KARTA PRACY UCZNIA
Is alcoholism a problem?
Ex. 1 Read the text and fill in the free spaces. Use the given words.
society over leads do weak rate
will friends in reach secondly
Is alcoholism a problem?
Nowadays ________ , facing so many difficulties, has become very ________ and susceptible to what is generally thought to bring relief; hard to believe as it may seem, this is what l________ so many to alcoholism. Firstly, these days’
situation forces people to take part in rat race. The rivalry being so stressful, people eventually want to get it ________, to forget about what makes them so tired and uptight; this is what makes them ________ for alcohol. Unfortunately, there are too many who do not know when to stop. ________, young people, whose parents don’t pay enough attention to and spent too much time earning a living, look for ________. Some of them, sooner or later, begin to drink (some do it just for fun). Lucky them who do not fall ________ with a bad company.
Thirdly, high unemployment ________, the fact that people stay at home with nothing to ________, very often causes frustration, which often results in their alcoholism. Thinking of all these aspects, one can only ask what else the changes in these day’s world ________ give rise to.
Ex. 2 Now, together with your neighbour read the text and match the highlighted words with their definitions.
susceptible the act of competing as for profit or a prize
relief be paid enough money to live on
rat race easily influenced or harmed by something
force a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
rivalry worried or nervous and not able to relax
uptight to make something happen or make someone do
something difficult, unpleasant or unusual, especially by threatening or not offering the possibility of choice
earning a living a way of life in modern society, characterized by people competing with each other for power and money
