Vocabulary Task 4 Complete the table. Use these words.

Charlie
slurred lost impaired slurring losing impairing uncoordinated slow

Describing the effects of drugs and alcohol

Description

slurred speech He's (1) his words. / His speech is (2).

loss of co-ordination He is (3) his co-ordination. / He has (4) his co-ordination.

His movements are (5)
slow reactions Her reactions were very (

impaired judgement Her judgement was (7)

Alcohol was (8) her ability to drive.

[1.58] ® Listening Task 5 Listen to three incidents related to drink and drugs. Answer the questions.
Incident 1
1 Where are the police officers and the young man?
a in the street b in a night club c at the police station
2 The young man:
a is unconscious. b is unwell. c is driving dangerously.
3 The young man:
a bought some drugs in a nightclub. b sold some drugs in the nightclub,
c is a dealer.
Incident 2
1 Where are the police officer and the man?
a by the roadside b in a bar c at the police station
2 The police officer stopped the man because he was:
a drinking. b weaving from side to side. c unconscious.
Incident 3
1 Where are the people?
a in a bar b at the police station c in a night club
2 When the police found Svetlana:
a she was drunk. b they couldn't understand what she said,
c she spoke clearly.
3 The police think:
a there was a drug in Svetlana's drink. b Svetlana bought drugs,
c Svetlana sold drugs.

Writing Task 6 Choose one of the incidents from Task 5 and write short a report. Use the
audioscript on page 119 to help you. Include the following information.
• time and date of the incident
• location of the incident
• what you were doing (past continuous) when the incident occurred (past simple)
• what the offender / victim / member of the public did and said
• what you did and said
• what offence (if any) was committed

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