Homework for Feb 08

1. Per favore traducete le seguenti frasi dall'inglese in italiano:

• We should never undervalue our opponents.
• The judgement of the judge was not favorable in the case of the crime committed by a drug addict who was taking a cocktail of illegal narcotics.
• It's not possible to overestimate the suffering of these past weeks in the Gaza strip.
• The politician nicknamed "the orange man" still feels invincible and is pervaded by a sense of omnipotence.
•  Today's athletes don't take doping pills anymore like the athletes of the past but they have more sophisticated methods to push the athletic limits beyond that which we consider normal.
• The history of humanity is full of massacres and fanaticism.
• Many kids have difficulty channeling the concentration and have medical prescriptions.
• Unfortunately all the medications have side effects that aren't always evident and emerge after many years of use and/or abuse of the medication.
• The dentists always say that their interventions are painless but they are all liars.
• Many young people would like to buy houses but they don't manage to save enough money to pay the high prices that the current real estate market demands.
• The recent attacks carried out by terrorists were not reported in the newspapers.
• Many residents who live near downtown complain of the used syringes with traces of drugs left at their door steps.
• The nurse injected fentanyl to soothe the pain of the patient.
• Several troops were wounded with friendly fire by a tipsy soldier who had gin in his canteen.
• Psilocybin is a substance with a lot of potential not only to reach mystical visions but also to treat various psychiatric problems.

2. Preparatevi per una conversazione sulle droghe legali e illegali, le vostre esperienze e le storie che avete sentito / letto per quanto riguarda per esempio:

• atleti che si dopano

• medicine una volta legali che hanno causato gravi problemi e sono state richiamate
• abuso di prescrizione medica / la responsabilità dei medici
• gli effetti dell'abuso delle droghe legali ed illegali sulla nostra società
• il ruolo delle droghe negli anni '60 e '70
• bambini e ragazzi medicati