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New College English Directions: Many jobs involve risks. Some even have several risks. Work in pairs to classify the following list of jobs. Why would people like to take risks? Directions: Read the following quotes on risk and work in pairs to discuss why people would like to take risks. ?? Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don’t. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever. — Philip Andrew Adams ?? However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. — Henry Havelock Ellis In a normal day, what are the three riskiest things you do? It is much more difficult when anxiety about other forms of risk is concerned, because with many risks, the situation is not as simple. (Line 15) 2. But what if you get hit from the side and end up trapped inside the vehicle, unable to escape because of a damaged seat belt mechanism? ( Line20) 3. In the case just discussed, we would find the relative safety of car travel and coal mining by dividing the numbers of lives lost in each by the number of people participating in each.(Line57) 4. Once we understand that risk can never be totally eliminated from any situation and that, therefore, nothing is completely safe, we will then see that the issue is not one of avoiding risks altogether but rather one of managing risks in a sensible way. (Line 68) Directions: Work in groups to discuss the following questions. 1. What are some of the negative effects of technology on our health? 2. Are environmental risks worth taking? Explain your answer. 3. Do you think people have interfered too much in the environment? What are some of the negative effects of technology on our health? 2. Are environmental risks worth taking? Explain your answer. Yes, some risks are necessary to take for a country to become more developed and to improve living conditions and material comfort