1. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами:
boring, money, part-time, problems, spots, marks, chore, appearance, guy, bother, politics
We are teenagers, so our life isn’t easy. We have a lot of (1). Our parents want us
to get good (2) at school. But we have so many subjects at school and some of them
are extremely (3). We 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
our life. Some of our friends worry a lot about their (4) and their teenage
(5) which spoil our lives! We must confess that drugs, alcohol and AIDS don’t
really(6) us or our friends. The same we should say about (7). What
we really care about is how to impress a handsome (8) or an attractive girl. Of
course we, like many other teenagers, have problems with (9). Some of our friends
found a (10) job in order to have an opportunity to earn some money. But despite all
these problems, the life of teenagers today isn’t a (11), it is still fun.
2. Подберите к каждому тексту подходящий по смыслу заголовок. Один
заголовок лишний.
1. Teenagers’ Interests
2. Are Teenagers a Problem?
3. What is a Teenager?
4. Do Teenagers Have Problems?
5. Typical American Teenagers.
A. Officially, a teenager is anyone aged from 13 to 19, but most people would 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 funny clothes, and are
rude to their elders; they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, 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 are in fact very ordinary. 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 have a lot of
money to spend, but usually they have earned it themselves.
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