4 Two young people are debating on whether TV series are addictive or not. Decide if each sentence is FOR or AGAINST, then put them into the correct sequence and add two sentences and reasons for each to conclude the discussion. 1. I don t agree with you there. I also have a cousin who, as far as I m concerned, has gone crazy because he watches Netflix too much. He s completely lost his sense of reality. 4. I m afraid I think differently. I know masses of people who watch series all the time with no ill-effects, they just enjoy them. FOR/AGAINST ................. 5. Exactly, that s how it should be, but look, for example, at Karen. She s totally hooked on them. She never goes out and her marks at school have really gone down, she spends her whole time watching them. FOR/AGAINST ................. 2. Do you think it s because of that?? Personally, I think she s just crazy anyway and series are just fun to watch and you can chill out in the evenings. FOR/AGAINST ................. 3. Yes, but he s one case in a million. Lots of young people watch Netflix without any problem at all. FOR/AGAINST ................. FOR/AGAINST ................. FOR/AGAINST ................. 6. As far as I can see, Netflix series are addictive. FOR ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. FOR ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. AGAINST .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... AGAINST .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Hold a debate tournament in your class. Choose from the following topics. 1. If you are addicted to something you are a weak person. 2. Gambling can become an addiction. WRITING 3. The age to legally buy alcohol should be raised to 21. 4. Every school should have a support centre for addiction problems. STORY Narrating a story 6 Read the parts of the story below which have been mixed up and put them into the correct order. 1. Title ............................................................. 2. Introduction ............................................................. 3. First event ............................................................. 4. Second event ............................................................. 5. Conclusion ............................................................. a. It s hard to explain what it was like after that, but I felt very lonely and isolated because I could never ask friends home and it took me years to realise why I used to find beer cans hidden all over the house. b. My sister and I have grown up very close, together we survived and have studied and found jobs, but there is no happy ending for my mum. She still battles with her problem. c. Growing up with my alcoholic mother d. I was born in 1996 and grew up in Dublin, Ireland, where I was one of the many children who grew up with an alcoholic parent. e. The first 10 years or so of my life, I don t remember my father being home very much. He worked in the evenings, mostly, and this left me with my mum as my main parent. When I was fourteen, my sister was born. This changed my life as I became replacement mother because even she couldn t stop my mum drinking. Two years later, my dad died. 19 UNIT 2 B1