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Cigarette packets to carry gory picturesThe British government is to use shock tactics in its latest attempt to discourage smokers (1) ____ smoking. Gory photographs highlighting the health hazards of smoking will be (2) ____ on cigarette packets. These will include images of diseased lungs blackened by tar next to a set of clean, healthy (3) ____. A total of sixteen pictures have been selected to scare existing and potential smokers. These will all be accompanied by stronger written health warnings. The new (4) ____ will take place by the end of 2009. Britain’s Health Secretary Alan Johnson told BBC News that other countries have successfully used (5) ____ graphic photos. "We do think it will help the number of people, who want to give up smoking - the (6) ____ majority of smokers want to give up - and this will give them an extra push," he said. Anti-smoking campaigners (7) ____ the new warnings on tobacco products. They say it is important for people to be more aware of the effects smoking has on vital (8) ____ organs. Amanda Sandford, from the anti-smoking group ASH, said she hoped the strong images would make more people quit. "Evidence from international studies (9) ____ that the stronger warnings are better," she said. She is also pleased the adverts will (10) ____ with the raising of the minimum age for buying cigarettes, which rises from 16 to 18. However, smokers’ rights groups are (11) ____ in arms over the new attack on smoking. Neil Rafferty, from the group Forest, described the government’s decision as the "victimization" of smokers. "The government are bullying smokers simply because they can (12) ____ away with it," he said.
WRITING: Write about smoking for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK 1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about smoking rules around the world. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SMOKING POSTER: Make a poster comparing the lives of a smoker and a non-smoker. Include the pros and cons each has. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things? 4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about the damage smoking does to a smoker (bodily, financial, social…). Include imaginary interviews with a smoker who never wants to quit and one who has recently quit. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Which article was best and why? 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the head of a tobacco company. Ask him/her three questions about how they promote and advertise their products. Give him/her three pieces of advice about how to be more responsible. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERS TRUE / FALSE:
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