1. Unit 1 Star signs

2. Twelve animals in Chinese horoscope rat 子 ox 丑 tiger 寅 rabbit 卯 dragon 辰 snake 巳 horse 午 goat 未 monkey 申 rooster 酉 dog 戌 pig 亥

4. 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…

5. What month were you born in?

6. Do you know the star signs?

7. What are the star signs represented by? The names of the creatures ram bull fish crab lion centaur

8. 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 Crabsfish crab bull ram centaur

9. What are the other star signs represented by? scales scorpion twins goat water carrier virgin

10. 22nd May-21st Jun21st Apr-21st May What is your star sign? 22nd Jun-22ndJul 23rd Jul-22nd Aug23rd Aug-22nd Sep23rd Sep-22nd Oct23rd Oct-21st Nov 22nd Nov-20th Dec21st Dec-20th Jan 21st Jan-19th Feb 20th Feb-20th Mar AB C D EFG H I J K L 21st Mar-20th Apr

11. Aries /’ Ɛǝ ri:z / 白羊座 21st Mar –20th Apr

12. Taurus /’t ɔ :r ǝ s / 金牛座 21st Apr – 21st May

13. Gemini /’ ʤ eminai / 双子座 22nd May – 21st Jun

14. Cancer /’kæns ǝ / 巨蟹座 22nd Jun – 22nd Jul

15. Leo /’li: ǝ u / 狮子座 23rd Jul – 22nd Aug

16. Virgo /’v ǝ :g ǝ u / 处女座 23rd Aug – 22nd Sept

17. Libra /’li:br ǝ / 天秤座 23rd Sept – 22nd Oct

18. Scorpio /’sk ɔ :pi ǝ u/ 天蝎座 23rd Oct – 21st Nov

19. Sagittarius / sæ ʤ i’t Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/ 射手座 22nd Nov – 20th Dec

20. Capricorn /’kæprik ɔ :n/ 摩羯座 21st Dec – 20th Jan

21. Aquarius / ǝ ’kw Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/ 水瓶座 21st Jan – 19th Feb

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

23. Aries 白羊座 / 牧羊座 21st Mar.-20th Apr. 21st Jan.-19th Feb. Aquarius 水瓶座 / 宝瓶座 20th Feb. -20th Mar. Pisces 双鱼座 21st Apr. - 21st May. Taurus 金牛座 /’ t ɔ :r ǝ s / /’ Ɛǝ ri:z / /’paisi:z/ / ǝ ’kw Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/

24. Virgo 处女座 23rd Aug.-22nd Sept. 22nd Jun. -22nd Jul. Cancer 巨蟹座 22nd May.-21st Jun. Gemini 双子座 23rd Jul. -22nd Aug. Leo 狮子座 /’ li: ǝ u / /’ kæns ǝ / /’ ʤ eminai / /’ v ǝ :g ǝ u /

25. Libra 天秤座 Capricorn 摩羯座 / 山羊座 Scorpio 天蝎座 23rd Sept.-22nd Oct. 21st. Dec.---20th Jan. 23rd Oct.-21st Nov. 22nd Nov. -20th Dec. Sagittarius 射手座 / 人马座 /sæ ʤ i’t Ɛǝ ri ǝ s/ /’ sk ɔ :pi ǝ u/ /’ kæprik ɔ :n/ /’ li:br ǝ /

26. 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!

28. 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. Hobo eats it. It says Eddie will have lots to eat and drink today.

29. 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 Their star signs?

30. Homework 1.Remember the star signs. 2.Read the dialogues again and again. 3.Make up a new dialogue about star signs. 4.Try to find out how many classmates are under the star sign as you.