W15 EN 4H U3 les3

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Week 15, les 3

Reading Kills

Preparation

Look at 'interview with an undercover agent' on pp. 30-31 in your Coursebook

Answer the following questions. 

1. The article is from Teen Ink. What kind of magazine do you think it is?

2. Do you think Amy from Ohio is a professional journalist? Why (not)?

3. Look at the layout of the article. What kind of text is it?

4. What does an undercover agent do, and why?

The actual reading

Read the text (TB p. 30-31) and answer the following multiple choice questions. 

1. '[...], he remembered my interest and contacted me'. Nick's interest in what?

1. Drugs.
2. The missing undercover agent.
3. Undercover work.

2. Who knew that Nick was an undercover agent?

1. Just Nick.
2. Nick and his parents.
3. Nick, his parents and other narcotics agents.

3. How did Nick convince the people in the drug communicty that he was one of them?

1. He pretended to be a criminal and a drug user.
2. He acted like he was crazy.
3. He became a criminal and a drug user.

4. What are two of the hardest parts of the job, according to Nick?

1. Making cases against the drugdealers and the fear that people would discover who he really was.
2. Not knowing if he would ever see his friends in the drug community and making cases against the drug dealers.
3. The fear that people would discover who he really was and not knowing if he would ever see his friends in the drug community again.

5. Why did Nick have to stop?

1. Because too many dealers had sold drugs to him.
2. Because he didn't want to be involved in smuggling drugs.
3. Because his bosses felt he shouldn't work outside the city.

6. What did Nick like best about his job?

1. Being comepletely infiltrated in the drug community.
2. Knowing that he changed the lives of some of the people involved.
3. Knowing he had made the city a bit safer.

7. ...that I had not really gone downhill after all. What does Nick mean by that?

1. That he hadn't become a drug addict, like his family feared.
2. That he hadn't disappeared, like his family thought.
3. That he had gone undercover, as his family suspected.

8. What is the goal of this text?

1. To inform you
2. To convince you that you should become an undercover agent.
3. To criticize the work of undercover agents.

Vocabulary

Choose the correct defintion.

1. glimpse

1. a very short look
2. a bus

2. sparked

1. to set fire to
2. caused

3. illicit

1. illegal
2. hidden

4. secure

1. secret
2. dangerous

5. encounter

1. fight
2. meet

6. secluded

1. safe
2. quiet and out of the way

7. deceive

1. make people believe in lies
2. hurt people

8. combat

1. fight
2. help

Exercise 37 (WB p.69)

Match the two columns to make correct sentences.

1. A girl with your abilities...

2. Camomile can be very beneficial ...

3. My brother went incognito...

4. There will be an investigation ... 

5. If you get multiple convictions ... 

6. I'd like to work with a narcotics team...

7. My dad is applying for a new position ...

8. I don't think I could deal with the pressure ...

9. Many people think police work is very rewarding ...

10. I was asked to join the police squad...

a. because I believe drugs are the biggest problem of all. 

b. because he's getting bored with his old job. 

c. the punishment will get harsher with each one.

d. if you're feeling stressed.

e. into the theft of the school computers. 

f. because it can give you the feeling that you're making the world a bit safer.

g. of being responsible for an important investigation. 

h. should have no problem finding a job. 

i. after someone had quit.

j. so that he could infiltrate the mafia. 

Listening Skills

You are going to listen to extracts from different radio programmes talking about fear and phobias

Firstly, a preparation exercise

Afterwards, two different exercises about the extracts

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

to faint

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

to freak someone out

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

sinister

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

flight

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

to poase a threat

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

to giggle

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

to trigger something

threatening or that seems bad or evil

to laugh repeatedly in a quiet and uncontrollable way

to lose consciousness

to make someone feel extremely angry, excited or worried

to cause something to start

escaping or running away

causing great emotional shock or upset

to be potentially dangerous

traumatic

Listen to the extracts

and do the exercises

The Fear Factor

Extract 1

Extract 2

Extract 3

A fear of heights

 The difference

between common

fears and phobias

 Symptoms of

phobias

 Why we like to

be scared

 Why we like to

be scared

A fear one person has

suffered their whole life

The fight or flight

response

Why people develop

phobias

The importance of

context and danger

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 1

1. All anxiety disorders are called simple phobias
2. Most people have a phobia of some type of animal
3. Exaggerated or irrational fears are phobias

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 1

1. Friendships can suffer as a result of phobias
2. Most of us will feel dizzy and sweat when we see a tarantula
3. Phobia sufferers are difficult to live with

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 1

1. Children inherit phobias from their parents
2. Scary encounters we have as children can cause phobias
3. Most people who have a fear of dogs also suffer from aquaphobia

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 2

1. Everyone screams when they feel scared on a roller coaster
2. Many of us feel frightened during a horror film
3. We prefer watching horror films as teenagers

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 3

1. Liz suffers physical symptoms because of her fear
2. Liz always loses consciousness when she sees a needle
3. Liz first remembers her fear while watching a horror film

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 3

1. Abi had been diagnosed with coulrophobia by her doctor.
2. Abi prefers clowns that smile
3. Abi feels just as scared now as she did as a child

What is the true according to the radio programmes?
Extract 3

1. Ben has fewer fears now than he used to
2. Ben avoids situations that cause his fears
3. Ben is having therapy to overcome his fears

Done here!

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