Unit 7 lớp 12

The inhabitants of Tango, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug. They grew the plant all over the island and they took the drug everyday. This made it more difficult for them to think rationally – it stopped them worrying about the future and enabled them to foget all their problems. At the same time, it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves. And because of the drug, the whole population of the island stopped working and spent all their time singing and dancing and looking at the sea.
Unfortunately this had very bad effects on the country’s economy. The workers and farmers became lazy, the children didn’t want to go to school and the whole population began to run short of food. This, however, didn’t discourage people from taking the drug. The Prime Minister made speeches on the TV warning them about the drug, but nobody took any notice, andbefore long the economy of the country was in ruins. This forced the Govement to take measures. They introduced a law to make the drug illegal. But that only made the situation worse. The law couldn’t prevent the people from taking the drug. On the contrary, the fact that of the drug was illegal encouraged people to take it more. They put the drug-takers into prison. But this did not have any effect, there were not enough prisons for them. Eventually, the Govement found a solution: they exported the drug to other countries. This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day a week, and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without any care in the world.