Summative assessment for the unit «Stress and Fear»

Listening

Task 1.Listen to the talk and mark the statements True or False.

Follow the link to listen to the recording.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/i-wanna-talk-about/horror-films

1.The writer has liked horror film since she was a child. _______

2. She finds all horror films amusing rather than frightening._______

3.One zombie film she mentions does not end well. ________

4. Not all zombie films are supposed to be taken seriously. ________

Speaking

Task 2. Speak about «Stress and Fear» for 2-3 minutes. Answer the questions.

1.What is stress?

2.What types of symptoms of stress do you know?

3.Are you easily agitated or annoyed? Give evidence to support your answer.

4.Do you get upset by unimportant or small things?

5.What phobic symptoms do you know?

You should:

• answer the questions

• use the vocabulary appropriate for the given topic

• speak with fluency

You can use vocabulary for talking about «Stress and Fear»:

• To be/ get stressed.

• To get rid of stress.

• To deal with stress.

• To have behavioural problems.

• To reduce your stress level.

• To have resistance to stress.

• To fight stress.

To be caused by both good and bad experiences.

Transcript

I want to talk about horror films and why I like them and what my favourite types are.

When I was young, I watched the classic horror films like 'Nightmare On Elm Street' and 'Friday The 13th'. My mum told me that when I was about six, she came downstairs in the middle of the night because there was a noise, and it was me watching 'The Omen' on TV in the dark on my own. So I guess I've always liked horror films.

I really like what I called 'slasher films' – the really gory, bloody, violent films like 'Final Destination' and 'The Hills Have Eyes'. I just find them quite funny and I like the special effects. I don't really find them scary at all. I think the scariest sort of films are the ones that are very tense, like Hitchcock films.

I think the scariest one for me is 'The Birds' because it's just very sinister the way that the birds come and sit and look at the people. And you know that it's going to be really bad very soon.

But I think my favourite ... favourite sort of horror films are zombie movies. I've watched loads of zombie movies and I really like them. Again I don't really think they are very scary. 'Dawn Of The Dead' is my absolute favourite horror film I think. It's a film where people just wake up one morning and there are zombies everywhere. If a zombie bites you, you turn into a zombie. And the survivors end up in a shopping mall in a shopping centre and they are surrounded by zombies. And it does not have a happy ending.

There is a British comedy horror film called 'Shaun Of The Dead' which is a bit of a joke on the idea of the 'Dawn Of The Dead' which is also really great.