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Dvizh. Spotlight 11. Mod 2a

1.

A feeling of physical
suffering caused by injury or
To change your
ideas or
illness
behaviour to make them
To stopfor
being
alive,
either
suitable
a new
situation
suddenly or slowly
To act in a particular way as a
direct result of something else
An bring
increase
the rate of
To
yourineyebrows
change
or
growth
(especially
of dogs)
toare
make
a
together
so that
there
lines
deep,
rough
on your
facesound
abovewhile
your showing
eyes,
the teeth,
anger
or (of
often
while usually
turninginthe
corners
toto
speak
or say
of people)
your
mouth
downwards,
Unable
speak
something
angrily
andannoyed,
forcefully
showing
that
you are
worried, sad, or thinking hard
pain
adapt
die
react
speed up
snarl
frown
dumb
Try to predict some of the vocabulary
you expect to find in the poem.

2.

Listen to and read the poem. Do you agree with it? Discuss in pairs.

3.

пораженный
overwhelmed
неглубокий (о
shallow
дыхании)
rationally
разумно
укреплять
to mount
keep
you onв your
toes
держать
тонусе
подготовка,
run-up
преддверие
держать
keep things
вещиinв
перспективе
perspective
in
в перспективе
the long term
рвать
pulling
наyour
себеhair
волосы
out
информация,
lowdownфакты
toотбиться
get out of
от hand
рук
питательный
nutritious
в двух словах,
in a nutshell
вкратце
облегчить
lighten the
нагрузку
load
необходимый
essential
напрягать,
to tense
натягивать
улыбайся
grin and bear
и терпи
it
положительный
positive

4.

Read Study Skills and read the text and listen.

5.

Complete the gaps.
What is the purpose of the text?
The purpose of the text is to give
advice to teenagers about how to
handle stress.

6.

Match the underlined words/phrases in the text with their meanings:
Important information
Basically
Make a difficult
situation better
Going crazy
Increases
Over a long period of
time
Time just before
Pulling
Keep
your
hair
in
Keepthings
on your
In
Lighten
Grin
Overwhelmed
In
Out
the
Lowdown
Mounts
Run-up
aand
nutshell
of
long
the
bear
hand
term
load
it
perspective
out
toes
Uncontrollable
Cause you to remain
alert/ready
Judge how important
something really is
Unable to manage
Accept it without
complaining

7.

Complete the sentences with the missing words.
1. Keep things in
perspective
2. In a nutshell
3. Mounts
4. Lowdown
5. Out of hand
6. Overwhelmed
7. Pulling out her
hair
8. Lighten the load
9. Run-up
10. In the long term
11. Grin and bear it
12. Keep on your toes

8.

Match the words to their definition.
Tense
based on reason
Shallow
important, necessary
Rationally
hopeful, confident
Nutritious
to take small amount of air in with
each breath
Essential
to tighten
Positive
healthy and nourishing

9.

Prepare a two-minute talk on stress. Include:
what it is and what causes it
how it affects our bodies
what stresses you out
what you do to relieve stress

10.

Choose the correct word. Check in the Word List.

11.

Complete with: giving, proportion, take, strain, temper, tired, building,
getting. Explain the wordsExtremely
in bold. bored of
tired
Depressing me
take
getting
The pressure is too much for me
Exaggerate
proportion
Suddenly became angry
temper
Come under pressure from
Gradually increasing
strain
giving
building
Causing problems for me

12.

Fill in: snarl, stammer, whisper, sigh, groan. Check in the Word List.
stammer
snarl
groan
whisper
sigh

13.

Match the phrases. Mime the body movements. What are these
phrases in your language?
b
f
a
d
c
e
h
g

14.

Read the statement. What does Sydney Harris imply? Discuss in pairs.

15.

Read the text and fill in the gaps
with words/ phrases from the list.
Workbook
*nutritious *out of hand *overwhelmed *essential *lighten the load *relieve
*grin and bear it *keep things in perspective *positive
lighten the
load
grin and bear it
overwhelmed
Nutritious
relieve
positive
out of hand
essential
keep things in
perspective

16.

Underline the correct word.

17.

Complete the exchanges with the phrases from the list.
*pulling my hair out *in a nutshell *is under a lot of stress *lost her temper
*Take it easy *keep you on your toes *getting me down *off my chest
keep you on
your toes
in a nutshell
stress
is under a lot of
lost her temper
pulling my hair out
Take it easy
off my chest
getting me down
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