The world of our senses

Unit 1Unit 1

1.Once out in the street, she walked quickly towards her usual bus stop.2.‘Here we are, King Street.’ he stopped.

Brainstorming

Example Meaning Part of speech

A find the words listed below in the story and complete the table.

(line 50)

rest (line 16)

(line 42) once (line 7) conjunction when Once she finishes

her work, she can help you.

adverbat sometime in the past

I once lived in Beijing.

My mother told me to rest.

relax verb

He wants to see the rest of the world.

Remaining part

noun

Example Meaning Part of speech

A find the words listed below in the story and complete the table.

verb

(the past tense or past participle of ‘leave’) went /gone away from a person or place

I left for work earlier this morning.

adverb

on the side of your body which is towards the west when your are facing north

Look at right and left before crossing the street.

(line 43)

left (line 2)

Example Meaning Part of speech

A find the words listed below in the story and complete the table.

adverb continuing I’m still hungry though I’ve just had a big hamburger

adjectivenot moving

Can’t you sit still? (line 28)

still (line 5)

The air sometimes smells very bad. Do you know what (1)_______this? One (2)________is traffic. Dose anyone have an (3)________to the problem of global warming? So far even scientists can’t (4)______this question. In some countries you can see people without

causes causeanswer

answer

B Polly is listening to a radio on problems around the world but she cannot hear some words clearly. Use the words below and the correct part of speech to complete the report clearly.

house cause increase answer

(5)_______sleeping on the streets. It’s difficult to (6)______all the people who need homes. In some other countries, the price of food (7)________every year. Poor people often have to go hungry because they cannot afford the (8)________

houses house

increases

increase

B Polly is listening to a radio on problems around the world but she cannot hear some words clearly. Use the words below and the correct part of speech to complete the report clearly.

house cause increase answer

Describing the weather

London in the mist.

Which city is it?

sunny

cloudy

overcast

fog/mist

storm

lightning

snow

drizzly

look at the weather report for today and see if you understand the words in blue. Then complete the weather forecast for tomorrow.

Here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. It will be _____, _______ and _____ in the morning, with a fair chance of _______ weather developing before midday. It will become _______ in the afternoon. The sky will be _________ with heavy _______. In the evening, the temperature will drop a lot and it will become very ____. There will be ________ and _______ , with a ________ likely after midnight!

B

warm fine sunnycloudy

cooler overcast rain

cold thunderlightning storm

1.What kinds of weather do you prefer?2.Please forecast the weather of tomorrow.

Homework

• Try to find more words with different

parts of speech.

• Do exercises on P98---100.

• Talk about different kinds of weather

in different seasons and places.