Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. Translate them into Russian/Belarusian

– to traffick (in) sth/sb;

– bondage;

– to live in bondage;

– forced labour;

– to fuel sth;

– to undermine sth;

– to be an affront to sth;

– to be susceptible to sth;

– a copmprehensive approach;

– to enslave sb;

– to hold a light;

– to force sb into sth.

 

Speech Activities

Answer the following questions. Make use of the supplementary text “Cheated and Betrayed”

1. What causes trafficking in person?

2. Who becomes victims of trafficking? Why?

3. What forms of forced labour are discussed in the text?

4. What approach does the challenge of trafficking demand?

5. How does the Obama administration view the fight against human trafficking, at home and abroad?

6. What is the aftermath of trafficking in humans?

7. What is the incidence of trafficking in human beings worldwide and in this country? Support your reflections with some evidence/proofs.

8. What should be done to reduce the scope of human trafficking?

 

Discussion

To hold the discussion make use of all the texts and of the supplementary texts.

 

Discuss in groups of 3 – 4 students.

causes of drug abuse among:

adults (health problems, frustration of the career, unemployment, family problems, desire to make money, loss of moral values);

teenagers (peer pressure, immaturity, curiosity, parents’ permissiveness, lack of parental love and care).

Consequences of drug abuse: (health disorders, spreading of venereal and infectious diseases, family disintegration, divorces, abandoned children, street children, demoralization and degradation of a personality, learning problems, crimes, disabled children, abandoned elderly people, different conflicts, employment problems).

Measures to reduce/eradicate the incidence of drug abuse and trafficking in human beings:(to promote peoples awareness about the danger and consequences of drug abuse, to develop the balanced national policies and strategies on drugs, to start moral re-armament campaigns worldwide, to ban advertising alcohol, cigarettes, drugs of any sort on TV and in other mass media, to enhance the role of a family in society).

Writing

Write an article to a newspaper expressing your concern about the present-time morals and also offer some suggestions on moral re-armament.

Write a letter to Mr. Alexander, who wrote the article “Parents are too permissive with their children nowadays”.

Imagine you are the head of a Charity Fund. Write a report about the charity activities your fund is performing.

Functional vocabulary

 

abandon v
adapt v
addict n, v
addicted adj
adultery n
advise v	~ sb on sth
advocate n
AIDS
alienation n
antisocial adj	~ behaviour, ~ actions
appeal v, n
asset n	a priceless ~
asylum-seeker n
availability n
barbiturate n	be dependent on ~
battery n
bear	~ fruit
bedridden adj	~ people
bereave v	~ed people
bereavement n	to do ~ counseling
bitterness n
boredom n
break down n
break out of v
buck up v
cannabis n
carer n
charity n
charitable adj
child-abuse n
coke-fiend n
decline n, v
deport v	to be ~ed
detain v
detainee n
deterrent adj,	~ effect on sth
donate v
down-drag n	~ of base instincts
dreamy adj	~ state
drug n	hard/soft ~s ~ abuse, ~ trafficking, ~ dealer, ~ carrier, ~ policies, ~ route, ~ addiction, recreational ~s, lucrative ~s, illicit ~s, ~ rehabilitation
empower v
enforcement n	~ programs, law ~ agencies/officials
enslave v
entitle v
enthuse about sth v
envision v
fend off v
fraud n
frustration n
greed n
hazardous adj	health ~
hardy adj	~ creatures
highlight v
HIV	~ positive
housebound adj	~ people
illicit adj	~drugs
incentive n
incidence n	HIV ~, ~ of drug abuse
interdict v,
interdiction n
laissez-faire adj, n	~ policy
lethal adj
long v	~ for sth
lucre n
lucrative, adj
mandatory adj	~ tests
massacre n
mentor n	an adult ~
mug v
nudge n, v	~ into doing sth, ~ sb away from drugs
outcry n
penalize v
peril n	~s of narcotics
policy-maker n
prevention n	~ efforts, ~ measures
recession n
toddler n
to traffick in sth/sb v trafficker n	~ in drugs; ~human beings; drug ~ing; drug ~
violence n
voluntary adj	~ work
volunteer n
volunteerism n

Phrases related to the topic

to clean one’s slate	moral re-armament
to contribute of one’s time and talents	to transmit HIV by shared needles
to fit into people’s spare time	HIV transmission rates
to have a sense of worth	a one-size-fits-all policy
information overload	a say-no to drugs approach
to sit on the fence	to be entitled to merchandise discounts
to put one’s heart into sth	to fend off peer pressure
on a grassroots level	to test positive
a grassroots family	to stay clean
like-minded people	to cut oneself off from drug takers
to succumb to peer pressure	needle exchange programmes
a child rearing manual	prodigies of chemistry
to raise money	violence begets violence
to get people off sidelines	drug related death
to smoke pot

Moral Re-Armament

 

Speech Functions Bank