Unit 10 climate and peoples life,Revision,Read the words and expressions we learnt last class together.,How is the weather today ?,Its sunny and hot.,Whats the weather like today ?,Its cloudy,Lead in,Weather,sunny,sun,Brainstorming,cloudy showery freezing Snowy rainy Stormy wet windy sunny cool dry,多云的 阵雨的 冰冻的，严寒的 下雪的 湿的 多风的 阳光充足的 凉爽的 干燥的 多雨的 暴风雨的,描述天气的形容词:,cool,warm,cold,hot,cloudy,snowy,sunny,rainy,windy,freezing,spring 春天,summer 夏天,autumn 秋天,winter 冬天,hot,cloudy,rainy,hot,cold,snowy,freezing,warm,windy,hot,dry,wet,What is the difference between climate and weather?,Climate refers to a relatively stable climatic condition in a place for along time, including cloudy and sunny, wet and dry, windy and rainy and so on; the whether refers to a particular day of the weather. 气候指一个地方长期的较为固定的气候状态，包括阴晴、干湿、风雨等情况在内；而天气则指某特定日子的天气情况。,Reading strategy,Exposition Structure,Introduction,Main Body,Conclusion,Fast Reading,Find out the main idea of the text.,It is true that man changes his living habits in order to adjust to climate changes as well, though more slowly.,Careful Reading,Read paragraph 1-3.,It is thought that differences in skin color are the result of climate adaptation .,1.How is climate related to the color of human skin?,Mans size,Man has been on earth about one million years. He has managed to live on every part of the planet, even though some climates have made life more difficult than others. Where man has remained, he apparently has undergone some physical changes that have helped him adapt to his climate. It is thought that differences in skin color are the result of climatic adaptation. People from hot climates generally have burning black or brown skin.The lightest skinned people generally come from colder regions. Mans size also seems to vary according to climate. People living in colder regions are generally larger than those living in hotter ones.,climate,Physical changes,Skin color,Mans size,adapt,How does climate affect peoples life? Read listen find discuss,1.How is climate related to the color of human skin?,It is thought that differences in skin color are the result of climate adaptation .,不同的肤色被认为是适应不同气候的结果。,Team work (who is the best?),Group 1,Group 2,Group 3,？,？,？,1.How is climate related to the color of human skin?,It is thought that differences in skin color are the result of climate adaptation .,不同的肤色被认为是适应不同气候的结果。,Mans size,2.Why are people living in colder regions bigger?,Because big people have less skin compared to his weight than do small people. The less skin a person has relative to his weight, the easier it is for him to keep warm.,因为个子大的人的皮肤与其体重相比较比个子小的人要少一些。相对于其体重，一个人的皮肤越少就越容易保暖。,2.Why are people living in colder regions bigger?,Because big people have less skin compared to his weight than do small people.The less skin a person has relative to his weight, the easier it is for him to keep warm.,因为个子大的人的皮肤与其体重相比较比个子小的人要少一些。相对于其体重，一个人的皮肤越少就越容易保暖。,3.How does climate affect peoples activities?,Climate has significant effect on agriculture.Climate factors such as the length of the growing season.The total amount of rainfall,and the daily and seasonal changes in temperature restrict the kinds of crops that can be grown.,3.How does climate affect peoples activities?,Climate has significant effect on agriculture.Climate factors such as the length of the growing season.The total amount of rainfall,and the daily and seasonal changes in temperature restrict the kinds of crops that can be grown.,4.how does climate affect transportation?,Climate also affects transportation,such as the frequentstorms can make transportation slow down or interruoted.,4.how does climate affect transportation?,Climate also affects transportation,such as the frequentstorms can make transportation slow down or interruoted.,Can we affect the climate? 天气战争,Home work,Finish the exercise on page 122 Write a short passage about climate Read and try to recite the text.,