Vocabulary
Academic Word List
- attribute
- constitutes
- gender
- mechanism
- persistently
- refined
Other Vocabulary
- addiction
- appetite
- cocaine
- compulsion
- crave
- crystals
- dependency
- depressant
- detrimental
- dopamine
- entails
- illicit
- impulse
- inhaled
- neurotransmitters
- persecuted
- portrayed
- stimulant
- substances
- suppressant
- synapse
- thrill
- tolerance
- utterly
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do exercises 1 and 2.
Pre-Reading
Use the questions to begin a discussion. Try to be sure everyone in your group gives their opinion and explains why they hold that opinion before moving on to the next question.
- What are examples of things that people can become addicted to? Can behaviours be addictive?
- Why do you think that people become addicted to something? why might it be so hard to stop?
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do Exercise 3.
Reading
Making Predictions
Previewing skills help you look over the main structure, whereas skimming gets readers to look more at the words and ideas used while still not reading the complete text. It allows you to look more accurately at the main ideas, and this you can make better predictions about the content. When skimming, a reader goes through the whole text very quickly, but does not focus on every word or read entire sentences. These are all skills that have already been covered with other Readings in the class.
Exercise
Please click the Exercise link to continue and do exercises 4 and 5.
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