Comic strip&Welcome to the unit Unit One Star Signs Comic strip&Welcome to the unit

Free talk: I was born in 1984. My animal sign is the rat.

The 12 animal signs of Chinese horoscope Rat Tiger Rabbit Ox Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog pig

Centaur Bull ∕bul∕ lion Crab ∕kr æb∕ Scorpion /’ skɔ:piǝn/ goat ∕gǝut∕ Animals in Star Signs: Centaur ∕’sentɔ:(r) ∕ Bull ∕bul∕ lion Crab ∕kr æb∕ Scorpion /’ skɔ:piǝn/ goat ∕gǝut∕ ram ∕ræm∕ fish

Do you know them? A D 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 Crabs fish E B crab bull F C ram centaur

Brain storm! A guessing game : It lives in rivers and uses its fins and tail to swim. ——fish It is a large, yellow and brown animal of the cat family. The male has long, thick hair. ——lion It is a creature that is half—man, half—horse. ——centaur

Brain storm! A guessing game : It is a sea creature with a shell, eight legs and two large pointed arm for catching things. It moves sideways on land. ——crab It is a kind of male sheep. ——ram It belongs to the OX family but it is different from the cow because it is male. ——bull

Taurus /’ tɔ:rǝs / 21st Apr. - 21st May. Centaur Bull lion Crab Taurus /’ tɔ:rǝs / 21st Apr. - 21st May. Leo /’ li:ǝu / 23rd Jul. -22nd Aug. Cancer /’ kænsǝ / 22nd Jun. -22nd Jul Sagittarius / sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/ 22nd Nov. -20th Dec. Scorpion ram fish goat Scorpio /’ skɔ:piǝu/ 23rd Oct.-21st Nov. Aries /’ Ɛǝri:z / 21st Mar.--20th Apr. Pisces /’paisi:z/ 20th Feb. ---20th Mar Capricorn /’ kæprikɔ:n/ 21st. Dec.---20th Jan.

Other creatures in Star Signs: twins Balance virgin vase

Virgo /’ vǝ:gǝu / 23rd Aug-22nd Sept Libra /’ li:brǝ / 23rd Sept-22nd Oct Gemini /’ ʤeminai / 22nd May-21st Jun Balance twins Aquarius /ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/ 21st Jan-19th Feb Virgo /’ vǝ:gǝu / 23rd Aug-22nd Sept vase virgin

Try to remember your own star sign Aquarius 水瓶座/宝瓶座 21st Jan.-19th Feb. /ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/ Pisces 20th Feb. -20th Mar. 双鱼座 /’paisi:z/ Aries 白羊座/牧羊座 21st Mar.-20th Apr. /’ Ɛǝri:z / Taurus 21st Apr. - 21st May. 金牛座 /’ tɔ:rǝs /

Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo 双子座 巨蟹座 狮子座 处女座 22nd May.-21st Jun. /’ ʤeminai / Cancer 巨蟹座 22nd Jun. -22nd Jul. /’ kænsǝ / Leo 狮子座 23rd Jul. -22nd Aug. /’ li:ǝu / Virgo 23rd Aug.-22nd Sept. 处女座 /’ vǝ:gǝu /

Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn 天秤座 天蝎座 射手座/人马座 摩羯座/山羊座 23rd Sept.-22nd Oct. /’ li:brǝ / Scorpio 23rd Oct.-21st Nov. 天蝎座 /’ skɔ:piǝu/ 射手座/人马座 Sagittarius 22nd Nov. -20th Dec. /sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/ Capricorn 摩羯座/山羊座 21st. Dec.---20th Jan. /’ kæprikɔ:n/

Talk with your partner How old are you? I’m fifteen. What’s your animal sign? My animal sign is the rooster. When is your birthday? It’s on 21st Jan. So you are an Aquarius.

Comic strip What does Eddie’s star say today? It says Eddie will have lots (of things) to eat and drink today.

Listen and answer more questions: What did Hobo do for Eddie? How did Eddie feel about Hobo? What did the newspaper say about Eddie? What happened to Eddie’s breakfast? He brought the newspaper for Eddie. He thought Hobo was very nice. He was grateful to Hobo. It said he would have lots to drink and eat today. Hobo ate it.

Fill in the blanks: 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 bad Hobo

Can you perform it? (add your own words)

Language points 1. star signs: 星座 2. It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper. It + be + adj + of sb.+ to do sth. 形容人用of It + be + adj + for sb.+ to do sth. 形容动作用for e.g. It is kind of Sandy to help me with my work. It is foolish of you to make such a mistake. It is important for us to study hard. It is necessary for you to take an umbrella in such a rainy day.

3. I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. lots: (pron) lots of things to eat and drink: 动词不定式作定语修饰lots e.g. I have lots of homework to do. 4. worry about sb/sth/ (not) doing sth e.g. Your mother is worrying about you. Why are you so late? Eddie always worries about not having enough food. All his teachers worry about his study.

lots of time to finish this work. Translations: Hobo 把所有食物都吃了真是太自私了。（selfish） It’s ___________________________________ 2. 对我们来说，学好英语很重要。 It’s __________________________________ 3. 因为有老师的帮助你不应该担心你学不好英语。 You _________________________________ ____________________________________ the teacher’s help. 我们有许多时间完成这项工作。 We have _______________________________________________ selfish of Hobo to eat all the food. important for us to learn English well. shouldn’t worry about not learning English well with lots of time to finish this work.

Thank you！