Vocabulary Listening +Pronunciation+ Everyday English
Introduce the new wordsburglarybreak into the house drug addict illegal crime shoplifting break the law
criminal
break into the shopping mall
1. Which word refers to somewhere that you can buy things?2. Which one means that something is against the law?
Criminal.
Shopping center.
3. Which word describes Burglary. someone who breaks the law? 4. Which one is the crime of stealing from a shop?5. Which one is the crime of stealing from a house? Break the law. Shoplifting.
Listen and get the detailsname of the intervieweeMarion Smith
job of the womannumber of the people who use illegal drugs in Britain number of the people who break the law to pay for drugs number of the addicts who go to treatment centers crimes they commit
professor
4 milliona hundred thousand about 30,000 shoplifting,burglary
Go through the questions and predict the answers. 1. Is the woman in the studio a police officer? No, she is a professor. 2. Is she sure about the number of peoplewho steal to pay for drugs?
3. Do drug users only steal from shops?No, they don’t.
No, she isn’t.
4. Do all drug users attend treatment centers?No, they don’t.
5. Are most drug users young men? Yes, they are.
Listen again and complete these sentences. 1. It’s possible that a hundred thousand people pay for their drug addiction steal in order to ___________________________.
2. Some of them behave so badly that members of the public _______________. call the police 3. Some people feel so nervous when they see drug call the police anyway users that they________________________.4. There are such a lot of people that there isn’t time___________________. to help them all 5. Drug users are more likely to get into trouble at school ____________________________.
Listening material:Interviewer: Good evening, and welcome to the show. With me in the studio is Professor Marion Smith, who is an expert on the connection between crime and drug addiction. Good evening, Professor Smith. Professor: Good evening. Interviewer: First of all, how many people use illegal drugs in Britain?
Professor: Possibly four million people.Interviewer: Really? Four million?
Professor: Yes.
Interviewer: How many of them break the law in order to pay for their drugs? Professor: It’s possible that a hundred thousand people steal in order to pay for their drug addiction. Interviewer: A hundred thousand? That’s incredible! And what kind of crimes do they commit?
Professor: Mainly shoplifting – in other words, stealing from shops – and burglary, stealing from houses.Interviewer: I see. Professor: And there’s another problem. Drug users get into trouble with the police for other reasons as well. Interviewer: What kind of reasons?
Professor: Well, you often see drug users in public places – shopping centers, railway stations, for example – and some of them behave so badly that members of the public call the
police. Some people feel so nervous when they see drug users that they call the police anyway.Interviewer: This is a really bad problem, isn’t it? Professor: Absolutely, but the good news is that drug users who go to treatment centers usually stop their criminal activities. Interviewer: How many addicts go to treatment centers?
Professor: Last year, about 30,000 people went to drug treatment centers. Interviewer: Thirty thousand? That’s amazing.
Professor: Yes, there are such a lot of people that there isn’t time to help them all.Interviewer: What kind of people are they?
Professor: well, the majority are young people in their twenties. And about 75 percent of the young people are men.
Interviewer: And do all these people live in cities?
Professor: Oh no. The ratio of drug users in society is the same in cities and in the countryside. But they all have something in common. Interviewer: What’s that? Professor: Drug users are more likely to get into trouble at school. Interviewer: Professor Marion Smith, thank you very much. Professor: Thank you.
Pronunciation1. Listen and follow. 2. Listen again and decide what mood orfeeling the speaker has.1.happy 2.surprised 3.sad 4.angry
3. Listen and repeat.
Everyday English – Part 1Do Part 1 by yourself, then check it with your partner. 1. disagreement Answers:
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
strong agreement strong agreement disagreement agreement agreement disagreement disagreement strong disagreement
Everyday English – Part 2 First complete the sentences by yourself. Then listen and check whether you’ve got correct answers. 1. I agree with you. Answers: 2. I couldn’t agree more. 3. Absolutely! 4. I totally agree with you. 5. Well, I’m not sure about that. 6. I’m not sure I agree with that. 7. You can’t be serious!
