2. Unit 1 Reading What is your star sign?

3. Free talk

6. 1.Is Aries lazy? 2.Which star sign likes worrying too much? 3.Millie was born on 22nd April, 1990. Is she stubborn?

7. 4. Lucy ’ s mother likes taking care of others and saving money. Which is her star sign? 5. Simon is very generous and often buys his friends nice gifts. In which month do you think he was born? 6. Do you think that people born under the same star sign share similar characteristics?

8. 7. Which star sign has the best imagination? 8. If your birthday is on 30th September, what is your star sign? 9. Hobo ’ s star sign is Scorpio. Do you think he always tells other people his secrets?

9. 21st Mar-20th Apr Aries energetic active impatient selfish

10. 21 st Apr-21 st May Taurus stubborn hard-working patient

11. 22nd May-21st Jun Gemini Curious Clever Outgoing

12. 22nd Jun-22nd Jul Cancer kind save money and cook

13. 23rd Jul-22nd Aug Leo strong confident generous

14. modest worry too much at times. practical and always pay attention to details.

15. 23rd Sept-22nd Oct Libra polite and fair elegant love peace not argue with others

16. 22nd Jun-22nd Jul Scorpio powerful energetic Keep secrets silly forgive others for…

17. 22nd Nov-20th Dec Sagittarius humorous lucky love traveling to… enjoy life

18. 21st Dec-20th Jan Capricorn businesslike successful patient

19. 21st Jan-19th Feb Aquarius kind wise strange

20. 21st Jan-19th Feb Pisces generouskind gentle easy-going creative imaginative

21. _____ 1.Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. This means she is probably a careless person. 2.Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite. 3.Kitty’s birthday is on 8th October, He should always be lucky. 4.Simon’s star sign is Leo. This means he is strong and confident. 5.Suzy was born on 26th January. She should be kind and wise, 6.Amy’s birthday is on 2nd November. She should be a patient person. _____ Finish C1

23. NameBirthdayCharacteristics 5th Apr Some people say Samuel is selfish and ________ at times, but I don ’ t think so. I think he is kind. He is _________ and ________. 24th Feb Peter loves dreaming about everything. He is very _______ and ___________. Also we love being friends with him as he is generous, kind, gentle and ___________. 2nd Dec Katie likes telling different jokes. She has a good sense of _______. She loves ________. She is always very lucky 30th Jun Lisa always likes to __________ others. She is kind o everyone. She loves cooking and sharing food with others. I know one of her secrets-she loves__________. 28th Apr Suzy is always the best in different exams in our class. She is a ____________ girl. She never ________ easily. She is ________ at times though. 16th Jan Paul is good at planning things. He is very ___________ and is often successful. He is also very _______. impatient energeticactive creativeimaginative easy-going travellinghumour take care of saving money hard-working gives upstubborn patient businesslike

24. Introduce your star sign

25. a. feels sure about his / her own ability b. want to know about everything c. have lots of energy d. do not easily get angry e. care only about himself / herself f. can wait without getting angry g. treat everyone equally h. is friendly and loves to meet people confident curious energetic easy- going selfish patient fair outgoing

26. 1.“Would you please __________________ the red words on the blackboard?” said the teacher 1.“Would you please __________________ the red words on the blackboard?” said the teacher. 2. It’s impolite to_________________ with others. 3. Smoking did harm to Mike’s health. So last year he _______ smoking 3. Smoking did harm to Mike’s health. So last year he _______ smoking. 4. In summer we have noodles for dinner ________. 5. Our teacher_____________________________, he often tells jokes to us. Pay attention to give up argue with at times have a good sense of humour pay attention to argue with gave up at times has a good sense of humour

27. 用所给词的适当形式填空 My brother is ________(energy) and he often goes to bed late. Does your english teacher treat every student _________(equal)? I like Maths, but my sisiter likes ________(cook) best. He doesn’t dream about anything. He is a ________(practice) man. The boy doesn’t study well because he’s too_________(patient). My cousin would like to be a _______(lead) of the hospital. Please try your best to do all the things __________(different). I think you can do it well. Please be _________ (confidence).

