Lectura Tercero Medio Sintesis
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People smoke for a variety of reasons:
because they are shy, nervous or don’t feel at ease in society,
to appear sophisticated and older, to be part of a group. The
truth is that smoking doesn’t solve these problems; it only
masks and adds to them as 15yearold !eanette found out too late:
"# can remember very clearly the day # started smoking. # $as 1% and my parents
had let me go to a &hristmas party $ith my friend &ath. # $as e'tremely shy and at the
beginning # (ust sat in a corner of the room. )o$ever, &ath $as *uite different. +he
looked about 1 and acted in a very sophisticated $ay. -fter $e had been at the party
for about half an hour, &ath came over to me $ith oger and /raig from the year above
us at school. 0e talked for a $hile. Then oger suggested $e $ent outside for some
fresh air.
nce $e $ere outside, oger took a pack of cigarettes and lit one. The same
happened $ith /raig and &ath. # $as shocked because # kne$ that &ath had never
smoked before. oger asked me if # $anted a cigarette and # said: "2o, # don’t smoke.3
The boys started laughing saying that only kids didn’t smoke and asking me ho$ old #
$as. # $as so embarrassed that it $as hard to say "no3. -nd that’s ho$ # started.
#t became a habit after that. # thought smoking $as a sign of being gro$nup and
that anyone $ho didn’t smoke $as a baby. #’m ashamed to admit # pressured many of
my friends to begin smoking e'actly as # had been influenced to do it.
-s # $as shy, # used smoking as a cover for it. 0henever # felt an'ious # smoked
a cigarette. 2o$, three years later, # smoke about %4 cigarettes a day and # stink of
smoke. # have a bad cough and #’d love to stop, not only because # kno$ #’m harming
myself, but also because it is costing me a fortune. To tell the truth, # don’t even like
smoking. # hate it but # simply can’t stop.3
ocabulary:
→ +tink 6 have an unpleasant or offensive smell;
→ &ough 6 send out air from the lungs violently and noisily
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I – Read the text and find the synonyms:
1. Timid %. 7iscovered 8. 7istinctly 9. -dult
II – Read the text and find the opposites:
1. ela'ed %. +imple 8. nd 9. elo$
III – Complete the sentences according to the text:
1. The reasons for smoking are varied <
%. +moking is not a solution for <
8. &ath and !eanette’s reactions at the party $ere different <
9. oger suggested going out for fresh air because <
5. !eanette doesn’t like smoking but <
IV – Answer the following questions about the text:
1. 7id !eanette’s feelings to$ards &ath change during the party= 0hy=
%. 0hy did !eanette start smoking=
8. 0hat reason did she find to go on smoking=
9. 0hat influence did !eanette have on other people regarding smoking=
5. )o$ did smoking affect !eanette’s life=
VII – Write a text based on the following questions !"# $%% words&:
1. 0hy do young people smoke=
%. 0hat is your opinion about the problem=
8. )o$ can smoking affect young people= /ive e'amples.
9. Publicity campaigns regarding cigarettes have been banned. 7o you agree $ith this=
!ustify.
5. 0hat can you >as a friend? do to help a person that smokes=
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