Unit 3 – Lesson 2 What Animal Are You? Second period

王 莺

1.I believe that horse people are _______. (energy)2. I really don’t know if the latest news is _________. (rely)3. Parents should encourage children to be __________thinkers.(independence)4. Tell the children to keep ____. (calmly)5. It’s a ________ for me to see you. (pleased)6. Who can guess its ________? (mean)

energetic

reliable

independent

calmpleasure

meaning

The object clause

1.The news is true. He says ……2. Miss Lu often goes to the library. I heard ……3. The earth goes around the sun. Our teacher told us ……4. They are going to spend holidays in the country. They have decided ……

1. Will her daughter enjoy herself at the party ?2. Does Wang Hua live in Shanghai ? 3. Are you free ?4. Can they play football ?

5. Has she finished her homework?

( She asks ……)

(Peter asked)(I wanted to know……)

(Do you know ……)

(I wonder……)

1.She wants to go to the zoo. ( She says…)2. Are they having lunch ? (I asked …)3.Light travels faster than sound. (Our teachers told us…)4. I can do it by myself. (I said…)5. Will he win in the English contest? (Do you know…)

Chinese Animal Years

We Chinese use twelve animals to count the years.

We Chinese use twelve animals for counting the years.

mouse

ox

tiger

rabbit

dragon

snakehors

e

goat

monkey

rooster

dog

pig

mouse

ox

tiger

rabbit

dragon

snakehorse

goat

monkey

rooster

dog

pig

mouse

ox

tiger

rabbit

dragon

snakehorse

goat

monkey

rooster

dog

pig

January

February

March

April

May

JuneJuly

August

September

October

November

December

Calendar

Calendar

A: When were you born?

B: I was born on ______________.

A: Well, we Chinese use twelve animals to count the years. _____ was the year of the ______, so you are a _____.

When were you born?

What animal are you?

What does she look like?

What is she like?

What are ox people like?

Animal attributescreative

hardworkingreliable

strong

sweet, pleasant

confident

wise

independentenergetic

shy

sociable

proud

loyal

funny, patient

A: What animal is your mother?B: She was born on___________. ____ was the year of the______,so she is a ______.A: What are ____ people like?B: I think that ____ people are _________.

Interview

A: What animal is your mother?B: She was born on______________.

____ was the year of the _____, so she is a ______.

A: What are ____ people like?B: I think that ____ people are _____.

creative

hardworkingreliable

strong

sweet, pleasant

confident

wise

independentenergetic

shy

sociable

proud

loyal

funny, patient

Animal attributescreative

hardworkingreliable

strong

sweet, pleasant

confident

wise

independentenergetic

shy

sociable

proud

loyal

funny, patient

First listening:

1.What animal is Paul?2.How many people are there men- tioned in their conversation? Who are they? They are Paul’s _________, Paul’s_______ and Paul’s ________.

sister Joan

mother cousin

Second listening:

NameBirth

date/year

Animal

attribute Personality

Paul _____ 24,

1990 horse __________ and

____________

Joan 1985

______

_________,reliable,

calm,_________

Paul’s

mother ______ dog

hardworking,_____

____ a dog

Paul’s

cousin dog _______

March energetic

independent

oxhardworking

stubborn

1958 work like

lazy

Ask and answer:

NameBirth

date/year

Animal

attribute Personality

Paul _____ 24,

1990 horse __________ and

____________

Joan 1985

______

_________,reliable,

calm,_________

Paul’s

mother ______ dog

hardworking,_____

____ a dog

March energetic

independent

oxhardworking

stubborn

1958 work like

Wang Hua and her friend Paul are talking about________________. Paul was born on ______,1990.We Chinese use twelve animals to _____________.1990 was the year of _____, so he is a _____.That’sinteresting. We believe that horse people are ____and _______. His sister Joan is an ____. Ox peopleare hardworking, ______,_____ but sometimes ______. Paul’s mother is a ____.She works like ______.Paul’s cousin is also a dog, but he is very _______. So Paul wonders ____ the animal year really tells us the person.

Wang Hua and her friend Paul are____________.Paul was born on ______. We Chinese use ______ to _____________. 1990 was _________, so he is a _____.That’s interesting. We believe that________are _____________. His sister Joan is an ____. Ox people are _____, ______,_____ but sometimes ______. Paul’s mother is a ____.She works _________.Paul’s cousin is also _____, but he is very _______. So Paul wonders ________________ really tells us the person.

Wang Hua and ____________are____________.Paul was born ______. We Chinese _____________ _____________. 1990 was _________, so he is____.That’s ______. We believe ________are _______________. His sister Joan is _______. Ox people are _____, ______,_____ but sometimes ____________. Paul’s mother is ______.She _________________.Paul’s cousin is _________, but ___________. So Paul _____________________________________.

Homework:1.Read after the tape of the text and then recite the whole text.2. Do comprehension check on the text SB P 102. (orally) 3. “A legend about the Chinese Ani- mal Years” (Shanghai Students’ Post P4)