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Pete: Nothing serious, it’s just that we lost our football match this morning.
Pete: What?
John: I said you’re a typical Aries. Very competitive. You don’t like losing.
John: Yes.
John: Why not? I’m a typical Capricorn, for example. Quite shy and sensitive.
John: Come on, Pete, you know the movement of the moon affects things on Earth,
like the tides and stuff, so why shouldn’t the planets and stars have an effect
on people’s personalities and the kind of things that happen in their lives?
John: Last Thursday it said I would meet an old friend, and that evening I bumped
into Helen at the cinema. I hadn’t seen her for years!
Pete: Well firstly, I think you probably remember the few things your horoscope
gets right and forget the many it gets wrong. Secondly, what horoscopes say
is usually so vague that you can interpret it in many different ways. And
thirdly, if you’d read your horoscope in another paper it would have said
something completely different.
Pete: I suppose do occasionally, but only for a bit of fun – I don’t take it seriously.
John: Maybe you should. It might help you prepare for important events – like
football matches.
Pete: Oh, shut up, will you? You’re making me feel even worse!
Exercise 1
Answer the questions about the text on Worksheet A.
3. What argument does John use to support the idea that the planets and stars can
have an effect on people’s lives?
4. Why does John suggest Pete should take his horoscope seriously?
5. What does Pete think John would have found if he had read his horoscope in a
different newspaper?
6. How well do you think John and Pete know each other, and what makes you think
that?
Exercise 2
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F), or if the text doesn’t
say (D).
Exercise 3
Complete the crossword below. If all the words are correct, the star sign of people
born between 23rd November and 22nd December will read from top to bottom.
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