Unit 1 Introduce yourself -star sign and personality 外国语学院 曾祥芳

B O P S Procedure : BOPPS Break-ice Objective Performance Summary participation Performance Objective Break-ice B O P S

Break-ice What are 12 star signs ? Are there any relationship between star signs with your personality ?

the star sign crab July 13, 1983 Who is he? ,what’s his star sign? How about his personality ? Break-ice Liu Xiang’s profile the star sign crab July 13, 1983

Teaching objectives Focus Difficulty Objectives Of knowledge： Relationship between star signs and personalities Of knowledge： Vocabulary of star signs and personalities Of abilities Describe your personalities based on star signs Difficulty Learn to judge one’s personality based on star signs Of emotions：Star signs decide peoples’ personalities?

A guessing game centaur lion What is this/are these? It’s a/They’re… pretest centaur lion What is this/are these? It’s a/They’re… ram fish crab bull centaur lion bull fish crab ram

12 star signs Crab Bull Gemini Ram Libra Lion Virgo Scorpion Fish 22nd Jun – 22nd Jul Bull 21st Apr – 21st May Gemini 22nd May – 21st Jun Ram 21st Mar – 20th Apr Libra 23rd Sept – 22nd Oct) Lion 23rd Jul – 22nd Aug Virgo 23rd Aug – 22nd Sept Scorpion 23rd Oct – 21st Nov Fish 20th Feb – 20th Mar Capricorn 21st Dec – 20th Jan Aquarius 21st Jan – 19th Feb Centaur 22nd Nov – 20th Dec

Do you know some star signs of famous people? Participation Do you know some star signs of famous people?

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

Famous Ram Jackie Chan (April 7, 1954) Chinese Actor Leonardo Da Vinci (April 15, 1452) Italian Architect, Painter, Sculptor Jackie Chan (April 7, 1954) Chinese Actor Elton John (March 25, 1948) English Singer, Songwriter

Taurus stubborn hard-working patient not give up easily 21st Apr-21st May

British Prime Minister Famous Bull George Clooney (May 6, 1961) American Actor Tony Blair (May 6, 1953) British Prime Minister Li Yong (May 3, 1968) CCTV DJ

Gemini curious and clever outgoing feelings change easily love to talk 22nd May-21st Jun

Famous Gemini Huang Hong (May 25, 1960) Chinese Comedian Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926) American Actress John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917) Former US President

Cancer kind love home and family take care of others save money and cook 22nd Jun-22nd Jul

Famous Crab Tobey Maguire (June 27, 1975) American Actor Rain Tom Cruise (July 3, 1962) Rain (June 25, 1982) Korean Singer

Leo strong confident generous 23rd Jul-22nd Aug

Famous Lion Deng Xiaoping (August 22, 1904) Former Chinese Leader Bill Clinton (August 19, 1946) Former US President Madonna (August 16, 1958) American Singer

Virgo modest worry too much practical pay attention to details 23rd Aug-22nd Sept

Famous Virgo Billy Ray Cyrus (August 25, 1961) American Singer Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958) Cai Yilin (September 15, 1980) Chinese Singer

Libra Polite and fair elegant peaceful 23rd Sept-22nd Oct

Famous Libra Pavarotti (October 12, 1935) Italian Opera Singer Catherine Zeta Jones (September 25, 1969) American Actress Liu Dehua (September 27, 1961) Chinese Singer, Actor

Scorpio powerful energetic silly 23rd Oct. -21st Nov.

Former American First Lady Famous Scorpion Zhang Yimou (November 14, 1951) Chinese Film Director Hillary Clinton (October 26, 1947) Former American First Lady Bill Gates (October 28, 1955) Founder of Microsoft

Sagittarius humorous enjoy life lucky love traveling 22nd Nov-20th Dec

Famous Centaur Ludwig von Beethoven (December16, 1770) German Music Composer Brad Pitt (December 18, 1963) American Actor Dame Judi Dench (December 9, 1934) British Actress

Capricorn work hard successful good at making and planning things patient 21st Dec-20th Jan

Famous Capricorn Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893) Former Chinese Leader Gong Li (December 31, 1965) Chinese Actress Richard Nixon (January 9, 1913) Former US President

Aquarius kind and wise have many friends strange 21st Jan-19th Feb

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809) Famous Aquarius Zhang Ziyi (February 9, 1979) Chinese Actress Sun Nan (February 18, 1969) Chinese Singer Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809) Former US President

Pisces generous kind easy-going gentle creative imaginative 21st Jan-19th Feb

Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879) Famous Fish Zhao Wei (March 12, 1976) Chinese Actress Elizabeth Taylor (February 27, 1932) American Actress Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879) German Physicist

Post –test : T/F .Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. This means she probably is a careless person. ____ 2.Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite. ____ 3.Kitty’s birthday is on 8thOctober. She should always be lucky. ____ F T F

T T powerful F _____ 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. ____ T T powerful F _____

What’s your star sign ? How about your personality? summary What’s your star sign ? How about your personality? Do you believe these signs can foretell your personality ? Why or why not ? …..

Thank You!