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UNIT 38 NATURE ( Ⅴ ) WEATHER Lesson 75 Part Ⅰ

UNIT 38  NATURE (Ⅴ) WEATHER

 

Lesson 75

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Sentence Structure

1. a. The Andersons visited us.

b. The Andersons were very busy.

c. We visited the Andersons.

2. a. Mr. Brown is not a good driver.

b. Mrs. Brown likes Mr.Brown.

c. Mrs. Brown is a good driver.

3. a. My father expected me not to go by bus.

b. My father expected me to drive a bus.

c. My father expected me to catch the bus.

4. a. The house was the right size for the Smiths.

b. The house was not the right size for either family.

c. The house was the right size for the Andersons.

5. a. The cover was green.

b. The box was green.

c. The box I lost was green.

6. a. Mary and Jane are of the same age.

b. Mary and Jane aren't in the same class.

c. Mary is younger than Jane.

7. a. We drove to Detroit to work.

b. We had to drive to Detroit because it was our work.

c. We didn't drive to Detroit because we worked.

8. a. Mrs. Brown went to the store where her husband was working.

b. Her husband did not go to the store.

c. Mrs. Brown didn't want to go to the store because her husband was working.

Score: ____

Lesson 75 Part Ⅱ NewYork Weather ( Ⅰ )

Lesson 75

Part Ⅱ                   New York Weather (Ⅰ)

 

Exercises:

1. In winter, the streets in New York are…covered with snow.

a. usually

b. never

c. sometimes

2. The temperature in New York is…

a. fairly stable.

b. quite changeable.

c. neither stable nor changeable.

3. During winter time, New York City…

a. can be very dirty.

b. is always very clean.

c. is much cleaner than it is in other seasons.

4. Normally¹ winter temperatures in New York area are …

a. more than 20 degrees above zero.

b. about 20 degrees below zero.

c. somewhere around zero.

5. In winter, people sometimes slip and fall on the sidewalks because of the …

a. snow.

b. sleet².

c. ice.

Lesson 75 Part Ⅲ NewYork Weather ( Ⅱ )

Lesson 75

Part Ⅲ                 New York Weather (Ⅱ)

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ.1.____ In New York it is windy and rainy in winter.

2.____The second speaker's tone³ tells us that he doesn't like the weather but has to learn to tolerate⁴ it.

3.____Most New Yorkers don't care very much about the weather.

Ⅱ.1.“If you don't like our weather, wait a minute. It will change.” New Yorkers say this because they …

a. like their weather.

b. want others to enjoy their weather.

c. want to cheer up the visitors.

2.“No woman is permitted to work in the local weather bureau⁵.” This implies⁶ that women…

a. like to change clothes.

b. are too weak to stand the changeable weather.

c. are changeable.

3.“Chili⁷ today and hot tamale” on the menu tells people something about…

a. the changeable Mexican weather.

b. the Mexican way of reporting weather forecast.

c. the dishes that the restaurant offers.

 

1 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

2 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

3 tone   

n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强

参考例句：

• There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
• Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。

4 tolerate   

v.忍受，容忍，容许，宽恕；vt.容忍，忍受，容许

参考例句：

• She can tolerate that rude fellow.她能容忍那个粗鲁的家伙。
• The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.老师不容许在课堂上吃东西。

5 bureau   

n.提供或收集消息的机构；局，司，处；署

参考例句：

• The weather bureau makes daily reports on weather conditions.气象局每天报告天气状况。
• The Tourist Bureau arranged everything for our journey to Rome.旅游局已为我们去罗马旅行准备了一切。

6 implies   

暗示，暗指( imply的第三人称单数 )； 必然包含； 说明，表明

参考例句：

• They believe that submission in no way implies inferiority. 他们认为服从决不意味着低人一等。
• Your silence implies tacit consent to these proposals. 你的沉默意味着你默许这些提议。

7 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。