Unit 7. Economic reforms

What is flower?
drugs
addiction
Do you think that taking drug should be banned? Why?
Yes, because it brings the users many harm on not only their physical but also mental health.


LESSON C
LISTENING
Tango (n) [`tæηgou]: name of an island
rational (adj.) [`ræ∫ənl] = reasonable
unfortunately (adv.) [ʌn`fɔ:t∫ənitli] = unluckily
discourage (v) [dis`kʌridʒ] # encourage
ruin (v) [ruin] = destroy
measures (n)
Drug—takers(n): the person who takes drug
solution (n) [sə`lu:∫n]
Islanders (n) [`ailəndə]: Who lives on the island

Vocabulary
Listen to the passage about the inhabitants of Tango Island and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)
TRUE or FALSE
1. ............... The people in Tango Island found a drug.
2. ............... The drug made it difficult for the people to think in a reasonable way.
3. ............... The Prime Minister warned people many times about the drug and they took his advice.
4. ............... The Government introduced laws to make the drug illegal but it couldn`t have any effect.
5. ............... The Government exported the drug to another country.
T
T
F
F
F
They discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug
Think rationally = think in reasonable way
3. But nobody took any notice.
Another countries
Listen again and fill in the missing words
Unfortunately this had very bad ..(1)….on the country’s …(2)… The workers and farmers became lazy, the children didn`t want to go to school and the whole population began to run short of food. This, however, didn`t discourage people from taking the drug. The Prime Minister made speeches on the TV warning them about the drug, but nobody took any ...(3)…., and before long the economy of the country was in ...(4)… This forced the Government to take ...(5)… They introduced a law to make the drug illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law couldn`t prevent the people from taking the drug. On the contrary, the fact that the drug was illegal encouraged people to take it more. They put the ...(6)… into prison. But this did not have any effect; there were not enough prisons for them. Eventually, the Government found a solution: they exported the drug to other countries. This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day a week and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without any care in the world.
Answers:
1. effects
2. economy
3. notice
4. ruins
5. measures
6. drug-takers

AFTER YOU LISTEN
A. thinking
B. to think
C. think
D. think
Multiple Choice






1. The drug made it difficult for the people ............... in a reasonable way.
2. The government introduced laws to make the drug ............... .
A. legal
B. legally
C. illegal
D. illegally
3. What negative effects did the drug bring ............?
A. about
B. in
C. at
D. on
4. The whole population stop working ............... the drug.
A. although
B. in spite of
C. because
D. because of
HOMEWORK




Copy all the sentences
into notebooks
Prepare Lesson 4.
Writing