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1. 2. 3. 4. a world full of technological wonders enjoy a high level of living ancestors never even dreamed of become a menace and a destroyer of lives in this modern world 5. Their lives to be ruled by drugs 6. got sucked unwittingly into the trap 7. a means to escape from their unhappy lives 8. contributes significantly to the rise of 9. a liability to society/a scourge to society 10. resort to any means 11. care less as long as they get their next fix 12. lost all their integrity and responsibility 13. familys name to be dragged into public disgrace 14. get thrown into the cesspool of corruption 15. a chance to kick their habit (turn over a new leaf) 16. take preventive measures against 17. millions of lives are thrown into despair 18. a lucrative trade/return/business 19. reached epidemic proportions to all parts of the world 20. make huge profits out of the misery of other people 21. criminals and crooks (perverts) 22. behind the faade of respectability 23. indulge in 24. law-enforcers simply cannot cope with this epidemic 25. enjoy their ill-gotten gains 26. multiply ominously 27. stand an awful good chance to becoming a 28. what can be done to stop/scotch this scourge? 29. methods employed so far seem only to threat the symptoms and not the cause 30. really positive step in stopping the scourge 31. drug menace to be eradicated 32. carry on lamenting the fact 33. scourge slowly eat away into the heart of society 34. Newspaper seem to be filled with reports of rape, robbery and murder everyday 35. world is infested with criminals and their numbers are increasing 36. there are punishments meted out to those who get caught 37. convicted housebreaker would probably be jailed 38. an armed robber may be jailed longer and given a few strokes of rattan as well 39. effective deterrent against going back to criminal activities

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40. require hospitalization in order to recover 41. embezzlement and other misappropriation of money is punishable by fines and in more severe cases by imprisonment 42. most common form of punishment that is meted out is imprisonment 43. extortionist () may be jailed a few months while a murderer may be jailed for life 44. The repented prisoner is often granted parole 45. some ex-convicts, however, revert back to crime once they have completed their sentence 46. the death sentence is the ultimate punishment that can be given to a criminal 47. take enormous risks 48. in that way crime would surely be lessened and newspaper would have more pleasant things to report 49. The above two examples illustrate 50. the world that we live in now is badly affected by pollution

51. consequently the things we drink, breathe in and eat are all polluted 52. we ought to value our planet for it is only place we can live in 53. a major cause of 54. sheer amount of information 55. everyone is force-fed a diet of information regardless whether he or she can cope with it or not 56. it is all very idealistic to say such things but I do not see anyone practising it 57. as diligently as I can 58. loaded with homework up to the neck 59. homework should be abolished 60. given discreetly 61. on the contrary 62. feel so tense and overworked 63. inevitably 64. never a pleasant affair 65. volume of homework is manageable and they can be done efficiently and quickly 66. thousands are killed and many more injured or maimed 67. roads have become a major killing ground 68. no one wants to be a casualty or even involved in an accident 69. can be avoided by just being sensible

70. faulty breaks will almost certainly result in an accident when an emergency arises 71. an invitation to 72. impatience takes over and before we know it we will be driving recklessly and heading towards an accident 73. especially vulnerable on the roads 74. we must drive or ride defensively 75. aptly 76. being intoxicated by drugs or alcohol is not being smart 77. In this modern age 78. as we progress more and more 79. the condition of our Earth becomes worse 80. the demise of 81. are threatened with extinction 82. threats persist 83. ever-increasing demands made on the Earth by the man 84. population is increasing by leaps and bounds 85. shows no sign of abating 86. we take up more space 87. is just one of the problems 88. decimation of the jungle for economic gain

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89. profit-minded businessmen 90. simply perish 91. doomed to die by the hands 92. not allowed to get out of hand as it is now 93. to keep their population in manageable proportions 94. cutting down our jungles in the name of development 95. blindly develop our land 96. fetch lucrative returns for 97. has been banned but it goes on unabated 98. law-enforcers cannot cope with the number of poachers 99. about the cruelty perpetuated on these animals 100. see the Earth as something to be exploited 101. taken to safeguard our wild life 102. resume the destruction of the environment 103. we are all intimately connected with our environment will we then desist from destroying it 104. At present this is not realized by most men for we are still bent on destroying our wild life and environment