第十一课

Weather and Climate天气与气候

1. It rains in every house in August when the plum blossoms.黃梅时节家家雨胡天八月即飞雪。”

2. The climate of different regions has different characteristics.不同地域的气候有不同特点。

3. What is the difference between climate and weather?气候与天气有什么区别?

4. How can we observe the weather and describe weather phenomena?我们怎样观察天气、描述天气现象呢?

11    Temperature of the day一天的气温

1. In some parts of China, people have to wear a cotton jacket in the morning and a veil in the afternoon.在我国有些地方，人们要“早穿棉袄午穿纱”。

2. Why is this so?为什么会这样呢？

3. Activity process活动过程

4. What do you find when you measure the air temperature indoors and outdoors at the same time?在同一时段内测量室内和室外的空气温度，有什么发现？

5. Indoor, outdoor in the sun, indoor in the shade室内、室外阳光下、室内背阴处

6. Why did we measure different temperatures?我们测量的温度为什么不一样？

7. It could be that ---可能是······

8. The hot and cold degree of air is called air temperature, or air temperature for short.空气的冷热程度称为空气温度，简称气温。

9. The air temperature referred to in the weather forecast is the air temperature measured outdoors in an open, airy environment that is not exposed to direct sunlight (usually measured in a louvered box).天气预报中所说的气温，是指在室外空旷、空气流通、不受太阳直射的环境下测得的空气温度（一般在百叶箱内测定）。

10. The use of a louvered box to measure air temperature.利用百叶箱测量气温。

11. Information card资料卡

12.  A louvered box is a wooden box used to hold the measurement of air temperature and humidity.百叶箱是用来放置测量空气温度和湿度的木箱。

13.  A louvered box is usually mounted on a shelf at a certain height above the ground with the bottom of the box kept horizontal.百叶箱一般安装在离地面有一定高度的架子上，箱底保持水平。

14.  Organize the air temperature data and describe the pattern of air temperature changes throughout the day.整理气温数据，描述一天的气温变化规律。

15.  I found that the highest temperature yesterday occurred at ------我发现昨天最高气温出现在······

16.  What did you find when you observed it for several consecutive days?连续观测几天，有什么发现？

17.  The general pattern of temperature change during the day is ------一天中，气温变化的大致规律是······

18.  Extension Activity拓展活动

19.  Observe and record the temperature at a fixed time every day for a month.每天在固定时间观测并记录气温，坚持一个月。