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15. Read the article connie, 70, campaigns for legal recreational drugs (Reader) and do the following assignments.

1) Sum up the article using the words/ expressions below.

To legalize smth (recreational drugs); to stamp smth out (violent crime, illegal drugs trade/ trafficking); to fuel smth (drugtaking, smb’s habits); purified forms/ doses free of contaminants; to sell smth over the counter; to make drugtaking safer; to benefit the community; to maximize profits; to go through licensed premises; to release on the market; to take drugs (trade) off the street; to be quality controlled and taxable; to have a long-term impact on smth/ long-term depression; downgrading (from Class A to Class B/ C); penalties for possession (of prohibited drugs); to oppose legalization; to be linked to smth/ be down to smth; to link ecstasy/ cannabis use to mental illness, schizophrenia etc

2) Comment on Fozzard’s criticism of “nanny state” attitudes towards the problem of drug abuse.

3) State all the pros and cons of drug legalization as presented in the article.

4) Be ready to enlarge on the legal, commercial, medical and moral aspects of the stated problem, adding your own arguments.

5) Express your personal point of view on the problem of legalization of soft drugs.

6) Write a précis of the article.

16. Read the article BEAUTY OF THE BODY (Reader).

1. Suggest Russian equivalents of the following English words and expressions and be ready to use them in your answers to the questions below.

To define the concept of beauty; to reside inside; to put/ place an emphasis on smth; the major contributor to smth; to be obsessed with/ by smth, an obsession with smth; a constant reminder of smth; to the point of death; dying to be thin; to face/ experience pressures from smb; to be/ get out of control; to feel distressed/ unworthy; to love smb for what he is; to accept smth as it is; to attain an ideal body image; to pursue smth in commercials; to be led to believe; to give smb a low self-esteem; to develop eating disorders/ emotional or mental disorders/ ailments; to tend to do smth; to blame one’s problems on smb/ smth; to develop an overwhelming drive to lose weight; to bring on a devastating/ fatal malady; to attempt restrictive diets; to react to smth by smth (binge eating); to cycle back to smth; to put up a cheerful front; to cause severe health risks

Classical (values), inherent, inherently beautiful, outlying, skinny/ bony (models), glamourous, vulnerable, anomalous, unattainable, self-starvation, binge (eating), withdrawal, deeply buried (complexes, anger, depression).

2. Discuss the following questions.

1) How did the concept of beauty develop over the time?

  1. 2) How is the modern idea of beauty being imposed on people? Who or what contributes to it?

3) Why is the problem especially painful for adolescents?

  1. 4) What is an eating disorder? How do eating disorders affect people?

5) Bring out the meaning of the words malnutrition and binge eating. What health risks do they cause?

6) Suggest Russian equivalents of the English proverb Beauty is only skin-deep and comment on it.

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