(共12张PPT)
Unit 1 Know yourself
Integrated skills
What decides our personality
Time
Place
Yourself
Your parents
Outside world
Pre-listening
What decides your personality
In the Chinese lunar calendar , there are 12 animal signs .
Each of them represents a lunar year . They appear in a fixed
order and the cycle repeats every 12 years .
stand for:代表,象征
Rat
Ox
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Sheep
Monkey
Rooster
Dog
Pig
The characteristics of animal signs
While-listening (A2)
lunar year
Rabbit
Snake
Monkey
Dog
animal sign
How many star signs are there
What decides your star sign
Pre-listening
Do you know the western star signs
Your star sign depends on your date of birth.
There are 12 star signs in all.
They also appear in a fixed order.
A year is divided into a cycle of 12 star signs.
While-listening (A2)
12
date of birth
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)____________ and while people born in the Year of (3)__________ are very powerful.
In Western countries, a year is divided into a cycle of (4)____ star signs. Your star sign depends on your (5)____________. Some people believe that your (6)________ may decide your personality.
Do animal signs or star signs really tell anything about your personality No, not really. If you are interested in either animal signs or star signs, read about them just for (7)___. It is you who shape your life and your future.
animal sign
more careful
powerful
the Dragon
While-listening (A3)
12
date of birth
star sign
fun
Further thinking
Do animal signs or star signs really tell anything about our personality
YES
NO
It’s true in some ways.
It’s not the case.
Name animal sign personality
Joe He is __________ in some ways.
Julie It says that she should be _________ but in fact she__________________.
Tiger
brave
Sheep
gentle
gets angry easily
Listen and fill
What does Millie think of the animal sign
She thinks we can read about these for fun, but we shouldn’t believe in them.
Read together
Millie: What’s your animal sign, Joe
Joe: My animal sign is the Tiger. It is said that people born in the Year of the Tiger are brave.
Millie: Mm, you’re brave in some ways.
Joe: Yes. What it says about me may be true, but for my cousin Julie, that ’s not the case. Her animal sign is the Sheep. It says that she’s gentle, but in fact, she gets angry easily.
Millie: Yes, many people believe similar things. I think we can read about these for fun, but we shouldn’t believe in them.
据说
在某种程度上
相似的
be similar to /with
相信,信任