Leadership Idioms: идеи для урока

Мы всегда рады помочь преподавателям разнообразить занятия. Поэтому сегодня предлагаем список интересных выражений, связанных с лидерством, руководством, а также некоторые идеи о том, как их практиковать на занятии. Подойдут для студентов с невысоким уровнем английского.

Список интересных выражений:

Idiom: To call the shots

Meaning: Make the important decisions in an organization.

Example: This is my company, so I call the shots. End of story.

Idiom: Big shot

Meaning: A person with a lot of power or influence

Example: He is trying to become a big shot in this business.

Idiom: Bigwig

Meaning: A person who has an important or powerful position.

Example: He said he was some bigwig in the mortgage business.

Idiom: Fat cat

Meaning: Someone who has a lot of money, especially someone in charge of a company who has the power to increase their own pay.

Example: There is a lot of public anger about corporate fat cats and their huge bonuses.

Idiom: To boss around (someone)

Meaning: To tell someone what to do.

Example: She waved her friend over as if bossing around a maid.

Idiom: To wear the trousers

Meaning: To be the person in a relationship who makes decisions for both people (used mostly when talking about women).

Example: Who wears the trousers in this relationship?

Idiom: To be in the driving seat

Meaning: To be in charge or in control of a situation.

Example: Local business leaders remain very much in the driving seat.

Idiom: To hold sway

Meaning: To have control or influence over someone or something.

Example: Party leaders held sway over the hearings.

Idiom: In the saddle

Meaning: In charge, in control.

Example: Looks like we’re back in the saddle.

Idiom: To run the show

Meaning: To dominate or be in charge of an undertaking or area of activity.

Example: If you need help, ask Mark — he’s running the show.

[ Примеры и определения: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ru

https://context.reverso.net/ ]

Задания:

1. Match!

Предложите студенту соединить половинки фраз:

1. To call
2. To be
3. To wear the
4. Big
5. To boss

a) in the driving seat
b) shot
c) the shots
d) trousers
e) around

Key:

1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. e

2. Quiz
А здесь — выбрать правильный вариант:

1. He’s not your boss. I just don’t understand why you let him call the ___.
   a) strings
   b) banns
   c) shots
2. Nice to have you back in the ___.
   a) saddle
   b) chair
   c) place
3. It turned out that his brother was some ___ in the Justice Department.
   a) big wagon
   b) bigwig
   c) big veal
4. The report criticized boardroom fat ___ who award themselves huge pay increases.
   a) sheep
   b) cats
   c) lambs
5. Jack was killed, because somebody else wanted to ___ the show.
   a) run
   b) direct
   c) make

Key:

1. c
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a

3. Categories

Разделите выражения на категории:

Positive / Negative / Neutral 

Например:

Fat cat — negative

In the saddle — neutral

4. Speaking

Студент может продолжить предложения с только что изученными выражениями, или придумать свои:

If I was a big shot in the company …

The reason why a lot of people are annoyed with corporate fat cats is …

I don’t think there’s something wrong if a woman wears the trousers in the relationship, because …

А помочь ученику запомнить новые выражения может Play phrase.me.