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Lesson 75
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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: ____
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?br />
a. fairly stable.
b. quite changeable.
c. neither stable nor changeable.
3. During winter time, New York City?br />
a. can be very dirty.
b. is always very clean.
c. is much cleaner than it is in other seasons.
4. Normally winter temperatures in New York area are ?br />
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 ?br />
a. snow.
b. sleet.
c. ice.
Part Ⅲ New York Weather (Ⅱ)
Exercises:
Ⅰ.1.____ In New York it is windy and rainy in winter.
2.____The second speaker's tone tells us that he doesn't like the weather but has to learn to tolerate 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 ?br />
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 bureau.?This implies that women?br />
a. like to change clothes.
b. are too weak to stand the changeable weather.
c. are changeable.
3."Chili today and hot tamale?on the menu tells people something about?br />
a. the changeable Mexican weather.
b. the Mexican way of reporting weather forecast.
c. the dishes that the restaurant offers.
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