Unit 1 Star signs

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

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…

What month

were you born in?

Do you know the star signs?

What are the star signs represented by?

The names of the creatures

ram bull fish

crab lion centaur

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 fishcrab

bull

ram

centaur

What are the other star signs represented by?

scales scorpion twins

goat water carrier virgin

22nd May-21st Jun21st Apr-21st May

What is your star sign?

22nd Jun-22ndJul

23rd Jul-22nd Aug 23rd Aug-22nd Sep

23rd Sep-22nd Oct

23rd Oct-21st Nov

22nd Nov-20th Dec

21st Dec-20th Jan21st Jan-19th Feb20th Feb-20th Mar

A B C D

E F G H

I J K L

21st Mar-20th Apr

Aries/’Ɛǝri:z /白羊座

21st Mar –20th Apr

Taurus/’tɔ:rǝs /

金牛座

21st Apr – 21st May

Gemini /’ʤeminai /

双子座

22nd May – 21st Jun

Cancer/’kænsǝ /

巨巨巨

22nd Jun – 22nd Jul

Leo/’li:ǝu /

巨巨巨

23rd Jul – 22nd Aug

Virgo/’vǝ:gǝu /

巨巨巨

23rd Aug – 22nd Sept

Libra/’li:brǝ /

巨巨巨

23rd Sept – 22nd Oct

Scorpio/’skɔ:piǝu/

巨巨巨

23rd Oct – 21st Nov

Sagittarius/ sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/

巨巨巨

22nd Nov – 20th Dec

Capricorn/’kæprikɔ:n/

巨巨巨

21st Dec – 20th Jan

Aquarius/ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/

水瓶座

21st Jan – 19th Feb

Pisces/’paisi:z/双 鱼 座

20th Feb –20th Mar

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/’ tɔ:rǝs /

/’ Ɛǝri:z /

/’paisi:z/

/ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/

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:ǝu /

/’ kænsǝ /

/’ ʤeminai /

/’ vǝ:gǝu /

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/

sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/

/’ skɔ:piǝu/

/’ kæprikɔ:n/

/’ li:brǝ /

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!

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.

Eddie and Hobo One morning, Eddie was havinghis ________when he asked Hoboto 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______.

breakfastnewspaper

interesting

lots

Hobo

bad

Their star signs?

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.