Unit 1 Star signs

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What does your star sign say about you?Do you know their opposites?

active

outgoing

selfish

impatient

modest

unfair shy

inactive

generous

proud

clever

silly

strong

weak

patient fair

hard-working

lazy

polite

impolite

honest

dishonest

helpful

helpless

kind

unkind

successful

unsuccessful

Rules:

1.Four students a group, each student tries to use as many adjectives as possible to describe one of them.2. Other students try to guess who he/ she is describing.3. And then choose one of each group to report in front of the class, let the whole class guess who he/she is describing.

A Guessing Game

Have a try!

•The child is so________. He never feels tired and keeps running around.

•She loves parties. Because she is very ________.

•He answered the question in a _________ way. He thinks he will win all the time.

• My desk-mate is very _______. She never shares cakes with me.

energetic

out-going

confident

selfish

•He is a(n) ________ man. He always says yes to others.

•A teacher should be ______ to every student in judging his or her performance.

•You must be _____when talking to a young child. Don’t be angry.

•Eddie is _______ to everything because he thinks it may be nice food.

easy-going

fair

patient

curious

Have a try!

Aries

白羊座

21st Mar – 20th Apr

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•energetic•impatient•sometimes like to be the leader

•maybe selfish sometimes

Taurus

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21st Apr – 21st May

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•stubborn•do not like change

•hard-working•patient•do not give up easily

Gemini

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22nd May – 21st Jun

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•curious•clever•out-going•love to talk

Cancer

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22nd Jun – 22nd Jul

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•kind•love your home and family

•like to take care of others

•like saving money

•like cooking

Leo

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23rd Jul – 22nd Aug

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•strong•confident•generous•like to buy friends nice gifts

Virgo

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23rd Aug – 22nd Sept

What are this star sign’s

characteristics?•modest•worry too much at times

•practical •always pay attention to details

Libra

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23rd Sept – 22nd Oct

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•polite•fair•practical•elegant•love beautiful things

•love peace, do not like to argue with others

Scorpio

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23rd Oct – 21st Nov

What are this star sign’s

characteristics?•powerful, have lots of energy

•like to keep secrets

•sometimes can not forgive others’ faults

Sagittarius

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22nd Nov –20th Dec

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•enjoy life•have a good sense of humor

•often be lucky •love traveling to different places

Capricorn

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21st Dec – 20th Jan

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•businesslike•often successful•good at making or planning thing

•patient enough, can wait without getting angry

Aquarius

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21st Jan – 19th Feb

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

•kind and wise•have many friends •be thought to be strange because try everything to be different

•hate to be like anyone else

Pisces

双鱼座

20th Feb – 20th Mar

What are this star sign’s characteristics?

• generous• kind• gentle• easy-going• creative• imaginative• like to dream

about everything

•What is your star sign?

•Do you have the same characteristics as the star sign says?

•Do you think what the star signs say about people are facts?

Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit

Dragon Snake Horse Goat

Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

It’s silly of you not to forgiveothers for their faults.

You don’t forgive others for their faults. You are silly.

Form a new sentence.

It’s clever of David to get good marks in tests.

David often gets good marks in tests. He is very clever.

1. ________ thoughtful of Andy to play his CDs for us.

2.It’s clever of Amy _________ the birthday cards.

3.It is typical ________ Simon to make such a mess.

4.It is ________ of Kitty ________ each of us two presents.

5.It is _________ of Eddie ________ the whole birthday cake.

6.It is kind of your mum and dad ____________ this party for us.

generous

It is

of

selfish

to eat

to give

to make

to organize

It is ＋形容词＋ of sb to do sth.It is ＋形容词＋ for sb to do sth. 如何区别？

.It is necessary ______ him to remember all these new words.

.It’s easy _____ your cousin to lend you his bike.

.It’s curious ______ him to know what you said.

.It’s thoughtful _____ them to warn me of their arrival.

.It’s important _____ him and me to learn more about Western culture.

.It is confident _____ the students to finish the work within two hours.

.It’s patient ______ her to explain things to her students again and again.

for

for

ofof

for

of

of

1. 我们每天保持教室的干净是非常必要的 .It’s quite __________ us to ____________every day.2. 你和他真自私 , 不打扫教室就回家了 .It’s__________ you and him to go home___________________

_______________ every day.3. 他把自行车的钥匙弄丢了真粗心 .It’s_________________ to ______________________.4. 像他这么个人能注意细节是不可能的 .It’s_________________ such a person like him to ______________________.5. 我很固执 , 不轻易改变我的观点 , 并且好和别人争论 .It’s_______________ not to _______________________and lik

e__________________.

• Exercises:• 1. He is kind. He helps me with my English.• It’s _____ ______ ____ ___ help me with my

English.• He ______ _____ _________ ______ help me with

my English.• 2. The boy is very strong. He can lift the box.• The boy is ________ __________ ___ _______ • the box

kind of him to is kind enough to

strong enough to carry

主语＋ be ＋形容词＋ enough ＋ to do sth.We use this pattern to describe a person’s personality and ability. 这个句型用来描述主语的人品和能力 . 表示“ 某人在某方面已经能够达到做某事的程度”。 eg. Andy is outgoing enough to make friends easily.

1 、 Enough 是副词，修饰前面的形容词。 enough 用作副词时，位置在被修饰词的后面。 He is old enough to go to school. Andy is strong enough to be a player.

2 、在使用本句型的时候，要注意主语和 be 动词的一致性。形容词前没有任何诸如 very ， quite 等之类的修饰词。 The room is big enough to hold 20 people.

注意：

• 1. The box is light enough for the boy to carry it.

• 2. The maths problem is so easy that I can .

• 3. The girl is not enough to go to school.

• 4. Those flowers are that we all want to buy .

• 5. The talk was interesting enough for me to again.

work it outwork outyoungold

interesting enoughso interesting

listenlisten to

• 1 那个电视节目是够无聊的，使我睡着了。• The TV programme is ______________

to make me fall ________ .• 2. 这个问题很容易，他能回答出来。• The question is ______________________

to answer.• The question is _____________ he

_____answer ____.• 3. 李阿姨很大方，送给我这么多漂亮的礼物。• It’s __________ Aunt Li ________

me so many nice gifts.

boring enoughasleep

easy enough for him

so easy thatcan it

kind of to give

• 5. 你帮我修车子，真是太好了。• ___________ you _____ help me mend

my bike.• You __________________ to help me

mend my bike.• 6. 对于旅行者来说，在行走前训练几个月

是很有必要的。• It’s ___________________________ tra

in for a few months before the walk.

It’s kind of to

are kind enough

necessary for travellers to

Homework

1.Please write a letter to recommend other student as the new monitor.

2.. Please review the whole unit and finish the given exercises.