LEGAL and ILLEGAL DRUGS

A
Discuss these questions with a partner

1. Do you hate taking medicine?
2. How often do you take medicine?
3. Should all medicine be free?
4. Is laughter the best medicine?
5. Does medicine always work for you?
6. Do you have any side effects after you take medicine?
7. What do you think of alternative medicines like homeopathic medicine and aromatherapy?
8. What medicines are in your medicine cabinet?
9. What do you think of herbal and Chinese medicine?
10. Do you think medicine is too expensive?
11.Would you ever buy medicine online?
12. Do you agree with testing on animals to find new medicines?
13. Do you think that one day, there’ll be medicine to cure all illnesses?
14. How has medicine changed in the past hundred years?


B

Now discuss these questions

1. Do you consider alcohol a drug? Do you drink?
2. Should doctors be allowed to prescribe marijuana? If so, to whom and for what reasons?
3. Why do you think so many famous people use drugs?
4. Can a person become addicted to prescription drugs? Which ones? Are there any illegal drugs that a person can't become addicted to?


C

http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/u/uk_drugs.shtml

What do you think of her opinion?


http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-cappuccino-2

Is there anything wrong with advertsing coffee? Why? Why not?

D
What are the most common drugs (illegal and legal)?

Choose 3 drugs.
Use to internet to find out what they do to your body and mind.

Write your information and find another group to share your information with.

Video sites

Video sites are featuring more in my classes. This is due to a timetabled session in an IT suite. We are able to use listening sites and video. It's interesting to wee which students like using video sites. They turn on their machines and plug in the headphones. Within minutes Jose is logged onto a music video site and is singing the words out of tune. “At least it is in English”, I reassure myself. Pavel is watching a short film which has been sent him from his country. He calls me over to watch it with him. I am drawn to it, but know I must attend to the class. He is immersed in it. He keeps playing the film over and over again. It seems he is day dreaming, but at the same time attached to the screen by an invisible cord.

Problems and advice

We are going to practice some writing today on health and giving advice.


Activity A _ Talk about home remedies
Do you always take medicine when you are ill? What do you do if you have an
insect sting, a cough, a sore throat or a headache? Are there any home remedies
that you use? Tell other learners what you do.


Activity B _ Write about home remedies
Write an article of about 160 words about a home remedy that is used in your
country. Word-process the article if you can.


Activity C _ Read advertisements for health products on the internet
Look through a variety of pages and find advertisements for health products.
Which advertisements are the most effective and why?
Discuss your ideas with a partner.


Read the two problems and write an answer to one of them (120 words)

Problem 1

I have done something really stupid. It's our wedding anniversary soon and I wanted to buy my wife something really special. I borrowed money to pay for my present and now I am having trouble paying it back. I have taken on extra hours at work and my wife wonders why we are not better off financially because of it. I'm sure she thinks I am having an affair. I can't tell her what I have done. Have you got any advice?


Problem 2

I am 25 and have been married for five years. I thought I loved my husband but I've just started a new job and my new boss has made it obvious he fancies me. He is 45 but is very attractive. Should I give in and have an affair? I'm sure my husband would never suspect as he is too engrossed in his own work. What advice can you give?

DIET

1. FAST FOOD:

Find some pictures of fast food on the internet.

Walk around the class and talk to other students about fast food. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words are most interesting and which are most boring. Find their meaning using an online dictionary


research / unhealthy / walking distance / strokes / social status / strong relationships / heart attacks / killers / diets / risk / poorer neighbourhoods / less educated


3. NEARBY DANGERS:

With your partner(s), talk about the dangers of living near these things.

Fast food restaurants
Nuclear power station
Prison
Volcano
Crocodile farm

Would you live nearby? Why (not)?
Write down your ideas.
Change partners and share what you wrote.

4. RESTAURANTS: Jason will explain how to do this activity

Students A strongly believe all fast food restaurants should be banned; Students B strongly believe there’s nothing wrong with them. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

5. FOOD: In pairs / groups, talk about the following kinds of food. Give each a score from 10 (I love this and could it every day) to 1 (I wouldn’t eat this if you paid me).

____ Fast food

____ Fried food

____ Baby food

____ Packaged food


____ Slow food

____ Airplane food

____ Junk food

____ Raw food

6. FRUIT AND VEG

Go to this site and find out why fruit and vegetables are healthy. Make notes to help you.

http://www.videojug.com/interview/fruits-and-vegetables-2#what-is-juicing

7. Choose another video connected with diet and health. Share what information you have with other people in the class.

8. Think of a healthy meal. Write down the ingredients and how to prepare the meal.

We will upload your recipes on the blog. The class will decide which ones are the tastiest and healthiest.

If you want some homework then go to this site and complete the exercises

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0902/090224-fast_food.html

Health

Today will we be looking at health


1. Go to this site

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/venturesadulted/WB1_U04.pdf

Complete Lesson A Question 4 (page 39)

Complete Lesson B Questions 1, 2, 3, 4


2. Go to this site http://www.esl-lab.com/office/offrd1.htm

and follow the instructions

IMPORTANT!!!! You will need headphones and you will need to open the audio in real player or windows media player

USE THE SCRIPT TO HELP

3. Go to this site and follow instructions

http://esl-lab.com/sick1/sick1.htm


4. Go to these sites and match the sentences

http://esl-lab.com/sick1/doctorvisit-mix.htm

http://esl-lab.com/sick1/doctorvisit-match.htm

5. go to this page

http://www.videojug.com/tag/colds-and-flu

Choose a video .... make notes on it and then tell a class mate what your video is about