IV. Presentation

　　T: Now listen to the tape and try to understand it.

Language Points

　　I. ring up, get into communication with sb by telephone.

eg. I’ll ring you up this evening.

　　ring up = call up(us)

　　2. hike [haik] V. go for a long walk in the country, taken for pleasure or exercise.

eg. They are going to hike tomorrow.

　　—hiker n. person who hikes.

V. Practice

　　T:0pen your books and read the dialogue.

　　T: Answer the following questions according to the dialogue

　　1. What s the relationship between Bruce and the person whom she is speaking to?

　　2. Where is Bruce now and where is Dad?

　　3. What \' s the weather like in Xinjiang and in Sydney?

　　4. How about Bruce \' s health, and what about his father?

　　5. What kinds of fruit does Bruce like very much?

　　6. What are his parents going to do?

　　7. Are they very happy to talk by telephone? How do you know?

Keys:

　　1. They are son and father.

　　2. Bruce is in Xinjiang, China, his father is in Sydney, Australia.

　　3.1t\'s cold in the morning, but turns very warm at noon in Xinjiang. It’s warm and sunny in Sydney.

　　4. Bruce is very well and his father is fine, too.

　　5. He likes the grapes and melons very much.

　　6. They are going to hike.

　　7. Yes, they are. I know through the content of the conversation and the two pictures in students’ Book.

　　(Now ask the students to prepare for several minutes and let them act out the conversation in pairs.)

VI. Leading in

　　T: Let\'s do some exercises about the simple future tense.

　　Please fill in the blanks with the simple future tense.

　　Most of North and South China ① ( have) a cold wet day. It ② (be) cloudy at times. There ③ (be) a strong wind to the north of the Huai River. The day after tomorrow ④ ( be ) sunny.

　　In the Northeast it __ ⑤__( be) fine. The temperature ⑥ (stay) above zero in the daytime, but at night it ⑦ (fall) below zero again. In the Northwest, there ⑧ (be) snow in the night. The snow ⑨ (be) very heavy in some places.

　　Beijing ⑩ ( be) rainy. The temperature 11 (be)2 to 9. Tianjin 12 _(be) cloudy and the high temperature 13 …

　　Keys: 1 . will have 2. will be 3. will be 4. will be 5. will be 6. will stay 7. will fall 8.will be 9.will be 10. will be 11. will be 12. will be 13.will

　　Then check the answers together.

VI. Presentation

　　T: We did one exercise about a radio report of the weather in spring just now.

　　Now let\'s open your books and look at Exercise Two.

　　Listen to the tape and read after it.

　　T: Very good. Could you read it again?

Language Points

　　1. most of　　　　　Most of Canada will have a fine day.

　　2. at times　　 　　I go to the school library at times.

　　3. a strong wind　　There is a strong wind in Beijing now.

　　4. stay above zero　The temperature will stay above zero in the daytime.

　　5. fall below zero　The temperature will fall below zero at night.

VIII. Practice

　　Let the students read this radio report several times. Then ask them to make a new one.