Lesson4ThespringCity

Lesson4TheSpringCity,Newwords,adv.Buddingadj.正在发芽的nearlyadv.几乎；差不多；将近milimetren.毫米；千分之一米plentyn.丰富；大量Anytimeadv.在任何时候；随便什么时候babysitv.照顾婴儿；当临时保姆,ThinkAboutIt,1.Wouldyouliketoliveinaplacewheretherearenowinters?2.Whatdoyouenjoymostaboutspring?,Letsdoit,Readthelessonandanswerthequestions.1.Whatstheaveragetemperatureinwinter/summerinKunming?2.Howmuchraindoesthecitygetever3year?3.Howmanyhoursofsunshinedoesthecitygetever3year?4.WhyaretheremanyflowersallyearroundinKunming?,Listentopeopletalkingabouttheirhometownsandmatchthenameswiththesentences.SusanSpringinFrancebeginsinAprilandendsinJune.Thetemperatureisfrom4Cto15C.MikeItiswarmandwet.SpringbeginsinNovember.ZhangJingTheaveragespringtemperatureis5C.Itisverycold.TomTheweatherisneithertoohotnortoocold.Theaveragespringtemperatureis20C.DongChaoTheycelebratetheFestivalofColourstogreetthecomingofspring.,Fillintheblankswiththecorrectformsofthephrasesinthebox.longforthinkoffeellikebecauseof1.Shedidntgotoschoolherillness.2.Healwayshisfriendwhenheisintrouble.3.Theysunshineduringthelongrainydays.4.Itssohottoday.Itsummer.Workinpairs.Talkaboutthespringinyourhometown.Tasktips:Youcantalkabouttheweather,thetemperatureandyourfavouriteactivities.,becauseof,thinkof,Longfor,feelslike,LanguagePoints,1.Butinmyhometown,itfeelslikespringnearlyallyearround.feellike“感觉像”；摸起来像-”Itfeelslikesilk.也可表示“相要”，Idontfeellikecooking.Letseatout.连系动词+like构成的介词短语：looklike看起来像-soundlike听起来像-smelllike闻起来像-tastelike尝起来像-2.nearyadv.几乎；差不多；将近,可用在all,every等词之前。Iamalmost/nearly90yearsold.almost,nearly,hardly的区别（1）almost和nearly都有“差不多”的含义；在表达时间或用在all,always和every等词前，可以互换。Ithappenedalmost/nearlytenyearsago.,(2)和no，none，never，any以及no和any的合成词连用时，多用almost.Ihavealmostnothingtodotoday.Thereisalmostnoneleft.和not连用时，多用nearly。Imnotnearlyready.我还没有准备好。（3）hardlyadv.几乎不,简直不MylegsweresoweakthatIcouldhardlystand.我的腿虚弱得简直无法站立。3.because和becauseof的区别becauseofnprondoing为短语介词,“因为.”可作表语或状语Thatisbecauseofthebadweather.Shedidntcometoschoolbecauseofherillness(病).because原因状语从句Shedidntcometoschoolbecauseshewasill.,4.hundredsof数以百计的hundredsof意思是“数以百计的”，表示大概的数字，当需要表示概数时hundred，thousand，million，billion等词才加“s”且后面要用介词of；当hundred等词与基数词连用时，则不加“s”Millionsoftreeshavebeenplantedinourcountrythisyear.今年我们国家种植了数百万棵树。Ourschoolhaseighthundredstudents我们学校有八百名学生。注意：当hundred,thousand,million,billion等词前有afew,several等词修饰时，这些词也要用单数形式来表达。Afewthousandpeoplearestandingonbothsidesofthestreettowelcometheguestscoming.,Practice,1.ProjectHopehasbuiltmanyschoolsbigclassroomsandlibraries.A.inB.ofC.forD.with2.Ididntgotoschoolmyillness.AbecauseB.becauseofC.asD.since3.Weplantedtreeslastyear.A.hundredofB