Step 1. Define your Zodiac sign by studying the following chart.

Model: My Zodiac sign is Gemini because I was born on the 28^th of May.

Step 2. Comment on every column of the chart, agreeing or disagreeing with the descriptions and qualities given there.

Model: Though I’m a Gemini by horoscope I can’t even draw. Being a typical Gemini I’m fond of talking

Horoscope Chart

Zodiac sign	Personality good points	Personality bad points	Appearance	Typical job	You like	You dislike
Aries March 22-April 20	Energetic, enthusiastic	Jealous, bossy	Rather long neck	Politician, surgeon	New clothes, sport	Waiting
Taurus April 21-May 21	Reliable, very loving	Stubborn, easily embarrassed	Beautiful complexion, large feet	Farmer, business person	Comfort, gardening	Change, haste
Gemini May 22-June 22	Entertaining, charming, versatile	Quickly bored, impatient	Slim	Journalist, artist	Talking, being among people	Being laughed at, waiting
Cancer June 23-July23	Kind, sensitive	Too easily hurt, possessive	Small eyes	Baker, nurse	Being with friends, shopping	Sharing feelings, criticism
Leo July 24-August 23	Brave, generous	Stubborn, ambitious	Oval face, large eyes	Lawyer, soldier	Winning, children, pets	Unhappy friends, being ignored
Virgo August 24-September 23	Witty, charming, sympathetic	Untidy, irritable, nervous	High forehead, straight nose	Secretary, mechanic	Being punctual, systemic	Crowds and noise, sitting still for a long time
Libra September 24-October 23	Charming, cooperative	Indecisive, flirtatious	Beautiful smile	Beautician, politician	Peace and quiet, being fussed over	Ugly places, loud arguments
Scorpio October 24-November 22	Caring, protective	Moody, jealous	Broad face, intense eyes	Scientist, detective	Winning, collecting things	Making mistakes, being asked personal questions
Sagittarius November 23-December 22	Honest, optimistic	Hot-headed, gambler at heart	Sparkling eyes, overweight	Teacher, writer, vet	Traveling, gambling, parties	Waiting, making promises
Capricorn December 23-January 19	Hard-working, careful	Unforgiving, anxious	Serious-looking	Banker, civil servant	Home and family, privacy	New things and ideas, untidiness
Aquarius January 20-February 19	Loyal, caring	Rude, self-interested	Very tall	Engineer, photographer	Surprises, being with friends	Violence, fighting, people who show off
Pisces February 20-March 21	Loving, caring, creative	Self-pitying, hot-tempered	Short, large eyebrows	Actor, writer	Poetry, romantic places	Noisy, crowded places, being second

 

BLOCK IV

Topics for discussion and essays.

1. Is it difficult to be the only child in a family?
2. Speak about different nationalities in your family if any?
3. Speak about your family’s surname origin.
4. Speak about the problem of being a bread-maker in the family.
5. Speak about twin people in the world.
6. Discuss the problem of one-parent families.

LESSON 2

Appearance and Character (Body Language – from Head to Toe)

Custom is a second nature.

Character can’t say anything except variations on ‘Hello’.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance.

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.

INTRODUCTORY TEXT

Notes to the text:

wash-stand – умивальник (для рук)

forehead – чоло

a mop of brown hair – копиця каштанового волосся

hints of curls – натяк на кучері

to tingle(ed) – тремтіти

to stroke(ed) – гладити, пестити

steel-grey eyes – сірі очі з голубим відтінком

salty air of the sea – солоний присмак моря

honest eyes – чесні очі

sensuous lips – чуйні губи

stern and harsh – суворий та жорсткий, напружений

chin and jaw – підборіддя та щелепа

 

Looking in the mirror (abridged from “Martin Eden” by Jack London)

He got up and tried to see himself in the dirty looking glass over the wash-stand. He saw the head and face of a young fellow of twenty. Above a square-domed forehead he saw a mop of brown hair, nut-brown, with a wave to it and hints of curls, making hands tingl e to stroke it. But he passed it by, and dwelt long and thoughtfully on the high square forehead. What kind of brain lay behind it?

He wondered if there was soul in those steel-grey eyes that were often quite blue of color and that were strong with the salty air of the sea. Well, they were honest eyes, he concluded. The brown sunburn of his face surprised him.

His mouth might have been an angel’s mouth, had not the full, sensuous lips a habit of drawing firmly across the teeth. At times so tightly did they draw, the mouth became stern and harsh. The chin and jaw were strong and just hinting of aggressiveness. And between the lips were teeth that were white and strong and regular.

 

Comprehension questions.

How does the author describe:

a) Martin’s hair?

b) Martin’s eyes?

c) Martin’s mouth?

d) Do you think the author likes or dislikes his hero? Prove it.