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Bo nauka nie musi byę nudna!
ADDICTION
Read the text and do the exercises below. Przeczytaj tekst i wykonaj ęwiczenia.
1ÈÈÈÈ.
Nowadays life has become a rat race. People are becoming more and more tired
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ÈÈ.. their duties, responsibilities and stressful jobs. No wonder then, that all the pressure
we experience in our personal and professional life influences our physical and mental
health. This results
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ÈÈ. various addictions that are developed in response
3
ÈÈ. stressful
lifestyles. You can get hooked
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ÈÈ. practically anything. Addiction starts when passion
cannot be controlled any more.
It is often said that smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol and taking drugs are the most serious
addictions. However, it has been found that there are numerous other things that people
become hooked on these days.
2ÈÈÈÈ..
First of all, it is the modern technology that brings
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ÈÈ. many types of addictions.
Lots of people are addicted
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ÈÈ. television and are unable
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ÈÈ. stop watching certain TV
programmes, soap operas or even buying things through TV shops. More and more people,
especially teenagers are also hooked on the Internet chatting with virtual friends, playing
online games or watching porno sites.
3ÈÈÈÈÈ
Secondly, there is a number of addictions connected with food and dinks. Lots of
people tend to eat chocolate in stressful situations. However, some of them canÓt stop even if
the situation is over. Others are hooked on soft drinks like coca-cola because it contains
caffeine which is highly addictive.
4ÈÈÈÈÈ
Finally, there is an increasing group of people who are not afraid
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ÈÈ. stress. On the
contrary, they are addicted to adrenalin which is produced in stressful and challenging
situations. They take up extreme sports as a hobby, perform dangerous tricks or, simply,
become workaholics spending long hours in the office, deliberately putting pressure on
themselves.
5ÈÈÈÈÈ
Although a number of people think that there is nothing wrong in watching TV,
drinking Coke, surfing the net or eating chocolate, those addictions are the most difficult
ones to detect and cure. In fact, it is those seemingly harmless addictions that turn our lives
into nightmares. They ruin the victimsÓ finances, family lives, friendships and, what is most
important, health. People addicted to shopping lose all their money in a short time while
those hooked on the Internet resign
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ÈÈ. their real lives and start virtual existence. In any
case the addicts lose their health by eating junk food, watching TV for hours or performing
dangerous tricks or even die
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ÈÈ. diseases connected with their addictions.
6ÈÈÈÈÈ.
It is often said that people suffering
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ÈÈ. addictions are slaves of their weaknesses.
Giving up an addiction is an extremely difficult process. Most often it requires not only
strong will but also professional help from a psychologist. Support from the family and
friends is also very important and it allows the addicts to come back to the real life.
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Bo nauka nie musi byę nudna!
Finally, it should be understood that, although there are certain ways to help addicts, the
easiest and most effective method is not to get hooked on anything.
1. Match titles to the correct paragraphs (dopasuj tytuþy do paragrafw)
a.
ADDICTED TO FOOD?
b.
SAD EFFECTS
c.
NATURE OF ADDICTION
d.
MODERN ADDICTIONS
e.
HELP!
f.
EXCITING ADDICTION
2. Match the words with their translations. PoþĢcz wyrazy z tekstu z ich tþumaczeniami
1.
rat race
2.
influence
3.
mental
4.
hooked
5.
numerous
6.
bring about
7.
soap opera
8.
contain
9.
addictive
10.
deliberately
11.
detect
12.
cure
13.
harmless
14.
nightmare
15.
slave
16.
require
17.
support
a.
koszmar
b.
zawieraę
c.
wsparcie
d.
wpþywaę
e.
psychiczny
f.
specjalnie
g.
wyleczyę
h.
niewolnik
i.
uzaleŇniajĢcy
j.
wyĻcig szczurw
k.
uzalezniony
l.
wykryę
m.
liczny
n.
wymagaę
o.
opera mydlana
p.
nieszkodliwy
q.
spowodowaę
3. Look at the text again. The missing words are prepositions. Complete the gaps with
appropriate prepositions. Spjrz ponownie na tekst. BrakujĢce sþowa to przyimki.
Uzupeþnij luki wþaĻciwymi przyimkami
1.
tired ÈÈÈÈ.
2.
result ÈÈÈÈ.
3.
response ÈÈÈÈ.
4.
hooked ÈÈÈÈ.
5.
bring ÈÈÈÈ.
6.
addicted ÈÈÈÈ.
7.
unable ÈÈÈÈ.
8.
afraid ÈÈÈÈ.
9.
resign ÈÈÈÈ.
