Lesson 2 - JanuaryTopic: 40-A-Day Smoking Baby Shocks

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Try to provide the synonyms of the following words given below. Use the vocabulary words to describe the pictures below.

1. toddler

2. emerge

3. hooked

4. tantrum

Indonesia

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Prepared by: Mary RoseDesigned by: Teacher June

to shake in one’s shoes - to tremble with fearExample: Hearing the lound thumping sound made his shake in his shoes.Way to go! - Good Work!Example: Way to go, Mary! That was the best report I have seen.cup of tea - the type of person or thing that one generally likesExample: You see guns are not really my cup of tea.hang around - to spend time idlyExample: He hang around for a while and then left without a word.hang out - to spend time (often doing nothing)Example: He hang out in my house during weekends.

The American Way

MDMA aka Ecstasy

Very addictive, Ecstasy abuse is one a rise, as it is every year. The dangerous abuse from this drug poses serious social concerns. Even though you tend to feel good when taking this drug, you can do things that you might and will regret. Ecstasy is a member of the phenethylamine family as it is a semisynthetic entactogen, which is basically a psychoac-tive medication that is derived from natural sources. Ecstasy is being used more and more in clubs and raves. The effects of empathy, happiness or euphoria, energy, and openness are all signs that this drug simply makes peo-ple have more fun while they are around other people doing the same exact thing.source: http://voices.yahoo.com/top-five-most-dangerous-drugs-use-384762.html

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Reading topic:

40-A-DAY SMOKING BABY SHOCKS INDONESIA Images of a two-year-old toddler smoking cigarettes have shocked people in Indonesia. The little boy, Ardi Rizal from Sumatra, is addicted to nicotine and smokes 40 cigarettes a day. Videos of Ardi casually puffing away on a cigarette emerged this week on You Tube. The footage, now removed, shows him smoking like a true pro. His father, Mohammed Rizal, thinks there’s no problem with his son’s nasty habit. He told reporters that his child looked healthy and that was the only thing that was important. He went on to explain how Ardi took up smoking when he was 18 months old. That was when he gave his son his first cigarette. Now he’s totally hooked; he throws tantrums if his father does not let him smoke. Ardi’s story is part of a worrying trend in Indonesia. Government statistics reveal 25 per cent of Indonesian kids aged between 3 and 15 have smoked and that over 3 per cent are regular smokers. Indonesia is the world’s third largest smoking nation. Cigarettes are everywhere and smoking is still seen as a socially acceptable practice. Health Minister Endang Sedyaningsih said preventing youngsters from smoking would be very difficult because people believe smoking is a good thing. She said tobacco companies are well liked because they sponsor many things from education to sporting and public events. She added: “This is the challenge we face in protecting youth from the dangers of smoking.”

source: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1005/100529-cigarettes.html

a) What did you think when you read the headline?

b) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘cigarette’?

c) What do you think of people who smoke?

d) What do you think of toddlers who smoke?

e) What do you think of parents who let their toddlers /children smoke?

shock - to become surpriseemerge - to come out footage - a short film from a much longer movie/showhooked - to get addicted

Images of a two-year-old ____________ smoking cigarettes have shocked people in Indonesia. The little boy, Ardi Rizal from Sumatra, is ____________ to nicotine and smokes 40 cigarettes a day. Videos of Ardi casually ____________ away on a cigarette emerged this week on YouTube. The foot-age, now ____________, shows him smoking like a true pro. His father, Mo-hammed Rizal, thinks there’s no problem with his son’s ____________ habit. He told reporters that his child looked healthy and that was the only thing that was important. He went on to ____________ how Ardi took up smoking when he was 18 months old. That was when he gave his son his first ciga-rette. Now he’s totally ____________; he throws tantrums if his father does not ____________ him smoke.

Listen to the teacher as she reads a part of the paragraph. Fill in the blanks below based on how the teacher tells the story.

Listening

Homework

In your opinion, can gambling can be con-

sidered to be a source of addiction?