Vocabulary
1. metabolism (n.) 新陳代謝
2. slur (v.) 含糊不清
3. discrimination (n.) 歧視
4. overdose (n.) 過量
5. bench-mark (n.) 參照
6. self-destruction (n.) 自毀
7. speed (n.) 安非他命
8. cocaine (n.) 可卡因
9. vodka (n.) 伏特加
10. ecstasy (n.) 狂喜
11. dehydration (n.) 脫水
12. weed (n.) 大麻
A famous example of how drugs affect one’s future.
Amy Jade Winehouse, the greatest singer in the world in 2007 that had got 5 Grammy Awards in a year. Though her career is very successful, her private life and health are just like a mess. Amy Winehouse got lots of problems with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as self-destructive behavior, depression, alcoholic poisoning and etc. She has become very popular in regular tabloid news since 2007.
Amy Winehouse had been the sign of drug and alcohol addiction, she even got a nickname “Queen of drugs”. And it surely affects her career in the future.
As drugs and alcohol are so influential, we should be aware and try to stay away from it.
23 December 2008
6B presentation
Do you know (1) why seawater cannot be drunk?
(2) why we should not pull out your white hair?
(3) why it is difficult to bit a cockroach?
(4) why we should stretch ourselves?
(1) No. Seawater has a high concentration level of salt and minerals. Our body has to remove the excessive salts and minerals through sweat (汗液) and urine (尿液), through which more water is lost, thus greatly increasing the workload of kidney (腎).
(2) No. Pulling out hair hurts our hair follicles (毛囊). The production of melanin(黑色素) will be further reduced. More black hair will turn grey and look unhealthy. To alleviate the situation, we could take in more iodine (碘) and have adequate rest.
(3) Scientists found that before anyone taking any action to catch a cockroach, it has escaped already. There are 440 wind detectors(偵測器) on a cockroach’s tails. They are very sensitive to wind movement and speed.
(4) If we sit or stand still, in addition to intense mental activities, our brain lacks oxygen. After stretching ourselves, our brain has more exercise and takes in more oxygen, resulting in improvement in concentration.
(2) why we should not pull out your white hair?
(3) why it is difficult to bit a cockroach?
(4) why we should stretch ourselves?
(1) No. Seawater has a high concentration level of salt and minerals. Our body has to remove the excessive salts and minerals through sweat (汗液) and urine (尿液), through which more water is lost, thus greatly increasing the workload of kidney (腎).
(2) No. Pulling out hair hurts our hair follicles (毛囊). The production of melanin(黑色素) will be further reduced. More black hair will turn grey and look unhealthy. To alleviate the situation, we could take in more iodine (碘) and have adequate rest.
(3) Scientists found that before anyone taking any action to catch a cockroach, it has escaped already. There are 440 wind detectors(偵測器) on a cockroach’s tails. They are very sensitive to wind movement and speed.
(4) If we sit or stand still, in addition to intense mental activities, our brain lacks oxygen. After stretching ourselves, our brain has more exercise and takes in more oxygen, resulting in improvement in concentration.
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