Презентация по теме "Who are you? Neighbourhood problems"

Spotlight 11 Module 5 b

5 b

Problems

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.

Hans Christian Andersen (Danish author)

Reading A life on the street

• Discuss what life is like as a homeless person.
• Imagine what like is life for Jasmine .

Explain the words in bold.

• foster
• couches
• shivering with cold
• odd night
• cramped
• drug addicts
• filthy
• choke
• make ends meet
• toss
• posh
• dignity
• vicious circle
• self-esteem

Explain the words

• foster : official care by the government
• couches: along seat for two or three people
• shivering with cold : to be so cold that it causes the person to shake
• odd night: occasional night
• cramped: not enough space for the occupants
• drug addicts: people who is dependant on an illegal drug
• filthy: very dirty
• choke : unable to breath
• make ends meet: to just cover all your

essential living expenses

• toss: throw
• posh: expensive
• dignity: a person’s sense of importance and value
• vicious circle: a problem or difficult situation that creates new problems which cause the original problem again
• self-esteem: how a person feels about themselves

Towns/ cities

• industrial
• historic
• boom
• new
• capital
• cosmopolitan
• overcrowded
• industrial
• shanty

Types of houses

• Well-lit street
• Run down house
• Rough neighbourhood
• Fully-furnished house
• Posh house
• Abandoned building
• Disused warehouse
• Squat
• Office building
• Residential area
• Pedestrianized area

Problems in neighbourhoods

Rubbish on the street

Lack of parks/trees/lanes

Heavy traffic on the roads

Street hawkers

Stray animals

Overcrowded public transport

Smells and noise

Graffiti

Beggars

Dog/ bird mess

Cars parked on the pavements

Everyday English

Expressing annoyance

Agreeing

• It drives me crazy.

Disagreeing

• It really gets on my nerves.

• Yes, it is really annoying/ irritating/ awful/ ridiculous

• It makes me angry.

• Well, actually, I don’t mind it.

• Yes, it gets on my nerves, too.

• It really annoys me when …

• It doesn’t really bother me.

• I just can’t put up with it any more.

• That’s a fair point .

• It’s a disgrace!

• It makes my blood boil!

Idioms

Lead sb up the garden path

Have a roof over heads

Throw money down the drain

Everything but the kitchen sink

Exclamations

What a relief!

I don’t know.

That’s annoying !

-Phew!

- Er…

- Oh!

That’s disgusting!

Stop that!

- Yuk!

- Oi!

Home assignment