Binge Drinking and the Brain

Lead-in

Lesson 6.1.1. Bad habits.Alcohol

Занятиям 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3

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Самостоятельная работа

Занятие 6.1.3.Здоровый образ жизни. Healthy lifestyle

Самостоятельная работа

Занятие 6.1.2.Пристрастия. Addicts

Цели занятия:

Образовательная: расширять лингвистический кругозор через страноведческую информацию

развивающая: развивать речевые способности вступать в иноязычное общение

воспитательная: воспитание культуры общения

практическая: развитие умений диалогической речи

Задания:

1. Освоить лексику по теме «Вредные привычки. Пристрастия»: addict, substitute, treatment, physical consequences, to desire, to reaise, to fall down

2. Научиться употреблять Present perfect.

3. Прочитать текст «Are you hooked» и ответить на вопросы по тексту

4. Выделить из текста различные пристрастия.

5. Выполнить задания ex.3,4..

6. Научиться выражать своё мнение по проблеме.

7. Научиться реагировать на реплики и вопросы одногруппников по теме занятия.

Ответить на вопрос:Would you say you were addicted to anything?

Цели занятия:

Образовательная: расширять лингвистический кругозор через страноведческую информацию

развивающая: развивать речевые способности вступать в иноязычное общение

воспитательная: воспитание культуры общения

практическая: развитие умений диалогической речи

Задания:

1. Освоить лексику по теме «Здоровый образ жизни»: fit, unfit, wasp, sting, bleed, swallow, faint

2.Научиться употреблять Present perfect.

3.Прочитать текст «How fit are you?» и ответить на вопросы по тексту.

4.Выделить из текста различные ключевые слова по теме занятия.

5. Выполнить тест.

6. Научиться выражать своё мнение по проблеме.

7. Научиться реагировать на реплики и вопросы одногруппников по теме занятия.

Make a list of things you must do in order to improve your level of fitness.

Ex1. What can you damage,when you drink alcohol?

BRAIN … can damage your brain.

You think more slowly.

You get depressed.

TEETH … can rot your teeth.

HAIR … is bad for your hair.

It looks thin and dull!

BREATH … makes your breath smell

– who wants to kiss a drunk?

LUNGS … can damage your lungs.

You get more colds and flu.

SKIN … can give you spots!

HEART … is bad for your heart.

LIVER … can destroy your liver.

STOMACH … can damage the wall of your stomach.

WEIGHT … can make you fat.

Half a litre of beer has 750kJ.

Ex 2. Answer the questions below.

EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT TEENS AND ALCOHOL

BEFORE YOU READ: in the UK you can’t drink alcohol in a pub before you’re 18.

· At what age can you drink alcohol in your country?

· Have you ever tasted alcohol? Yes No

Teens and alcohol are big news in the UK. More of today’s teens are drinking. And they start drinking when they’re younger. A 10-year-old was in the news because he drank a lot of alcohol. CROWN investigates…

DRINK DATA

In the UK …

· 90% of children have tried alcohol before they’re 15.

· 25% of childrenhave tried alcohol before they’re 10.

· About 1,000 children go to hospital each year with alcohol poisoning.

· 50% of 12-14-year-olds have already had a bad experience with alcohol.

TRUE STORY: “I drank a bottle of vodka a day”

Victoria started drinking when she was at boarding school. She was 13.

“One weekend, some friends and I drank a small bottle of vodka. It made me feel happy.”

“By the time I was 16, I drank a bottle of vodka a day. I started to need alcohol when I woke up in the morning. I missed classes or arrived late. I had a bad problem, but nobody knew. By 17, I didn’t have any friends.”

“Four month before my exams, the school sent me home. My parents helped me to stop drinking and I took my exams. But I soon started again.”

When she was 18, Victoria went to a special hospital to stop her drinking. “I was there for 14 weeks.”

Victoria hasn’t had a drink of alcohol for eight years. Now she works as a personal trainer. “My life is good now,” she says.

Who gave Victoria the best help?

Her friends her school her parents

If you had a big problem like Victoria, who would you ask for help?

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.

(MUSIC)

I'm Mario Ritter. We have a report on the effects of binge drinking on the brains of young adults.

(SOUND)

YOUNG ADULTS: “I’ve been drinking since I was eighteen.” “I drank about ten drinks, I’d say.”

MARIO RITTER: New studies are looking at the damage that heavy use of alcohol can cause in young people. Christopher Cruise has our story.

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: The National Institute on Drug Abuse says forty-two percent of young adults in America have taken part in what is known as binge drinking. The experts define that as drinking four to five drinks within about two hours.

Tim McQueeny is a researcher in the Psychology Department at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. He is studying how binge drinking affects the brains of young people.

TIM MCQUEENY: “The peak years of alcohol use are during the years when the brains are still developing, especially eighteen to twenty-five when substance use, such as binge drinking, is most prevalent.”

Assistant professor Krista Lisdahl Medina is researching the subject with him.

KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: “We looked at a very high resolution picture of the brain, where we can actually measure what’s called cortical thickness. So this is a measure of basically how thick their brain matter is.”

The researchers say binge drinking is linked to a loss of thickness in the pre-frontal cortex. They explain the many jobs of this part of the brain.

TIM MCQUEENY: “Regulating somebody’s emotions and controlling behaviors.”

KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: “Decision making.”

TIM MCQUEENY: “Controlling attention.”

KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: "The ability to inhibit responses.”
TIM MCQUEENY: “Considering consequences.”

KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: “Monitoring your environment.”

TIM MCQUEENY: “Acting appropriately.”

KRISTA LISDAHL MEDINA: “And, again, that very important ability to inhibit your impulses to do things.”

A team of American and Canadian scientists is also trying to measure the health effects of binge drinking by students. Dr. Michael Fleming is a researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He says they studied cases of alcohol-related injuries and blackouts.

MICHAEL FLEMING: “A blackout is a true period of amnesia. It’s a transient acute memory loss that can last from a couple of hours to longer, depending on how much you drank. So we wanted to know whether that put students -- in particular, college students -- at higher risk for injury.”

The research showed that as blackouts increased, so did the rate of physical injuries. Dr. Fleming says one in four students harmed themselves while drinking.

Many colleges and universities around the United States try to educate students about the dangers especially of binge drinking. Amanda Long works with campus alcohol programs at the University of Maryland. She says the programs there begin even before students arrive at the university.

AMANDA LONG: “We start off by asking them to complete a national three-hour long educational program. It is really just a look at alcohol, how it affects students, how it can be a detriment to their progression as a student.”

At some schools around the country, students are required to use online resources like a program called eCHECKUP TO GO. San Diego State University in California administers that program. Doug Van Sickle is the project director.

DOUG VAN SICKLE: “The program gives the student a personalized feedback about their use of alcohol and how it affects goals and aspirations that are important to them. Career and life, relationships, self-esteem, health and fitness, those kinds of things.

The program does not try to scare students with numbers about alcohol-related injuries or deaths. Instead, the students learn things like how much weight they can gain from alcohol and how much money a night of drinking can cost. Doug Van Sickle says this method really works with college students.

Mary Glasgow magazines,an imprint of scholastic.

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