1. Comic strip Welcome to the unit
Unit 1 Star signs
Comic strip
Welcome to the unit

2. Twelve animals in Chinese horoscope
What else?

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

5. Ask and answer
What month
were you born in?

6. Do you know the star signs?B C E F D G H I J L K

7. What are the star signs represented by? C B A ram bull fish D E F crab
The names of
the creatures C B A
ram
bull
fish D E F
crab
lion
centaur

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

9. What are the other star signs
represented by? G I H
scales
scorpion
twins K J L
goat
water carrier
virgin

10. What is your star sign? A B C D 21st Mar-20th Apr 21st Apr-21st May
22nd May-21st Jun
22nd Jun-22ndJul E F G H
23rd Jul-22nd Aug
23rd Aug-22nd Sep
23rd Sep-22nd Oct
23rd Oct-21st Nov I K L J
22nd Nov-20th Dec
21st Dec-20th Jan
21st Jan-19th Feb
20th Feb-20th Mar

11. Aries
/’Ɛǝri:z /
白羊座
21st Mar
–20th Apr

12. Taurus
/’tɔ:rǝs /
金牛座
21st Apr
– 21st May

13. Gemini
/’ʤeminai /
双子座
22nd May
– 21st Jun

14. Cancer
/’kænsǝ /
巨蟹座
22nd Jun – 22nd Jul

15. Leo
/’li:ǝu /
狮子座
23rd Jul – 22nd Aug

16. Virgo
/’vǝ:gǝu /
处女座
23rd Aug – 22nd Sept

17. Libra
/’li:brǝ /
天秤座
23rd Sept – 22nd Oct

18. Scorpio
/’skɔ:piǝu/
天蝎座
23rd Oct – 21st Nov

19. Sagittarius
/ sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/
射手座
22nd Nov –
20th Dec

20. Capricorn
/’kæprikɔ:n/
摩羯座
21st Dec – 20th Jan

21. Aquarius
/ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/
水瓶座
21st Jan – 19th Feb

22. Pisces
/’paisi:z/
双 鱼 座
20th Feb –20th Mar

23. 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 /

24. 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 /

25. 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
天蝎座
23rd Oct.-21st Nov.
/’ 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/

26. Pair Work A: How old are you? B: I’m sixteen.
A: What is your animal sign?
B: The pig./ I am in the year of the Pig.
A: When is your birthday?
B: It’s on 10th February.
A: Oh, you are an Aquarius!

27. Comic strip

28. 1.Who brings Eddie the newspaper?
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.
It says Eddie will have lots to eat and drink today.
Hobo eats it.

29. Eddie and Hobo Their star signs? 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

30. Can you make a new dialogue?
Well,you should give me more pocket money (be careful…) then!
^-^
Look!My star sign looks like a lion ! (crab,ram,bull…)It says I’ll get lots of money today! ^-^ (be bad luck…)

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