一、 语法要点
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． 语法：反意疑问句
二、 教学建议
Lesson 61
Step 1. 教师出示图片或放投影片，引导学生谈论春、夏、秋、冬四季的变化以及人们的活动。教师以提问的方式引导学生展开讨论。
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. 学生分小组讨论后，每组选一名代表在全班与大家交流。
Lesson 62
Step 1. 教师通过复习四季气候引出反意疑问句。
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.教师与学生对话引出课文内容。
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.
教师与学生做几组对话后，学生之间做练习。
Step 3.教师对学生说：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? 学生听录音回答问题后，根据自己的实际情况编对话并表演。
Lesson 63
Step 1. 教师通过提问的方式组织学生复习四季。
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. 学生快速阅读课文后，两人一组就信的内容互相提问。
Step 3. 学生复述信的内容。
三、 巩固练习
1． 用所给词的适当形式填空：
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． 用方框中所给词的适当形式填空：
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