Разработка урока spotlight 9. Challenge and obstacle.

Challenge –

something new & difficult

which requires a great effort and determination

Useful Vocabulary

• Challenge / obstacle / complicated situation
• Great / huge / serious / major / tough /significant / formidable
• Physical / intellectual / environmental

Experience a challenge

Try to deal with a challenge

Successfully deal with a challenge

Bethany Hamilton and Tom Conaway both found themselves facing extremely difficult challenges – but they refused to give up…

Ask each other 5 direct questions to find out about Bethany Hamilton and Tom Conaway the following :

• Age
• Cause of accident
• Kind of injury
• Attitude to damage
• If they quit

furiously [‘fjʊərɪəslɪ]: energetically (яростно, бешено)

carefully [‘keəfəlɪ]: with caution (аккуратно, осторожно)

ripping off [rɪpɪŋ]: tearing off with force (вырвать силой, насильно из рук)

motto [‘mɒtəʊ]: a meaningful saying (девиз, лозунг)

spine [spaɪn]: the bones in your back that hold you upright (позвоночник)

brain damage [breɪn ‘dæmɪʤ]: an injury to the brain (повреждение мозга) share [ ∫eə]: to be used between two or more people (делить/ся) strapped [stræp]: fastened (закреплённый ремнём)

disability [dɪsə’bɪlətɪ]y: a condition in which a person is not able to use a part of the body or brain (инвалидность) bumps [bᴧmps]: things that slow you down (колдобина, выбоина)

scratch [skræt∫]: царапать

F

NS

T

F

F

NS

NS

F

T

• Encouragement
• Concentrate on
• Frightening them away
• Give up
• Soon
• Appear
• Without moving at all
• Huge
• Understood
• Face
• Places firmly

inspiration

keep my mind on

scaring them off

quit

before long

come into sight

perfectly still

gigantic

realised

deal with

plants

Ex.4 p.122

Fill in:

total, positive, seriously, win, face, experience,

feel, terrifying, brain, survive

……… ..challenges

to ……….a competition

……… .miracle

…………… .experience

………… .attitude

to………………..a disaster

…………… bruised

to……….sorry for sb

……… ..damage

to………….an accident

face

win

total

terrifying

positive

experience

seriously

feel

brain

survive

1 Bethany Hamilton faces challenges other surfers don't have in her sport.

2 Many people didn't expect Bethany to win a competition after the accident.

3 It's a total miracle that Bethany is able to surf again.

4 The shark attack was a terrifying experience for Bethany

5 Amazingly, Tom has a positive attitude and considers himself lucky.

6 Bethany experienced a disaster , but was determined to overcome it.

7 Tom seriously bruised his spine in a car accident.

8 Both Bethany and Tom don't want people to feel sorry for them.

9 Tom feels lucky not to have any brain damage from his accident.

10 Both Bethany and Tom feel lucky to have survived an accident and be alive.

quickly

unusual

professional

depressed

positive

still

noisily

natural

up close

Tips on how to tackle challenges

• accept the challenge
• find meaning in your life
• take action
• believe in yourself
• communicate, communicate,

communicate

• resolve the problem
• learn from the challenge

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