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• outgoing,

• fair …

1.What did Hobo do for Eddie?

2.How did Eddie feel about Hobo?

3.What did the newspaper say about Eddie?

4.What happened to Eddie’s breakfast?

He brought the newspaper for Eddie.

He thought Hobo was very nice. He was grateful to Hobo.

It said he would have lots to drink and eat today.

Hobo ate it.

Eddie and Hobo One morning, Eddie was having his ________

when he asked Hobo to 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

Hobobad

Well, you should/shouldn’t… then.

Can you make a new dialogue?

Look!My star sign looks like a lion !(crab,ram,bull…)It says I’ll get lots of money today!^-^ (be bad luck…)

Well,you should give me more pocket money (be careful…) then! ^-^

Eddie and Hobo are dogs. They are one of the 12 animal signs in Chinese culture. Different years have the different 12 animal signs. Can you nam

e other 11 animal signs?

Mouse Ox Tiger

RabbitDragon Snake

Horse GoatMonkey

Rooster Dog Pig

Creatures in the 12 Star Signs:

Bull ∕bul∕

Centaur∕’sentɔ:(r) ∕

Crab ∕kr æb∕

ram ∕ræm∕ fish

lion

Scorpion /’ skɔ:piǝn/

goat ∕gǝut∕

Other signs:

twinsBalance

vase virgin

Aries /’ Ɛǝri:z / 21st Mar.--20th

Apr.

Taurus /’ tɔ:rǝs / 21s

t Apr. - 21st May.

Gemini /’ ʤeminai /

22nd May-21st Jun

Cancer /’ kænsǝ / 22nd Jun. -22nd J

ul

Leo /’ li:ǝu / 23rd Jul. -22nd Aug.

Virgo /’ vǝ:gǝu / 23rd Aug-22nd Sept

virgin

Libra /’ li:brǝ /

23rd Sept-22nd Oct

Scorpio /’ skɔ:piǝu/

23rd Oct.-21st Nov.

Sagittarius / sæʤi’tƐǝriǝs/

22nd Nov. -20th Dec.

Capricorn /’ kæprikɔ:n/

21st. Dec.---20th Jan.

Aquarius

/ǝ’kwƐǝriǝs/ 21st Jan-19th Feb

Pisces /’paisi:z/

20th Feb. ---20th Mar

Scorpion

Talk with your partnerTalk with your partner

• How old are you?How old are you?

• I’m I’m fifteenfifteen..

• What’s your animal sign?What’s your animal sign?

• TThe roosterhe rooster..

• When is your birthday? What’s your star sign?When is your birthday? What’s your star sign?

• It’s It’s on 21st Janon 21st Jan..

• Oh, I’m Oh, I’m an Aquariusan Aquarius..

Translations:Translations:

1.1. Hobo Hobo 把所有食物都吃了真是太自私了。（把所有食物都吃了真是太自私了。（ selfishselfish ）） It’s ___________________________________It’s ___________________________________

2. 2. 对我们来说，学好英语很重要。对我们来说，学好英语很重要。 It’s __________________________________It’s __________________________________

3. 3. 因为有老师的帮助你不应该担心你学不好英语。因为有老师的帮助你不应该担心你学不好英语。 You _________________________________You _________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ the teacher’s help. the teacher’s help.

4.4. 我们有许多时间完成这项工作。我们有许多时间完成这项工作。 We have We have ______________________________________________________________________________________________

selfish of Hobo to eat all the food.

important for us to learn English well.

shouldn’t worry about not learning

English well with

lots of time to finish this work.lots of time to finish this work.

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

ramcentaur

A guessing game :• It lives in rivers and uses its fins and

tail to swim. ——fish• It is a large, yellow and brown animal of

the cat family. The male has long, thick hair.

——lion• It is a creature that is half—man, half—

horse. ——centaur

A guessing game :• It is a sea creature with a shell, eight

legs and two large pointed arm for catching things. It moves sideways on land.

——crab• It is a kind of male sheep. ——ram• It belongs to the OX family but it is

different from the cow because it is male.

——bull

1. star signs: 星座2. It’s nice of you to bring me the newspaper.

It + be + adj + of sb.+ to do sth. 形容人用 of

It + be + adj + for sb.+ to do sth. 形容动作用 for

e.g. It is kind of Sandy to help me with my work.

It is foolish of you to make such a mistake.

It is important for us to study hard.

It is necessary for you to take an umbrella in such a rainy day.

Finish Welcome

• What do you know about star signs?

6th August, 1980

2nd May, 1975

25th June, 1982

centaur Sagittarius 射手座 /人马座

ram Aries白羊座 /牧羊座

crab Cancer 巨蟹座

lion Leo 狮子座

fish Pisces 双鱼座

bull Taurus 金牛座

water carrier

Aquarius 水瓶座 /宝瓶座

virgin Virgo 处女座

the twins Gemini 双子座

thescales

Libra 天秤座

the goat

Capricorn 摩羯座/山羊座

scorpion Scorpio 天蝎座

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

ramcentaur

The 12 animal signs of Chinese horoscope

Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit

Dragon Snake Horse Goat

Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

3. I’ll have lots to eat and drink today.

(1) lots: (pron) lots of things

(2) to eat and drink: 动词不定式作定语修饰 lots

e.g. I have lots of homework to do.

4. worry about sb/sth/ (not) doing sth

e.g. Your mother is worrying about you. Why are you so late?

Eddie always worries about not having enough food.

All his teachers worry about his study.

5. be familiar with: 对…熟悉e.g. We are familiar with that film star.

6. the 12 animal signs of the Chinese horoscope: 中国的十二生肖

7. in the west:在西方8. Students’ Union: 学生会9. chairperson: chairman 主席10. recommend a classmate: 推荐一个同学(1) recommend sb. as…: 推荐…作…e.g. We all recommend Daniel as the new chai

rman of the Students’ Union.

(2) recommend sb. for…:为了…推荐…

e.g. They all agreed to recommend him for his excellent work.

16th April, 1974

6th October, 1976

6th August, 1980

11th June, 1975

20th June, 1967

4th June, 1975