1. Once out in the street, she walked quickly towards her usual bus stop.

2. “Here we are, King Street,” he stopped.

Read these two sentences, and notice the word “stop”.

• In the first sentence, the word “stop” is a noun.

• In the second sentence, the word “stop” is a verb.

Many words in English can have more than one part of speech. In some cases, different parts of speech have the same spelling but different meanings.

cook 煮 (v. ); 厨师 (n. )

water 水 (n. ); 浇水 (v. )

watch 表 (n. ); 看 (v. )

rain 下雨 (v. ); 雨水 (n. )

park 公园 (n. ); 停车 (v. )

speed 速度 (n. ); 加速 (v. )

work 工作 (n. ); 工作， 操作(v. )

Can you think of more such words?

Example Meaning Part of speech

Find the words listed below in the story and complete the table.

(L 51)

rest

(L 16)

(L 42)

once (L 7)

conjunction when

Once she finishes her work, she can help you.

adverbat sometime in the past

I once lived in Beijing.

My mother told me to rest.

relax verb

He wants to see the rest of the world.

the remaining part

noun

Example Meaning Part of speech

verb

(the past tense or past participle of ‘leave’) went /gone away from a person or place

I left for work earlier this morning.

noun

on the side of your body which is towards the west when your are facing north

Look at right and left before crossing the street.

(L 43)

left (L 2)

Example Meaning Part of speech

adverb continuingI’m still hungry though I’ve just had a big hamburger.

adjective not moving Can’t you sit still?

(L 29)

still (L 5)

Fill in the blanks using the words in

brackets. Change the form or part

of speech where necessary.

1. Although she didn’t say anything, I _____ that she didn’t like the idea. She probably thought it didn’t make any ______ at all. (sense)

2. During my trip around the world, I went to the Sahara _______, visited a _______ village in the centre of Africa and explored the Great Pyramid of Egypt. (desert)

sensed

sense

Desertdeserted

3. I often ______ how people in ancient times built the Great Wall. As one of the Seven ________ of the World, it is a really __________ tourist spot. (wonder)

4. Your parents are _______ about you. Please call them and ease their ______. (worry)

wonder

Wonderswonderful

worriedworries

How to describe the weather?

What’s the weather like today?

Describe the weather.

1. What is the weather like today?

2. How is the weather today / tomorrow?

3. What is the temperature?

4. Do you think it will rain / snow?

5. It is subzero today.

6. The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.

7. I don’t set store by weather forecast.8. It rains a lot here in summer.

Useful expressions

9. It’s a warm day today.

10. It’s a lovely day!

11. The weather is better than yesterday.

12. It’s rather cold and windy today.

13. It’s about 6 degrees centigrade today.

14. The radio says it is going to rain tomorrow.

15. It is rather dry in Beijing.

16. It’s very hot.

17. Nice and bright today!

• Are you familiar with the forecast sign for different weathers?

• Look at the following signs and guess.

fine / sunny

cloudy

overcast

rainy

drizzly

showers

foggy

stormy

thunder / lightning

snowy

hurricane

Translate the following.

1. A: Beautiful day, isn’t it?                    B: Yes, it’s not like what the radio said at all.  

A: I wish it would stay this way for the weekend.    B: As long as it doesn’t snow!                

2. What bad / good weather!

3. Most of North and South China will have

a cold wet day.4. It will be cloudy / rainy at times. 5. The temperature will stay above zero in

the day-time, but at night it will fall

below zero again. 6. The weather is improving ／ worsening.

1.What kind of weather do

you prefer?

2. Please forecast the weather of

tomorrow.

Can you tell the difference betweenFahrenheit and Celsius Scale?

Fahrenheit is used in everyday temperature measurement in the USA and some other English-speaking countries. On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32°and its boiling point 212°.

Celsius, or Centigrade, is used throughout most of the world. On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of water is 0°and its boiling point 100°.

Fahrenheit to Celsius: C= 5/9(F-32)

Celsius to Fahrenheit: F= 9/5C +32

sandstorm, duststorm, sand, dust 浮尘，扬沙，沙尘暴等沙尘天气 thunderstorms, thundershowers, storm,

lightning 雷暴，雷阵雨，风暴，闪电 hail 冰雹 sleet 雨夹雪 blowing snow, blizzard, snowdrift, snowstorm 吹雪，大风雪，堆雪，暴风雪 snow showers, flurries 阵雪，小雪 snow, heavy snow, snowfall 雪，大雪，降雪 light snow 小雪

sleet 雨夹雪 showers, heavy showers, rainshower 阵雨，强阵雨（从降雨强度及降雨量上） occasional showers, scattered showers 零星阵雨（时间、空间上不连续的阵雨） isolated showers 局地阵雨（空间分布上scattered showers 范围更小的阵雨） light showers 小阵雨 freezing rain 冻雨drizzle, light rain 毛毛雨，小雨 fog 雾 mist 轻雾 smoke 烟雾

haze 霾 overcast 阴 sunny interval, no rain, clearing 多云间晴 sunny period, partly cloudy, partly bright,

mild 晴间多云 fine, clear 晴 bright, sunny, fair 晴（尤指白天） windy, squall, stormy, chill, gale 风，狂风，暴风，寒风，大风 wet, humid 潮湿 dry 干燥 freezing 冰冻 frost 霜冻 hot 炎热 cold 寒冷 warm 暖和（升温） humidity （湿度） visibility （能见度）

English Weather Proverbs and Sayings

For a morning rain leave not your trip. 不要因为早晨下了一场雨就不去旅行。When dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass. 草上露珠闪，告别下雨天。Fish bite best before a rain. 大鱼吃小鱼，天空要下鱼。When ladybugs swarm, expect a day that’s warm. 蚂蚁搬家，天将雨。

If bees stay at home, rain will soon come. If they fly away, fine will be the day.蜜蜂迟归，雨来风吹。on cloud nine 飘飘然如上九重天；狂喜； 极乐save for a rainy day 未雨绸缪Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. 早霞不出门，晚霞行千里。