28. Write a description of your family member’s characteristics.

29. ( )1. Eddie, you shouldn’t worry about well. A. not be looked after B. not look after C. not being look after D. not being looked after ( ) 2. He is a hard-working man. When he does something difficult, he never _____. A. gives it up easily B. gives up it easily C. gives it up easy D. give up easy ( ) 3. — I heard that the old man has given up_____. --- Yes, he has already given ________. A. to drink, it up B. to drink, up it C. drinking, up it D. drinking; it up

30. give up easily 轻易的放弃 give it/ them up Give up doing =? 我爸爸已经戒烟了.? Give in back out away off

31. at times 有时 =sometimes =frpm time to time 他上学时有时到羽毛球俱乐部去。 He went to the badminton club at times during his school days.

32. buy sth.for somebody /buy sb.something 给某人 买东西 你买这件衣服是给谁啊？ Who do you buy this coat for?

33. pay attention to details 注意细 节 pay attention to / sth./doing sth/. 从句 你上课时应该听老师讲课.

34. argue with sb.about sth. 与某人争论某事 他们经常互相争论数学题. 他们在争论什么呀 ?

35. forgive others for their faults 原谅别人的 错误 不肯原谅别人的错误，真是太愚蠢了． It ’ s silly of you not to forgive others for their faults.

36. have a good sense of humour 有幽默感 我们的老师很有幽默感，他经常 在课上讲笑话给我们听． Our teacher has a good sense of humour, she often tells jokes to us in class.

37. wait without getting angry 毫无怨言的等待 eat without getting fat 吃了不会发胖

38. try everything just to be different 仅仅是为了与众不同地尝 试每一件事情 hate to be like anyone else 讨厌从众

39. dream about everything 梦想一切 dream about/ of something dream to do something 我梦想做一个象杨利伟那样的对祖 国有巨大贡献的人． I dream to be a man like Yang Liwei who can make a great contribution to our country.

40. Millie has collected enough information about her classmates’ star signs. She is writing about some of them. Help her find the words on pages 4 and 5 to complete her table.

41. NameBirthdayCharacteristics 5th Apr Some people say Samuel is selfish and ________ at times, but I don ’ t think so. I think he is kind. He is _________ and ________. 24th Feb Peter loves dreaming about everything. He is very _______ and ___________. Also we love being friends with him as he is generous, kind, gentle and ___________. 2nd Dec Katie likes telling different jokes. She has a good sense of _______. She loves ________. She is always very lucky 30th Jun Lisa always likes to __________ others. She is kind o everyone. She loves cooking and sharing food with others. I know one of her secrets-she loves__________. 28th Apr Suzy is always the best in different exams in our class. She is a ____________ girl. She never ________ easily. She is ________ at times though. 16th Jan Paul is good at planning things. He is very ___________ and is often successful. He is also very _______. impatient energeticactive creativeimaginative easy-going travellinghumour take care of saving money hard-working gives up stubborn patient businesslike

42. I dream to be a/an … As a/an …, one should be friendly…, I am a Pisces… My characteristics are…

43. Write a composition with the title ‘I believe I can be a/an…’ (Reasons are needed.)

44. 用所给词的适当形式填空 My brother is ________(energy) and he often goes to bed late. Does your english teacher treat every student _________(equal)? I like Maths, but my sisiter likes ________(cook) best. He doesn’t dream about anything. He is a ________(practice) man. The boy doesn’t study well because he’s too_________(patient). My cousin would like to be a _______(lead) of the hospital. Please try your best to do all the things __________(different). I think you can do it well. Please be _________ (confidence). energetic equally cooking practical impatient leader differently confident

45. 1.Is Aries lazy? 2.Which star sign likes worrying too much? 3.Millie was born on 22nd April, 1990. Is she stubborn? No. Aries is energetic and active. Virgo. Perhaps yes.

46. 4. Lucy ’ s mother likes taking care of others and saving money. Which is her star sign? 5. Simon is very generous and often buys his friends nice gifts. In which month do you think he was born? 6. Do you think that people born under the same star sign share similar characteristics? Cancer. From 23 rd July to 22nd August. He is a Leo. Perhaps yes.

47. 1. Which star sign has the best imagination? 2. If your birthday is on 30th September, what is your star sign? 3. Hobo ’ s star sign is Scorpio. Do you think he always tells other people his secrets? Pisces. Pisces is creative and imaginative. Pisces likes to dream. Libra. No. Scorpio likes to keep secrets.