2. Free talk modest active outgoing, fair …

3. 1.What did Hobo do for Eddie? 2.How did Eddie feel about Hobo? 3.What did the newspaper say about Eddie? 4.What happened to Eddie’s breakfast? He brought the newspaper for Eddie. He thought Hobo was very nice. He was grateful to Hobo. It said he would have lots to drink and eat today. Hobo ate it.

5. Eddie and Hobo 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 Hobo bad

6. Well, you should/shouldn’t… then. Can you make a new dialogue? Look!My star sign looks like a lion !(crab,ram,bull…)It says I’ll get lots of money today!^-^ (be bad luck…) Well,you should give me more pocket money (be careful…) then! ^-^

7. Eddie and Hobo are dogs. They are one of the 12 animal signs in Chinese culture. Different years have the different 12 animal signs. Can you name other 11 animal signs?

8. Mouse OxTiger Rabbit Dragon Snake HorseGoat Monkey Rooster DogPig

9. Creatures in the 12 Star Signs: Bull ∕bul∕ Centaur ∕’sent ɔ :(r) ∕ Crab ∕kr æb∕ ram ∕ ræm ∕ fish lion Scorpion /’ sk ɔ :pi ǝ n/ goat ∕g ǝ ut∕

10. Other signs: twins Balance vase virgin

11. Aries /’ Ɛǝ ri:z / 21st Mar.--20th Apr. Taurus /’ t ɔ :r ǝ s / 21st Apr. - 21st May. Gemini /’ ʤ eminai / 22nd May-21st Jun Cancer /’ kæns ǝ / 22nd Jun. -22nd Jul Leo /’ li: ǝ u / 23rd Jul. -22nd Aug. Virgo /’ v ǝ :g ǝ u / 23rd Aug-22nd Sept virgin

12. Libra /’ li:br ǝ / 23rd Sept-22nd Oct Scorpio /’ sk ɔ :pi ǝ u/ 23rd Oct.-21st Nov. Sagittarius / sæ ʤ i’t Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/ 22nd Nov. -20th Dec. Capricorn /’ kæprik ɔ :n/ 21st. Dec.---20th Jan. Aquarius / ǝ ’kw Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/ 21st Jan-19th Feb Pisces /’paisi:z/ 20th Feb. ---20th Mar Scorpion

13. Talk with your partner How old are you?How old are you? I’m fifteen.I’m fifteen. What’s your animal sign?What’s your animal sign? The rooster. The rooster. When is your birthday? What’s your star sign?When is your birthday? What’s your star sign? It’s on 21st Jan.It’s on 21st Jan. Oh, I’m an Aquarius.Oh, I’m an Aquarius.

14. Translations: 1.Hobo 把所有食物都吃了真是太自私了。（ selfish ） It’s ___________________________________ It’s ___________________________________ 2. 对我们来说，学好英语很重要。 It’s __________________________________ It’s __________________________________ 3. 因为有老师的帮助你不应该担心你学不好英语。 You _________________________________ You _________________________________ ____________________________________ the teacher’s help. ____________________________________ the teacher’s help. 4. 我们有许多时间完成这项工作。 We have _______________________________________________ We have _______________________________________________ selfish of Hobo to eat all the food. important for us to learn English well. shouldn’t worry about not learning English well with lots of time to finish this work.

16. Do you know them? 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. lion Crabs fish crab bull ram centaur

17. A guessing game : It lives in rivers and uses its fins and tail to swim. ——fish It is a large, yellow and brown animal of the cat family. The male has long, thick hair. ——lion It is a creature that is half—man, half— horse. ——centaur

18. A guessing game : It is a sea creature with a shell, eight legs and two large pointed arm for catching things. It moves sideways on land. ——crab It is a kind of male sheep. ——ram It belongs to the OX family but it is different from the cow because it is male. ——bull

19. 1.star signs: 星座 2.It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper. It + be + adj + of sb.+ to do sth. 形容人用 of It + be + adj + for sb.+ to do sth. 形容动作用 for e.g. It is kind of Sandy to help me with my work. It is foolish of you to make such a mistake. It is important for us to study hard. It is necessary for you to take an umbrella in such a rainy day.

20. Finish Welcome What do you know about star signs?

21. 6th August, 1980 2nd May, 1975

22. 25th June, 1982

23. centaur Sagittarius 射手座 / 人马座 ram Aries 白羊座 / 牧羊座 crab Cancer 巨蟹座 lion Leo 狮子座

24. fish Pisces 双鱼座 bull Taurus 金牛座 water carrier Aquarius 水瓶座 / 宝瓶座 virgin Virgo 处女座

25. the twins Gemini 双子座 the scales Libra 天秤座 the goat Capricorn 摩羯座 / 山羊座 scorpion Scorpio 天蝎座

26. Do you know them? 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. lion Crabs fish crab bull ram centaur

27. The 12 animal signs of Chinese horoscope Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey RoosterDog Pig

28. 3. I’ll have lots to eat and drink today. (1)lots: (pron) lots of things (2)to eat and drink: 动词不定式作定语修饰 lots e.g. I have lots of homework to do. 4. worry about sb/sth/ (not) doing sth e.g. Your mother is worrying about you. Why are you so late? Eddie always worries about not having enough food. All his teachers worry about his study.

29. 5. be familiar with: 对 … 熟悉 e.g. We are familiar with that film star. 6. the 12 animal signs of the Chinese horoscope: 中国的十二生肖 7. in the west: 在西方 8. Students’ Union: 学生会 9. chairperson: chairman 主席 10. recommend a classmate: 推荐一个同学 (1) recommend sb. as…: 推荐 … 作 … e.g. We all recommend Daniel as the new chairman of the Students’ Union.

30. (2) recommend sb. for…: 为了 … 推 荐 … e.g. They all agreed to recommend him for his excellent work.

31. 16th April, 1974 6th October, 1976 6th August, 1980

32. 11th June, 1975

33. 20th June, 1967

34. 4th June, 1975