III. Follow-up activities. 1. You are a) a celebrity; b) a journalist; c) a biography writer

1. You are a) a celebrity; b) a journalist; c) a biography writer. Give a portrait of a typical “party girl”.

2. Agree or disagree: Having to deal with celebrities can turn your life into a nightmare.

3. You are a journalist. Prove that you have to be ahead of the game if you want to work for a glossy magazine.

Can You Keep a Secret?

I. Vocabulary work

Study the following words and use them in contexts of your own.

Swoop, fib, scoff, plummet, flicker, spool, deluded, nip out, pang, tizz, deadpan, linchpin.

Match the words to make up word combinations.

a jolt to regain a flicker riveted to duck back linchpin to stiffen to recap

out of sight the situation of alarm in apprehension expression one’s composure of the organization of annoyance

Insert the words from Ex. 1. Choose their appropriate form.

1. She … at my poem.

2. A smile … across her face.

3. He … about his age.

4. She used three … of thread in one week.

5. Fraudulent ads … consumers into sending in money.

6. It is important to recognize jealousy and to … it in the bud before it gets out of hand.

7. I felt a … in my heart as I greeted him.

8. The children … down on the pile of presents.

9. Reduced spending is the … of their economic programme.

10. The rock … to the bottom of the cliff.

11. She told the joke ….

12. I got myself in a … this morning because the car wouldn’t start and I was late.