SKILLFUL 2
Unit 7 Text 1
Fears, Learning Coping
Face
• Face ( verb ):If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have
to deal with it.
• This is one of the many problems faced by working mothers.
• Passengers could face long delays.
• Only by facing your problems can you hope to
• deal with them.
Cope
• Cope ( verb ) :to deal quite successfully with a difficult situation
• How do you cope with stress?
• Cope with a situation / workload/disability / emotion
Panic
• Panic ( noun) :a sudden, strong feeling of worry or fear that makes
you unable to think or behave calmly
• He was in a panic about his exams.
• She had a panic attack in the supermarket.
• Panic ( verb ) : Don't panic, we've got plenty of time.
• You panicked me by telling me I was late.
Phobia
• Phobia ( noun ) :an extreme fear of something
• My mum's got a phobia about birds.
• Treat / suffer from / overcome phobia
Harm
• Harm ( verb ): hurt or damage
• Harm the environment / the economy / your health
• Harm ( noun): protect someone from harm / cause someone harm
• Alan would never do any harm to someone.
Extreme
• Extreme ( adjective ) :the most unusual or most serious possible
• Become / seem / sound extreme
• Some of his views seem extreme
• Extreme weather conditions /poverty /temperature
• In extreme cases, the disease can lead to blindness.
• Extremely ( adverb ) She is extremely loud / cheerful /afraid / anxious
/ active
Get over
• Get over ( phresal verb )to begin to feel better after
being unhappy or sick
• It took her months to get over the shock of Richard leaving.
• Get over pain / trauma /shock
Breath
• Breath ( noun ) :the air that comes out of your lungs
• His breath smells of garlic.
• he took a deep breath before she started.
• How long can you hold your breath?
Read the paragraph and fill in the blanks with the correct word from the
list.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible .
( get over,face,breathing,panic,extreme,harm,cope with)
• People have different ways to 1-________ stress. Some people prefer to
go to a therapist and talk about what influences them or 2-______ them.
Some people want to do sports. They want to feel more adrenalin than
they have ever felt before so they may find themselves doing 3-______
sports. Of course , sometimes there can be situations in which people
4-______ and decide no to try these sports in the last [Link]
people ,on the other hand, would rather doing more relaxing sports
where they learn 5-______ techniques. These techniques help them 6-
______ stressful situations. Once they learn to 7-________their trauma,
they can forget everything and continue their life.
Read the paragraph and fill in the blanks with the correct word from the
list.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible .
( get over,face,breathing,panic,extreme,harm,cope with)
• People have different ways to 1-cope with/ face stress. Some people
prefer to go to a therapist and talk about what influences them or 2-
harms them. Some people want to do sports. They want to feel more
adrenalin than they have ever felt before so they may find themselves
doing 3-extreme sports. Of course , sometimes there can be
situations in which people 4-panic and decide no to try these sports in
the last [Link] people ,on the other hand, would rather doing
more relaxing sports where they learn 5-breathing techniques. These
techniques help them 6-face/ cope with stressful situations. Once
they learn to 7-get over their trauma, they can forget everything and
continue their life.
