2. 9A Unit 1 Star signs Comic strip & Welcome to the unit& Vocabulary

3. What are your friends’ characteristics? What are your friends’ characteristics?

4. What kind of person is he/she? He has lots of energy. She is friendly and loves to meet people. He feels sure about his own ability. She cares only about herself. He does not get angry easily. She treats everyone equally. He can wait without getting angry. She wants to know about everything. energetic outgoing confident selfish easy-going fair patient curious

5. active outgoing selfish impatient modest unfair shy inactive generous proud clever silly strong weak patient fair Can you help them find their friends? hard-working lazy

6. New words active outgoing selfish impatient modest unfair shy inactive generous proud cleversilly strongweak patient fair hard-working lazy PositiveNegative

7. Do you remember? correct friendly polite honest regular un im ir in dis Can you say more adjectives like these? Who has the best memory?

8. 1.She’s an __________ girl who is good at speaking, singing and dancing. Her brother isn’t the same as her. He is __________. 2.Top students are always _____________ones. They are not __________ at all. 3.Teachers should be __________. If they are ___________, their students will be unhappy. 4.Mary has many friends and she likes going to the parties and chatting with others. She is very __________. Her brother is just the opposite, he is __________. active inactive hard-working lazy patient impatient outgoing shy

9. 5. Lily is the top student in the grade, her teachers and parents are ___________ of her. But she is very ___________ herself. 6. Doing more practice can make you __________ while unhealthy lifestyle makes you ___________. 7. All the businesses are ______________ except a __________ one. We got many donations for the UNICEF. 8. It’s ___________ that you criticize your students without asking for the details. You’d better be __________ to them. proud modest strong weak generous selfish unfair fair

10. The 12 animal signs of Chinese horoscope. ['h ɔ :rə  skə ʊ p] Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey RoosterDog Pig

11. In China, we have “12 animal signs”, but in Western countries, they also have “12 star signs”. Do you know what’s the difference between “star signs” and “animal signs”? The Western star sign system [ 5sIstEm ]( 系统 ) is based on the month you were born in, and each star sign stands for ( 代表 ) a period of time in a year; while the Chinese animal sign system is based on the year you were born in.

12. Aries ['eəri:z] Star signs

13. Cancer ['kænsə] Star signs

14. Taurus ['t ɔ :rəs] Star signs

15. Leo ['li:əu] Star signs

16. Gemini ['d ʒ eminai] Star signs

17. Virgo ['və: ɡ əu] Star signs

18. Libra ['li:brə] Star signs

19. Capricorn ['kæprik ɔ :n] Star signs

20. Scorpio ['  :  ] Star signs

21. Aquarius [ə'kweəriəs] Star signs

22. Sagittarius [  sæd ʒ i'teəriəs] Star signs

23. Pisces ['paisi:z] Star signs

24. Aries 白羊座 Taurus 金牛座 Gemini 双子座 Cancer 巨蟹座 Leo 狮子座 Virgo 处女座 Libra 天秤座 Scorpio 天蝎座 Sagittarius 射手座 Capricorn 摩羯座 Aquarius 水瓶座 Pisces 双鱼座

25. ram n. 公羊 crab n. 螃蟹

26. bull n. 公牛 lion n. 狮子

27. twins virgin

28. scales n. 天平，秤 sea goat n. 山羊

29. scorpion n. 蝎子 water carrier

30. centaur n. 半人半马怪物 fish

31. I was born on __________. My star sign is __________. It says that I ________________. In fact, I ____________________. (characteristics)

32. What does the star sign say about Eddie today? It says he will have lots to eat and drink today.

33. Language points: 1.It says I’ll have lots to eat and… (1) 当主语是书面材料或可见的东西时, 如 letter, newspaper, notice 等, say 意为 ” 写道, 显示 ”. The guidebook says to turn right. (2) lots (n.) 许多, 大量 2.worry about not doing sth. (Ving 的否定形式 ----- not doing sth.) e.g. Thank you for not having asked me to such a bad party. 3.be familiar[ fE5miljE ] with sth. 对 … 熟悉, 对 … 通晓 (1)This song sounds familiar. (2)Are you familiar with that book? 但 : English is familiar to him.( 被某人熟悉 )

34. 4.It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 比较 : It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth. (1) 在 of sb. 之前常用的 adj. 如 : polite, clever, wise … 此句型中的 adj. 都是说明 sb. 特征的. It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 常可以改写成 Sb. + be + adj. + to do sth. e.g. It was kind of you to help me. ==? (2) 何时使用 for sb.?----- 此句型中的 adj. 说明的是 to do sth. 这个不定式的特征. (3) 有时, 可以用 That is 或 How 来替代 It is…of sb. to do sth. 中的 It is. e.g. That is kind/nice of you to say so. How thoughtful of you to remember my birthday!

35. 1. Read all the star signs and try to remember them. 2. Try to make a report about your friend. (star signs /adjectives)