Socialising, Breaking the ice

1.

Learn new words.
What does the title
of the text mean?
What do you expect
to learn from the
module?
How would you start
a conversation with
someone you don’t
know?
взаимодействовать
to interact with с
toобщаться
socialise
повседневная
жизнь
daily lives
toвыяснять
find out
разговор
conversation
представлять
to introduce

2.

Learn new words.
удивительные
amazing
tricks
трюки
приближаться
to approach
быть
to
be уверенным
confident
всякий
раз когда
whenever
нравиться,
любить
to fancy
захватывать
to
take over
возможность
opportunity
подсказки,
tipsсоветы
вылезать,
to getвыходить
out
подходить
to
come up
развивать(ся)
to develop
избегать
to
avoid
ладони
palms
быть
увлеченным
в
to
get
involved in
toпотеть
sweat
добавить
to add
краснеть от
to blush
смущения
яркий
bright
отводить
взгляд
to look away
приносить
пользу
to benefit

3.

Match pictures and the words.
amazing tricks
to approach
to be confident
whenever
to fancy
to take over
opportunity
tips
to get out
to come up
to develop
to avoid
palms
to get involved in
to sweat
to add
to blush
bright
to look away
to benefit

4.

Task
Read the text “Breaking the ice”.
smile
You should show you’re interested in others by asking them to speak too.
You should make the effort to get to know people, even if you find
it difficult.

5.

Explain the words in bold.
approach
situation in which it is possible to do sth
avoid
become red in the face because you feel
embarrassed
blush
go up to, speak to
develop
feel attracted to
opportunity
positive, full of light
benefit
get help, improve sth/sb
fancy
grow or change over a period of time,
acquire
bright
keep away from sb/sth

6.

7.

Listen and read the text again. What is the author’s purpose?
The author’s purpose is to
inform us about how we can
break the ice.

8.

Choose some to complete the sentences.
blushes
1. Laura’s very shy. She always ………………
when people talk to her.
fancies Kim. He’s always
2. I think Andy ……………………
staring at her in class.
Opportunity, blush, approach, fancy,
bright, benefit, develop, avoid.

9.

Choose some to complete the sentences.
benefited from what he said
3. We ………………………
to us, as his advice helped us.
avoid
4. You shouldn’t …………………
talking people
you don’t know.
Opportunity, blush, approach, fancy,
bright, benefit, develop, avoid.

10.

Learn new words and
match them with the
definitions.
застенчивый
shy
терпеливый
patient
честный
honest
легкий на
easy-going
подъём
ранимый
sensitive
оптимистичный
optimistic
упрямый
stubborn
общительный
sociable
эгоистичный
selfish
надёжный
reliable
that
This
person
is
This
person
Telling
the
truth
Hoping
or
Nervous
Relaxed
or
and
Easily
Someone
upset
who
by
Having
patience?
you
can
trust
determined
toto
do
or
able
to
be
believing
that
likes
to
meet
uncomfortable
not
easily
the
only things
thinks
ofdo
work
hard
and
what
he
or
she
trusted
and
not
good
things
will
and
spends
with
upset
other
or
people
their
own
say
or
what
they
say
wants
and
likelyother
toinsteal,
happen
the
with
people?
worried?
do?
advantage?
they
will
do
refuses
to
do
cheat,
or
lie?
future?
people?
anything else?
Answer
Reliable!
Optimistic!
Stubborn!
Sensitive!
Selfish!
Honest!
Shy!
Easy-going!
Sociable!
Patient!

11.

Read the descriptions.
List the adjectives in
bold as positive/negative.

12.

Complete the sentences.
1. Tony’s optimistic.
He always
?
looks on the bright side of life.
? and caring.
2. Fred’s sensitive
? He
always understands how others
feel, always stays calm and
doesn’t get annoyed with people
easily. He worries a lot about
what others think of him.
3. Claire’s patient.
? She manages
to stay calm in difficult
situations.
4. Bob’s easy-going
and sociable.
?
?
He rarely gets upset and he likes
meeting people.
5. Ann’s honest
? and reliable.
? You
can trust her and she always
does what she says she will do.
?
6. Sue’s stubborn.
She always
wants to do things her own way.
7. Tony’s selfish.
? He doesn’t care
about other people’s feelings.
8. Bill’s shy.
? He doesn’t feel
comfortable with people.
shy sensitive easy-going caring
honest selfish sociable optimistic
patient reliable stubborn

13.

Match the adjectives to their opposites. Listen and check.
оптимистичный
optimistic
confident
уверенный
застенчивый
shy
generous
великодушный
эгоистичный
selfish
pessimistic
пессимистичный
надёжный
reliable
flexible
податливый
упрямый
stubborn
unreliable
ненадежный
искренний
sincere
unsociable
необщительный
впечатлительный
sensitive
irritable
раздражительный
общительный
sociable
impatient
нетерпеливый
терпеливый
patient
insincere
неискренний
легкий
easy-going
в общении
insensitive
невпечатлительный