Emma: In the spring, the weather is usually warm and
sunny. Leaves and flowers start to grow.
Pedro: Summer is the hottest season. The trees have
green leaves, and there are lots of flowers in parks
and gardens.
Emma: In the fall, the weather gets colder again. It’s
often windy. The leaves on the trees change color.
Pedro: Winter is the coldest season. Some countries
have snow in the winter.
Emma: Some countries have a monsoon season. It rains
a lot in a monsoon.
Pedro: Sometimes there are floods when it rains a lot.
A flood is when there is a lot of water in the streets.
Sometimes people can’t drive their cars because there
is so much water.
Emma: But in some countries, it doesn’t rain for a long
time. The land is very dry. This is called a drought.
Pedro: Many countries have storms.
Emma: In a storm you often see lightning and you hear
thunder. Thunder is the noise the lightning makes.
Teacher: Good job. That was very interesting. Who’s next?
2 Listen and repeat. Then match. •
Say
Now listen and repeat. Play the recording. Students
repeat the words while pointing to the photographs.
•
Play the recording again. Students match each word to its
vocabulary label in the box. They say the letter of each
label, then read it aloud. Elicit answers (e.g.,
1
– e, spring ).
Key: 1 e
2 g
3 a
4 i
5 d
6 c
7 b
8 f h
CD 1 :03 1 spring
2 summer
