LOGO Unit 2 Shaping and Reshaping Personality

Company Logo Lead-in :The Chinese Horoscope ( 星座）  Chinese astrology( 占星术, 占星学 ) has a 3,000 year history. The Ancient Chinese originally invented the 10 Heavenly Stems ( 天干） and 12 Earthly Branches ( 地支 )for chronological （ 依时间前后排列而记载的 purposes. However, since most people were illiterate in that day, 12 animals were designated （指定） to symbolize the 12 Earthly Branches for the common person. The lucky animals chose were the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig successively.  A: What is your sign of the Chinese zodiac （十二生肖 ） ? B: My sign is Dog.

Company Logo  The Chinese zodiac is quite different from the western system. The former is based on year while the latter is based on month. Furthermore, the Chinese zodiac is named after 12 animals, but 12 star signs are representative of the western system.  A: what is your star sign (of the zodiac)? B: My sign is Sagittarius.

LOGO 12 Constellations in Learning English

Company Logo Part I. Warming up Section A  Key words:  constellation: [,k ɔ nst ə 'le ɪʃ ə n]  n. 星座；一群杰出人物

Company Logo 12 Constellations Taurus Libra Pisces Sagittarius Cancer Aquarius Leo Capricorn Scorpio Gemini Aries Virgo 水瓶座 双鱼座 白羊座 金牛座 双子座 巨蟹座 狮子座 处女座 天秤座 天蝎座 射手座 摩羯座

Company Logo Lead in Can you describe your personality by using one adjective?

Company Logo Your Personality  1. Introspective 敏于思、易感型  2. Independent 独立、不受局限型  3. Dynamic 活泼外向型  4. Down to Earth 稳重和谐型  5. Professional 专业自信型  6. Peaceful 平和谨慎型  7. Carefree 无忧无虑、好玩型  8. Romantic 浪漫感性型  9. Analytical 分析、自信型

Company Logo  The constellations are totally imaginary things that poets, farmers and astronomers have made up over the past 6,000 years and probably even more. Listen to the following information about 12 constellations and match Column A with Column B. Section A Practice

Company Logo Section A Answers:  1- (h)  2- (d)  3- (j)  4- (k)  5- (b)  6- (i)  7- (g)  8- (e)  9- (l)  10- (f)  11- (c)  12- (a)

Company Logo Section B  Key words: personality survey: 性格调查  aggressive ： [ ə ' ɡ resiv] adj. 好争斗的, 挑衅的, 侵略 性的  jealous ： ['d ʒ el ə s] adj. 妒忌的, 猜疑的；妒羡的 ; 羡 慕的；  Vocabulary: raise the roof: 把屋顶掀翻，表示非常生气

Company Logo Practice Section B  In the following short dialogue, a man is trying to help a woman do a personality survey. listen carefully and complete the survey below by putting checks where proper.

Company Logo Section B Answers aggressiveselfishkindpatientjealous Estremely √ Very √√ Sort of √ Not very √ Not at all

Company Logo Section C Vocabulary: smart ： [sm ɑ :t]adj. 整洁漂亮的 ; 衣着讲究的 ; 时髦的； 思维敏捷的, 伶俐的 ; 聪明的；有力的, 猛烈的 identification ： [ai,dentifi'kei ʃ ə n] n. 鉴定, 验明, 认 出；身份证明；认同

Company Logo Practice  Now listen to three conversations. Check the two adjectives that best describe George, Karen, and Pam. Section C

Company Logo Section C Answers GeorgekarenPam Ambitious√ Helpful√ Honest√ Proud√ Selfish√ Unreliable√

Company Logo Part II. Self-esteem  Q 1: What is the definition of “self-esteem”?  Answer: According to the Oxford English – Chinese Dictionary, “self-esteem” means “ good opinion of one’s own character and abilities”.

Company Logo  Key words:  self-esteem ： [,self ɪ 'sti:m]n. 自尊；自负  Vocabulary:  harsh ： [h ɑ : ʃ ]adj. 刺耳的, 刺眼的, 粗糙的；严厉的, 严酷的  democratic ： [,dem ə 'krætik]adj. 民主的, 有民主 精神或作风的 Part II. Self-esteem

Company Logo Practice  In this part you are going to hear a science report on self-esteem. Listen carefully and complete the experiment report.

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Company Logo  Assignments  1.Item2 of unit 12  2.Preview part 3 and part 4.

Company Logo  Part III Section A  Key words: depression/drugs/psycho-therapy/ public education  Vocabulary moderate

Company Logo Practice Section A  Listen to a talk about how to treat depression. Fill in the blanks with the words you hear.

Company Logo Answers: Section A  sad/ temporary/long/mental  anyone/ten/ developing/  80%/drugs/effective/carefully  Without/activity/ minor/walking/30/4/ improve/physical / traditional/hour/ talking/doctors/Discussion/ways/problems  education/understand

Company Logo Section B  Key words: anger  Vocabulary: tether/ suppress/manifest/ surly/cleanse/ vent/ ebb away/ dump/ uptight/ punch

Company Logo  You are going to hear two speakers talking about dealing with anger. Fill in the blanks with key words. Practice

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Company Logo  Now listen to a conversation talking about ways to deal with anger. Write down the key points in the chart below. Practice

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Company Logo Part IV. Short talks on listening skills  Listen to the short talk entitled “Represent the Ideas Clear and Clean- Outlining.” Some important words are taken away from the written passage. Supply missing words.

Company Logo Part IV. Short talks on listening skills Answers:  Classifying and organizing ideas  Ability/ the facts or ideas/ are related to one another  Roman/ Arabic/ letters/ standard form/ decreasing importance/capital letters/ small letters  To the left/to the right/ equal/ the same distance/ easy to see/the ideas before and after it  No punctuation  Outlining/ practice