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TD3-Alcohol: Tackling heavy cost of harmful drinking

BEFORE WATCHING

1. What des OECD stand for?

The OECD countries is the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, It was
established in 1961. In 2018, the OECD has 36 members, there are industrialized countries.

2. What is their mission?

It plays a role of consultative assembly. It promotes policies that will improve economic and social well-
being around the world. It promotes free market policies and trade.

WHILE WATCHING

General comprehension

3. What sort of document is it?

The document is a short report about the consumption of alcohol. It's only a soundtrack, we don’t have
video.

4. What is the issue?

The consumption of alcohol in OECD countries and her consequences are the issue of this document.

Detailed comprehension

5. Over the past 20 years, has the consumption of alcohol increased or decreased?

Over the past 20 years, the consumption of alcohol has decreased. “Consumption has fallen” is saying
in the document.

6. But who is drinking more? And why (give 3 answers)?

Young people and women are drinking more, because alcohol is becoming easily available, more
affordable and advertise more effectively.
 7. Would you say that the following statements are RIGHT or WRONG?

- Less educated men are more likely to drink alcohol.

RIGHT

- More educated women are more likely to drink alcohol.

RIGHT

- A lot more children under 15 have been drunk over the past decade.

RIGHT “children under 15 who have been drunk has jump over the past decade”

8. Nowadays, how much alcohol on average does a person drink per year? And how many bottles
of wine does it represent?

A person drinks about 10 liters of pure alcohol per person per year. It represents one hundred bottles of
wine.

9. Would you say that zero alcohol for everyone is suggested by the journalist? What does she
say?

No the journalist didn’t suggest “zero alcohol”, because alcohol can have beneficial effects if it
consumed in a little or lower quantity like 1 unit less per week.

10. What does the journalist say about the number of deaths caused by alcohol?

Worldwide, alcohol causes more death than HIV violent crimes or tuberculosis combined for example.

11. What can the consequences of drinking too much alcohol can be? (give 3 answers)

Drinking too much alcohol can provoke car accidents, domestic abuse and so much money goes
towards healthcare for people who have been injured because of alcohol.

12. What would the benefits of reducing harmful drinking be? (give 4 answers)

Benefits are huge. Reducing harmful drinking can decrease the consequences said above.

OECD says 4 steps:

-increase taxes

-advertise about the dangers

-treat problem drinking by physician and other healthcare professional

-enforce the laws about drinking and driving

AFTER WATCHING

Vocabulary

Give a synonym (it's in the article)

- drinking too much : binge drinking

Give the French equivalent:

- affordable: abordable

- to indulge in : s’adonner à

- huge : énorme

- to enforce a law : faire respecter une loi

- advertising : publicité

Expressing your opinion

Write a very short paragraph about the following question:

How much importance do you give to this issue? Do you think we should be concerned?

Why or why not?

According to me, we should be concerned with a great importance to this issue, because France is one
of the OECD countries, so our country is concerned. Even if we do not consume alcohol we all know
consumers.

Also, we learned that the consumption of alcohols jumps in teen population and it is this aspect that is
the most problematic and the most important in my opinion. The more alcohol consumption is early;
about people of 15 years (so illegal at first) more the risk of developing heavy consequences, like
addiction, is important. So prevention is important and necessary.

Moreover it is a health problem which can be decreased because it is not a genetic problem but rather a
problem of habits of life, so it can be controlled.