Обшук на наявність наркотиків

Remember the words, write down them in your vocabulary.

narcomania	[na:’kכmaniə]	наркоманія
narcotic, narcotic dope	[na:’kכtik] [doup]	наркотик
degradation	[degrə’desn]	деградація
to become degradated	[di’greideitid]	деградувати
addiction	[ædiksn]	схильність, залежність
heroin	[heroin]	гepoїн
cocaine	[kə’kein]	кокаїн
crack	[kræk]	крек
marijuana	[ma:rihwa:na]	маріхуана
amphetamines	[æmfetəmsnz]	амфетаміни
solvents	[solvtnts]	розчинники
glue	[glu:]	клей
drug-growing areas	[dr^g-grouiη] [3əriəz]	посіви наркотичних речовин
drug-addicts	[dr^g ædikts]	наркозалежні
to destroy	[destroi]	знищувати
advertising	[ædv ətaizin]	реклама
campaign	[k æm’pein]	кампанія
dirty needles	[d ə:ti]. [nidlz]	забруднені голки
share needles	[s3 ə]. [nidlz]	використані голки

 

Ex. 1. Read, translate and retell the text.

ABOUT DRUGS

There are three main kinds of drugs – hard, soft and legal. They can all cause addiction, serious illness and even death. Hard Drugs.

Include heroin, cocaine, LSD and crack.

Soft Drugs.

Include marijuana, amphetamines (speed), solvents (glue) and ecstasy.

Legal Drugs.

Include tobacco, alcohol and certain tranquillizers.

In New York, over 50% of all arrests are connected with drugs.

Customs officers only find between 15 to 20% of drugs entering the USA and Western Europe.

The two most important drug-growing areas are Latin America and South-East Asia.

People there depend on money from their drug crops.

Thousands of drug-addicts die every year. Some die from drugs themselves. Others die from AIDS. This is because they use dirty needles or share needles.

Drugs are the second biggest business in the world. Only the arms industry is bigger.

Is there a solution to the problem? We'll consider two possible solutions.

Advertising campaigns.

They play an important part in the war against drugs.

In America there have been several campaigns in recent years. Each one has had a message – for example,"Just Say No","Stop The Madness" or"Don't Do rugs”. A lot of movie and pop stars took part in these campaigns.

In Britain, some anti-drugs campaigns have tried to shock young people. They showed how heroin, for example, can completely destroy addicts lives. Also, how dirty needles spread AIDS.

Others have been less dramatic. The slogan for one in Scotland was"Choose life not drugs. Be all you can be". This focused on pictures of healthy, independent young people – not the problems of addicts.

Education.

As well as advertising, education is also vital in the fight against drugs.

Many schools have a drug-education program for children as young as 8 or 9.

Programs like these include books, videos and cassettes. Some schools even arrange visits from ex-addicts.

One of these is Ted Cooper. He travels around Britain giving teenagers two-hour drug-education lessons. He tells them exactly how addicts live. How they...

– steal money

– lose their friends

– hurt their families

– are cheated by dealers

– destroy their health.

"That's the truth", says Ted, "And don't glamorize it".

 

Ex. 2. Match the word with its definition:

degradation	a substance that can dissolve another substance
solvent	a sticky substance that is used for joining things together
to destroy	the condition of being addicted to something
glue	a situation in which somebody has lost all self-respect and the respect of other people
addiction	to damage something greatly

4. Answer the questions:

1. What drugs can you coincide with the hard ones?

2. What do you know about light drugs?

3. What is your attitude to the legal drugs?

4. Name the main mottos of the antidrugs campaigns.

5. Is education vital in the fight against drugs? Prove your point of view.

 

Using the information from the text be ready for the participation in the untidrugs conference.

Тема 7