Explore Star Signs and Characteristics

1. Period 2 Reading (1)

2. Revision: Star signs centaur /’sent :(r) / c Sagittarius 射手座 ram /r em/ e Aries 白羊座

3. crab /kr eb/ e Cancer 巨蟹座 lion /lai n/ e Leo 狮子座

4. fish Pisces 双鱼座 bull /bul/ Taurus 金牛座

5. the water carrier Aquarius 水瓶座 Virgo 处女座 /:e/

6. the twins Gemini 双子座 Libra天秤座 /e/ In Western culture, scales represent justice, both sides being balanced equally.

7. sea goat Capricorn 摩羯座 /i/ /:c/ scorpion /i n/ e Scorpio 天蝎座

8. What is your star sign? A year is divided into 12 different star signs. The time (the month) of your birthday decides your star sign. Similar to the Chinese horoscope, the year you were born in is believed to influence your character. Some people believe that people born under the same star sign share similar characteristics.

9. What is your star sign? divide…into share similarcharacteristic /e/ /e/ /e/

10. What is your star sign? • What is your characteristic? (Describe your characteristics using the following vocabularies.)

11. clever fun helpful lazy polite honest dishonest friendly kind careful active inactive generous shy strong proud peaceful humour hard-working careless

12. Star signs and characteristics

13. ram ( ) 白羊座 Aries 21st March- 20th Apr energeticandactive,impatient selfishattimes

14. ( ) 金牛座Taurus 21st Apr- 21st May bull Stubborn, hard-working, patient not give up easily

15. ( ) 双子座Gemini 22nd May- 21st Jun twins curious and clever, outgoing like to talk / talktive

16. ( ) 巨蟹座 Cancer 22nd Jun-22nd Jul crab kind, like to take care of others like saving money and cooking

17. ( ) 狮子座 Leo 23rd Jul-22nd Aug lion strong and confident, generous buy your friends nice gifts

18. 处女座 Virgo 23rd Aug-22nd Sept modest, worry about too much Practical, pay attention to details

19. 天秤座 Libra 23rd Sept-22nd Oct polite and fair, elegant, beautiful things love peace, hate to argue with others

20. Scorpion ( ) 天蝎座 Scorpio 23rd Oct-21st Nov powerful, have lots of energy, keep secrets silly not to forgive others for their faults

21. ( ) 射手座 Sagittarius 22nd Nov-20th Dec centaur haveagood sense of humour, lucky love travelling to different places

22. ( ) 摩羯座 Capricorn 21st Dec-20th Jan sea goat businesslikeandsuccessful, patientenough

23. ( )水瓶 Aquarius 21st Jan-19th Feb the water carrier kindandwise, hate to be like anyone else, tryeverything tobedifferent

24. ( ) 双鱼座 Pisces 20th Feb-20th Mar fish generous,kind, gentle,easy-going creative,imaginative, liketo dream

25. New words and phrases: divide 分,分开patient 耐心的 similar 相(类)似的outgoing 爱交友的 characteristic 特征(性) save 积攒,储蓄 energetic 精力充沛的cooking 烹饪 active 积极的confident 自信的 impatient 不耐心的modest 谦虚的 leader 领导者practical 有实际经验 selfish 自私的attention 注意(力) stubborn 固执的fair 公平(正)的

26. elegant 文(高)雅的businesslike有条不紊的 peace 和平,宁静successful 成功的 argue 辩(争)论without 没有,不 energy 精(活)力wise 聪明的 silly 傻的,愚蠢的easy-going 随和的 forgive 原谅,宽恕creative 有创造力的 fault 过失(错) imaginative 富于想象 力的 sense 感(知)觉dream 做梦,梦见 humour 幽默

27. First Reading Match the date with the pictures of the star signs. 1. 23rd Aug-22nd Sept 2. 20th Feb-20th Mar 3. 22nd Jun-22nd Jul 4. 21st Dec-20th Jan 5. 21st Apr-21st May 6. 23rd Oct-21st Nov

28. similar Second Reading: 1.like, of the same sort (L.3) _______ 2.a typical feature or quality (特征) (L.4) ____________ 3.not easily giving way to persuasion, difficult to deal with (L.12) ________ 4.having,showing,a not too high opinion of one’s abilities (L.33) _______ 5.have relationto practice (L.35) _______ 6.tasteful or stylish (漂亮的;气派的) in appearance or manner (L.40) _______ characteristic stubborn modest practical elegant

29. peace Some more words: 7.the state of being calm or quiet(L41)_____ 8.give reasons in support of one’s opinions and against other opinions (L.42)_____ 9.sth. that makes a person, thing, ect, imperfect; shortcoming; (L.48) _____ 10.able to create (line 69) _______ 11.using, showingsystem;or acting(L.55) without delay __________ 12.of having, using imagination (L.70) __________ argue fault creative businesslike imaginative

30. _____________ Third Reading: T/F 1.Sandy’s star sign is Virgo. This means she probably is a careless person. ____ 2.Daniel was born on 7th October. He should be polite. ____ 3.Kitty’s birthday is on 8thOctober. She should always be lucky. ____ pays attention to details F T F

31. T 4. Simon’s star sign is Leo. This means he is strong and confident. ____ 5. Suzy was born on 26th January. She should be kind and wise. ____ 6. Amy’s birthday is on 2nd November. She should be a patient person. ____ T powerful F _____

32. Fourth Reading: 1.Is Aries lazy? 2.Which star sign likes saving money? 3.Does Sagittarius like jokes? No. Aries is energetic and active. Cancer. Yes. Sagittarius has a good sense of humour.

