IV. Match the heading and the paragraph. One heading is unnecessary.

I. Match the words and pictures.

1) Rebellious, 2) ill-mannered, 3) aggressive, 4) skeptical, 5) intolerant, 6) flighty, 7) clumsy, 8) untidy, 9) too self-assured, 10) shy, 11) bullied, 12) rejected.

a) b) c) d)

e) f) g) h) i)

j) k) l)

II. Group up words and word expressions into two columns.

positive	negative

tolerant, flexible, rebellious, ill-mannered, violent, skeptical, reasonable, polite, self-disciplined, patient, fair, tidy, self-balanced, self-assured, ambitious, clumsy, awkward, cocky, shy to talk about his/her problems, afraid to be seen as a looser, bullied, rejected, honest, kind, goal-oriented, punctual, cheeky, jolly, scared of being lonely, flighty, impatient, cynical.

III. Reading. Fill in the gaps with given words and read the text.

Politics, part-time, problems, spots, boring, money, chore, appearance, guy, drugs, grades

I am a teenager so my life isn’t easy. I have many (1) __. My parents want me to get good (2) __ at school. But I have so many subjects at school and some of them are extremely (3) __. I have to do much homework and to read many foolish books, while some teachers don’t understand that their subjects are not the most important things in my life. Some of my friends worry a lot about their (4) __ and their teenage (5) __ which spoil our lives! I must confess that (6) __, alcohol and AIDS don’t really bother me or my friends. The same I should say about (7) __. What we really care about is how to impress a cute (8) __ or an attractive girl. Of course I, like many other teenagers, have problems with (9) __. Some of my friends found a (10) __ job in order to have an opportunity to earn some money. But despite all these problems, the life of a teenager today isn’t a (11) __, it is still fun.

IV. Match the heading and the paragraph. One heading is unnecessary.

1) Teenagers’ Interests

2) Do Teenagers Have Problems?

3) Typical American Teenagers.

4) Are Teenagers a Problem?

5) What is a Teenager?

A. Officially, a teenager is anyone aged from 13 to 19 inclusively, but most people would probably think first of the younger age group and exclude 18 and 19-year-olds. After all, once you reach 18 you can vote, get married without your parents’ permission, and join the army. On the other hand, children are growing up and developing more quickly, and these days 11 and 12-year-olds would like to include themselves in the ‘teenager’ group.

B. According to ‘the older generation’, teenagers are lazy, they wear ridiculous clothes, and are appallingly rude to their betters and elders; they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, constructive, caring or hard-working. What’s more, they spend all their time listening to awful music and watching unsuitable films.

C. Teenagers are human so, of course, they have problems. It is a difficult time for them because it is a period of transformation. It isn’t quite as bad as a chrysalis changing into a butterfly, but it may seem like that. It isn’t easy to grow up, and the dramatic physical and emotional changes are often confusing and worrying.

D. Typical American teenagers do not in fact differ from Ukrainians or Britons. They think their teachers make them work too hard; they love their parents, but are sure they don’t understand anything; and their friendships are the most important things in their lives. Some of them do have a lot of money to spend, but usually they have earned it themselves.

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