Spotlight 11

1.

Describe the picture. What is
happening?
How does the person feel?
Read the definition to
find out.
background
to talk about
Давление со
стороны ровесников
unhappy
angry
to whisper
arms crossed
to tease

2.

Choose the correct word. Check in the Word List.
Mike got arrested for committing/permitting
a crime. Shoplifting I think.
I know. He’s been hanging out/in with a really
rough/tough crowd!
To commit
Tough
To permit
To hang out
Rough
To commit
hang in -(there)
– said as aillegal
way
To
to do something
To
hang––out
–even
to spend
lottoof
time
Rough
Tough
not
difficult
or
tosmooth,
doaor
often
deal
of
To
telling
permit
someone
-tothat
allow
to
not
give up,
or
something
is something
considered
in a place
orwith
with
someone
because
of being
in bad
condition
despitewrong.
difficulties

3.

Did Tom ask you to tell/say a lie for him
again?
Word list
Yes. I did it, but it let/made me feel guilty.
To feel guilty
To say – to pronounce words or
To tell a lie – something you say
sounds,
To make
to express
– to force
a though,
someone
opinion,
or
when youTo
have
letjust
– tosaid
allow
something
or suggestion,
something or
to to
do state
something
a fact or
wrong and want to correct it
instruction

4.

Why are you picking at/on her? She’s really
upset.
Word list
I know, I really deny/regret it. The others
made/let me do it.
To pick on
To deny
To pick at
To regret
ToTo
pick
regret
at – –totoeat
feel
only
sorry
a small
a
make
someone
oror
ToTopick
on – to force
criticize,
punish,
To
deny of
–especially
toyour
say food,
that
something
is
situation,
amount
something
showing no
sad
something
do
be unkind
To
to the
letto–same
to something
allow
person often
not true
interest
or wrong
oraenjoyment
mistake
that
while
youyou
have
eat
and unfairly
made
it

5.

Word list
Her new boyfriend is a bad effect/influence
on her. She’s started smoking, you know!
Yes, she’s been missing/losing lessons, too.
Influence
To miss
Effect
To lose
Influence – the power to have an
To lose – to no longer have
Effect
effect–on
the
people
resultorof
things,
a particular
or a
something
To miss –because
not to go
you
to do
something
not know
person or thing
influence
that is able to do
where it is
this

6.

What’s come/gone over Alex? She’s totally
changes her image!
Word list
She wanted to match/fit in with her friends.
To come over
To go over
To fit in with
To match
To come
to be influenced
matchover
– to –something
that is
To
To go
fitover
– to –betothe
be right
received
sizeinora
suddenly
unexpectedly
by a
similar toand
or combines
well with
shape forparticular
someone or
way
something
strange
feeling
something
else

7.

Fill in: persuade, resist, give in, influence, discourage, dissuade.
Which are opposites?
1. Sam allows friends to …………………… his
decisions too much.
2. I can’t believe they managed to
…………………… you to dye your hair green!
3. Sue wanted to start wearing black
makeup like her friends, but I managed
to ……………………… her!
To persuade
To dissuade
To resist
To give in
To influence
To discourage

8.

Fill in: persuade, resist, give in, influence, discourage, dissuade.
Which are opposites?
4. My friend Jane asked me so many
times to go skiing with her that I
finally had to ……………………….
Persuade
5. The constant teasing
from his – dissuade
friends was starting to …………………
Resist – Phil.
give in
6. You should …………………… peer
pressure and stand up for what you
believe.
To persuade
To dissuade
To resist
To give in
To influence
To discourage

9.

You will hear 6 statements. Match each speaker’s statement 1-7 with
the statements given in the list A-F. Each statement can only be used
once. One of the statements is extra. You will hear the recording twice.
A. You must be strong and resist it.
Speaker 1
B. It can make you do some strange things.
Speaker 2
C. You can’t avoid it.
Speaker 3
D. It is sometimes a positive thing.
Speaker 4
E. It can hurt others.
Speaker 5
F. It can lead to regrets.
D
A
F
E
B

10.

In two minds.
One in a million.
A million reasons.
Six of one and half a dozen of
the other.
At sixes and sevens.

11.

Миллион
причин
Origin
Растеряться; вверх
тормашками

12.

A very special person
To be unable to
decide something

13.

Said when you think that neither of two choices is better than the other

14.

Try to guess the idiom.
Six of one and half a
dozen of the other
One in a million
A million
reasons
In two minds
At sixes and sevens

15.

Complete the idioms with: million, hundred and one, two, sixes, six.
Check in Appendix 3. Are there similar idioms in your language?
1. I can think of a …………………
reasons why you shouldn’t do
that.
2. He’s in ………………… minds about
going to the party.
3. To me he’s the best friend
ever, definitely one in a
…………………….
4. Everyone was at ……………… and
sevens after the announcement
that the school had been
vandalised.
5. They’re both to blame! It’s
……………………… of one and half a
dozen (*twelve) of the other!
6. Jason explained the rules of
the game to Kate many times but
she was still at ……… and sevens.

16.

Complete the dialogue with the sentences A-F. Listen and check.
E
A
C
B
F
D

17.

Match the underline phrases with their meanings:
Bumped into
Do whatever you want
The odd one out
Met unexpectedly
It’s no big deal
Disappoint them
It’s your loss
You’ll regret not doing
something
Suit yourself
The person who is different
from everyone else
Let them down
It’s nothing to worry about

18.

Use the language in the table to act out short exchanges for the
following situations.
You found out that your best
friend is lying to you and
you’re angry.
Your friends are trying to
make you miss lessons from
school but you don’t want to.
You didn’t do well in your
exams and you have problems
with your friends.

19.

Choose the correct response. Listen and check.
A: Please lend me some money.
B: a) Oh, all right then, just this once!
b) It’s no big deal.
A: Come to football practice with me! Come on, it’ll be fun!
B: a) It won’t be fun.
b) Well, I suppose I could.
A: Can you tell Joe I like him? Oh go on, please!
B: a) No, I’m afraid I really can’t.
b) OK, thank you.

20.

Use the phrases in Ex. 8a to try to persuade your partner to:
help you with your homework
go to a party with you
wash the dishes for you
go on holiday with you

21.

Think of ten new words/
expressions you have learnt
during this lesson. Make
sentences using them.

22.

Underline the correct word.
Workbook

23.

Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below.
give in
persuade
discourage
dissuade
resist
influence

24.

Complete the sentences using the words: million, half, hundred,
sevens, two.
sevens
hundred
million
two
half

25.

Circle the correct response.

26.

Listen to Melanie and Sally’s conversation and then choose A, B or C.
Script 1
Script 2