情景导入
六月的杭州进入梅雨季。远在伦敦的笔友 Emma 打来电话：
- Emma: How is the weather in Hangzhou? （杭州天气怎么样？）
- 你: It's raining again! I'm watching the rain by the window and drinking hot tea. （又下雨啦！我正在窗边看雨、喝热茶。）
谈天气是英语世界最常见的寒暄方式。本单元把天气表达和现在进行时结合起来，聊聊"什么天气做什么事"。
核心词汇
天气词汇（名词与形容词成对记）：
| 名词 | 形容词 | 意思 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rain | rainy | 雨 / 下雨的 | It's rainy today. / It's raining. |
| snow | snowy | 雪 / 下雪的 | It snows in winter. |
| wind | windy | 风 / 有风的 | It's windy by the river. |
| sun | sunny | 太阳 / 晴朗的 | It's sunny and warm. |
温度与体感：hot（热）、warm（温暖）、cool（凉爽）、cold（冷）、humid（潮湿的）
句型与语法
一、问天气的两种方式（回答相同）
- How is the weather in Hangzhou? = What's the weather like in Hangzhou?
- 回答：It's sunny. / It's raining. / It's cold and windy.
注意：谈天气用 it 作主语，it 在这里不翻译成"它"。
二、rainy 与 raining 的区别
- It's rainy. = be + 形容词，描述"下雨的"天气状态。
- It's raining. = 现在进行时，强调"雨正在下"。
同理：It's snowy.（多雪的天气）/ It's snowing.（正在下雪）。
三、天气 + 进行时：描述不同天气里正在做的事
- It's raining, so we are playing chess at home. （下雨了，我们正在家下棋。）
- It's sunny today. Look! The children are flying kites in the park. （天晴了，孩子们正在公园放风筝。）
四、weather 是不可数名词：a good weather ❌ → good weather ✅。
听说训练
天气小主播（模拟天气预报 + 电话寒暄）：
- How's the weather in Hangzhou today? — It's cloudy and humid. It may rain later.
- What's the weather like in Harbin? — It's snowing! People are making snowmen.
- Is it hot in your city? — Yes, it's really hot. I'm eating ice cream now!
辨析对比
① How is the weather? vs What's the weather like?
两句意思完全相同，注意搭配：用 how 不加 like，用 what 必须加 like。What's the weather? ❌
② weather vs climate
- weather：某天的天气（短期）→ The weather is nice today.
- climate：气候（长期规律）→ Hangzhou has a humid climate.
文化角
英国人见面爱聊天气，因为英国天气多变，一天能经历四季，所以 Lovely day, isn't it?（天气真好，是吧？）成了万能开场白。英语里还有个有趣的习语：It's raining cats and dogs.（雨下得倾盆大——可不是"天上掉猫狗"）。而杭州人则有自己的天气智慧：六月的梅雨（plum rain season）过后，才是最美的夏日西湖。
易错点
- 两个句型杂糅：How is the weather like? ❌ → How is the weather? ✅ 或 What's the weather like? ✅
- 主语用错：The weather is raining. ❌ → It is raining. ✅（rain 作动词时主语用 it）
- rainy 当动词用：It's rainying. ❌ → It's rainy.（形容词）或 It's raining.（进行时）✅
中考真题
— ______ the weather like in Hangzhou in June?
— It's often rainy. Don't forget to take an umbrella with you.
A. How's B. What's C. Why's D. Where's
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答案：B
解析：句末有 like，问天气只能用 What's the weather like...? 这一搭配，选 B。A 项 How's 也能问天气，但句型是 How's the weather?（不能带 like），与题干中的 like 冲突——这正是本题的陷阱。
口诀：有 like 用 what，无 like 用 how。
考点
- How's the weather? 与 What's the weather like? 的搭配混淆是单选经典陷阱；
- rainy/raining、sunny/sun 等名词、形容词、动词形式转换常考于语法填空；
- 听力对话"谈论天气 + 正在做的事"每年必考，注意抓 It's + 天气词的关键句。
诵读 Read Aloud
The weather in Hangzhou is always changing. In June, it rains a lot, and we call it the plum rain season. Today it is raining again. I am staying at home and reading my favorite book by the window. My mother is making soup in the kitchen, and it smells great. But I don't mind rainy days. After the rain, the West Lake looks like a beautiful picture. When it is sunny, my friends and I fly kites and ride bikes by the lake. Rain or shine, I love my city all the same!
诵读小贴士：注意 raining / staying / reading 等 -ing 的鼻音；"Rain or shine"（风雨无阻）是地道习语，作文结尾用它点题非常加分。