9A Unit 1 Star signs

Comic strip & Welcome to the unit& Vocabulary

What are your friends’ What are your friends’

characteristics?characteristics?

What are your friends’ What are your friends’

characteristics?characteristics?

What kind of person is he/she?

•He has lots of energy.

•She is friendly and loves to meet people.

•He feels sure about his own ability.

•She cares only about herself.

•He does not get angry easily.

•She treats everyone equally.

•He can wait without getting angry.

•She wants to know about everything.

energetic

outgoing

confident

selfish

easy-going

fair

patient

curious

active

outgoing

selfish

impatient

modest

unfair

shy

inactive

generous

proud

clever

silly

strong

weakpatient

fair

Can you help them find their friends?

hard-working

lazy

New wordsactive

outgoing

selfish

impatient

modest

unfair

shy

inactive

generous

proud

clever silly

strong weak

patient

fair

hard-working lazy

Positive Negative

Do you remember?

• correct

• friendly

• polite

• honest

• regular

• un

• im

• ir

• in

• dis

Can you say more adjectives like these?Who has the best memory?

1. She’s an __________ girl who is good at speaking, singing and dancing. Her brother isn’t the same as her. He is __________.

2. Top students are always _____________ones. They are not __________ at all.

3. Teachers should be __________. If they are ___________, their students will be unhappy.

4. Mary has many friends and she likes going to the parties and chatting with others. She is very __________. Her brother is just the opposite, he is __________.

active

inactive

hard-workinglazy

patientimpatient

outgoingshy

5. Lily is the top student in the grade, her teachers and parents are ___________ of her. But she is very ___________ herself.

6. Doing more practice can make you __________ while unhealthy lifestyle makes you ___________.

7. All the businesses are ______________ except a __________ one. We got many donations for the UNICEF.

8. It’s ___________ that you criticize your students without asking for the details. You’d better be __________ to them .

proudmodest

strongweak

generousselfish

unfair

fair

The 12 animal signs of Chinese horoscope. ['hɔ:rəskəʊp]

Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit

Dragon Snake Horse Sheep

Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

In China, we have “12 animal signs”, but in Western countries, they also have “12 star signs”. Do you know what’s the difference between “star signs” and “animal signs”?

The Western star sign system []( 系统 ) is based on the month you were born in, and each star sign stands for ( 代表 ) a period of time in a year; while the Chinese animal sign system is based on the year you were born in.

Aries ['eəri:z]Star signs

Cancer ['kænsə]Star signs

Taurus ['tɔ:rəs]Star signs

Leo ['li:əu]Star signs

Gemini ['dʒeminai]Star signs

Virgo ['və:ɡəu]Star signs

Libra ['li:brə]Star signs

Capricorn ['kæprikɔ:n]Star signs

Scorpio [':]Star signs

Aquarius [ə'kweəriəs]Star signs

Sagittarius [sædʒi'teəriəs]Star signs

Pisces ['paisi:z]Star signs

Star signs

Aries 白羊座Taurus 金牛座Gemini 双子座Cancer 巨蟹座Leo 狮子座Virgo 处女座

Libra 天秤座Scorpio 天蝎座Sagittarius 射手座Capricorn 摩羯座Aquarius 水瓶座Pisces 双鱼座

ram n. 公羊 crab n. 螃蟹

bull n. 公牛 lion n. 狮子

twins virgin

scales n. 天平，秤sea goat n. 山羊

scorpion n. 蝎子 water carrier

centaur n.半人半马怪物

fish

• I was born on __________ .

• My star sign is __________.

• It says that I ________________.

• In fact, I ____________________ . (characteristics)

What does the star sign say about Eddie today?

It says he will have lots to eat and drink today.

Language points:

1.It says I’ll have lots to eat and… (1) 当主语是书面材料或可见的东西时 , 如 letter,

newspaper, notice 等 , say 意为”写道 , 显示” . The guidebook says to turn right. (2) lots (n.) 许多 , 大量2.worry about not doing sth. (Ving 的否定形式 -----

not doing sth.) e.g. Thank you for not having asked me to such a

bad party.3.be familiar[] with sth. 对…熟悉 , 对…通

晓 (1)This song sounds familiar. (2)Are you familiar with that book? 但 : English is familiar to him.( 被某人熟悉 )

4.It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 比较 : It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth. (1) 在 of sb. 之前常用的 adj. 如 : polite, clever, wis

e … 此句型中的 adj. 都是说明 sb. 特征的 . It’s + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 常可以改写成 Sb. + be + adj. + to do sth. e.g. It was kind of you to help me. ==?(2) 何时使用 for sb.?----- 此句型中的 adj. 说明的是

to do sth. 这个不定式的特征 .(3) 有时 , 可以用 That is 或 How 来替代 It is…of s

b. to do sth. 中的 It is. e.g. That is kind/nice of you to say so. How thoughtful of you to remember my birthday!

1. Read all the star signs and try to remember them.

2. Try to make a report about your friend.(star signs /adjectives)