Материал: 2507

A beautiful girl looks across the dinner table, by candlelight, at an attractive young man; they smile. It is the end of dinner. Everyone gets up from the table. Will he come over to her?ДYes, he is walking over to her. She is pleased. She pauses while he comes near her. Then suddenly when he is near, she turns round and walks quickly away. This was the beginning of an advertisement in British cinemasА– an anti-smoking advertisement. As she walks from the dining-room alone, the beautiful girl turns towards us. “Ugh,” she says, “he smellsбlike an old ashtray.”

The British Government had a campaign against smoking. In this film they persuaded usиin a new way. “Smoking makes you unattractive.” Perhaps this message is more successful than earlier ones. In the past, most anti-smokingСcampaigns told us “Stop smoking, it is very bad for your health”. Advertisements listed the number of people who die every year from cancer and other lung diseases because they smoke cigarettes. But the public did not take enough notice. The habit of smoking is very strong. When the Government announce the results of medical studies on cigarette smoking, for a short time smokers are worried. They buy fewer cigarettes for two or three months. But six months later sales are up again.

In 1971 the British Government made a law about smoking. Every packet of cigarettes, even imported ones, must have a health warning on it. The warning says: Warning by the Government: Smoking can damage your health. Every advertisement for cigarettes in magazines and newspapers must also say this. On British trains there only used to be a few carriages marked “No smoking”. In many airplanes now there is a special “No smoking” section. But people still puff away at cigarettes where and when they can. They know that tar and nicotine in tobacco is bad for them – they

146

cough, they are short of breath and some people die of lung cancer. Aren’t people worried about their health? Do they enjoy smoking so much that they don’t care if they are ill? Perhaps this is true.

But the habits of younger people are not too fixed. That why such kind of films are for young people. Advertisements in cinemas show attractive young men and women who smoke. Other young people look at them and say: “Yes they are attractive, but, Ugh! Their hair and clothes smell of tobacco; their teeth and fingers are all yellow.” “Do you want to kiss an old ashtray?” Teenagers often have their first cigarette because they think they look older and more sophisticated if they smoke. Perhaps they won’t continue if they think it is unattractive.

For the obstinate smokers the Government in Britain was printing

tar and nicotine in them. The picture shows which ones are the least harm-

very big advertisements in all the newspapers. They said “If you cannot stop smoking you must choose cigarettes carefully.ИSome brands have less

ful.” At the top of the advertisement thereДwas something to shock the smoker. In big letters it said: CHOOSE YOUR POISON.

as a model, design your own Аsurvey to diagnose the addiction you chose. Use all informationиfrom above exercises. You may use the same scoring system as in the model.

62. Work in pairs. Choose one of the “other addictions” such as com-

pulsive shopping, workaholism, compulsive eating, compulsive gambling, exercise addiction, бand so on. Using the Internet Survey (ex. 57)

63. Use your surveyСto interview a friend or a group mate. Share the results with the group. Discuss it.

64. Read the description of the situation and the roles for this activity. Use the ideas and vocabulary from the unit.

Situations and roles

Every year, the National Psychological Association holds a conference to discuss professional issues. This year’s theme is “Addiction.”

You are psychologists attending the conference. The afternoon sessions or meetings are made up of interactive discussions about addiction. During these special sessions, participants share and build on each other’s ideas. Then they must summarize their discussions for the participants in the other sessions.

147

65.Break up into three groups, decide which session each group will role-play, and choose a leader and a note-taker.

66.Conduct a highly interactive discussion session. Share all your ideas and questions. Make sure the note taker writes down the main points.

67.Summarize your discussion for the whole group.

Session One: Addictive Personalities

Discussion Topic: Are some people more likely to develop an addiction than other people?

148

Self-Assessment

Module 3

1.Look through Module 3 to find the answers to the questions 1 – 20.

1.What problems worry young people in the world today?

2.Do adults understand teens today?

3.What is a ‘generation gap’?

4.What is done in Europe to reduce the incidence of binge drinking?

5.What effect does alcohol have on the body?

6.What is “curfew”?

7.Did grown-ups have the same problems and interests in their youth?

8.What can be done to help homeless youngsters? What is done in your country?

9.What is the aim of schools for pregnant pupils?

10.What free time activities are popular in Britain?ИIn Russia?

11.How can free time activities influence smoking and drug addition rate?

12.Can your friend help you when you areДin trouble? And you?

13.Can friendship be the cure for drinking or drugs taking?

14.What event aimed to prevent drug addition was held in Sokolniki Park in Moscow? А

15.What does it mean to be an Internet addict?

16.Why have psychologistsбbecome concerned about the growing problem of Internet addiction?

17.What is shopaholismиand how to treat it?

18.What is meant by “other addictions”?

19.What crimesСare widespread among youngsters? Why?

20.Make recommendations to solve youth problems in Russia.

149

2. There are at least 28 hidden words. Find them!

150