How was your vacation / vacations?

Talk to your friend about it.Your classmate may ask you as many details as possible.

Watch your videos and have fun! Link para ver o vídeo deles

List at least 6 different things that people can become addicted to.

DRINK AND YOU Do you drink alcohol every day? How much do you drink a week? Do you ever get drunk? How often? Do you need a drink to relax? Do you drink with other people or on

your own? Do you regularly get a craving for a

drink?

SMOKING AND YOU Do you smoke? Cigarettes? Cigars? A

pipe? How many do you smoke a day? Do your parents smoke? Do you like going to parties where

smoking is allowed? Do you prefer smoking or non-smoking

areas in a restaurant? How do you behave when you’re close to

smoking people in a public area?

Does your partner have a problem? What’s the difference between a

habit and an addiction? Do you think your partner has a habit

or an addiction? Why? Are some types of addictions more

socially acceptable than others? If so, which types and why do you think this is so?

What are you addicted to?

My son’s addicted to football! It’s like

a drug to him.

I’m a shopaholic! I can’t resist

buying clothes.

I’m a chocaholic! I

can’t live a day wihout it.

Language – Use the words to complete the sentences.

Addictive – addict – addicted – addiction – alcoholic – alcohol - alcoholism

1- A surprising number of people are _____________ to gambling.2- He checked into a clinic to try to get over his drug _____.3- I’ve never met anyone who is actually a drug__________4- Both heroin and crack cocaine are extremely _________5- She realized he was an ________________ when he started drinking at breakfast time.6- The problem got so bad he started hiding ___________ around the house.7- Overcoming ________________ is a daily process. It means saying ‘no’ to drink every day for the rest of your life.

Discuss with your friends the meaning of these words:

Being honest... What illegal drugs do you know? Have you ever tried drugs? Do you

know anyone who has? Which ones? Do you know where to get drugs in

your town? What problems have you seen in your

community caused by drugs?

This was a very famous commercial in U.S in the eighties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FtNm9CgA6U

The PSA was so popular that Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare spoofed the PSA with Johnny Depp, (who appeared in the first Nightmare on Elm Street movie.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BNOIgs3slo

Do you know what the following mean?

Roll a joint Become addicted Get high Smoke dope Overdose Come off drugs Snort cocaine

Reading – If you were on the panel, would you have come to the same conclusions?