Out with the alcohol - in with a clear head!
Britain's young people like to drink lots of alcohol… or do they? The view that 18-year-olds just go out to get drunk may be far from reality.
In this programme we hear about research by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ that found more and more young people are not drinking.
We find out some of the reasons behind the change, and explore vocabulary related to drinking alcohol - and giving it up.
This week's question:
How many units are there in a typical bottle of wine? Is it:
a) 8
b) 10
c) 13
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Listen
Young, British and sober
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Vocabulary
- attitude
feeling or opinion about something
- let my hair down
relax and enjoy myself
- binge drinking
drinking a lot of alcohol in a short space of time
- consumed
eaten or drunk (something)
- intoxicated
drunk; unable to behave normally because you have drunk too much alcohol
- hangover
feeling tired and ill the day after drinking too much alcohol
- abstaining
not doing something
- willpower
the ability to control your behaviour
- sober
not drunk; without any alcohol in your system
- awareness campaigns
planned activities to increase people's knowledge and understanding of a subject
- boozing
slang word for drinking alcohol
