Text 3. A Typical daily routine of a lawyer

 

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form:

Mr. Bright (be) a lawyer. He (work) at a large law firm in London.

On week-days Mr. Bright usually (wake up) at 6:30. As soon as he (have) breakfast he (check) and (answer) e-mails.

At about 7:15 Mr. Bright (leave) home. His office (be) open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lawyers always (have) much work to do. So, Mr. Bright usually (come) to work very early.

Let’s see what (be) yesterday’s daily routine of Mr. Bright.

At 8 a.m. Mr. Bright (be) already in the office. He (come) to his office before his secretary. He (look) through some legal documents for buying and selling property, (print) the document for making a will. At last, when the secretary (arrive) at the office at 9 a.m., Mr. Bright (do) some letter dictations.

Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Mr. Bright (hurry) to court, where he (represent) his client as his lawyer. Then he (go) back to the office. And up to 11:30 a.m. while he (drink) a cup of coffee, Mr. Bright (look) through the newspaper news.

At 12 o’clock Mr. Bright usually (go) back to his emails. Normally, he (receive) about 100 emails a day.

Yesterday at 2 p.m. Mr. Bright (have) some planned meetings with clients. For three hours they (prepare) documents for the court procedure. At 5:30 p.m. he (have) dinner and then until 10:30 p.m., while he (work) with the documents, he (continue) to have calls from the clients.

Finally, at 11:30 p.m. Mr. Bright (leave) for home.

 

Answer the questions:

1.When you are a lawyer, will you work fixed hours?

2.What professional duties will you have, when you become a lawyer?

3.Will you print legal documents yourself, if your secretary is late?

4.Will you answer all telephone calls from your clients, if you feel tired?

5. Will you still dream to work as a lawyer, after you know that this job is often a big stress?

 

WRITING PRACTICE

Read and translate the text in writing:

SAY “GOOD-BYE!” TO STRESS

Unfortunately, in the 21^st century a great number of people live under stress. Since humanity started its history, stress has always been very serious enemy of our health.

Systematic stress has a negative influence on our body, mental activity and behavior. It breaks down our immune system. To say “Good-bye!” to stress doctors recommend:

- to think positive: optimists with positive attitude to life are healthier and happier than pessimists;

- to have time for fun: smile and laugh has always been a wonderful medicine from stress;

- to go in for sport: fitness has always helped people to have healthy spirit in a healthy body.

For centuries physical activity and optimism have been giving people life energy, success and happiness.

Answer the questions:

1. Has stress always been a very serious enemy of people’s health?

2. What influence does stress have on our body, mental activity and behavior?

3. Why are optimists healthier and happier?

4. Which medicine can be a wonderful treatment for stress?

5. What helps you to develop positive attitude to life?

TIME FOR A JOKE

- To fall asleep you should count to one hundred in English.

- I did. But all the time I was making mistakes and it took me all night to correct them.

PRESENTATION

Speak on the topic: “Healthy way of life of students”.

“My working day”.

TEXT 4. TO LIVE WITHOUT FILTHY HABITS

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

1. Study the active vocabulary from the text:

be addict ed – пристраститься, addict ion (n) – зависимость

harm – вред, harm ful (adj) = danger ous – вредный, опасный

abuse –злоупотребление, брань, ругань

order – порядок, dis order – нарушение

suicide –самоубийство

violent – жестокий, viol ence – насилие, жестокость

sens ible – разумный, умеренный; sens ibly (adv) – разумно

ban on – запрет на ч-то

advert ise – рекламировать, advertise ment = ad – объявление, реклама

taxes – налоги

reason – причина

attitude – отношение к

consequence – последствия

 

2. Match the English and the Russian equivalents:

1. filthy habits 2. passive smoking 3. give up smoking 4. alcohol abuse 5. mental disorders 6. physiological diseases 7. domestic violence 8. road accident 9. live sensibly

a. бросить курить b. жить разумно c. пассивное курение d. злоупотребление алкоголем e. умственные расстройства f. жестокое обращение, насилие в семье g. дорожное происшествие h. физиологические заболевания i. вредные привычки

3. Match the words with their definitions:

 

1. taxes	a. to be violent with the family members
2. ban	b. to inhale smoke near smoking people
3. addiction	c. official order not to do smth, state laws
4. passive smoking	d. money paid by citizens for public needs
5. domestic violence	e. dependence on smth

 

4. Fill in the gaps with the words given in the box below:

1. Every year, more then 400,000 Americans die because of…

2. Today, the … to smoking has changed.

3. Governments try to protect non-smoking people from…

4. Special …don’t allow smoking in…

5. Ban on …cigarettes to children under 18 must help young people to …smoking.

 

smoke-free laws, give up, nicotine addiction, attitude, public places, advertizing and selling, passive smoking

5. Fill in prepositions from the box. Some of them may not be used or used not once:

1. 90% …smokers begin smoking …the age of 20.

