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Unit 12
Life’s firsts Reading; Pronunciation

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Check/clarify: phobia.
Write the following phobias on the READING
left-hand side of the board and 1 From looking at these pictures, what do you think arachnophobia means?
the causes on the right-hand side, 2 SPEAKING Discuss in pairs or small groups how you or people you know react
SPEAKING
mixed up: xanthophobia (yellow), when seeing a spider?
globophobia (balloons), pogonophobia 3 12.03 Read and listen to the story. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
(beards), somniphobia (falling asleep), 1 Over ten percent of people in the US are afraid of spiders.
turophobia (cheese), bibliophobia 2 Allen thinks spiders can harm him.
3 Allen didn’t play the game alone.
(books), dentophobia (dentists), 4 When he saw ‘Itsy’ for the first time, he didn’t want to continue the game.
zoophobia (animals), hydrophobia 5 Allen expected that the game would not be fun.
(water). Ask students to try to match 6 When Allen let the spider down, he didn’t feel sorry at all.
7 Allen thinks people with other fears won’t find the app useful.
the phobias with their causes. 8 Allen’s sister went to the psychologist with him.
4 Do you think Allen’s sister will use the app, too? Why or why not?
1 Write arachnophobia on the board
and see if students can guess THE FIRST TIME I MADE FRIENDS WITH
what is the cause of the fear for
people with this condition. Before A SPIDER
students open their books you
should check that none of your
students has a fear of spiders. This
can be quite seriously debilitating Allen was one of the 15 percent of teenagers in the US to playing an interactive game with a spider that would be
have an extreme fear of something – also called a phobia.
and is one of the most common Allen’s problem was arachnophobia: the fear of spiders. so much fun! First, I was asked to help Itsy and its friends
phobias. Students with this His phobia was so bad he couldn’t be in a room with a survive in difficult situations. For example, I had to help
them avoid a vacuum cleaner. The game works like any
spider. I asked him what he thought made spiders so
condition should cover the picture terrifying. ‘It’s the quick movement, the dark colour, the computer game, but I soon noticed that I was developing
legs,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t look at them. I trembled if I saw
an emotional link with the spiders. I really wanted to help
on page 114 or keep their books one and I’d start to panic.’ He knew that the spiders in them, and when I couldn’t, I felt sorry for them!
closed. his house weren’t dangerous and couldn’t hurt him, so If I do start to feel stressed or panicky, the app has
there was no real reason to be scared of them, but he just
relaxation and breathing exercises that really help to calm
It means extreme fear of spiders. couldn’t control his reaction. me down. They’re not just for arachnophobes like me –
When Allen went to see a psychologist, she told him about people who have any kind of fear or phobia will find these
the Virtual Reality app Phobia Free. He decided to give it exercises useful.
2 Check/clarify: nervous, a try. What’s more, there’s a real difference now in how I react
frightened, petrified. Allen sat with the psychologist while he played the to spiders in the real world. So, for the first time in my life,
I recently touched a real spider. I saw it on my desk just
game. I asked him how it worked. ‘I was asked to sit
Elicit some reactions and write at a computer,’ he told me. ‘Then the psychologist told in front of me. I kept really calm. I stretched out my hand,
the vocabulary on the board. me I was going to meet a spider called Itsy. It felt a bit and let it run over it. Wow! It wasn’t as much fun as playing
with Itsy, my virtual friend, but I was amazed that I was OK
scary at first and I was glad the psychologist was with
Check it by asking students to me. But when Itsy – a cartoon style animated spider – with it. If only I’d tried this programme earlier! I might have
make appropriate facial gestures. appeared, I couldn’t help but smile. Itsy is fun and avoided all that panic whenever I saw a spider. My sister
has the same phobia and I wish she’d started this
friendly and supports the person who has the phobia by
making them kind of forget about the fear they want to programme with me, but she said the thought of it was just
3 12.03 Check/clarify: panic, overcome. And I must say I hadn’t expected I would be too frightening. Now, though, she wants to try it.’
arachnophobes.
You could get students to read the SPEAKING Work in pairs or small groups. Choose a
SPEAKING
story and answer the questions 5 different fear and design an app for it, with four or five PRONUNCIATION

before listening to the audio different kinds of activities. What would they be like? Different pronunciations of ea Go to page 121.
version. Encourage students to 114
think about the correct answer to
the false statements.
1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 F Pronunciation
7 F 8 F Different pronunciations of ea
Student’s Book p121
4 Elicit answers from students
based on the last few sentences. Culture note
5 If students are struggling with Arachnophobia is a strong and illogical fear of spiders and other arachnids.
ideas, remind them of the It is one of the most common phobias and affects 3.5 to 6.1% of the world’s
phobias from the beginning of population. Symptoms can include screaming, crying, sweating, increased
the lesson. At the end of the heart rate, fainting and/or panic attack. In some extreme cases, even a picture
exercise, listen to some of the or a realistic drawing of a spider can trigger the phobia. It can be treated by
students’ ideas and encourage systematic desensitisation / exposure therapy. The use of virtual reality spiders
open class discussion. in such treatment has been proven to be effective.
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Workbook
Reading p112, Ex.1–3
Pronunciation p121

T114 Life’s firsts | Unit 12