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2. A) Люди, рожденные в разное время года, имеют разные знаки зодиака. Знаете ли вы, под каким астрологическим знаком вы родились? Прочитайте и переведите описание следующих знаков зодиака:

ARIES (Fire)

21st March – 20th April

energetic, straightforward,

brave, selfish, impatient,

quick-tempered

TAURUS (Earth)

21st April – 21st May

patient, practical, fond of art, stubborn, lazy, fond of money

GEMINI (Air)

22nd May – 21st June

clever, amusing,

good at languages,

unreliable, restless, superficial

CANCER (Water)

22nd June – 22nd July

sensitive, cautious, home-loving, too emotional, moody, self-pitying

LEO (Fire)

23rd July – 22nd August

generous, broad-minded,

good at organizing, snobbish,

fond of power, vain

VIRGO (Earth)

23rd August – 22nd September

quiet, tidy, independent, fussy, too critical, likely to worry

LIBRA (Air)

23rd September – 22nd October

charming, tactful, peace-loving,

not decisive, easily influenced,

superficial

SCORPIO (Water)

23rd October – 22nd November

passionate, determined, clever, jealous, stubborn, secretive

SAGITTARIUS (Fire)

23rd November – 22nd December

tolerant, sincere, cheerful,

tactless, careless, noisy

CAPRICORN (Earth)

23rd December – 20th January

reliable, careful, patient, inflexible, pessimistic, mean

AQUARIUS (Air)

21st January – 18th February

friendly, progressive, idealistic,

odd, rebellious, unreliable

PISCES (Water)

19th February – 20th March

emotional, sensitive, gentle, vague, easily confused, not practical

b) Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Do you think you are like your zodiac sign?

2. Do you agree with the good points and the bad points?

3. Does it give a good description of any of your friends and relatives?

3. Выберите 5 или 6 характеристик из таблицы (задание II) и дайте им объяснение.

Model: sociable - I’m sociable because I love being with other people.

4. Опишите характер одного из ваших одногруппников. Остальные должны догадаться, кого Вы описываете.

5. Подберите определения к следующим словам:

1. independent

a. enjoys meeting people and making new friends.

2. sociable

b. decides things for himself, doesn’t ask people for help or advise.

3. emotional

c. often gives friends gifts and enjoys spending money on other people.

4. generous

d. whether he is excited or sad, he shows his feelings very easily.

5. impatient

e. has a very high opinion of himself.

6. arrogant

f. doesn’t like to wait for anything

7. unbalanced

g. loses his or her temper quickly

8. knowledgeable

h. reads a lot and knows much about the world.

9. touchy

i. can’t keep a secret.

10. boastful

j. is easily hurt