Unhealthy Vices

B2 – Upper Intermediate

All of us have habits, be it good or bad. We do these habits as some sort of coping mechanism when we’re stressed. Sometimes it’s done to get pleasure or even to avoid pain.

This article from 2012 proves that you can kick that bad habit any time or any year.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2013/01/15/8-unhealthy-vices-to-extinguish-now

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you have any vices or bad habits you’d like to overcome? What are they and how do you plan to extinguish them?
  2. What do you think are the negative effects of vices?
  3. Cite other unhealthy habits that were not mentioned in the article.
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4 replies on “Unhealthy Vices”

1. Do you have any vices or bad habits you’d like to overcome?
Yes, I have vices that I would like to eliminate like tobacco.
2. What do you think are the negative effects of vices?
True vices affect the mind and body in different ways.
3. Do you know of any other habits that were not mentioned in the article?
Yes, for example smoking and leading a sedentary life are vices that affect the body very negatively.

Thank you for your efforts writing your answers to the questions on this lesson.

Here is how you can write this sentence a bit better:

Yes, I have vices that I would like to eliminate like tobacco.
Yes, I have vices like smoking tobacco that I would like to eliminate.

1. Do you have any vices or bad habits you’d like to overcome?
Many years ago, when I was nervous and stressed I bited my nails and then I felt pain in nails. However, when I realized this action I never thought if I will felt pain. Now, I only bit the stepfathers because when I have a stepfather in my fingers I feel so nervous and I decided cut it.

2. What do you think are the negative effects of vices?
I think that the most of vices created addition.

3. Do you know of any other habits that were not mentioned in the article?
Yes, I know. For example, when I was studying at school I had a teacher who pull out her hair and for example the last weekend I was with one of my friends and explain me that her boyfriend’s Sister is a surgeon and he had many surgery in differents patients because they introduced extrange things in their body lije a mobile phone, or even, objects like a scissors.

You are obviously trying to do your best in doing this exercise. Well done!

We believe you mean “hangnails” and not “stepfathers” here:

Now, I only bit the stepfathers because when I have a stepfather in my fingers I feel so nervous and I decided cut it.
Now, I only bite the hangnails because when I have hangnails in my fingers, I feel so nervous and I decide to immediately cut them.

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