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

Twelve animals in Chinese horoscope What else?

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…

Ask and answer What month were you born in?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leo /’li:ǝu / 狮子座 23rd Jul – 22nd Aug

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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/

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!

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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.

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

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…)

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.