lecture 5 Weather

1. lecture 5 Weather

2. A: It’s bitterly cold today. B: It’s much warmer than yesterday. A: Yes. You’re from Beijing, aren’t you? B: No. I was born in Harbin, but I left at 18 when I was admitted to Beijing University. I’ve been living in Beijing for more than ten years. A: Are you used to the weather here? B: Yes. I like the weather in Beijing, especially in autumn. There are many beautiful days. Trees are changing color, and the weather is neither too hot nor too cold. A: But don’t you mind the coldness in winter here? B: Not at all! I prefer cold weather to hot weather. I’m a winter person. I can skate, ski and make snowman. What about you? A: I like summer better. In Britain, the weather is much more temperate that in most of China. In winter it is milder and in summer it is cooler. B: Yes, isn’t it?

3. Talking about the weather. • How do you like the weather here? • It’s a lovely day. • The weather is nasty today. • It can be very windy sometimes. • Usually it’s very chilly at the time of year. • It’s humid today. • It’s looks like rain. • The sky will clear up soon. • It looks cloud outside. • It’s breezy and pleasant today.

4. uDescribing the weather It’s freezing cold today. rather windy/cloudy/foggy. awfully hot/ humid/ stuffy. miserable. beautiful. raining cats and dogs. pouring. snowing. hailing. The highest temperature will be 32(degrees). maximum five below zero. 8 below. around zero Centigrade

5. Complaining about the weather A: What will it be like tomorrow?  B: It’s going to be windy and cold as it is today. cloudy and gray. humid.  A: How dreadful! How awful!   What a nuisance! How irritating!

6. boiling humidity stuffy threatening drizzle thundershower freak blizzard unpredictable lightening flash • |I don’t mind the heat, but I can’t take the humidity. • It’s been threatening to rain all day. • There probably to be a thundershower tonight. • I just can’t get used to the kind of weather. • The weather of there is so unpredictable. • I saw the lightening flash.

7. Season • I like springmost because I can put away my overcoat and relax myself. Another reason is that I like flying kites. There are all kinds of flowers in spring. I like peach blossoms. But it’s windy in spring and people especially the children may get sick. • I like summermost because I always enjoy outdoor activities and there are all kinds of fruits. I usually take a walk after supper with my husband in summer and enjoy a most pleasant evening. It’s hot in summer and sunshine is too strong. Hot days in summer make me sleepy, and rainy days make me sad. • I like autumn most because it is a harvest season. The leaves turn brown in autumn. We can also go to appreciate the red leaves in mountains. Everything seems to be depressing in autumn. I will have a gloomy feeling and I will feel tired during this season. • Inwinter, if it snows, the whole world turns white, which can make us feel pure. We can go skiing and skating and playing with snow outside. We can also get together with our friends and have hot pot. It’s too cold and we have to wear heavy clothes

8. lecture 6Shopping

9. Shopping in a Department Store Expressions for the places where you shop: Shopping mall department store chain store retail store wholesale shop Stall/booth second-hand market flea market souvenir shop flower shop sports store ten-cent store butcher’s open-air market pharmacy/ chemist convenience store Expressions for the sections in a department store: food ladies’ men’s wear children’s sportswear cosmetics stationary footwear bed thing furniture luggage electrical appliances

10. Telling the salesperson what you want • I’d just like to have a look around. • Have you got any salt? • I was thinking of a TV. • Give me a bottle of ink, please.

11. Asking about price • How much does it cost? • What does it come to? • Could you give me discounts?

12. Talking about the size • What size do you take? • I’m afraid we haven’t anything of your size. • This suit shows your figure off nicely. • This is the right size for me. • Do you have a blue one but the same size?

13. size fitting room cashier • How much is this dress? • It’s on sale for 50. • What a deal, half off! • What size are you? • --Where are the fitting rooms? • ---To the left of the cashier.

14. Expressions for price: • most important • less important than use or style • It’s a (real) bargain. • It is /costs a fortune. • It costs an arm and a leg. • That’s way too much. 贵的离谱。

15. We might be able to get a good discount if we find anything. • $45, take it or leave it. • That ‘s a bit more than I want to spend. • Would you take 50 dollars. • Walk away now, and you’ll get it for 100. I bet. • Come on, look at this stitching. 180 is my best offer. • It’s been a slow day. • You drive a hard bargain.

16. Expressions while trying to buy something: • The color goes well with… • What a (perfect) match! • I think this one is more than my size. • Let me try a smaller size. • If this shirt doesn’t fit, may I bring it back later? Expressions for something not good enough: too tight too bright too loose too old-fashioned too fashionable It doesn’t match. It wrinkles easily.

17. Mr. Ding has finished his work in London and before going back he wants to buy a toy car for his little son. Ding: _____________________ is this toy car? Salesman: It’s twenty pounds, sir. Ding: That’s ________________. Would you give me a lower price? Salesman: The lowest price is 15 pounds. This is nearly the cost price. Ding: Ok._____________________. Elisa: Good afternoon. Is there ______________________? George: Yes.____________________ some shirts. Elisa: Yes, sir. _______________________? George: Size 38, Please. Elisa: This is the size, sir. George: ___________________? Elisa: It’s $ 88. George: All right. I’ll take it.

18. The End Thank you

19. Here is an average description of seasons in a year. Spring-nature awakens from her long winter sleep .The trees are filled with new life .the earth is warmed by the rays of the sun, and the weather gets gradually milder. The fields and meadows are filled with green grass the woods and filled with songs of the birds. But very often it rains a lot in spring in many places .so we say,“April shows bring may flowers” Summer-the weather gets warmer still and sometimes it’s very hot it’s the farmer’s busy season –he works in his fields from morning till night, the grass must be cut and hay must be made, while the dry weather lasts. Sometimes the skies are overcast with heavy clouds. There are storms with thunder, lighting and hail. Autumn-it brings with it the harvest-time, when the crops are gathered in and the fruit is picked in the orchards. The day’s get shorter and the nights longer. The woods turn yellow and brown, leaves begin to fall from the trees, and the ground is covered with them. The skies are gray, and very often it rains. Winter-we’re obliged to spend more time indoors because out of doors it’s cold. We may get fog sleet and frost or snow. Ponds Lakes Rivers and streams are frozen, and the roads are sometimes covered with slippery ice or deep snow. The trees are bare. Bitter north winds have stripped them of all their leaves.

20. I like vantage point that middle age gives you over all other ages—the young don’t understand the old and the old can’t comprehend the young but the middle age can be in touch with both. I find it exciting to be a go-betweens. Halfway through anything is always the most enjoyable time. It is like being on top of a hump-backed bridge: you’ve toiled up and you might be going to stagger down, but for the moment you’re on a plateau with the view of all.