Task 1. Complete the sentences with the vocabulary from the previous lesson.

1. She may come _________ as a bit stern at first, but once you get to know her,
____________________.
2. It's important to make a good ___________ at a job interview to _____________.
3. Don't be afraid to pay a __________________ when someone does something well -
________________.
4. When you meet someone new and ___________ with them, it can feel like
__________________________.
5. While we may not see ___________________ on this topic, I respect ____________________.
6. It's never okay to talk _______________ to someone, no matter __________________.
7. The way we _____________ people can have a lasting impact on their lives, so it's important to
______________________ .
8. Sometimes it's necessary to make an____________ decision, but it's important to
_______________.

(10 min) Questions for discussions. In pairs, then check one question per student.
1) Do you keep in touch with your friends from school or university times?
2) What is the best way to start a conversation?
3) Do you judge a book by its cover?
4) Have you ever made a bad first impression on somebody?
5) Are you good at giving compliments?

1) How do you deal with short-tempered people?

2) What kind of people do you click with?
3) Do you have a soulmate?
4) Is there anyone you don’t see eye to eye with?
5) Have you had a wrong first impression about somebody?

Reading Activities
TASK 1
The SS have a sheet of paper and a pen. The T dictates 3 sets of phrases ONLY ONCE and the SS’ task is to
write down everything they hear:
Set 1
1. Hurricane-force winds
2. Ripping trees out of
3. Stay indoors
4. Grab hold of
5. Be blown into
6. Going backward
7. What a mess!

Set 2
1. Another scorching day
2. Kind of heat
3. Roads were melting
4. Cooked in an oven
5. No escaping
 6. Equipped with a fan
7. Can’t work there

Set 3
1. My daughter screaming
2. Hasn’t snowed here for nearly
3. Made a snowman
4. Are so amazed
5. Staring as if they
6. Load of trucks
7. Even if thaws

TASK 2
The SS work in pairs and their task is to compare their answers - 4 min

TASK 3
Show the answers on the WB. The SS work in pairs and compare their answers (warn them to pay attention
to the text.

TASK 4
The SS work in pairs. Now they have to recreate 3 texts with the partner. - 5 min

TASK 5. The SS work in pairs. Their task is to answer the following questions (reading the sentences from the
texts):
Text 1
Do you think the character should have gone to the interview, considering the strength of the storm?
How can the city better prepare for future storms based on this experience?
Text 2
Do you agree that the lack of air conditioning is a major problem during a heat wave?
What measures can the locals take to cope with the summer heat?
Text 3
Were the local authorities prepared for such a rare snow event?
How might the damage to the citrus trees affect the local economy or way of life?

(10 min) Post-reading. After each post, do retelling using active vocabulary from the white-board. Answer
questions from exercise 2. Pay attention to some words that might be new for them: in spite of, cope with, to
seem.

1. (5 min) Sentences for translation with new vocabulary.

1) I had to get hold of a tree not to be blown by the wind. (choral drill!)
2) People couldn’t cope with the gale-force winds. (choral drill!)
3) Despite the scorching weather they decided to go for a walk.
4) It seems that he is going backward on his bicycle.
5) The storm did a lot of damage to the roads.
6) The roads were melting because of the heat.
7) If it thaws tomorrow, we won’t be able to go ice-skating.
8) Yesterday at 4 p.m. I was sweating in the gym.
9) Look at that pile of trash, what a mess!
10) There was the whole load of trucks on the road, so we were stuck.
2. (7 min) Exercise 3 lead-in: What extreme weather conditions do you know? What are the extremes
that we might sometimes have in our country? Write down the words which students offer. Then move to
exercise 3. Write down new vocabulary on the white-board: blizzard, drought, flood, hailstorm, heat wave,
hurricane, lightning, monsoon, thunder, typhoon.

3. (5 min) Move to exercise 4. Lead-in: What do you do when you’re very cold or scared? Right, shiver.
And if you got under a heavy rain, what happens to you? Etc. Do the matching and write down new
words: shiver, get soaked, humid, damp, pouring, slippery, get sunburned.