33. 4.Which star sign the best imagination? 5.If your birthday is on 30th September, what is your star sign? Pisces. Pisces is creative and imaginative. Pisces likes to dream. Libra.

34. Part B Match the first parts one the left with the second parts on the right. 1.An energetic persona does not easily get angry. 2.An outgoing personb cares only about himself/ herself. 3.A confident personc is friendly and loves to meet people. 4.A selfish persond can wait without getting angry. 5.An easy-going persone has lots of energy. 6.A fair personf treats everyone equally. 7.A patient persong wants to know about everything. 8.A curious personh feels sure about his/her own ability.

35. Fifth Reading: Keys to B (Page 6) e, c, h, b, a, f, d, g

36. Keys to C2 (Page 7) 1.impatient 2.energetic 3.active 4.creative 5.imaginative 6.easy-going 7.humour 8.travelling 9.take care of 10.saving money 11.hard-working 12.gives up 13.stubborn 14.businesslike 15.patient

37. Activities Work in pairs: 1.Describe your classmates with the adjectives used to describe characteristics like this: -Who is patient/energetic in our class? -John/Sarah is patient/energetic.

38. A list of characteristics active inactive clever businesslike modest helpful confident outgoing polite creative patient dishonest easy-going peaceful kind elegant practical fun energetic proud friendly fair selfish careful generous shy careless hard-working strong/ humour imaginative stubborn lazy impatient wise silly

39. 2.Make an interview with your partner about characteristics. When you make this interview, please include these following questions. Notice: 1.What is your (mother’s/father’s/best friend/…) star sign? 2.What are his/her characteristics? Pair-work Eg. My father is aScorpio. He is apeaceful andhelpfulperson. Heiselegantand he likes to be fairto everyone

40. Useful expressions: 1.just for fun 2.bedivided into different star signs 3.the time of your birthday 4.the people bornunderthe same star sign =the people who were born under…. 5.share similar characteristics 6.be energetic and active =have a lot of energy and active 7.like to be the leader 8.be selfish at times

41. 9.a hard-working person 10.be stubborn and do not like change 11.not give up easily give up sth.; give up doing sth. 12.a curious and clever person 13.like to take care of others 14.like saving money and cooking 15.a strong and confident person 16.like to buy your friends nice gifts 17.worry too much at times 18.pay attention to details

42. 1).just for fun , have lots of fun , have fun in cooking fun “玩笑、娱乐、乐趣”，是不可数名词。 在美语中，也可作形容词，意思是“有趣的、愉 快的”。 例如： a fun party “有趣的聚会”。 2).love/like to do 表示“偶尔为之”，“一时喜欢” love/like doing表示“经常如此”。 like“喜欢”，语气最弱，仅仅是喜欢； be fond of语气适中，“喜欢、爱好”； love 语气最强，“爱、爱好、热爱”。 I like to read the comic book. “喜欢” I am fond of singing pop songs. “爱唱” I love playing the piano. “爱弹….”

43. Consolidations: I. Complete the words according to the explanations and the first letters. 1.d______ separate, split or break up 2.a______ energetic, characterized, by activity 3.p______ having or showing patience 4.a______ express disagreement 5.f______ sth. that makes a person, etc. imperfect, defect ivide ctive atient rgue ault

44. ream robably 6. d______ have dreams, see experience in a dream 7. p_______ most likely 8. s______ anyone of the special powers of the body by which a person is conscious of things 9. w______ not having, not with, free from, lacking 10.f______ not showing favour to either person, side, etc. ense ithout air

45. II. Complete the sentences with the proper adjectives. 1.The person who was born on Apr 3rd is ________ and _____. 2.The person who was born on May 13th is _______ and doesn’t like to choose. 3.The person who was born on June 15th is ________. He/She can make friends easily. energetic active stubborn outgoing

46. generous 4.The person who was born on August 17th is _______. He/She likes to buy friends nice gifts. 5.The person who was born on September 1st is ______. 6.The person who was born on January 19th is __________ and are often _________. modest businesslike successful

47. is divided III.Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms. 1.A year __________ (divide) into 12 different star signs. 2.He is a ________ (energy) young man. 3.Li Lei often gives money to the poor. He is very _________ (generosity). 4.It’s difficult for my father to give up ________ (smoke). 5.His brother is a ________ (power) person. energetic generous smoking powerful

48. VI.Fill in the blanks according the Reading passage:

49. Homework 1.Read Reading passage on page 4~5 and recite the first six paragraphs of it on page 4. 2.Copy the new words and phrases on page 5. 3.Finilsh all of the exercises on page …of your workbook.

50. love beautiful things, peace, not like to argue with others polite, fair, elegant, Libra powerful, energetic, sometimes silly….. like to keep secrets Scorpio enjoy life, have a good humour, often lucky love travelling to…. Sagittarius businesslike, successful, Patient enough to wait…. be good at making or planning things Capricorn kind, wise, have many friends, strange hate to be like anyone else,try to be different Aquarius like to dream about everything generous, kind, gentle, easy-going creative, imaginative Pisces