go, come ,leave, start, move, stay, stop, return 等
eg. I’m leaving tomorrow.
They are getting married next month.
4. 动词 ing 变化规则
（ 1 ）一般加 ing
playing looking going
（ 2 ）不发音字母结尾的，去 e 加 ing
write-writing take-taking close-closing
（ 3 ）重读闭音节结尾，双写末尾字母，加 ing
swim-swimming put-putting run-running cut-cutting
begin-beginning get-getting forget-forgetting
hitting sitting shutting winning shopping stopping
planning preferring letting stopping setting
Exercise(P18 右下角 task 4)
1. A: It's snowing. What ____ Mike doing?
B: He's _________.(ski)
2. A: It's raining. What ______ you doing?
B: We're ____________in the rain.(run)
3. A: What a hot day! ________ are Xiao Ming and his father doi
ng?
B: They're __________(swim)
4. A: It's windy. ________ the children flying the kites?
B: Yes, they ________.
5. A: It's a sunny day. Is the man __________ the dog.(walk)
B: Yes, ______ ________.
6. A: ______ you _______ a picnic?
B: No, ________________. It's snowing now.
 Exercise (P19 右下角 task
3)
Mary: What's the weather like there?
George: It is ___________ (rain).
Mary: What _______ (be) you doing?
George: I ______________(chat) online.
Mary: How about your parents?
George: They _________________(cook) the dinner.
 Exercise (P 19 左下角 task
Dialogue 1
1)
A: What's the __________ like in New York?
B: It's ________.
Dialogue 2
A: It's _______ hard. Why don't you put on your raincoat?
B: I will do that.
Dialogue 3
A: Are you listening to the weather forecast?
B: Yes. There will be a heavy snow. The ____________ is go
ing down quickly.
 Text (P20 左下方 task 5)
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What's your favorite season?
Different people like different seasons. Some peopl
e like spring, because they like the green trees and be
autiful flowers of spring. They feel that a new world c
omes in. Others like autumn. They think autumn is co
mfortabel, neither too cold nor too hot. Many childre
n like winter. They like the Spring Festival. They like
playing with snowballs when it's snowing. Many stud
ents like summer, because they can have a long sum
mer holiday.