1. Read the text and define the main problems most of teenagers face nowadays. Think over the ways to solve these problems. What other things are urgent for the teenagers’ world from your point of

Teenagers’ World

1. Read the text and define the main problems most of teenagers face nowadays. Think over the ways to solve these problems. What other things are urgent for the teenagers’ world from your point of view. Be sure you know the underlined words and word-combinations.

Growing up can cause problems. Many of them are common for all young people.

But the problem number one of most teenagers is the problem of fathers and sons. When you are 16 or 17, you want to be treated like an adult, to be more independent in your actions and your way of life. You want your parents to consider your opinion and not interfere in your private life. You want to develop interests and values different from those of your parents. That sets a conflict between the two generations, the generation gap. Some parents neglect their children; they can’t find a common language with each other. It happens sometimes that children run away from home. But it’s not the way out. Parents should help their children though it is difficult to be tolerant and to find the right approach to them. And teens must trust their parents and try to find in their parents more positive than negative traits. You need to talk your problems over in the family but not to quarrel every time you have some disagreement.

Another one of the real problems is having no close friend. A lot in our life depends upon the friends we have, their influence on us. We try to make friends with cheerful and true people. We want to have much in common with our friend, to socialize with a person who has the same point of view on significant items. We expect for our friend’s understanding and support if we are in trouble. The proverb says “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. But to be such a person and to have such a friend is a hard work

The other very important problem of teens is their study. Sometimes you feel bad because of teachers’ or groupmates’ attitude to you. You are tired of studying, that’s why you don’t have energy and time for doing other things. Another problem is marks. We try to do our best to have good marks, but our parents never like them.

There are other serious and worrisome problems of modern teenagers such as smoking, alcoholism, and drug-habit. People of almost every age are susceptible to pernicious habits but they hit the youth the hardest. Some young men use drugs because they think that they are cool guys. But in fact they don't realize how wrong and dangerous it is. They can't stop and become dependent on drugs - drug addicts. This involves the other serious problems: juvenile delinquency, AIDS.

Teenagers are greatly influenced by social problems such as unemployment, dysfunctional families and the stress of getting into a new school. They don't know how to cope with the problems which do not depend on them. They're badly prepared for their solution mentally, spiritually and even physically. If they fail, they can be driven to despair and won't find the way out if not helped by their families, school and some other representatives of society.

In fact, teenagers have got a lot of work. They're busy with their studies, household chores, and some of them have a paid job. But there's no time for fun and they want to be entertained at least sometimes. This excessive work leads to an inner conflict which is usually expressed in the form of an open, direct protest against the world of grown-ups. Most teens don't know how to organise their free time for raising their cultural level, enriching their knowledge and improving their physical forms.

2. Translate into Ukrainian the following words and word-combinations.

Generation gap; adult; interfere in one’s work; find a common language with someone; have much in common with someone; have the same point of view on a significant item; be in trouble; pernicious habits; become dependent on something; juvenile delinquency; dysfunctional family; cope with the problems; depend on/upon; drive to despair; find the way out; household chores; have a paid job; grown-ups; organise free time; raise cultural level; enrich knowledge; improve physical form.

3. Give English equivalents to the following words and word-combinations.

Підлітки; проблема батьків та дітей; спосіб життя; покоління; вихід; терпимий або толерантний; знаходити правильний підхід; позитивні та негативні риси; веселі та щирі люди; вживати наркотики; наркомани; рішення (проблем); внутрішній конфлікт.

4. Match the synonyms.

Adult; neglect; pernicious habits; significant; despair; communicate; easily impressed emotionally; angry disagreement; close friend; make friends; problem of fathers and sons; quarrel; grown-up; intimate; generation gap; ignore; go for a walk; important; become friendly; socialize; be out of doors; susceptible; bad habits; total loss of hope.

5. Form the possible word-combinations using given verbs.

- to find the same point of view

- to solve dependent (on)

- to have driven to despair;

- to make in trouble;

- to be a common language (with);

- to find a conflict;

- to cope one’s life

- to be much in common;

- to have friends;

- to set the right approach

- to consider busy;

- to interfere in with a problem;

- to become one’s opinion;

- to be the problem;

6. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words.

support, treats, in trouble, disagree, patience, scolded, rely on, trust, consider, wrong, influence

1. I often … with him as to what we must do.

2. If I were you, I wouldn’t … him, he is dishonest.

3. The teacher … us like children but we are grown people.

4. You can … me to help you.

5. The little boy was … so I swam out to save him.

6. This girl’s … made him a better person.

7. If you … the fact that she’s only been studying English a year, she speaks it very well.

8. Which football team do you …?

9. The clock is …; it’s later than the time it shows.

10. You need a lot of … when you work here.

11. The child was … by its mother.

7. Agree or disagree with me. Try to prove your statement.

1. Each of a young man has his own view point on his life and his future but there are not problems which are common for all young people.

2. Teenagers don’t want to be independent; they prefer to rely on their parents and other adults.

3. One of the significant problems young people face is to choose the future profession, it means to choose the future of their life.

4. Parents and children can solve their problems only with quarrels.

5. In fact, there is not only the generation gap but the problem of misunderstanding between different youth groups.

6. Most of young people spend their free time in the streets.

7. People of almost every age are susceptible to the pernicious habits but they hit the youth the hardest.

8. Million young people today are using drugs, and most of them will die.

9. Nothing can be done to help young generation in solving the problems they face.

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