Thursday, September 29, 2016

Life Elementary Textbook: Unit 12 p. 141

(Supplemental Materials for Specific Textbooks--Life Elementary)


Lead-in (docs, pub) questions taken from here
Transcript (docs, pub)

What's your favorite season and why?

Have you ever been caught in bad weather? If so, what did you do?

Do you like snow?

Which do you like better hot weather or cold weather?

What month gets the most rain in your country?

What's the average temperature in your country in the summer time?

What's the average temperature in your country in the winter time?

What is the best season to get married?

In your opinion, which season is the most beautiful?

Which season is the most comfortable for you?

Do you think weather affects the way people feel?

How does weather affect your lifestyle?

Where do you get your weather information?

Vocabulary

average

Celsius

degrees

million

temperature

the Arctic

the Arctic Circle

the equator

the North Pole
an imaginary line around the earth at approximately 70° north

a unit for measuring temperature, shown by the symbol ° written after a number

the number 1,000,000

how hot or cold something is

the imaginary line around the Earth that divides it into equal north and south parts

An __________ amount is calculated by adding some amounts together and then dividing by the number of amounts

a measurement of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°

the point on the earth's surface that is furthest north

the very cold area around the North Pole




Ira block took this photo of an Inuit man near his home in (1)______________ Circle.  He lives on Baffin Island in Canada.  That’s about two and a half thousand kilometres from (2)______________.  The Inuit man is also holding another photo by Ira Block.  Ira took this photo in the US state of South Carolina which is about two and half thousand kilometres from (3)______________.  Ira took the two photos because about fifty-six (4)______________ year ago, (5)______________ probably looked like South Carolina today.  The (6)______________ at the Arctic Circle was around twenty-five degrees (7)______________.  Nowadays, the (8)______________ temperature in the Arctic is around minus ten (9)______________.






Ira block took this photo of an Inuit man near his home in (1)______________ Circle.  He lives on Baffin Island in Canada.  That’s about two and a half thousand kilometres from (2)______________.  The Inuit man is also holding another photo by Ira Block.  Ira took this photo in the US state of South Carolina which is about two and half thousand kilometres from (3)______________.  Ira took the two photos because about fifty-six (4)______________ year ago, (5)______________ probably looked like South Carolina today.  The (6)______________ at the Arctic Circle was around twenty-five degrees (7)______________.  Nowadays, the (8)______________ temperature in the Arctic is around minus ten (9)______________.





Answers:
Ira block took this photo of an Inuit man near his home in (1)the Arctic Circle.  He lives on Baffin Island in Canada.  That’s about two and a half thousand kilometres from (2)the North Pole.  The Inuit man is also holding another photo by Ira Block.  Ira took this photo in the US state of South Carolina which is about two and half thousand kilometres from (3)the equator.  Ira took the two photos because about fifty-six (4)million year ago, (5)the Arctic Circle probably looked like South Carolina today.  The (6)temperature at the Arctic Circle was around twenty-five degrees (7)Celsius.  Nowadays, the (8)average temperature in the Arctic is around minus ten (9)degrees.



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