Unit1Knowyourself

IntegratedskillsTask1Haveafreetalk1.Whatyearwereyoubornin?2.Whatisyouranimalsign?3.Whatkindofpersonareyou?

Warming-uplunarcalendartheYearof

Ox

hard-working

Pre-listeningLookandlearn

Pre-listeningLookandlearnChineseanimalsignsRatOxTigerRabbitDragonSnakeHorseSheepMonkeyRoosterDogPig

Pre-listeningLookandthinkWhatdoyouthinkoftheseanimals?RatOxTigersmarthard-workingbraveRabbitDragonSnakecarefulpowerfulwise

Pre-listeninglivelygentlecleverpracticalloyalhonestHorseSheepMonkeyRoosterDogPigIntheChineselunarcalendar,thereare____animalsigns.Eachofthemrepresentsalunaryear.Theyappearina_____________andthecyclerepeatsevery_____years.TheyareRat,Ox,______,Rabbit,________,Snake,________,Sheep,__________,Rooster,Dogand______.

12fixedorder12TigerDragonHorseMonkeyPigTipOne:Writethefirstletterofthewordiftimeislimited.

Readandcompletethepassage.

Pre-listeningHowmanystarsignsarethereinayear?Whatdecidespeople’sstarsigns?Whatisthedifferencebetweenstarsignsandanimalsigns?

Pre-listeningWorkinpairsandtalkaboutthequestions.Listenandcompletetheform.

While-listeninglunaryearRabbitSnakeMonkeyDoganimalsign12dateofbirthListenandfillintheblanks.Do

you

know

what

decides

your

personality?In

the

Chinese

lunar

calendar,

there

are

12

animal

signs.

Some

people

believe

that

people

born

under

the

same

(1)__________

may

have

similar

personalities.

For

example,

they

think

that

people

born

in

the

Year

of

the

Rabbit

are

(2)___________

while

people

born

in

the

Year

of

the

Dragon

are

very

(3)_____________.animalsignmore

carefulpowerful

While-listeningIn

Western

countries,

a

year

is

divided

into

a

cycle

of

(4)____starsigns.Yourstarsigndependsonyour(5)____________.Somepeoplebelievethatyour(6)________maydecideyourpersonality.Doanimalsignsorstarsignsreallytellanythingaboutyourpersonality?No,notreally.Ifyouareinterestedineitheranimalsignsorstarsigns,readaboutthemjustfor(7)_______.Itisyouwhoshapeyourlifeandyourfuture.12dateofbirthstarsignfun

While-listeningSignsHowmanyDependonAcyclerepresentsOrderanimalssignsstarsigns1212yearofbirthdateofbirth12years1year

fixedfixed

Post-listeningLet’ssummarize.Whatdoyouthinkofthem?

Whatdoyouthinktheiranimalsignsare?

Haveaguess.Personality:cool,smart

…Animalsign:sheepPersonality:curious,clever...Animalsign:sheepPersonality:humorous,...Animalsign:sheepPeoplebornunderthesameanimalsignmaynothavesimilarpersonalities.Post-listeningTask2Showyourideas.Doyouthinkanimalsignsdecidepeople’spersonalities?Sample:IwasbornintheYearoftheDragon.TheanimalsignsaysthatIampowerful.AndIthinkthat’strue.SoIagreewithit.

Pre-listeningJoeanimalsignpersonalityrealpersonalityTiger

bravebraveJulieSheepgentlegetangryeasily

Listenandtakenotes.

While-listeningMillie:What’syouranimalsign,Joe?Joe:MyanimalsignistheTiger.ItissaidthatpeoplebornintheYearoftheTigerarebrave.Millie:Mm,you’rebraveinsomeways.Joe:Yes.Whatitsaysaboutmemaybetrue,butformycousinJulie,that’snotthecase.HeranimalsignistheSheep.Itsays thatshe’sgentle,butinfact,shegetsangryeasily.Millie:Yes,manypeoplebelievesimilarthings.Ithinkwecanreadaboutthesefor fun,butweshouldn’tbelieveinthem.Workinpairsandactoutthedialogue.Post-listeningSomepeopleusethemtopredicttheirfuture.fortunetelling算命Let’shaveadiscussion.astrology占星術Wecanreadaboutthemjustforfun.Itisyouwhoshapeyourlifeandyourfuture.Post-listeningWhatdecidesourpersonalities?ReadingspeakinwritingA:What’syouranimalsign?B:Myanimalsignis...

ItissaidthatpeoplebornintheYearofthe…are…A:Yes,youare...insomeways.B:Whataboutyou?A:Myanimalsignis...

ItissaidthatpeoplebornintheYearofthe…are…B:Idon’tthinkso.Youare…Doyoubelieveinthem?A:Yes/No,…Post-listeningWorkinpairsandtalkaboutyouranimalsignandpersonalities.ReadingspeakinwritingSummaryKeywords:calendar,animalsign,appear,fixed,lively,starsign,divide,shape,lunar,represent,cycle,powerful,practical,loyalKeysentences:Somepeoplebelievethatpeoplebornunderthesameanimalsignmayhavesimilarpersonalities.Itisyouwhoshapeyourlifeandy