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Four Corners 2 Unit 3

The document provides an overview of a thermometer and discusses weather and temperature. It describes different weather conditions like sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, and windy. It then gives examples of temperatures as cold, cool, warm, and hot. The rest of the document appears to include listening exercises about weather in different cities and seasons, as well as speaking exercises about describing weather and correcting false statements about weather.

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Four Corners 2 Unit 3

The document provides an overview of a thermometer and discusses weather and temperature. It describes different weather conditions like sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, and windy. It then gives examples of temperatures as cold, cool, warm, and hot. The rest of the document appears to include listening exercises about weather in different cities and seasons, as well as speaking exercises about describing weather and correcting false statements about weather.

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  • Unit Introduction
  • Lesson Overviews
  • Additional Practice

OVERVIEWS

Thermometer
/θɚˈmɑː.mə.t ̬ɚ/

Weather Temperature hot


cloudy rainy snowy sunny windy cold cool hot warm warm

cool

cold

sunny cloudy windy rainy snowy


Language in context Favorite seasons
A Listen to people talk about their favorite season. Which places are cool?

My favorite season is spring. It’s fairly cool, I like summer a lot. It’s very windy – great for
and it rains quite a bit, but it’s a good time to windsurfing! And it doesn’t rain at all then.
see flowers. – Fouad, Essaouira, Morocco
– Jan, Lisse, Holland

Fall is my favorite. It’s sunny and cool, and in late I love winter. It’s extremely cold and it snows a
October, 150 million butterflies arrive! lot, but that’s when the Sapporo Snow Festival is.
– Juan, Morelia, Mexico – Rie, Sapporo, Japan
B. What about you? What’s your favorite season?
What’s the weather like then?

My favorite season is_____________.


The weather is __________________.
I love to ________________________.
What about you?
3 GRAMMAR ADVERBS OF INTENSITY ; QUANTIFIERS WITH VERBS

Adverbs of intensity
It’s extremely cold.
It’s very windy.
It’s really hot.
It’s pretty sunny.
It’s fairly cool.
It’s somewhat cloudy.
Answer the question:
How _____________is it ?
Quantifiers with verbs
It snows a lot.
It rains quite a bit.
It snows a little.
It doesn’t rain very much.
It doesn’t rain at all.
=> Answer the question:
How much does it _______ ?
Add the adverbs and quantifiers to the sentences. Then
compare with a partner.

1. It snows in Moscow in the winter. (a lot) It snows a lot in Moscow in the winter.
It rains quite a bit in Seattle in the winter.
2. It rains in Seattle in the winter. (quite a bit)
3. It’s cold in Busan in January. (extremely) It’s extremely cold in Busan in January.
It’s fairly cool in Rabat in the rainy season.
4. It’s cool in Rabat in the rainy season. (fairly)
5. It snows in Lima in July. (not . . . at all) It doesn’t snow at all in Lima in July.

6. It’s windy in Wellington all year. (pretty) It’s pretty windy in Wellington all year.
Listening Think about the weather!

A Listen to people talk about the weather in three cities. Which city is
one of the people planning to visit? Circle the city.

1. Istanbul, Turkey It’s pretty cold in the winter.

2. Antigua, Guatemala The dry season is from November to April.

3. Beijing, China It’s dry and windy in the spring.

One person is planning to visit Beijing, China.

B Listen again. Complete the sentences with the correct words.


Speaking True or false?
A. Write two true sentences and two false sentences about the weather
where you live. Use these words and expressions.

pretty sunny rain a lot somewhat cloudy


extremely hot very windy fairly cool
really cold snow

B. Pair work Read your sentences. Your partner


corrects the false sentences. Take turns.

A: It’s pretty sunny in the winter.


B: I think that’s false. It’s pretty cloudy in the winter.
ADDITIONAL Do the same tasks as part 5 but now talk about the
PRACTICE:
weather in different places instead.
SPRING – DA LAT( 18O C) DRY SEASON-NHA TRANG(36O C)

RAINY SEASON - SAI GON (26 o c)

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