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10.
die ÈÈÈÈ.
11.
suffer ÈÈÈÈ.
4. Complete the sentences with the phrases from exercise 3
1.
We regret to inform that the president ÈÈÈÈÈ cancer after a long illness.
2.
Although we tried many times we were ÈÈÈÈÈ contact the police
3.
After 20 years of office work she is really ÈÈÈÈÈ filling in tons of papers
4.
It was difficult for him to admit that he is ÈÈÈÈÈ alcohol
5.
Jane didnÓt go with us as she was ÈÈÈÈÈ indigestion
6.
Heavy rains ÈÈÈÈÈ massive floods in 1978
7.
The minister announced that he is thinking of ÈÈÈÈÈ his office
8.
Her hard work ÈÈÈÈÈ a pay rise
9.
I think that IÓm slowly becoming ÈÈÈÈÈ chocolate
10.
Many children are ÈÈÈÈÈ darkness
11.
They doubled the production in ÈÈÈÈÈ the rise in demand
5. Phrasal verbs. Match the following phrasal verbs with their meanings. PoþĢcz czasowniki
frazowe z ich czasownikowymi odpowiednikami
1.
be up to
2.
tell sb. off
3.
look after
4.
make sth out
5.
come into
6.
cut down on
7.
take up
8.
go for
9.
put sb. through
10.
turn up
11.
drop in on
12.
give sth up
13.
end up
14.
look down on
15.
look for
16.
pass away
17.
come up with
18.
get on well
19.
make out
20.
find out
21.
get over
22.
hold on
23.
set off
24.
a.
finish
b.
die
c.
plan
d.
decide
e.
wait
f.
have a good contact with
g.
take care of
h.
come
i.
disrespect
j.
explain
k.
criticize
l.
search
m.
raise
n.
get to know
o.
thing of
p.
quit
q.
recover
r.
start as a hobby
s.
notice
t.
connect
u.
start a journey
v.
inherit
w.
visit
x.
reduce
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6. Complete the text with the phrasal verbs from exercise 5. Some may be used more than
once. Uzupeþnij tekst czasownikami frazowymi z ęwiczenia 5. Niektrych naleŇy uŇyę
wiħcej niŇ raz
Uncle Fester
Last year, Jack Peterson 1_______ that he had 2______ a small fortune after His Uncle Fester
had 3_______. His Uncle had been a heavy smoker for many years and hadn't been able to
4_______on his smoking. Jack 5_______his Uncle Fester, and often 6_______ on him to see
what he 7_______. One summer, Uncle Fester promised to 8_______on his cigarette smoking
after having taken 3 months to 9_______ an extremely bad cough. Jack had 10_______ him
those 3 months and, a number of times, he had 11_______ Uncle Fester _______. He 12_______
with a brilliant idea to make Uncle Fester 13_______ this nasty habit. He had the local cancer
society telephone Uncle Fester. When they called, he told them to 14_______ and then
15_______Uncle Fester _______. They proceeded to 16_______that they were 17_______ a
volunteer to help 18_______the patients. Well, that frightened Uncle Fester, and he immediately
swore to 19_______smoking. In fact, Uncle Fester 20_______jogging in order to help him feel
better and he began to 21_______other smokers (although he couldn't quite 22_______ smoking
_______ entirely himself). One day, as he 23_______on his morning run, he 24_______ a stand
_______ in the distance. It seems that a new society had 25_______that day 26_______people
willing to 27_______ young puppies. Uncle Fester immediately 28_______ a cute Dalmatian,
and 29_______ this new responsibility. Now, three years later Jack had 30_______ the "small
fortune" which reminded him every day of his wonderful, if not wise, Uncle Fester.
KEY
1.
1.
c
2.
d
3.
a
4.
f
5.
b
6.
2.
1.
j
2.
d
3.
e
4.
k
5.
m
6.
q
7.
o
8.
b
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i
10.
f
11.
l
12.
g
13.
p
14.
a
15.
h
16.
n
17.
c
3.
1.
tired of
2.
result in
3.
response to
4.
hooked on
5.
bring about
6.
addicted to
7.
unable to
8.
afraid of
9.
resign from
10.
die of
11.
suffer from
4.
1.
died of
2.
unable to
3.
tired of
4.
hooked on / addicted to
5.
suffering from
6.
brought about
7.
resigning from
8.
result in
9.
addicted to / hooked on
10.
afraid of
11.
response to
5.
1.
c
2.
k
3.
g
4.
s
5.
v
6.
x
7.
r
8.
d
9.
t
10.
h
11.
w
12.
p
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