Spotlight 11
2b Peer pressure
Teacher: N.V. Makhmutova
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 tease
to whisper
arms crossed
.
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
To permit
Rough
To hang out
To hang in (there) – said as a way of telling someone to not give up, despite difficulties
To permit -to allow something
To hang out – to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
Tough – difficult to do or to deal with
To commit - to do something illegal or something that is considered wrong.
Rough – not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition
Tough
Word list
Did Tom ask you to tell/say a lie for him again?
Yes. I did it, but it let/made me feel guilty.
To tell a lie – something you say when you have just said something wrong and want to correct it
To say – to pronounce words or sounds, to express a though, opinion, or suggestion, or to state a fact or instruction
To let – to allow
To make – to force someone or something to do something
To feel guilty
Word list
Why are you picking at/on her? She’s really upset.
I know, I really deny/regret it. The others made/let me do it.
To pick on
To regret
To deny
To make – to force someone or something to do something
To deny – to say that something is not true
To regret – to feel sorry a situation, especially something sad or wrong a mistake that you have made
To pick on – to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and unfairly
To let – to allow
To pick at – to eat only a small amount of your food, showing no interest or enjoyment while you eat it
To pick at
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 lose
Effect
Influence – the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this
Effect – the result of a particular influence
To miss – not to go to something
To lose – to no longer have something because you do not know where it is
To miss
Word list
What’s come/gone over Alex? She’s totally changes her image!
She wanted to match/fit in with her friends.
To come over
To go over
To match
To come over – to be influenced suddenly and unexpectedly by a strange feeling
To match – to something that is similar to or combines well with something else
To go over – to be received in a particular way
To fit – to be the right size or shape for someone or something
To fit in with
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!
To persuade
3. Sue wanted to start wearing black makeup like her friends, but I managed to ……………………… her!
To dissuade
To resist
To discourage
To give in
To influence
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 – dissuade
Resist – give in
5. The constant teasing from his friends was starting to ………………… Phil.
To persuade
6. You should …………………… peer pressure and stand up for what you believe.
To dissuade
To resist
To discourage
To give in
To influence
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
Speaker 3
C. You can’t avoid it.
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
Let’s have a rest!
Complete the dialogue with the sentences A-F. Listen and check.
E
A
C
B
F
D
Use the language in the table to act out short exchanges for the following situations.
Expressing negative feelings/
Sympathising - Encouraging
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.
Choose the correct response. Listen and check.
Persuading, responding
1
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!
2
a) It won’t be fun.
B:
b) Well, I suppose I could.
3
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.
Now learn the idioms!
In two minds.
One in a million.
A million reasons.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other.
At sixes and sevens.
Миллион причин
A million reasons
At sixes and
sevens
Растеряться; вверх тормашками
Origin
One in a million
A very special person
In two minds
To be unable to decide something
Six of one and
half a dozen of the other
Said when you think that neither of two choices is better than the other
Try to guess the idiom.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other
One in a million
At sixes and sevens
A million reasons
In two minds
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.