Vocabulary

to exist – существовать willing madness – добровольное сумасшедствие measure – мера devoted – преданный vice – порок alcohol dependence – алкогольная зависимость onset – начало

violence – насилие to estimate – приблизительно подсчитывать manage – справляться, владеть annually – ежегодно underage drinking – прием алкоголя в раннем возрасте homicide – убийство suicide - самоубийство

Exercises

Ex.1Answer the questions/Ответьте на вопросы

- What happened with Alex Makedonsky?

- What were his vices?

- Why do people use alcohol?

- Why is drinking so dangerous for teenagers?

- What are the main causes of death for young people?

Ex.2.Translate into Russian/Переведите на русский язык

Ancient times, drinking measure, to be like adults, average age, alcohol

dependence, leading causes, underage drinking, to be a black ship in the company,

devoted friend, violence.

Ex 3.Say, why…

a) Alex Makedonsky was very upset.

b) teenages begin to drink alcohol.

c) there are too many deaths among young people.

d) there are a lot of alcoholics among youth.

Ex. 4. Complete the table according to the text/Заполните таблицу

Causes of using alcohol	Causes of death

Ex. 5.Put the proper preposition/Поставьте нужный предлог

1.Unfortunately a lot of people drink … of measure.

2.Some … my friends consider that alcohol can help them to relax.

3.If teens start drinking … age 15, there is a big risk for them to

become alcoholics.

4.A lot of alcoholics can’t manage the drinking problem … their

own.

Ex. 6.Put the proper verb/Поставьте нужный глагол

1. Most alcoholics can’t … their problems on their own.

2. Alcohol … different diseases.

3. A child … alcohol when he was 11.

4. Smokers … they can quit but really they can’t.

5. Some people … alcohol to relax.

Ex. 7. Ask questions/Задайте вопросы к предложениям

1. Fortunately, my Dad has drinking measure.

2. Boris drank alcohol to become braver.

3. The average age of trying alcohol is 11.

4. People use alcohol to get positive emotions.

5. I tried alcohol when I was 18.

Ex. 8. Translate into English/Переведите на английский язык

Все знают о вреде алкоголя. Это вредная привычка. Большинство людей хотят бросить пить, но они не могут сделать это. Они не понимают, что у них алкогольная зависимость. Они могут совершить убийство или самоубийство и это ужасно. Если Вы можете кому-либо помочь, сделайте это.