2. Unit 1 Star signs Reading (II)

3. Revision: How many star signs are there? What are the names of the star signs?

4. scorpio

5. Tasks for the first reading: Read the passages and say something about star signs.

6. 21st Mar-20th Apr Aries energetic active impatient selfish

7. 21 st Apr-21 st May Taurus stubborn hard-working patient not give up easily

8. 22nd May-21st Jun Gemini curious and clever outgoing feelings change easily love to talk

9. 22nd Jun-22nd Jul Cancer kind save money and cook love home and family take care of others

10. 23rd Jul-22nd Aug Leo strong confident generous

11. 23rd Aug-22nd Sept Virgo modest practical worry too much pay attention to details

12. 23rd Sept-22nd Oct Libra Polite and fair elegant peaceful

13. 22nd Jun-22nd Jul Scorpio powerful energetic silly

14. 22nd Nov-20th Dec Sagittarius humorous lucky love traveling enjoy life

15. 21st Dec-20th Jan Capricorn work hard successful patient good at making and planning things

16. 21st Jan-19th Feb Aquarius kind and wise strange have many friends

17. 21st Jan-19th Feb Pisces generouskind gentle easy-going creative imaginative

18. Tasks for the second reading: Find out the meanings of the following adjectives.

19. 1. Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. What’s she like? 2. Kitty’s birthday is on 8th October. What kind of person is she? 3. Simon’s star sign is Leo. How is he? 4. Amy was born on 20th Mar. what does she like to do? 5. When were you born? What star sign do you belong to?

20. Match the first parts of the sentences on the left with the second parts on the right 1 An energetic person _ _ _ a does not easily get angry. 2 An outgoing person __ _ b cares only about himself/ herself. 3 A confident person _ __ c is friendly and love to meet people. 4 A selfish person ___ d can wait without angry. 5 An easy-going person ___ e has lots of energy. 6 A fair person ___ f wants to know about everything. 7 A patient person ___ g treats everyone equally. 8 A curious person ___ h has a good sense of humour 9 A humorous person ____ I feels sure about his/ her own ability. e c i b a g d f h

21. Tasks for the third reading:

22. Classmate Birthday Characteristics Samuel 5 th Apr Some people say Samuel is selfish and (1)_________ at times, but I do not think he is. I think he is kind, (2)__________ and (3) ________. Peter 24 th Feb Peter loves dreaming about everything.He is very (4)________ and (5) ____________. We love being friends with him,because he is generous, kind, gentle and (6) ____________. Katie 2 nd Dec Katie likes telling jokes. She is (7)___________. She enjoys life and loves (8)__________. She always seems to be very lucky. impatient energeticactive creative imaginative easy-going humorous travelling

23. Classmate Birthday Characteristics Lisa 30 th Jun Lisa likes to (9)_____________ others. She is kind to everyone. She loves cooking and sharing food with others. She also loves (10) _____________. Suzy 28 th Apr Suzy is a (11)_____________girl and always does well in exams. She never (12)__________ easily, but she can be (13)____________ at times. Paul 16 th Jan Paul is good at planning things. He works hard and is often (14)__________. He is also very (15) ____________. take care of saving money hard-working gives up stubborn successful patient

24. Describe your own star sign and characteristics

25. energetic easy-going curious outgoing businesslike successful patient active powerful wise modest clever practical gentle generous fair polite elegant confident… eg: I am a Libra. I am patient and helpful. I am elegant and fair to everyone…

26. … …..

27. eg: I am good at sports. I like playing football very much. I always plan things carefully. My classmates often say I am very patient.Sometimes, I am patient enough to wait for a long time without getting angry. My star sign is Capricorn. I think my characteristics match what my star signs says about me. energetic easy-going curious outgoing businesslike successful patient active powerful wise modest clever practical gentle generous fair polite elegant confident

28. Let’s play a game!!!

29. What is his / her star sign ? What’re the charateristics?

30. Name Name ：王力宏 English Name English Name ： Lee- Hom Wang Birthday Birthday ： 17th May, 1976 Favorite singer Favorite singer: Stevie Wonder Hobbies Hobbies: baseball, drawing and opera Characteristics Characteristics: Stubborn, hard-working and patient

31. Name Name ：周杰伦 English Name English Name ： Jay Birthday Birthday ： 18th Jan, 1981 Sports Sports ： Basketball Instruments Instruments: Piano, Guitar Characteristics Characteristics: Businesslike, successful and patient

32. Name Name ：成龙 English Name English Name ： Jacky cheng Birthday Birthday ： 7th Apri, 1954 Sports Sports ： Swimming Characteristics Characteristics: Active, energetic and impatient

33. Name Name ：蔡依林 English Name English Name ： Jolin Birthday Birthday ： 15th Sept, 1980 Major Major: English Hobby Hobby: Watching TV Characteristics Characteristics: Modest and practical

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

35. Thank you!