Fill in the gaps with suitable words and expressions. 1. You'd have to be living on Mars not to know that smoking is .
1. You'd have to be living on Mars not to know that smoking is ………….
2. One answer is that many ……. think it cool.
3. Tobacco companies spend millions to ………… the young to start, or to continue, smoking.
4. These-people are not real and the things they do are ………….
5. Your clothes and hair will have a terrible ……..
6. Your teeth will ….. yellow.
7. In fact, 30% of all cancer deaths are ………. by smoking.
8. By the way, heart disease is now the number-…. killer in Russia.
9. Smoking causes bronchitis, ……… and emphysema.
10. Nicotine is as ………. as heroin or cocaine.
5.8.2.Say in other words:
to store more fat, for tobacco companies cigarettes mean money, many teens think it cool, heavy smokers
5.8.3.Translate into English:
1. Многие люди думают, что курить – это круто.
2. Ваши зубы станут желтыми.
3. Семь из десяти курильщиков хотят бросить курить, но не могут.
4. Для табачных компаний сигареты значат деньги.
5. Дети курящих женщин с большей вероятностью могут иметь психические расстройства, чем дети некурящих женщин.
Grammar focus
5.9.1.Make up a passive voice:
1. Smoking causes bronchitis, asthma and emphysema.
2. Cigarette smoke makes lungs awfully dirty.
3.Smoking kills about 3 million people every year.
4. Smokers store more fat around the waist.
5.9.2.Translate the questions into English and answer them:
1. Какие болезни вызывает курение?
2. Сколько людей убивает курение в год?
3. Что является убийцей №1 в России?
4. Что еще содержится в сигаретах кроме никотина?
5. Как влияет курение на здоровье и внешний вид?
5.9.3.Make up a dialogue. Choose some situation:
- you are a doctor and a patient (pregnant woman) who smokes
- your friend wants to take a diet course and she smokes. You need to convince her/him that it is bad for a dieting
- a smoker and one of his/her friends who wants to start smoking.
Get to know!
6. Read the test about the problem of alcohol, decide for each statement if it is true or false, then compare your opinion with the answers .
With New Year just around the corner, the party season is well and truly upon us, but these celebrations can inject both fun and danger into the festive season.
| Test your knowledge of drinking with this quick quiz. 1. Alcohol can help you relax and feel more confident and sociable. 2. You're more attractive to the opposite sex after a few drinks. 3. A cup of coffee and a cold shower can help you sober up. 4. Girls usually get drunk faster than young men. 5. Mixing drinks increases the risk of getting drunk more quickly — and having accidents or getting into fights. 6. If you are a teenager and drink too much, you may get stupid. 7. The best hangover cure is hair of the dog — a bit more alcohol the next day. 8. Drinking too much alcohol ('overdosing') may be fatal. You can even die. 9. Alcohol slows down your brain and makes you a potentially dangerous driver. 10. If you're out drinking with your mates, you've got to keep up with everyone else. 11. The more you drink, the fatter you'll become. 12. What I do with my time is my business. If I get a bit drunk, it will hurt no one but myself. | Some sobering stuff (Answers to the quick quiz) 1. Drinking may make you feel relaxed, but it can also make you take foolish risks. You are more likely to do something stupid when you are drunk. Imagine ruining your whole life because you got drunk one night, slept with someone, and contracted AIDS! 2. After a few drinks you might feel more attractive, but it's nothing but an illusion. The sight of a person with a silly smile, zigzag walking and slurred speech will have the opposite effect. 3. Forget this myth. Alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream within a few minutes and is carried to all parts of the body including the brain. Only time can remove alcohol from your bloodstream. Black coffee, cold showers and fresh air won't sober you up. You should, however, drink as much water as possible to clear the body. Having something to eat before going to a party is definitely a good idea. 4. Women get drunk faster than men. It has been proved that it's VERY VERY difficult for a woman to stop drinking. So it's best not to start. 5. It's true, mixing drinks increases the risk of getting drunk more quickly — and having accidents or getting into fights. 6. Students who drink heavily sometimes joke that they are killing a few brain cells. New research suggests that this is not funny. Teenagers who drink too much may lose as much as 10% of their brainpower — the difference between passing and failing in school... and life. 7. The only real hangover cure is time. 8. Overdosing may make you lose consciousness. If this happens you could choke on your own vomit and die. Overdosing can also cause alcoholic poisoning, which again can be fatal. Drinking too much alcohol over many years can lead to serious liver, heart and stomach problems. 9. About half of all drivers aged 16-60 who are killed in road accidents have alcohol in their bloodstream. 10. If you're out drinking with your mates, it's silly to think you've got to keep up with everyone else. If you're in control of your own life, you decide how much you drink, not anyone else. 11. Alcohol is high on calories, so you may put on weight. 12. If you drink, everyone around you is affected. Family, friends, neighbours, everyone. |
The troubles drinkers create for themselves and others.
THEMSELVES
61% Missed a class
54% Forgot where they were or what they did
41% Engaged in unplanned sex
22% Damaged property
11% Got into trouble with local police
47% Had five or more alcohol-related problems
In the school year
OTHERS
68% Had study or sleep interrupted
54% Had to care for drunken student
34% Was insulted or humiliated
26% Experienced unwanted sexual advance
20% Had serious argument
15% Had property damaged
13% Was pushed or assaulted
87% Had at least one of the above problems
VOCABULARY
to inject - впрыскивать; привносить, приносить
festive - праздничный
alcohol - алкоголь
to relax - расслабляться
confident - уверенный в себе
sociable - общительный
attractive - привлекательный
opposite sex - противоположный пол
to sober up - протрезветь
to get drunk - пьянеть
to increase - увеличивать
accident - несчастный случай
to get into a fight - ввязаться в драку
to get stupid - глупеть, тупеть
hangover cure - средство от похмелья
to take a hair of the dog - опохмелиться
fatal - роковой, смертельный
to slow down the brain - зд. замедлять реакцию
potentially - потенциально
mate - приятель
to keep up with - не отставать от
to take foolish risks - совершать необдуманные поступки
to ruin one's life - погубить свою жизнь
to contract - подхватить, заразиться
AIDS - СПИД
slurred speech - невнятная, бессвязная речь
myth - миф
to be absorbed - всасываться
bloodstream - кровеносная система
including - включая
to remove - выводить
brain - мозг
cell - клетка
research - исследование
brainpower - умственные способности, интеллект
to lose consciousness - терять сознание
to choke - задохнуться, захлебнуться, подавиться
vomit - рвота
poisoning - отравление
liver - печень
stomach - желудок
to be high on calories - быть очень калорийным
to put on weight - набрать вес, поправиться
everyone around you is affected - это отражается на всех
to be engaged - быть вовлеченным в
to damage - наносить ущерб, портить
property - имущество
local -местный
alcohol-related - связанный с употреблением спиртного
to interrupt - прерывать
to care for - заботиться о ком-то
to be insulted - подвергаться оскорблениям
to be humiliated - быть униженным
to experience - испытать, пережить
sexual advance - сексуальное домогательство
argument - спор, выяснение отношений
to be assaulted - подвергаться нападению
6.1.Translate into English:
1. Алкоголь всасывается в кровь в течение нескольких минут и распространяется по всем частям тела, включая мозг.
2. Доказано, что женщине очень сложно перестать пить.
3. Около половины водителей в возрасте от 16 до 60-ти лет, погибших автокатастрофах имели алкоголь в крови.
4. Студенты, которые много пьют (алкогольных напитков) иногда шутят, что убивают несколько клеток головного мозга.
6.2.Say in other words: hair of the dog, brainpower, mate, sociable, festive