spotlight 9 3a.pptx

See to believe it. In search of Nessie…

Words to remember

Tentacle – щупальце
Sharp – острый
Hook – крюк, коготь
Humped – горбатый
Sightings – наблюдения
Unicorn – единорог
Ancient – древний
Couple – пара (муж и жена, мужчина и женщина)
Horrifying – ужасный
blunt – тупой (о предметах)
Violent – сильный, мощный, жестокий
Whirlpool – водоворот
Bottom – низ, дно
Squid – кальмар
Witness – свидетель, очевидец
Ape – человекообразная обезьяна, примат
Fossil – ископаемое, окаменелость

Nessie / Kraken / Bigfoot

I knew…

I didn’t know…

I was impressed…

Ex. 2 p. 42 Which creature(s) (A-C)…

Live in water? 1. ________ 2. ________
Could be creatures that people
thought had died out? 3. ________ 4. ________
3. Have people been seeing
for longer than you might think? 5. ________
4. Often used to destroy something? 6. ________
5. Have people found the bodies of? 7. ________

B

Read the text at pp. 42-43, SB and mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or NS (not stated).

1. There have been more than three thousand sightings of Bigfoot in America. ___
2. Bigfoot is a kind of an ape. ___
3. It is proved that Nessie is a dinosaur. ___
4. The existence of Kraken is still a mystery. ___
5. There have been over three thousand recorded sightings of Nessie. ___

T

NS

F

Ex. 3 p. 42 Match the highlighted words and phrases from the text to their meanings.

Stayed alive
Came closer
Tell people about
Things that have been seen
Shocking, disgusting
Wide
Until now
With great force
Close to

Report –
Sightings –
Survived –
Horrifying –
Across –
Approached –
Violent –
Off –
So far –

Ex. 4 p. 42 Match the underlined words in the text to their opposites.

Create
Famous
Similar
Mythical
Unfortunately
Bottom
Giant
Sharp

Different –
Destroy –
Real –
Unknown –
Top –
Blunt –
Luckily –
Miniature –

Ex. 5 p. 42 - Fill in: recorded / humped / horrifying / mythical / snake / human / sharp / giant / violent / extinct

1. _____________ creatures
2. _____________ back
3. _____________ - like head
4. _____________ sightings
5. _____________ squid
6. _____________ whirlpool
7. _____________ hooks
8. _____________ prints
9. _____________ ape
10. ____________ sea monster

mythical

humped

snake

recorded

giant

violent

sharp

human

extinct

horrifying

Read definitions of some words from the texts at pp.42-43, SB and decide which word is defined.

1. When you see something or someone, especially that is rare or trying to hide.
2. A small area of the sea or other violent water in which there is a powerful circular current of water which can pull objects down into its centre.
3. A sea animal with a long body and ten arms situated around the mouth.
4. Sudden and powerful.
5. An animal like a large monkey which has no tail and uses its arms to swing through trees.

Whirlpool

Violent

Ape

Sighting

Squid

Complete the sentences using the words from the table in ex. 3. (whirlpool, apes, squids, sighting, violent)

1. This is the first _____________ of this particularly rare bird in this country.
2. I’m scared of _____________ thunderstorms.
3. Chimpanzees and gorillas are both _____________.
4. ______________ are very dangerous: they make the object drown.
5. ______________ are members of the Cephalopoda class.

sighting

violent

apes

H.W.
WB. p. 24
Learn the words from the lesson