1. Integrated Skills

2. Enjoy a song.

3. Do you know the 12 animal signs in Chinese culture? What are they?

9. Match the words. Select one word to describe every animal sign. rat ox tiger hard - workingbrave smart

10. rabbit dragon snake wise powerfulcareful

11. horsesheepmonkey lively clever gentle

12. rooster dog pig loyalhonestpractical

13. Do foreigners believe that animal signs decide personality? If not, what do they believe?

14. What are the star signs?

15. Aries (21st Mar. – 20th Apr.) Taurus (21st Apr. – 21st May) Gemini (22nd May – 21st Jun.) 白羊座 金牛座 双子座

16. 巨蟹座 狮子座 处女座 Leo (23rd Jul. – 22nd Aug.) Crab (22nd Jun. – 22nd Jul.) Virgo (23rd Aug. – 22nd Sept.)

17. 天秤座 天蝎座 射手座 / 人马座 Libra (23rd Sept. – 22nd Oct.) Scorpion (23rd Oct. – 21st Nov.) Centaur (22nd Nov. – 20th Dec.)

18. 摩羯座 水瓶座 双鱼座 Capricorn (21st Dec. – 20th Jan.) Aquarius (21st Jan. – 19th Feb.) Pisces (20th Feb. – 20th Mar.)

19.  What is your animal sign?  What is your star sign?  What personalities do you think you have?  hard-working, polite,  generous,  kind; careful,  helpful …

20. Listen and fill in the blanks on Page 15. Answers: 1. lunar year 5. Dog 2. Rabbit 6. animal sign 3. Snake 7. 12 4. Monkey 8. date of birth

21. Listen carefully and complete the article on Page 16. Answers: 1. animal sign 5. date of birth 2. more careful 6. star sign 3. powerful 7. fun 4. 12

22. Read the article carefully and answer the questions. 1.What is the main idea? It is mainly about what decides your personality. 2. What are the personalities of the people who were born in the year of the rabbit? They are more careful.

23. 3. What decides your star sign? It depends on your date of birth. 4. Do the animal signs or star signs decide your life? No, not really. It is you who shape your life and your future.

24. Listen to the conversation and answer these questions. 1. What is Joe’s animal sign? 2. What are people born in the Year of the Tiger like? His animal sign is the Tiger. It is said that they are brave.

25. 3. Whose animal sign is the Sheep? 4. What is Julie like? 5. What does Millie think of the relationship between animal signs and personalities? Julie’s. She gets angry easily. She thinks we can read about these things for fun, but we should not believe in them.

26. Work in pairs and role – play it.

27. Origin of the 12 animal signs in Chinese culture

28. Similar to the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, animals in Chinese Sheng Xiao were also created for counting years. The selection and order of the animals that influence people's lives very much was originated in the Han Dynasty (202BC – 220AD) and based upon each animal's character and living habits. Each animal sign is usually related with an earthly branch, so the animal years were called zi rabbit, chou ox, yin tiger, mao rabbit, chen dragon, si snack, wu horse, wei sheep, shen monkey, you rooster, xu dog and hai pig.

29. Benming Nian (Year of Birth) The animal year when a person was born is called his / her Benming Nian (year of birth). It is said that in one's year of birth, he will offend 'Taisui', a mysterious power or celestial body that could control people's fortune. The best way to avoid miserable events is to wear red clothes, a waistband, or decorations such as a red bracelet and necklace as a talisman that must be bought by others. If the person himself buys them, the function of the talisman is greatly reduced. This may be due to the people's special affection for red since the Han Dynasty.

30. 1. lively lively 是形容词，意为 “ 生机勃勃的；活 跃的；精力充沛的 ” ；也可意为 “( 色彩等 ) 鲜明的, 强烈的；生动的, 栩栩如的 ” 。

31. She is a lively child and popular with everyone. 她是个活泼的孩子，大家都喜欢她。 She gave a lively description of her adventure. 她生动地叙述了她的探险。

32. [ 辨析 ] live, alive, living, lively 的区别 alive 意为 “ 活着 ” ，侧重说明生与死之间的界 限，既可指人，也可指物；可用来作表语，后 置定语或宾补。虽有死的可能，但还活着。 如： No man alive is greater than he. 在活着的人中没有人比他更伟大了。 ( 注： 此时 alive 含有 “ 在所有活着的 …… 之中 ”) He wanted to keep the fish alive. 他想让鱼活着。

33. living 意为 “ 活着 ” 强调说明 “ 尚在人间, 健在 ” ，可用来指人或物，作定语或表语。如 : My first teacher is still living. 我的启蒙老师仍健在。 English is a living language. 英语是活的语言。

34. 注意： living 前加上 the, 表示类别，指 “ 活着的人们 ” 。 living 还可用于短语，如 ： make a living 谋生 make a / one’s living by + ing 通过做 …… 谋生

35. live 做形容词，意思是 “ 活着的 ” ，读作 [la ɪ v] ，通常指物，不指人，常用来作定语放 名词的前面。还指 “ 实况转播的 ” 。如： a live wire 有电的电线 a live fish 一条活鱼

36. lively 则意为 “ 活泼的 ” ， “ 活跃的 ” ， “ 充满 生气的 ” ，可作定语、表语或宾补，既可指 人，又可指物。如： Jenny is a lively girl. 詹妮是个活泼的女孩。 Everything is lively here. 这儿一切都生机勃勃。

37. Fill in the blanks with living, alive, live, lively. 1. I bought two _____ fish. 2. Thanks to the satellite, football games come to us _______ on TV. 3. He is the only greatest ______ man of his times. 4. He is the only greatest man ______ of his times. 5. He has many ways to make his classes ______ and interesting. live living alive lively

38. 2. It is you who shape your life and your future. It is + 被强调部分 + who / that + 原句其他 部分是一种强调句型，用 于加强语气。 It was her who / that I met in the shop. 我在商店里遇到的是她。

39. He read three books in the library yesterday. 我们分别可以强调主语、宾语、地点状语和 时间状语。如： It was he who (that) read three books in the library yesterday.( 强调主语 ) It was three books that he read in the library yesterday.( 强调宾语 ) It was in the library that he read three books yesterday.( 强调时间状语）

40. 当被强调部分指人时，可用 that ，也可用 who ；指物时，只用 what. It was Tom who / that I met last week. It is a new book that his brother wants to buy. 强调状语时，只用 that, 不用 when 、 where. It is at 5 o'clock that the train will arrive. 被强调的部分是主语时，注意句子的谓语 动词和被强调的主语保持一致。如： It is he who is late. It is they that were late.

41. 1. It was after he got what he had desired ______ he realized it was not so important. A. that B. when C. since D. as 2. David said that it was because of his strong interest in literature ______ he chose the course. A. that B. what C. why D. how A A

42. 3. It might have been John _________ bought a present for Mary yesterday. A. that B. when C. what D. which 4. I guess it was his eyes _________ attracted me first. A. that B. where C. which D. while A A