Spotlight 11

Choose the correct word. Check in the Word List.
Mike got arrested for committing/permitting a crime. Shoplifting I think.
I know. He’s been hanging out/in with a really rough/tough crowd!
To commit - to do something illegal or something that is considered wrong.
To permit -to allow something
To hang out – to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
To hang in (there) – said as a way of telling someone to not give up, despite difficulties
Rough – not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition
Tough – difficult to do or to deal with
To commit
To permit
To hang out
Rough
Tough

Did Tom ask you to tell/say a lie for him again?
Yes. I did it, but it let/made me feel guilty.
To tell a lie – something you say when you have just said something wrong and want to correct it
To say – to pronounce words or sounds, to express a though, opinion, or suggestion, or to state a fact or instruction
To let – to allow
To make – to force someone or something to do something
Word list
To feel guilty

Why are you picking at/on her? She’s really upset.
I know, I really deny/regret it. The others made/let me do it.
To pick at – to eat only a small amount of your food, showing no interest or enjoyment while you eat it
Word list
To pick on
To pick on – to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and unfairly
To deny – to say that something is not true
To regret – to feel sorry a situation, especially something sad or wrong a mistake that you have made
To make – to force someone or something to do something
To let – to allow
To deny
To regret
To pick at

Her new boyfriend is a bad effect/influence on her. She’s started smoking, you know!
Yes, she’s been missing/losing lessons, too.
Word list
Effect – the result of a particular influence
Influence – the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this
To miss – not to go to something
To lose – to no longer have something because you do not know where it is
Influence
Effect
To lose
To miss

What’s come/gone over Alex? She’s totally changes her image!
She wanted to match/fit in with her friends.
Word list
To come over – to be influenced suddenly and unexpectedly by a strange feeling
To go over – to be received in a particular way
To match – to something that is similar to or combines well with something else
To fit – to be the right size or shape for someone or something
To come over
To go over
To fit in with
To match

Fill in: persuade, resist, give in, influence, discourage, dissuade. Which are opposites?
1. Sam allows friends to …………………… his decisions too much.
2. I can’t believe they managed to …………………… you to dye your hair green!
3. Sue wanted to start wearing black makeup like her friends, but I managed to ……………………… her!
To resist
To give in
To influence
To discourage
To dissuade
To persuade

4. My friend Jane asked me so many times to go skiing with her that I finally had to ……………………….
5. The constant teasing from his friends was starting to ………………… Phil.
6. You should …………………… peer pressure and stand up for what you believe.
Fill in: persuade, resist, give in, influence, discourage, dissuade. Which are opposites?
To resist
To give in
To influence
To discourage
To dissuade
To persuade
Persuade – dissuade
Resist – give in

You will hear 6 statements. Match each speaker’s statement 1-7 with the statements given in the list A-F. Each statement can only be used once. One of the statements is extra. You will hear the recording twice.
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.
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5
D
A
F
E
B

Now learn the idioms!
In two minds.
One in a million.
A million reasons.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other.
At sixes and sevens.

A million reasons
Миллион причин
At sixes and
sevens
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Origin

One in a million
A very special person
In two minds
To be unable to decide something

Six of one and
half a dozen of the other
Said when you think that neither of two choices is better than the other

Try to guess the idiom.
Six of one and half a dozen of the other
One in a million
At sixes and sevens
In two minds
A million reasons

Complete the idioms with: million, hundred and one, two, sixes, six. Check in Appendix 3. Are there similar idioms in your language?
1. I can think of a ………………… reasons why you shouldn’t do that.
2. He’s in ………………… minds about going to the party.
3. To me he’s the best friend ever, definitely one in a …………………….
4. Everyone was at ……………… and sevens after the announcement that the school had been vandalised.
5. They’re both to blame! It’s ……………………… of one and half a dozen (*twelve) of the other!
6. Jason explained the rules of the game to Kate many times but she was still at ……… and sevens.

Complete the dialogue with the sentences A-F. Listen and check.
E
A
C
B
F
D

Match the underline phrases with their meanings:
Do whatever you want
Met unexpectedly
Disappoint them
You’ll regret not doing something
The person who is different from everyone else
It’s nothing to worry about
Bumped into
The odd one out
It’s no big deal
It’s your loss
Suit yourself
Let them down

Use the language in the table to act out short exchanges for the following situations.
Expressing negative feelings/
Sympathising - Encouraging
You found out that your best friend is lying to you and you’re angry.
Your friends are trying to make you miss lessons from school but you don’t want to.
You didn’t do well in your exams and you have problems with your friends.

Choose the correct response. Listen and check.
Persuading, responding
A: Please lend me some money.
B:
a) Oh, all right then, just this once!
b) It’s no big deal.
A: Come to football practice with me! Come on, it’ll be fun!
B:
a) It won’t be fun.
b) Well, I suppose I could.
A: Can you tell Joe I like him? Oh go on, please!
B:
a) No, I’m afraid I really can’t.
b) OK, thank you.
1
2
3

Use the phrases in Ex. 8a to try to persuade your partner to:
help you with your homework
go to a party with you
wash the dishes for you
go on holiday with you

Think of ten new words/ expressions you have learnt during this lesson. Make sentences using them.

Workbook
Underline the correct word.

Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below.
give in
persuade
discourage
dissuade
resist
influence

Complete the sentences using the words: million, half, hundred, sevens, two.
sevens
hundred
million
two
half

Circle the correct response.