Lesson 4: The Spring City Learning aims: 1) The new words: budding, nearly, millimetre, plenty, anytime 2) The important sentences: Everyone longs for spring. But in my hometown, it feels like spring nearly all year round. The average winter temperature is 150C. Theres plenty of sunshine too, with about 2250 hours of sunshine every year. New Words budding nearly millimetre plenty anytime Language Points 1.But in my hometown, it feels like spring nearly all year round. feel like固定词组，表示“感觉像（是） ”。其中feel是感官动词，后面接形容 词形式。feel like还可以表示“想做” ，后面接V-ing形式，即feel like doing sth.，相当于 want to do sth.的意思。如 ： My legs feel like cotton wool. 我感觉两条腿 像棉花一样 。 2. Theres plenty of sunshine too, with about 2250 hours of sunshine every year. plenty of意为“很多的；充足的”，既能修 饰可数名词(用复数)，又能修饰不可数名 词。plenty of同义词组为a lot of / lots of， plenty of, a lot of, lots of等词组做主语时， 谓语动词要根据主语是可数或不可数名词 决定单复数形式。如： There is plenty of furniture in the shop. ExercisesExercises 1.They have lived here for _（几乎） ten years. 2. Lets go out to breathe the _（新 鲜的）air! 3. You can find hundreds of beautiful flowers _（在任何时候）of the year. I.根据括号中所给的汉语用适当的词语填空 。 all nearly fresh 1. 你认为这个季节怎么样？ What do you _ _ this season? 2. 现在的天气感觉像是冬天一样。 The weather _ _ winter at present. 3. 每个人都盼望着成功。 Everyone _ for success. II.根据所给的汉语完成英语句子，每空一词。 longs think of feelslike Homework Write a diary. And share your experience with a friend.