LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION (See a CD/Unit 9/Task 1) ТЕКСТ
UNDERAGE DRINKING INCREASING IN BRITAIN 1. Walk around the class and talk to other students about alcohol and teenage drinking. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out.
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2. In pairs/groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring. abuse / teenage crime / problems / recommendations / vandalism / murder / urgent action / social support / legal drinking age / going out of control Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. In pairs / groups, discuss the (legal) ages you think people can do the following. What are they in your country? drink alcohol
smoke cigarettes
get a part-time job
drive
get married
leave school
eat fast food
4. Are teenagers in your country out of control? In pairs/groups, discuss these problems in your town/other parts of the world. What should governments do to keep control? underage drinking
drug abuse
teenage pregnancies
truancy
shoplifting
attacks on teachers
silly haircuts
vandalism
5. ALCOHOL. Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with alcohol. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. QUICK DEBATE. Students A think the legal drinking age should be 21. Students B think
