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Block II. Video. Block III: Project work. Pulled Over For Speeding. Common types of addiction in the modern world. Block I. Vocabulary
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Block II. Video
Task 1. Watch the video http: //putlockerz. net/watch/friends-season-6/episode-9. html and fill in the blanks:
Chandler: Why can’t I tell them that we live together? Why haven’t you told them?
Monica: Well, I was going to. I really was. But then, 1)…………………………, I didn’t.
Janine: No, but you should go to Chandler’s. Because none of us knows how to cook, we’ll probably just 2)………………………… drinking all day.
Rachel: So, If I 3)…………………………, there’s nothing else for dessert?
Ross: Oh, but it is just like the first Thanksgiving, when the Indians and the Pilgrims sat down to dinner.
Joey: Yeah, yeah, and the Indians taught the Pilgrims what it meant 4)………………………… in the new world!
Jack: Monica, all this food looks wonderful. You should think about 5)…………………………. (Chandler laughs) Okay, I have dandruff. There’s no need to laugh and point.
Rachel: It’s a trifle. It’s got all these layers. First, there’s a layer of ladyfinger, then jam, then custard, which I 6)…………………………, then raspberries, more ladyfingers, then beef sauté ed with peas and onions…
Ross: Oh, my God. The pages 7)………………………… together…
Joey: Chandler!
Ross: I think I might know why my parents don’t like you. We were young, I 8)………………………… in my bedroom, my parents walked in and smelled it. So I told them you had 9)………………………… and jumped out the window.
Monica: Dad, please don’t pick your teeth out here. And if you’re going to put your feet up…
Phoebe: Monica, 10)…………………………!
Rachel: Phoebe, do I wanna hear this?
Phoebe: I don’t know, let’s see. I dreamt we were getting married and he left because he had to go fight a fire. So I went to a nightclub and I saw him 11)…………………………with a girl.
Rachel: Oh! My God, he dream-12)…………………………you!
Phoebe: But then Jacques Cousteau came and he kicked his ass for betraying me. So cool! Then he took me diving and introduced me to his sea horse, who by the way was totally 13)………………………… me. But, please… that’s not gonna happen.
Task 2. Answer the questions:
1. Who doesn’t know Monica and Chandler live together?
2. Who does Janine invite to come over to her friends’ house?
3. Which of the alternatives below isn’t one of Ross’ secrets?
4. Who liked Rachel’s dessert?
5. Who can’t understand why his parents-in-law don’t like him?
Block III: Project work
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Read the joke and rearrange the sentences to complete the joke, read it out loud and then rewrite it - make it shorter and more effective.
Pulled Over For Speeding
A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership.
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Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left.
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'Amazing, ' he thought as he flew down I-75, pushing the pedal even more.
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Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw the State-Trooper behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.
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He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, 'What am I doing? I'm too old for this, ' and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival.
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Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch and said, " Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go. "
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The old gentleman paused then said, " Three years ago, my wife ran off with a FloridaState-Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back. "
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" Have a good day, Sir, " replied the trooper.
Lesson 5
Common types of addiction in the modern world
Block I. Vocabulary
Task 1. Read the text and translate the words and phrases in bold into Russian:
“ Phubbing ” is the practice of snubbing others in favor of our mobile phones. We’ve all been there, as either victim or perpetrator. We may no longer even notice when we’ve been phubbed (or are phubbing), it has become such a normal part of life. However, research is revealing the profound impact this sort of snubbing can have on our relationships and well-being.
There’s an irony here. When we’re staring at our phones, we’re often connecting with someone on social media or through texting. Sometimes, we’re flipping through our pictures the way we once turned the pages of photo albums, remembering moments with people we love. Unfortunately, however, this can severely disrupt our actual, present-moment, in-person relationships, which also tend to be our most important ones.
In a study poignantly titled, “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone, ” Meredith David and James Roberts suggest that overuse of our phones in the presence of others can lead to a decline in one of the most important relationships we can have as an adult: the one with our life partner.
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According to their study of 145 adults, phubbing decreases marital satisfaction, in part because it leads to conflict over phone use. A follow-up study by Chinese scientists assessed 243 married adults with similar results: Partner phubbing, because it was associated with lower marital satisfaction, contributed to greater likelihood of depression.
This behavior also affects our casual friendships. Not surprisingly to anyone who has been phubbed, phone users are generally seen as less polite and attentive. (…) The mind is wandering. We feel unheard, disrespected, disregarded.
A set of studies actually showed that just having a phone out and present during a conversation (say, on the table between you) interferes with your sense of connection to the other person, the feelings of closeness experienced, and the quality of the conversation. Especially during meaningful conversations, you lose the opportunity for true and authentic connection to another person, the core tenet of any friendship or relationship. These findings hold true regardless of people’s age, ethnicity, gender, or mood. We feel more empathy when smartphones are put away.
This makes sense. When we are on our phones, we are not looking at other people and not reading their facial expressions. We don’t hear the nuances in their tone of voice or notice their body posture. So how do those who are phubbed react to being ignored?
According to a study published in March of this year, they themselves start to turn to social media. Presumably, they do so to seek inclusion. They may turn to their cell phone to distract themselves from the very painful feelings of being socially neglected. We know from brain-imaging research that being excluded registers as actual physical pain in the brain. People snubbed in favor of technology in turn become more likely to attach themselves to their phones in unhealthy ways, thereby increasing their own feelings of stress and depression.
“It is ironic that cell phones, originally designed as a communication tool, may actually hinder rather than foster interpersonal connectedness, ” write David and Roberts in their study “Phubbed and Alone. ” Their results suggest the creation of a vicious circle: A phubbed individual turns to social media and their compulsive behavior presumably leads them to phub others — perpetuating and normalizing the practice and problem of “phubbing. ”
Why do people get into the phubbing habit in the first place? Not surprisingly, fear of missing out and lack of self-control predict phubbing. However, the most important predictor is addiction — to social media, to the phone and to the Internet. Internet addiction has similar brain correlates to physiological forms like addiction to heroin and other recreational drugs. The impact of this addiction is particularly worrisome for children whose brain and social skills are still under development.
Awareness is the only solution. Know that what drives you and others is to connect and to belong. While you may not be able to control the behavior of others, you yourself have opportunities to model something different.
Task 2. Answer the questions:
1) Why is phubbing a vicious circle, something that is not easy to stop?
2) What elements do we miss in a conversation if we are phubbing?
3) What feelings do we experience when we are phubbed?
4) How do phubbed people view the phone users?
5) Why do people usually phub others? You can use the answers from the text and add your own.
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