This week the ‘Thinking in English’ Community is talking about whether harmful habits should be banned.
There are many activities and substances that are either restricted or outright banned by governments around the world, but should that list be added to?
New technologies and innovations lead us to new harmful habits that can negatively affect our lives. Should these things be banned? Should they be limited?
Here are 10 conversation questions to get you talking about whether harmful habits should be banned.
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Conversation Questions: Should Harmful Habits be Banned?
1. What harmful things are banned in your country? Do you agree with the bans?
2. What habit would you like to see banned in your country?
3. What restrictions can help to lower the impact of harmful habits?
4. How can children and young people be protected from harmful habits?
5. Do you have any harmful habits? What would make you quit?
6. Do you think your country has a problem with illegal substances?
7. What things would you like to see your country restrict more heavily?
8. What is more important, the health of people, or the health of the environment?
9. What harmful activities will become the biggest problems in the future?
10. “Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.”
Robert Baden-Powell
What do you think of this quote?
Vocabulary List:
- Harmful
- causing harm: physical or other injury or damage
- Banned
- forbidden (= not allowed)
- Ban
- an official order that prevents something from happening
- Habit
- something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it
- Restriction
- to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss
- Protect
- something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it
- Ilegal Substance
- A chemical or drug that is banned by law
- Restrict
- to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing
- Forbid
- to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible
- Punishment
- the act of making someone suffer for something they did wrong
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Model Answers:
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