Keys: TFTFT
For Reference
5. Because not a drop tomato juice fell into the whiskey bottle, and he was to win the bet of 500 dollars.
6. Because he just bet the guys in card room1, 000 buck each that he could dump tomato juice all over the bartender and still make him laugh.
Task3: Fighting Teen Smoking
Script
The percentage of teens who smoke cigarettes dropped to 28% in 2003, according to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That was down from 36% in 1999 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It?s a triumph for many people across the nation who worked tirelessly to reverse the climb in teen smoking rates during the 1990s.
An equal accomplishment many be discovery of what works to influence teens? motivation and behavior. Success has come in communities with a comprehensive program to fight tobacco use by teens. The best school health classes won?t have much effect on teen who already smoke. Many of them need professional help before they can quit. Another interesting finding is that nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before high school graduation. So if adolescents don?t start smoking by age 18, odds are they never will. For those who do experiment with cigarettes, new research shows teens can get hooked on nicotine more quickly than adults and by extremely low levels of tobacco.
Now the bad news: while the teen smoking rate is down to 28%, that still means more than one in four teenagers still smoke. Public health and parents are not ready to abandon a quarter of today?s young people to the damaging effects of tobacco. Obviously, it is still too early to celebrate a complete victory. There is still much room for improvement.
26. What percentage did the teen smoking rate drop by?
27. What happened in the 1990s, according to the speaker? Useful for reducing teen smoking according to the speaker?
28. What is especially useful for reducing teen smoking according to the speaker?
29. What is the bad news mentioned in the passage?
30. What is the main idea of the passage?
Kes: 1D 2.A 3. B 4.C 5.
For Reference
Before the age of 18. According to the passage, if adolescents don?t start smoking by age 18, odds are they never will.
IV. Speaking Out
MODEL 1 Nursing home abuse is a national epidemic.
John: Nora, what are you doing? What are these notes about?
Nora: Well, they are for a 1,000 word essay on abuse on the elderly, due Monday.
John: That?s a big topic. What made you decide to write about that subject?
Nora: Granny?s going into a nursing home. And this essay is driving me crazy.
John: Narrow down the topic. Pick one aspect, like nursing home. Do an outline.
Nora: You mean list the ideas under headings: Introduction, Body, and the Conclusion?
John: Yes. In the Introduction, say people live longer now, crowing nursing homes.
Nora: Then maybe in the Body I can explain how the owners try to save money on food and care.
John: Right. Here I see a good quotation: “Nursing home abuse is a national epidemic.”
Nora: I have statistics: 500 homes inspected; in one-third, care was substandard.
John: Mention government offices and lawyers who?ll help in cases of abuse.
Nora: Then, I think I can summarize the main ideas about the helpless elderly in the Conclusion.
John: Good. When you?ve written a first draft, read it aloud to eliminate awkward spots.
Nora: I?m feeling a lot better about this essay and a lot less worried about Granny now.
John: The essay is a piece of cake; but ensuring Granny?s OK is a lot harder.
Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Oh, Bobby, so you?ve come to see me again.
B: How are you doing? Hope everyone is OK here.
A: My God, I can hardly bear the life here. This nursing home is driving crazy.
B: What?s wrong?>
A: You see, there are to many old people here, but far too small a staff.
B: Yeah, that?s probably because people live longer now, crowding nursing homes.
A: So we can hardily get attention. The owner tries to save money on food and care.
B: I see, nursing home abuse is now a very common problem. I heard of one survey with statistics: 300 homes were inspects, and in nearly half of them care was substandard.
A: Sometimes they even beat me. I don?t know where and how I can get help.
B: I n theory government offices and lawyers can help you in cases of abuse.
A: But it is inconvenient for me to contact government offices again and again, and I?m too poor to hire a lawyer.
B: OK, aunt, since it?s hard to ensure you?re Ok here, I?ll take you home. Mary and I will take care of you.
A: Are you sure Mary thinks in the same way as you do?
MODEL2 This beauty battled the bottle.
Chris: Hey Nora.
Nora: Hey Chris. How is it going?
Chris: Not too bad. Sit down. Sit down. Hey, who was that food-looking girl you were talking to near the auditorium?
Nora: “The Drunken Doctor”, Dr Doyle, who gave dynamite Ladies Only lecture.
Chris: No, no. I mean the blonds, healthy-looking, the twenty-something girl in blue.
Nora: Yeah, exactly. She?s a doctor, but she used to be a drunk. Now she tells women the dangers of drinking.
Chris: I can?t imagine some one as pretty as she is to be a drunk. And a doctor, too!
Nora: She says there are alcoholics all over the world, 16 million plus just in the U.S.
Chris: I?m surprised that there are so many people who lack the will-power to stop.
Nora: It?s a disease that strikes young and old, rich and poor, and al walks of life.
Chris: Drunks are often dirty old men begging for money. How did Dr. Doyle get hooked?
Nora: She was an intern in a big hospital: long hours, little sleep, and constant stress.
Chris: I suppose at first alcohol helped her to relax, but she realized.
Nora: First it was a drink at night, then two, then a bottle, then drinks to wake up.
Chris: That?s a sad story.
Nora: More inspiring than sad. She got help and stopped. Now she helps others. Isn?t that wonderful?
Now Your Turn
SAMPLE DIALOG
A: Hi, John, I?m so glad to see you are back!
B: It?s nice to be home again, Mom.
A: Oh, you smell terribly of alcohol and tobacco. You didn?t smoke or drink before you left home a year ago. How did you get hooked?
B: As an assistant engineer, I had to work might shifts often. I felt lonely and began to drink and smoke. That helped me to relax.
A: So gradually you drank more and more?
B: Yeah, first it was a drink at night, then two, then a bottle, and then I drank to wake up.
A: Oh, I simply can?t imagine my handsome son to be a drunk and a heavy smoker now. Can?t you stop?
B: It?s difficult. I lack the will-power to stop.
A: But remember the dangers of heavy drinking and smoking. Sooner or later you?ll develop high blood pressure, heart trouble, or liver trouble.
B: There are alcoholics all over the world, and they are still living.
A: I?m sorry that drinking and smoking ate diseases that strike young and old, rich and [poor, and all walks of life. Young must get help and stop.
B: OK, I?ll try my best.
MODEL3 There are high risks with games of chance.
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