NOISE!
LESSON 01
DISCUSSION
a crying baby on the bus someone listening to loud music on the bus, tram,
etc. a car alarm techno music scraping the blackboard/crockery/a
plate, etc. the siren of an ambulance/fire engine Christmas songs in
plazas in the winter the school bell
PLEASANT ANNOYING NEUTRAL (it
depends)
What do you think it depends on if someone finds certain noises pleasant or annoying?
EXPRESSING OPINION
message of the song: We rely too much/are obsessed with/are addicted to tech
SHORT QUESTIONS (vocabulary
practice)
1. Do you endure flak from others easily?
2. What do you think are the reasons for people on social media
colouring their yarn in order to attract others’ attention?
3. What are the reasons, symptoms, and treatments of insomnia?
4. How do you think you can help a paranoiac?
5. Who is the person you revere the most? Why?
6. What is/are the thing(s) you crave the most now?
7. Do you find other people humming irritating? Why (not)?
COMPARING PHOTOS (STAGES)
STAGE WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
1. identifying the topic The pictures show different
Phrases for
aspects of…
speculation
The pictures are connected with
- must/might/could/
the topic of…
can’t be
2. introducing the pictures Tell what exactly can be seen in - judging by their
the photos facial expression, I’d
3. making deductions What each photo tells you say…
personally (speculations, ideas - It’s definitely (not)…
based on what can be seen) - I’m convinced that…
4. topic presentation a. Tell your own opinion about - I’m not so sure
the issue(s) whether… or…
b. Answer the questions if they
are given
STIMULUS-BASED DISCUSSION
(pictures)
e consider addiction to technology to be an illness, what are the most common symptoms, in your opinion?
at do you think might be the possible ways of treatment?
you think technology actually causes addiction, or is it simply the result of a weak willpower? Justify your an
USE OF ENGLISH (open cloze)
1. has
2. Most common missing words:
which/that 1. articles (a, an, the) and determiners (many, much, a lot of, some)
3. spite 2. auxiliaries (be, have, has, had, do, be able to)
3. modals (can, must, should, will)
4. does 4. relative pronouns (that, which, who)
5. such 5. prepositions
6. linkers (because, although, if, and, than, then)
6. more 7. expressions (the apple of my eye, every cloud has a silver lining)
7. much
8. out
9. way
10. able
11. with
12. be
VOCABULARY EXPANSION (page
11, task 11)
1 C
2 G
3 I
4 B
5 F
6 L
7 H
8 J
9 A
1 K
0
1 E
1
1 D
2
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Match the synonyms.
Word 1 Word 2
1. A. 1 D
unprecedented sophisticated 2 B
2. contend B. assert 3 F
3. pathologize C. spare-time
4 A
4. subtle D. unheard-of
5 G
5. stealthy E. worry
6 E
6. fret F. abnormalize
7 C
7. recreational G. surreptitious
8 I
8. crave H. criticism
9 J
9. revere I. want
10 H
10. flak J. respect
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Correct the mistakes.
1. Anti-vaxers became a buzzing word in the 2020s.
2. After quitting cold chicken, Sarah was suffering from withdrawing
symptoms.
3. My best friend is accused of substance abusal.
4. Whatever happens to us, the basic line is that we stay together.
1. Anti-vaxers became a buzz word in the 2020s.
2. After quitting cold turkey, Sarah was suffering from withdrawal
symptoms.
3. My best friend is accused of substance abuse.
4. Whatever happens to us, the bottom line is that we stay together.
PRACTICE
withdrawal
decoy
cold
buzz
unprecedented
revere
flak
endure
crave
bottom
