Dvizh. Spotlight 8

1.

• Overcoming difficulties/
injuries
• Taking risks
• Survival
• Helen Keller
• Antarctica

2.

3.

Look at the pictures and read the title and the introduction to the
texts. What do you know about these people? What challenges do you
think each person faced?
Both of these people have overcome huge challenges.
They are both strong people. I would guess that Bethany
had a surfing accident and Tom obviously struggles with
being in a wheelchair because of a handicap.
Handicap – физический или
умственный недостаток
Challenge - вызов
A wheelchair
To overcome - преодолеть
To struggle with – бороться с

4.

Before reading learn the new words.
encouragement
ободрение
bump
колдобина
to keep one’s mind
сосредотачиваться
наon
ч-л
бросать,
to quit
прекращать
to frighten
спугнутьaway
seriously раненый
bruised
серьезно
artificial
искусственный
попасть в поле
to come into sight
зрения
to experience a
пережить бедствие
disaster
to fall off
отвалиться
от ч-л
пронзительно
to squawk
кричать
to plant
ставить,
размещать
вырвать силой (из
to rip off
рук)
to
scratch
царапать
inspiration
вдохновение
brain damage
повреждение
мозга
disability
инвалидность
столкнуться со
to face a challenge
сложной задачей
to slam
захлопывать
total miracle
настоящее
чудо
человек, стремящийся
wannabe
стать
известным
(безуспешно)

5.

Listen and read to find out.

6.

Read again and mark the sentences 1-9 True, False or Not stated.
Correct the false sentences.
Text 1 2
3
4
Bethany was planning to turn professional in 2003, but she was attacked by a
False
shark.
1 Bethany was a professional surfer by 2003.
2 Bethany didn’t see the shark before it attacked her. Not stated
3 People were surprised when Bethany started surfing again soon after her
accident. True
4 Bethany
doesn’t
anyshe
more.
She thinks
about worry
sharksabout
all thesharks
time, but
triesFalse
to overcome her fears.
5 Bethany
never
questions
why she
arm.
She wonders
why
this happened,
butlost
sheher
knows
it has
made her stronger.
False
Not stated
7 Tom’s dad has always loved film making. Not stated
6 Tom can’t move his arms or legs.
Tom isdad
ablecontrols
to control
camera
different
ways.
8 Tom’s
thethe
camera
forinhim.
False
9 Tom believes that his disability gives him an advantage when filming. True

7.

Match the highlighted words/phrases to their meanings.
encouragement
scaring them off
concentrate on
before long
frightening them away
keep my mind on
give up
inspiration
soon
quit
appear
deal with
without moving at all
realised
huge
plants
understood
come into sight
face
perfectly still
place firmly
gigantic

8.

Match the words to their definitions.
carefully
furiously
bumps
spine
ripping off
strapped
motto
share
disability
brain damage
An
injury
With
Quickly
Fasten
to
caution
the
brain
Things
that
slow
you
down
To
tear
off
with
force
A
meaningful
saying
To
Tobones
be
beused
unable
between
to
do
something
more
than
physically
two
The
in
your
back
that
hold
you people
upright

9.

Complete the sentences.
carefully
furiously
bumps
spine
ripping off
strapped
motto
share
disability
brain damage

10.

Fill in: total, positive, seriously, win, face, experience, feel, terrifying,
brain, survive.
1. face
2. win
3. total
4. terrifying
5. positive
6. experience
7. seriously
8. feel
9. brain
10. survive
Пережить
Серьезно
Выиграть
Сталкиваться
Позитивный
Ужасающий
Пережить с
Повреждение
Полное чудо?
Сочувствовать?
несчастный
случай?
катастрофу?
ушибиться?
соревнования?
трудностями?
настрой?
опыт?
головного
мозга?

11.

Complete the sentences.
faces challenges
terrifying experience
seriously bruised
to have survived an accident
brain damage
experienced a disaster
total miracle
to feel sorry for them
to win a competition
positive attitude

12.

Find the opposites for these words/phrases.
quickly
unusual
professional
depressed
positive
still
noisily
natural
up close
Text 1
2
3
4

13.

List all the parts of the body mentioned in the texts. Then add as
many as you can in a minute. Categorise the words under the headings:
eyes
nose
feet
arm
lips
chin
spine
brain
cheeks
teeth
knee
legs
toes
waist
back
hands
shoulders

14.

Find the odd word out. Check in your dictionaries.
1 scratch your
face
leg
2 break your
arm
eye
3 bruise your
eye
spine
4 sprain your ankle
5 burn your
hand
6 cut your spine
7 bump your head
hand
knee
ankle
eyebrow
wrist
teeth
hair
ear
tongue
finger
shoulder
leg
knee
cheek
finger
face
lip
tongue
Порезать?
Сломать?
Сжечь?
Почесать?
Растянуть?
Ушибить?

15.

Discuss using the phrases, as in the example.
Scratch leg / climbing tree
A: Have you ever scratched your leg?
B: Yes, I have.
A: How did it happen?
B: I was climbing up a tree.

16.

Discuss using the phrases, as in the example.
Burn hand / cook dinner
burnt
hand
A: Have you ever ………… your …………?
B: Yes, I have.
A: How did it happen?
cooking dinner
B: I was ……………….

17.

Discuss using the phrases, as in the example.
Sprain ankle / trip on step
Have you ever sprained
your ankle?
Yes, I have.
How did it happen?
I tripped on a step.

18.

Discuss using the phrases, as in the example.
Cut finger / chop vegetables
Have you ever cut your
finger?
Yes, I have.
How did it happen?
I was chopping vegetables.

19.

Imagine you are either Bethany or Tom. Your partner is a radio
interviewer. Prepare questions and act out your interview.
Bethany, it’s a total miracle that you survived the shark
attack and are able to surf again. How did you do it?
After this terrifying experience you were back
surfing in just three weeks. How did you manage that?
Tell us what else you are doing besides
surfing and winning competitions?

20.

Now that you have read about Bethany and Tom, will you change the
way you see the challenges in your own life? In five minutes, write a
few sentences about this. Discuss your ideas with your partner.

21.

Match the words in the two columns to make collocations. Then use
them in their correct form to complete the sentences.
c
d
e
a
b
Workbook

22.

Put the words into the correct box.
*shoulder *ankle *cheek *knee *wrist *eye *finger *head *spine
Injuries
Sprain
Bruise
Bump

23.

Fill in the gaps in the text with the following words:
*wheelchair *amazing *mind *quit *attitude *inspiration *sorry

24.

Choose the correct word.