Prime Time 7/8, Language in Use, Arbeitsheft

Language in use: Advertising ban on smoking You are going to read a text about an advertising ban on cigarettes. Some forms are missing from the text. Choose from the list (A–L) the correct part for each gap (1–9) in the text. There are two extra forms you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. In many countries, governments are discussing a ban on cigarette advertisements … (0) smoking is certainly one of the most harmful activities. … (Q1) , when you look at advertisements for cigarettes, smoking is usually presented as something … (Q2) provides freedom and is … (Q3) a form of expressing oneself. … (Q4) the positive feelings that are generated through advertising, smoking is a hazard and contributes enormously to rising health costs. A ban on smoking would immediately pay off … (Q5) it would reduce the number of people who suffer from lung cancer and other related diseases. … (Q6) young people learn a lot about the negative effects of smoking in school, many teenagers take up smoking … (Q7) they think they are young and healthy … (Q8) nothing can harm them. Advertising contributes to this feeling as pictures are much more powerful than words. Printing health warnings on cigarette packs is one way of reminding smokers that their habit is detrimental to their health, … (Q9) young people tend to ignore these grimmessages. The countries which have imposed an advertising ban on smoking have shown the way. The question remains: Why don’t the other countries follow? A and F however K that 0 J Q5 B as G if L while Q1 Q6 C because H in spite of Q2 Q7 D but I just Q3 Q8 E even though J since Q4 Q9 Synonyms and antonyms Read the text above again and find synonyms (s = words with the same meaning) and antonyms (a = opposites) for the words below. 1. bad for your health (s): 2. independence (s): 3. to be effective (s): 4. to increase (a): 5. to start (s): 6. harmful (a): 7. strong (s): 8. to help sb. forget (a): 9. to have a negative effect (s): 10. dreadful (s): 5 ✔ / 6 harmful 11 2 Health issues Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv