viernes, 13 de enero de 2012

Friday night drunks

This video clip is part of the episode BBC Panorama devoted to the drinking binge trend in today's Britain.

I know it's not easy, but some extracts of the clip are accessible for intermediate students. Focus on the questions, try to find an answer for most of them and forget about everything else.

Self-study activity:
Watch the clip and answer the questions below.


1 Where’s the hospital?
2 Where was the first girl found?
3 Who was with her?
4 Who found her?
5 What did she drink?
6 What’s the percentage of the adult population who overdoes it with drink?
7 What’s the percentage of patients treated with alcohol-related problems?
8 What’s the problem with the blonde girl’s (Kelly) brother (David)?
9 What happened to him?

Key:
1 Royal’s A&E in Liverpool 2 Lying on the street 3 Nobody 4 The police 5 At least a bottle of vodka 6 A quarter 7 70% 8 he’s being treated for a cut9 He hit a lamppost and the ground when he fell