Spotlight 11 Module 2b

Spotlight 11

Unit 2b

What problems do the teenagers have in their everyday life? What problems do you consider the most typical?

TEENAGERS PROBLEMS

What is happening in the pictures ?

Peer pressure

Pressure from people of one’s own age to behave in a way that is similar or acceptable of them.

Today we are going to:

• revise the words we know
• practise our listening and reading skills
• be able to talk on the topic

Do you remember the following words? Which are opposites?

1.persuade a. влиять

2.resist b. отговаривать, разубеждать

3.give in c. приводить в уныние

4.influence d. убеждать

5.discourage e. сопротивляться

6.dissuade f. уступать

• What is peer pressure?
• What causes peer pressure?
• What examples of peer pressure can you find in the video?
• How can a person handle peer pressure?

Which line is the same size as the line on the left? How certain are you? What would you feel if others disagree with you?

Vocabulary

conform to sth - to behave and think in the same way as most other people in a group or society

erode - to gradually destroy the surface of something through the action of wind, rain, etc.; to be gradually destroyed in this way

susceptible to - very likely to be influenced, harmed or affected by something

WATCH A VIDEO

answer the questions

a)How do a person’s emotions change when they see that others have a different answer? b)How many people changes their answer in the experiment? c)According to the video, which groups are more likely to conform? Why? d)In which case are you less susceptible to peer pressure if? (3 ideas) e)What does peer pressure influence apart from our beliefs?

answer the questions

Are you susceptible to peer pressure?

What can one do to handle peer pressure?

Can peer pressure be positive?

Listen to an interview with some teenagers talking about peer pressure. Number the statements below in the order you hear them. There is one extra statement you do not need.

(Ex.3,p.30)

A You must be strong and resist it.

B It can make you do some strange things.

C You can’t avoid it

D It is sometimes a positive thing.

E It can hurt others.

F It can lead to regrets

Idioms

• one in a million – один на миллион
• a hundred and one reasons – сто и одна причина
• at sixes and sevens – растеряться
• in two minds – колебаться
• six of one and half a dozen of the other – одинаково, одно и тоже

There are ______________why you should resist peer pressure. It’s not even worth being __________! Boost your confidence and self-esteem (frankly speaking, they are _____________) and remember you are unique, _______________. You must be strong and assertive. Are you still _______________? Come on, you can do it!

Reading ex.5,p.31

Use the language in the table to act out short dialogues for the following situations

• You found out that your best friend is lying to you and you’re angry.

2. Your friends are trying to make you miss lessons from school but you don’t want to.

3. You didn’t do well in your exams and you have problems with your friends.

Asking Expressing negative feelings

• You don’t look very happy. What’s the matter?
• You don’t look very well. What’s up?
• Are you all right? You look a bit nervous/worried etc.

SYMPATHYSING/ENCOURAGING

• Cheer up! Things can’t be that bad!
• I’m sorry to hear that, but I’m sure everything will be all right.
• I’m sorry. You really need…
• I know what you mean.

• Well, I could be better
• I’m (a bit/really) nervous/worried/fed up etc.
• Nothing is going right in my life

EXPRESSING EXTREME FEELINGS

• I’m ready to explode!
• … is/are driving me crazy!
• I’m just going mad.
• I can’t stand … any more.

Ex. 8A

• Oh, alright then, just this once!
• It`s no big deal
• I suppose I could

Today I’ve learnt…

Now I know…

Now I can…