What will the weather be like in …?

When’s the best time to visit your town or country? Why?

S1: When is the best time to visit your town/city?S2: I think September is the best time.S1: Why?S2: Because it’s not too hot or cold at that time.

Exampleple

Talk about what you can see in the pictures.

mile northwest umbrella southeast

from time to time

n. 英里n. 西北；adj. 西北的；朝西北的n. 雨伞n. 东南；adj. 东南的；朝东南的 有时；间或

The US is a very big country, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.

When’s the best time to visit the US?

New York and Washington DC are good places to visit in ____ or ________, but in winter there’s a lot of ______.

New York Washington DC

May Octobersnow

The best time to visit New England is in __________. The weather gets ______, and the green leaves start to turn _____, then ______. Bring your _______ so you can take photos of the autumn trees.

New England

September coolergold

brown camera

In California, the weather is ____ all year round. Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go __________ in the sea, even in __________.

California

fine

swimmingDecember

In Seattle, in the northwest, it isn’t very ____ but it ____ a lot, so bring an ________.

Seattle

cold rains umbrella

In Alaska, the days are long and warm in _______, but may be ____ in the evening, so bring a warm _______. Don’t go in winter. It’ll be very cold.

Alaska

summer coolsweater

In Texas and the southeast, it’s usually very ____ and ______ compared to other places. There are _______ from time to time in summer and autumn.

Texas

hot sunny storms

Place Weather Best time to visit

New York Winter:

New England

a lot of snowIn May or October

It gets cooler in September.

In September

Place Weather Best time to visit

California

AlaskaSummer:

Winter:

Fine all year round

All year

warm day, cool night

very cold

In summer

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

brown mile storm sweater umbrella

1. In autumn the leaves turn gold and then ________.

2. It is about 3,000 _______ from the east coast to the west coast.

brownmiles

3. You might need a(n) ________ in the evening.4. Sometimes there are ________ in summer and autumn on the southeast coast.5. You will need a(n) _________ in Seattle because it rains a lot.

sweater

storms

umbrella

I. 请根据句意及括号内所给汉语提示写出所缺单词。

1. My father bought a _______ ( 照相机 ) for me on my birthday.

2. It’s raining and you should take an ________ ( 雨伞 ) with you.

camera

umbrella

3. It will get cooler and cooler when ___________ ( 秋天 ) comes.

4. Bring your _______________ ( 游泳衣 ) because you might go swimming in the sea.

autumn/fallswimming clothes

II. 请根据所给汉语及括号内的提示词语 翻译下列句子。

1. 每天用英语写日记是个好主意。 (it’s a good idea to ...) _______________________________ _______________________

It’s a good idea to keep an English diary every day.

2. 与其他城市相比，海南的冬天很温暖。 (compared to ...) ______________________________

________________________3. 我昨天在动物园拍了几张猴子的照片。 (take photos of ...) _______________________________

_______________________________

Hainan is very warm in winter compared to other cities.

I took several photos of monkeys in the zoo yesterday.

4. 在昆明 , 一年到头都很温暖。 (all year) _________________________________5. 海上时不时有风暴 , 所以你一定要小心。 (from time to time) _________________________________ __________________________________

There are storms on the sea from time to time, so you must be very careful.

It’s very warm in Kunming all year.

Match the two parts of the sentences. 1. You can come any time you like, but …

2. It often rains in spring, so … 3. Bring a coat because … 4. Our plan is to walk in the countryside,

so … 5. Sydney is a big city, but … 6. Let’s stay for a long time because …

a) … it will soon become cool.b) … there are lots of things to see.c) … the best time to visit England is in

spring.d) … it’s a good idea to bring an umbrella.e) … wear comfortable shoes.f) … we will find our way with a good

map.Keys: 1.c 2.d 3.a 4.e 5.f 6.b

Write some advice for visiting your home town and give reasons. Use because, so and but.The best time to visit my home town is in … because the weather is …______________________________________________________________________