老师：同学们大家好，欢迎来到北京市中小学空中课堂。我是首都师范大学附属实验学校的赵晓楠老师，很高兴再次和大家一起学习。今天我们学习的内容是外研版八年级上册 module ten unit two the weather is for。
老师：Line all year round. In Unit 1, we know the violent. her is quite different in China。 England, America, and Australia. And today we are going to visit one of these countries. Where are we going? We can easily find the answer from the title of the passage we are going to read. When is the best time to visit us?
老师：Yes, today we are going to visit the US. And before we start reading, I'd like to give you a quiz and see how much do you know about the US? Are you ready? Here we go. Question number one, which is the capital of the US? Is it New York, Seattle, or Washington, DC? C is the right answer. As we know, New York is an international business city in the northeast of America and Seattle is in the northwest. Washington, DC, is the capital of the US here. DC is short for the district of Columbia.
老师：so Washington d c is 华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 in Chinese， number two， how many states are there in the us，yes， the right answer should be fifty there are fifty states in the us， and do you know which is the largest state in the us is it California， Alaska or Texas， b is the correct answer， California is a state on the pacific coast and Alaska is the largest state in the us， it is bothered by Canada and in fact Alaska is so big that the second largest state Texas is merely forty percent of its area。事实上，阿拉斯加是美国陆地面积最大的州。阿拉斯加如此之大，以至于美国的第二大洲德克萨斯州仅是其面积的40%。
老师：And question number four, which of the falling is the name of a state? B is the correct answer. New England is a big area with six states in the northeast of America. And the Seattle is a city. So the correct answer should be California. And that is the end of the quiz.
老师：How many right answers did you get? Well done. By the way, when we read English names or places, we can try to translate them according to their pronunciation. They sound similar to their Chinese translation. Okay, now we have already know a lot about the US. And let's begin reading and get to know more about it. When you read, please try to find answers to these two questions.
老师：Number one, when is the best time to visit the US? 2 how many places are mentioned in the passage? Are you ready? Let's read together. When is the best time to visit the US?
学生：The US is a very big country. It is about 3000 miles from the East Coast to the West Coast. So choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around. New York and Washington, DC are good places to visit in may or October, but in winter, there is a lot of snow. The best time to visit New England is in September. The weather gets cooler and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. Bring your camera so you can
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