Saturday, March 22, 2025

5A: Taking Risks

Task 1: Translate

 1) Me saame heaolutunde kui me võtame riski või tuleme riskivõtmisega toime.

2) Teadlased usuvad, et aju keemiline aine dopamiin tekitab naudingutunnet.

3) Dopamiinitase on mõnikord noortel täiskasvanutel madalamal kui see on lapsepõlves. 

4) Mõnikord teismelistel pole kavatsust riski võtta, aga see lihtsalt läheb nii. 

5) Aju esiosa areneb välja kõige viimasena ja see ajuosa lubab meil enda emotsioone kontrollida ja häid otsuseid vastu võtta. 

6) Isegi need teismelised, kes tavaliselt ei ole suured riskivõtjad, võivad äkitselt teha midagi ohtlikku, sest nad tahavad teiste eest esineda või gruppi kuuluda. 

7) Poisid võtavad rohkem riske, sest nad ei taha piinlikust enda sõprade ees tunda

8) Riski võtmine ei ole kõige parem viis selleks, et inimesed austaks, märkaks sind ja et sa neile meeldiks. 

9) Kerget lahendust pole, aga püüa teha häid otsuseid ja olla iseseisev. 

10)  17-aastased ja vanemad juba suudavad lihtsamini teha mõistlikke otsuseid


Task 2: Retell the text

1) survive a risk

2) brain chemical

3) adolescence

4) intention

5) frontal cortex

6) fit in

7) embarrassed

8) respect

9) easy solution

10) sensible decisions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Intensifiers and Strong Adjectives

 Intensifiers / boosters:

utterly

absolutely

completely

entirely

totally

genuinely

exceptionally

incredibly

surprisingly  (suprisingly Am.E)

breathtakingly

remarkably

excessively

immensely

particularly

much


rather

partially

quite

somewhat

fairly

a little

pretty

unusually



Strong adjectives

1) very dirty

2) very important

3) very clean

4) very happy

5) very sad

6) very tired

7) very scared

8) very interesting

9)  very pleased

10) very good-looking


1) filthy, 2) crucial, 3) spotless, 4) ecstatic, 5) heartbroken, 6) exhausted, 7) terrified, 8) fascinating, 9) delighted, 10) gorgeous


Exercises

5A, 5C-D: Phrases

Group 1: 5A

 1) take fewer risks

2) seventeen-year-olds / 17-year-olds

3) the latest theories

4) brain chemical

5) cause the feeling of enjoyment

6) adolescence

7) make a surprising discovery

8) go through physical changes

9) frontal cortex

10) make good decisions

11) impress your friends

12) look at statistics

13) wear seat belts

14) trampolining

15) make sensible decisions


Group 2: 5C-D

1) public speaking

2) injections

3) fear of heights

4) preserve historic buildings

5) native people

6) supply of food / food supply

7) old explorer's boots

8) hard-working and ambitious

9) push sb to the limit

10) an amazing achievement

11) apart from penguins

12) motorized sleds

13) return journey


Retelling the story with the following keywords:

1) scientist

2) preserve

3) base camp

4) driest, 6 months, penguins

5) native people

6) inside the hut

7) Scott and Amundsen

8) dogs / sleds

9) turned back

10) Norwegian flag

11) return journey

12) supply of food

13) explorer's boots

14) gave up


Video: Scott / Amundsen

Video: Scott's Hut


Wednesday, March 12, 2025

5A phrases

 Task 1: Guess the phrases and write

1) T _____ E        R_______S

2) the  L_________T    T_________S

3) R_____________R

4) S________E    A     R______K

5) B______N      C_________L

6) A__________E

7) I________N

8) M_____E     A    D________Y

9) F______L     C_______X

10) F_____T     IN

11) E__________D

12) W______R      S______T    B_______S

13) E______Y   S_________N

14) S____________E     D____________S



Task 2: check

1) take risks

2) the  latest theories 

3) rollercoaster

4) survive a risk

5) brain chemical

6)  adolecence

7) intention

8) make a discovery

9) frontal cortex

10) fit in 

11) embarrassed 

12) wear seat belts

13) easy solution 

14) sensible decisions 



Task 3: Fill in the missing words

1) It's a fact that many  teenagers ___________ than children and _______ . 

2) Let's talk about the __________ and what we can do about taking risks. 

3) When we are on a ____________ we usually feel amazed or excited because of the feeling of pleasure we get when we ______________ . 

4) Scientists know that a ____________ called dopamine causes this feeling of enjoyment. 

5) Scientists also believe that dopamine levels are lower in __________ than they are in ________  and therefore teenagers need to take more risks. 

6) When teenagers do something dangerous or frightening they don't have _______ of taking a risk. 

7) A few years ago scientists made a ___________ that the teenage brain goes through many physical changes. 

8) The last part to fully develop is the ______ , which controls our emotions and allows us to make good decisions. 

9) Some teenagers may do something dangerous because they want to show off or ______ . 

10) Boys take more risks than girls because they don't want to be ________ in front of their friends.

11) Boys are less likely to ___________ or helmets, get often into arguments, fights, smoke or drink. 

12) There's no ________ but we should try to make good choices and be independant. 

13) When we are 17, then we can more easily make ________ .