Spotlight 10

1.

2.

What do these words mean?
What are you going to read
about?

3.

Before reading learn new words.
школа-интернат,
boarding school
пансион
профильная
specialist school
школа
научная
science lab
лаборатория
готовиться к
to sit an exam
экзамену
зарабатывать на
to earn a living
жизнь
посещать
to attend
бояться,
to dread
страшиться
принимать
to take part
участие
in
обучение
training
to
участвовать
participate
presenter
ведущий
строгий
strict
средний
average
extra-curricular
внеклассный
государственная
state school
школа
школа раздельного
single sex school
обучения
частная
private school
школа
to
догонять
catch up
условие
facility

4.

To go to an event, place,
etc.
The process of learning
the skills you need to do a
particular job or activity

5.

Someone who introduces a
television or radio show
The result you get by
adding two or more
amounts together and
diving the total by the
number of amounts

6.

A laboratory
To feel extremely worried
or frightened about
something that is going to
happen or that might
happen

7.

Strongly limiting someone’s
freedom to behave as they
wish, or likely to severely punish
someone if they do not obey
An extracurricular activity
or subject is not part of
the usual school or college
course

8.

To reach the same quality
or standard as someone or
something else
To be actively involved in
something with other
people

9.

Match the types of schools (1-6) to the descriptions (A-F). Which are
the most common/uncommon in your country?
D
Single-sex
school
F
A
Co-educational
school
Boarding
school
B
Private
school
E
C
State school
Specialist school

10.

Read the following statements. Which ones are true for your school?
What would you like to change?
Why? Discuss.

11.

Read the text and label the paragraphs with the headings below. One
heading does not match. What is the main idea of each paragraph?
A
B
C
D
E
4
1
5
2
3

12.

Choose the correct word. Listen and check.
A
B
C
D
1–
around
2–
earn
3–
spend
4–
up
5–
however
6–
get
7-
make
E
Study skills

13.

Match the words in bold to their meanings. Then complete the sentences.
skills
old-fashioned
training
attend
invented
uniform
unusual
smart
dread
strict
participate
public transport
Means
of clothes
travelling
available
to
Set
for
work
orto
Knowledge
Not
toof
lookand/or
forward
ability
to
sth;
to
do
The
process
of
learning
skills
for
Not
modern
Created;
came
up
with
Well-dressed
the
public,
e.g.
bus,
train,
metro,
Be present;
go
regularly
(school)
Join
in,
take
part
Compulsory
(rules)
Uncommon,
strange
school
fear
sth
well
sth job
a particular
etc

14.

skills
attend
old-fashioned
unusual
invented
smart
dread
training
strict
participate
uniform
public transport