Unit 1 Star signs

Twelve animals in Chinese horoscope What else?

Animal signs Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig/Boar

How old are you? What year were you born in? What is your animal sign? What characteristics do you think it has? I’m in the year of the pig. I think it is…

What month were you born in?

Do you know them? We always say the______ is the king of the animals. ______ and _____ live in water, but the______ can come to land. When a ______ sees red color, it will be angry. The______ likes eating grass. A _______ is half-man, half-horse. lion Crabfish crab bull ram centaur

Questions: 1.Who brings Eddie the newspaper? 2.What does Hobo ask Eddie to read? Why? 3. What do Eddie’s stars say? 4.What happens to Eddie’s breakfast at the end of the story? Hobo. Hobo asks Eddie to read his stars because it is very interesting. Hobo eats it. It says Eddie will have lots to eat and drink today.

Eddie and Hobo One morning, Eddie was having his ________when he asked Hobo to bring him the_________. Hobo told Eddie to read his stars in the newspaper because it was very __________. Eddie got a piece of good news from the newspaper. It was he could have ____to eat and drink. But Hobo brought him a piece of ____ news.It was his breakfast had been eaten by______. breakfast newspaper interesting lots Hobo bad Their star signs?

Language points bring me the newspaper read your stars be familiar with sth animal signs people in the west star signs find out Western culture Be represented by It’s nice of you to bring me the newspapers. It says I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. You shouldn’t worry about not having breakfast then.

Homework 1.Remember the star signs. 2.Read the dialogues again and again. 3.Make up a new dialogue about star signs. 4.Try to find out how many classmates are under the star sign as you.