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课件网) Unit 1 Know yourself Period 4 Integrated skills & Study skills 1 课时导入 2 课文呈现 3 考点精讲 4 课堂小结 Free talk 1. What year were you born in 2. What's you like Integrated skills A. What decides your personality A1. Millie has found an article about the Chinese animal signs and personalities. Look at the words and the pictures below and help Millie complete part of her notes in Part A2. 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. ① 动词形式为fix Rat ：smart Horse ：lively ② Ox ：hard-working Sheep ：gentle Tiger ：brave Monkey ：clever Rabbit ：careful Rooster ：practical Dragon ：powerful Dog ：loyal Snake ：wise Pig ：honest A2. Millie is listening to a radio programme about animal signs, star signs and personalities. She is making some notes. Listen to the programme and help her complete her notes. CHINESE ANIMAL SIGNS Animal signs: 12 in all, each representing a (1)_____ They are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, (2) _____, Dragon, (3) _____, Horse, Sheep, (4) _____,Rooster, (5)_____ and Pig lunar year Rabbit Snake Monkey Dog Some people believe that people born under the same (6)_____ may have similar personalities. ③ WESTERN STAR SIGNS Star signs: a cycle of (7)_____ Your star sign: depends on your (8)_____④ Some people believe that your star sign may decide your personality. animal sign 12 date of birth 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) _____. animal sign more careful powerful In Western countries, a year is divided into a cycle of (4) _____ star signs. ⑤ 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. 12 date of birth star sign fun “It is + 被强调部分+who/that+ 句子其他部分.”是强调句型，可用来强调句子中除谓语外的任何部分，It 没有实际意义，只是引出被强调的部分。强调某人时用who 或that，强调某事/某物时用that。 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. ⑥ 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. Study skills Skimming Skimming me ... ...
