4. Play the tape for Ss to check the answers.

　　5. With the whole picture, get some Ss to tell the story of it.

　　6. Brainstorming

Play the tape for another time. Then do a memory test.

　　　Ask Ss: What's Uncle Joe/Jeff/Mary/Aunt Sarah doing?

　　　What're Scott and Lucy doing?

　　　Is Jeff watching TV? etc.

　　7. Let Ss match the names with the activities in 2b.

Play the recording for the Ss to check the answers.

Ⅶ. Pair work

1. Look at the pictures and talk about the people in 2a with a partner.

2. Ask a student the questions as a model:

T: What's Uncle Joe doing?

S1: He's playing basketball.

3. Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures.

Ⅷ. Role-play

1. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:

① What's Steve doing?

② What's Rick's brother doing?

Ss read the conversations and answer the questions. Then check the answers together.

2. Let Ss role-play the conversation in pairs.

Homework:

　一、总结有关天气的词汇。

　二、编写三个有关天气问答的对话。

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