The life of teenagers. Bad habits (Smoking, taking drugs, drinking alcohol, depending on slot-machines…)

match the beginning and the ending of these proverbs : 1 Don’t cross your bridges a) before you are hurt 2 Lost time is never b) before you come to them 3 Never put off till tomorrow c) found again 4 Don’t cry d) good news 5 No news is e) to a willing heart 6 Nothing is impossible f) what you can do today 7 None so blind as those g) who won’t see

ПРАКТИКУВАННЯ УЧНІВ В АУДІЮВАННІ Do you want to kiss an old ashtray? A beautiful girl looks across the dinner table at an attractive young man. He is walking over to her. She is pleased. She pauses while he comes near her. Then suddenly, when he is near, she turns round and walks quickly away. “Ugh”,she says, “ he smells like an old ashtray.” It is an anti-smoking advertisement in British cinemas. In 1971 the British Government made a law about smoking. Every packet of cigarettes must have a health warning on it. Television and radio stations cannot advertise cigarettes. Almost half the trains in Britain is “No smoking”. You may not smoke in British theatres. But people still smoke where and when they can though they know that nicotine in tobacco is bad for them. Habits of younger people are not too fixed, that is why the Government films are for young people. The new advertisements in cinemas show attractive young men and women who smoke. Other young people look at them and say: “Yes, they are attractive, but ugh! Their hair and clothes smell of tobacco; theirs teeth and fingers are all yellow.” “Do you want to kiss an old ashtray?” Teenagers often have their first cigarette because they think they look older and more attractive if they smoke. Perhaps they won’t continue if they think it unattractive. Mark true or false statements: 1) Anti-smoking advertisements are very popular in British cinemas. 2) The young girl is walking over to the young man at the end of dinner. 3) She kisses him and says that he smells of tobacco. 4) Every packet of cigarettes must have a colored picture on it 5) In Britain television and radio often advertise cigarettes. 6) Now in Britain half the trains is “No smoking”. 7) You may not smoke in British theatres. 8) Habits of younger people are well- fixed. 9) The Government films are for elder people. 10) The new advertisements in cinemas show attractive young men and women who smoke. Key: 1+, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6+, 7+, 8-, 9-, 10+.

Points of view on bad habits I think that cigarettes warm you when it is cold You look elder You are very attractive and it is in fashion You feel yourself very active and full of energy It is impossible to change, you are what you are You are free to decide what is good and what is bad for your health Life is so short, why not? I want to taste everything Why should I give up the things which I like to do? It impairs your vision It causes the cancer of lungs and the cancer of throat It takes your breath away It makes your skin and fingers turn yellow It is out of fashion, the youth is for the active kind of living You don’t get enough vitamins and minerals You look rather pale, you have frequent headaches causes slow reactions and loss of memory It makes your speech unclear It causes anaemia makes our teeth turn yellow and our hair, clothes smell awful It wastes your time and empties your pockets It pollutes the air around you and makes your non-smoking friends avoid you

( Negative sentences ) Let’s practice using no, never, nothing. “Choose life not drugs” “Don’t take drugs” “Just say no” “Say no to drugs” “Don’t do drugs” “Don’t go nowhere, look round” “It is never late to say no”

Posters which contain a message against bad habits