Unit 11 What You are Comes to You

Meeting personality, blood type and star sign vocabulary 接触描述个性，血型和星座的词汇Practicing describing personalities 练习描述个性性格 Writing blog 学会写博客

AIMS

CONTENTS• Lead-in

• Scaffolding & Challenge Yourself

• Grammar

• Further Extension

A Dream in Red Mansion《红楼梦》

Daiyu BaochaiDo you remember these two ladies' fates in the novel?

Does their fates have anything to do their personalities?

Which lady's personality do you think is more suitable for present society, why?

You will hear five colors. When you hear each color, try thinking of someone and writing their names in the ovals.

Never forget True friend Love

Twin soul Remember forever

You will hear five animals. Write them down. Listen again and put them in order of your preference.

career pride love family money

Choose the correct word

A / AB / O / B shy /honest /independent /outgoing personality

blood type

Listen to the audio and match each group of words to each blood type

shy and honest Ooutgoing and popular ABcreative and independent Acare about others B

Listen again and try to write down as many adjectives as you can

shy? organized? popular? athletic? independent?

Listen to audio and mark ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.

The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle. ( ) The order of the animals in the Chinese Zodiac did not influence people’s live at all ( ) People believe that the years represented by the animals affect the characters of the people. ( )

Listen again. Choose correct words and finish the summary.

living habits Han Dynasty Chinese lunar calendar Shengxiao characters

The Chinese Zodiac is also known as . It is calculated according to . The order of the animals was originated in the and base on animals and .

Check the words you hear.

Year of birth Year of born animal sign birth sign Chinese Solar Terms Chinese Lunar Terms

Listen again and choose the correct answers

1 The zodiacal way decides that every once in every 12 years cycle people will meet their .A. birth sign B. star sign C. animal sign

2 the Beginning of Spring is .A. the first solar term B. the first day of a new year C. Chinese New Year’s Day

3 People offend ‘taisui’ means people will be .A. either lucky or unlucky B. neither lucky nor unlucky C. both lucky and unlucky

4 The best way to avoid miserable events is to wear . (may have more than one answers)A. red clothes B. waistband C. red bracelet D. red necklace

Identify them: Benming Nian Chinese Solar Terms Taisui

See the pictures and match them with correct descriptions.

emotional confident curious friendly shy arrogant

Discuss the following two opposite statements and come up with support idea to each statement.

Pros: being confident is because of being beautiful. Cons: being beautiful is because of being confident.

Look at the picture for two minutes. Discuss in groups with the help of cue words.

Is she happy or sad?

How does she look like?

What might she think?

What might happen to her life?

Cue Words:son/husband jail /naughty work/tuition fee...

Describe your mother (or a person you know well) to your partner.

Aspects you might need to cover:Apprearance: round face/big eyes/curve hair... Body figure: tall/short/strong/muscular... Personality: outgoing/confident/shy/sophisticated... Habit: listening to music/reading books/travelling... Special things about the person: ...

What are there star signs?

Fill in the chart Leo Libra Sagittarius

Characteristics

Possible suitable career

Match descriptions and to star signs.

1 She is strong, sometimes has the desire to control everything. 2 He is talkative and elegant. 3 He is sometimes regarded as too impulsive. 4 ‘Balance’ is the key word in her world.

A. Libra B. Leo C. SagittariusA. Libra B. Leo C. Sagittarius

Libra Leo Sagittarius

BA

C

A

Scan the reading for the following words/phrases. Circle the correct definition for each. Then compare your answers with a partner

Making a fortune earning a lot of money having good luck Wealthiest the most popular the richest Horoscope star sign telescope

True or false

1. Geminis are the richest in the whole world. ( ) 2. Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Jones and Jamie Oliver are the wealthiest in the U.K. ( ) 3. It is the first time for Gemini to top the rank ( )

星座起源于古希腊神话。今天很多人都很热衷于谈论星座。你是狂热的‘星座控’吗？你认为星座在我们的生活中应该扮演什么样的角色呢？

Star sign originated from ancient Greece mythology. Many people are crazy about star sign today. What do you think about it? How shall we deal with the role of star sign in our life?

Look at the picture and discuss in groups the key modules of a blog

Title Home Blog Post Diary Music...

Blog has its unique features. Tick the ones you agree.

Free-minded □ loose logic □ supported by evidences □ Short passage □ simple words □complicated terminologies □

When Rules Meet You

Rules be Verb + ed (e.g. take)

Past Simple 一般过去时

I wasHe/She/It was…We/You/They were…

I/You/He/She/It/We They took…

Past Perfect continues 过去完成进行时

I/You/He/She/It/They/We had been… I/You/He/She/It/They/We had been taking…

一般过去时表示过去发生的事情；过去完成进行时表示过去某个时间点之前一直进行的动作。二者使用时都和表示过去的时间状语联用。

Challenge YourselfCan you try to translate the following passage from English into Chinese? You are welcomed to use Internet or dictionary to figure out words (or place names) you don’t understand. Good Luck!

Jouralist: Hillary Cliton's new book Living History sells very well in China. In this book, she said what made her in love with you first was your very attractive pair of hands. My question is what caught your eye about Hilary when you first met her?

Bill Cliton: Her presence ( 气质 ), more than any other particular attribute, she has this incredible presence. a sort of strength radiating out of her. She was a strong. pragmatic and attractive person. You can look at here eyes that show she is in total command of the situation. I think, she is still thus, still has the sense. But I 've never seen anything like that before or hence. This is intense and rather calm sense of control. It is almost an Asian feeling, like a Buddist feeling:quiet, but very strong.

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Here are many recommanded movies and books for your further studyfurther study if you want to know more about personalitypersonality.

Books 弗洛依德——《梦的解析》

卡梅伦 韦斯特—— 《 24 重人格》

皮连生—— 《教育心理学》

Movies A Beautiful Mind ( 《美丽心灵》）

Black Swan ( 《黑天鹅》）

Inception ( 《盗梦空间》）