2. Children start to smoke because …different reasons.

3. Ban …selling cigarettes …children must help to give …smoking.

4. Non-smokersalso suffer …smoking.

5. Alcoholism is the physical and emotional dependence …alcohol.

6. A person suffering …chronic alcoholism is an alcoholic or a drunkard.

 

in, for, to, on, before, after, of, from, up, under, at

6. Give the English or Russian equivalents to the following:

abuse, злоупотребление алкоголем, пьяница, насилие в семье, addiction, никотиновая и наркотическая зависимость, physical and emotional dependence, attitude, отношение к курению, дорожные происшествия, disorder, умственные нарушения, to ban, запрет на рекламу и продажу сигарет и алкоголя детям до 18 лет, бросить курить, desease, опасные заболевания, inherit, унаследованные генетические заболевания, налоги, consequences.

READING PRACTICE

Read and translate the text, pay special attention to the active vocabulary:

Unhealthy lifestyle deals with such filthy habits as: alcoholism, using drugs and smoking.

Smoking is deadly dangerous not only for smokers, but also for non-smokers, who suffer from passive smoking. Tobacco contains nicotine that causes addiction. According to statistics, about 5 million people in the world die every year as a result of smoking.

Alcoholism is the physical and emotional dependence on alcohol. The World Health Organization informs that there are 140 million chronicalcoholics worldwide. 4% of people dying in the world are heavy drinkers. Suicides (50% among adults and 70% among children) are connected with alcohol.

Drugs have become the reality of our life. It is the most dramatic filthy habit. It destroys the mind and social behavior of drug users.

Unhealthy habits have such consequences as: physiological diseases, which ruin the body; mental diseases, which lead to memory and sleep disorders, panic and depression; and also social problems, such as: drunken driving, work conflicts, domestic violence, that leads to loss of employment and family.

The reasons why young people start smoking, drinking or using drugs can be different:

· to look older, cool and independent among new friends,

· to run away from real life, its hardships and duties,

· to copy their parents (researches report that alcoholism can be determined by genetic factors.

60% of heavy drinkers come from families with alcohol problems).

Fortunately, nowadays the attitude to cigarettes, alcohol and drugs has greatly changed in the world. Today, they are not popular any more. But to give up unhealthy habits have never been easy without help.

Anti-filthy habits policies include:

· educational work at school, universities and mass media

· ban on illegal drugs, criminal responsibility for their growing, selling and buying

· ban on smoking and drinking alcohol in public places

· ban on advertising cigarettes, and selling them to children under the age of 18

· high taxes on tobacco and alcohol

· educational work at school, universities and mass media

There is an opinion, that to stop people from drinking alcohol is unrealistic. Alcohol has always been a part of the world’s history. It is not alcohol itself but addiction to alcohol is the problem. So, the task is not to fight against alcohol, but to teach people how to make the right choice: not to drink at all or to drink, but sensibly.

Remember, there is NO WAY to smoking and using drugs!

 

COMPREHENTION PRACTICE

1. Agree or disagree:

1. It is easier not to start smoking at all, than to give up smoking.

2. A cigarette is a stimulant of health and sex potential.

3. The earlier you give up smoking, the greater your risk to get cancer.

4. In all countries there is a ban on advertising cigarettes.

5. All anti- alcohol policies will never stop people from drinking alcohol.

6. All drugs can be bought in pharmacies without a prescription.

2. Answer the questions:

1.Why is smoking harmful for non-smokers?

2.What are the reasons why young people start smoking and drinking?

3.Why is it so problematic to give up smoking?

4.What smoke-free measures are taken by the governments?

5.Don’t you think that ban on smoking in public places undemocratic?

6.In your opinion, which is the norm of social behavior: not to drink at all or to drink sensibly?

7. To your mind, at what age young people can buy cigarets and alcohol? (16, 18 or 21)

8.What can stop children from smoking, drinking and using drugs?

SPEECH PRACTICE

THE WORLD DRUG MUSEUMS

1. Make up a dialogue. Choose needed information (a-d) to answers the questions (1-4):

1. There are Drug Museums in some countries of the world... (In what?)

2. The Museum of Drugs in Pentagon (Virginia) was opened in … (When?)

3. A narcotics-detecting dog is in the museum, because … (Why?)

4. The aim of all Drug Museums is … (What?)

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a. in Mexico, in the USA and in Amsterdam (the Netherlands), where drugs are legalized

b. in 1985

c. it has found more than 8,000 pounds of marijuana

d. to show the harm caused by drugs and the results of the police drug war

Work in groups.

Team A: Act out a conversation between smokers and non-smokers. Start with:

- Why don’t you stop smoking? From my point of view, …

- I think you are not quite right. As for me, …

- I’m afraid you are mistaken. To my mind, …

 

Choose some information to support different opinions:

– smokers find arguments “for” smoking

– non-smokers find arguments “against” smoking

1. Nicotine causes addiction.

2. Smoking boys and girls look cool and independent.

3. Smoking leads to depression and shortens memory.

4. When I smoke I become more sociable and free of bad thoughts and feelings.

5. Heavy smokers have yellow-brown teeth and old-looking skin.

6. In the company of smokers it’s easier to make friends

7. Passive smoking kills non-smokers.

8. Smoking and alcohol help to meet cool boys and girls.

9. You are an outsider, because of the ban on smoking in public places.

10. In the end long term heavy smoking leads to cancer and death.

11. Smoking is not popular any more all over the world.