Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian
– to traffick (in) sth/sb;
– bondage;
– to live in bondage;
– forced labour;
– to fuel sth;
– to undermine sth;
– to be an affront to sth;
– to be susceptible to sth;
– a copmprehensive approach;
– to enslave sb;
– to hold a light;
– to force sb into sth.
Speech Activities
Answer the following questions. Make use of the supplementary text “Cheated and Betrayed”
1. What causes trafficking in person?
2. Who becomes victims of trafficking? Why?
3. What forms of forced labour are discussed in the text?
4. What approach does the challenge of trafficking demand?
5. How does the Obama administration view the fight against human trafficking, at home and abroad?
6. What is the aftermath of trafficking in humans?
7. What is the incidence of trafficking in human beings worldwide and in this country? Support your reflections with some evidence/proofs.
8. What should be done to reduce the scope of human trafficking?
Discussion
To hold the discussion make use of all the texts and of the supplementary texts.
Discuss in groups of 3 – 4 students.
causes of drug abuse among:
adults (health problems, frustration of the career, unemployment, family problems, desire to make money, loss of moral values);
teenagers (peer pressure, immaturity, curiosity, parents’ permissiveness, lack of parental love and care).
Consequences of drug abuse: (health disorders, spreading of venereal and infectious diseases, family disintegration, divorces, abandoned children, street children, demoralization and degradation of a personality, learning problems, crimes, disabled children, abandoned elderly people, different conflicts, employment problems).
Measures to reduce/eradicate the incidence of drug abuse and trafficking in human beings:(to promote peoples awareness about the danger and consequences of drug abuse, to develop the balanced national policies and strategies on drugs, to start moral re-armament campaigns worldwide, to ban advertising alcohol, cigarettes, drugs of any sort on TV and in other mass media, to enhance the role of a family in society).
Writing
Write an article to a newspaper expressing your concern about the present-time morals and also offer some suggestions on moral re-armament.
Write a letter to Mr. Alexander, who wrote the article “Parents are too permissive with their children nowadays”.
Imagine you are the head of a Charity Fund. Write a report about the charity activities your fund is performing.
Functional vocabulary
| abandon v | |
| adapt v | |
| addict n, v | |
| addicted adj | |
| adultery n | |
| advise v | ~ sb on sth |
| advocate n | |
| AIDS | |
| alienation n | |
| antisocial adj | ~ behaviour, ~ actions |
| appeal v, n | |
| asset n | a priceless ~ |
| asylum-seeker n | |
| availability n | |
| barbiturate n | be dependent on ~ |
| battery n | |
| bear | ~ fruit |
| bedridden adj | ~ people |
| bereave v | ~ed people |
| bereavement n | to do ~ counseling |
| bitterness n | |
| boredom n | |
| break down n | |
| break out of v | |
| buck up v | |
| cannabis n | |
| carer n | |
| charity n | |
| charitable adj | |
| child-abuse n | |
| coke-fiend n | |
| decline n, v | |
| deport v | to be ~ed |
| detain v | |
| detainee n | |
| deterrent adj, | ~ effect on sth |
| donate v | |
| down-drag n | ~ of base instincts |
| dreamy adj | ~ state |
| drug n | hard/soft ~s ~ abuse, ~ trafficking, ~ dealer, ~ carrier, ~ policies, ~ route, ~ addiction, recreational ~s, lucrative ~s, illicit ~s, ~ rehabilitation |
| empower v | |
| enforcement n | ~ programs, law ~ agencies/officials |
| enslave v | |
| entitle v | |
| enthuse about sth v | |
| envision v | |
| fend off v | |
| fraud n | |
| frustration n | |
| greed n | |
| hazardous adj | health ~ |
| hardy adj | ~ creatures |
| highlight v | |
| HIV | ~ positive |
| housebound adj | ~ people |
| illicit adj | ~drugs |
| incentive n | |
| incidence n | HIV ~, ~ of drug abuse |
| interdict v, | |
| interdiction n | |
| laissez-faire adj, n | ~ policy |
| lethal adj | |
| long v | ~ for sth |
| lucre n | |
| lucrative, adj | |
| mandatory adj | ~ tests |
| massacre n | |
| mentor n | an adult ~ |
| mug v | |
| nudge n, v | ~ into doing sth, ~ sb away from drugs |
| outcry n | |
| penalize v | |
| peril n | ~s of narcotics |
| policy-maker n | |
| prevention n | ~ efforts, ~ measures |
| recession n | |
| toddler n | |
| to traffick in sth/sb v trafficker n | ~ in drugs; ~human beings; drug ~ing; drug ~ |
| violence n | |
| voluntary adj | ~ work |
| volunteer n | |
| volunteerism n |
Phrases related to the topic
| to clean one’s slate | moral re-armament |
| to contribute of one’s time and talents | to transmit HIV by shared needles |
| to fit into people’s spare time | HIV transmission rates |
| to have a sense of worth | a one-size-fits-all policy |
| information overload | a say-no to drugs approach |
| to sit on the fence | to be entitled to merchandise discounts |
| to put one’s heart into sth | to fend off peer pressure |
| on a grassroots level | to test positive |
| a grassroots family | to stay clean |
| like-minded people | to cut oneself off from drug takers |
| to succumb to peer pressure | needle exchange programmes |
| a child rearing manual | prodigies of chemistry |
| to raise money | violence begets violence |
| to get people off sidelines | drug related death |
| to smoke pot |
Moral Re-Armament
Speech Functions Bank