Spotlight 9. Mod 7a

1.

• Fears and phobias
• Emergencies
• Healthy habits
• Dangerous wild animals
• Personal safety and risk

2.

3.

Look at the pictures. Which of them make you:
scream
flying
freeze
sweat
shake like a
leaf
height
run away
thunderstorm
snakes
Snakes make
me freeze.
crowds
being alone
darkness
injections
spiders
going to the
dentist
bees & wasps

4.

Before reading learn the new words.
to have butterflies
сильно нервничать
in one’s stomach
toисчезать
melt away
вызывать
to trigger
ч-л
toсбываться
come true
to избегать
miss out on
to turn one’s legs to
подкоситься
jelly
to смущать
embarrass
качать (о
to pump
жидкости)
позеленеть от
to green with envy
зависти
выглядеть
to have a long face
несчастным
to go сильно
through the
разозлиться
roof
быть безмерно
to be over the moon
счастливым
перебороть
to fight onesстрахи
fears
вызывать
to set off
ч-л
быть
to beнапуганным
scared to
доdeath
смерти
отчитывать
to tell off
to
потеть
sweat
хмуриться
to frown
мгновенно
instantly
дразнить
to tease
краснеть
to go bright
(от стыда)
red

5.

Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph of the text.
What do you expect to read about? Read and check.
I expect to read about the
different fears and phobias
that people have, and what
can be done to overcome
them.

6.

Read again and fill in the gaps with the phrases A-G. there is one
phrase that you do not need to use.
5
2
6
4
Text 1
1
Text 2
X
3
Text 3

7.

Match the highlighted words/phrases with their synonyms below.
cause sth to start
teased
make sb feel
shy/ashamed
melt away
shout
triggers
not logical
activate
disappear
yell
laughed at
embarrass
sets off
irrational