3 Уровень
Задание 1. Прочитайте статью из журнала и обсудите ее, опираясь на вопросы
What Makes Young People Do This?
Today it is fashionable to speak about teenagers problems. A few years ago alcohol, fights, killings and other kinds of violence were more problems for adults than for young people.
But now, as official reports admit, violence, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), drugs and alcohol are more and more associated with youngsters. For many children from poor families violence, drinking problems and all that is associated with poverty becomes more real than reality.
The Government surveys show that every fifth teenager who was arrested for criminal actions, was younger than 14 and could not be sent to prison. Almost half of teenagers have an experience with drugs, alcohol and sex under age of 16. A lot of teenagers who have drug or alcohol addiction almost never believe that they are dependent. These things are often combined with family and school problems.
What has gone wrong? Some specialists explain that the changes of our society, the system of our life force young people to choose their own lifestyle. On the one hand, our society agrees that 15-17-year-old people are old enough to be responsible for what they do and give them quite a lot of freedom and rights. On the other hand, most adults think that teenagers are too young to be taken seriously. This misunderstanding produces many problems. Actually, a lot of teenagers say that their parents let them do anything they want and are quite indifferent to their problems. Many teenagers get upset or depressed when they can't solve their problems. As a result, it makes them believe that there is only one way out — to stop living and commit suicide.
No doubt, the teens' problems will increase. And young people should feel that they are cared for.
Вопросы
1. What teens' problems are discussed in this magazine article?
2. What makes young people do these things? How do different people explain the reasons for teenagers' behaviour?
3. How many teenagers have drinking problems?
4. How many American children run away from home every day?
5. How do they explain the reasons?
6. How many children die in America every day?
7. Which problems discussed in the article can be applied to your country?
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Задание 2. Во многих журналах и газетах пишут о жизни подростков. Ознакомьтесь с информацией и обсудите ее. Используйте выражения
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Friendship. Receiving visitors
1 Уровень
Задание 1. Прочитайте и переведите текст
My Best Friends
Friendship plays a very important role in our life. People usually make friends when they go to the same school, work together or live nearby. It's difficult to explain how two quite different persons make friends. You can have a lot of acquaintances but only a few true friends. It depends on many things. Among them are age, social status, mutual interests and sometimes personal qualities. It is easier to make friends with persons who are much alike you, though sometimes these factors are of no importance.
Now I want to tell you about people whom I consider to be my friends. One of them is Nick. He is an old friend of mine. We went to the first form together because he lived next door to me. Now he is a tall young man with dark hair, blue eyes and oval face. He is rather strong and well-built because he is a sportsman. He played volleyball well in our school team.
He is going to enter the Mathematical faculty of the University this year. He was always strong in mathematics and he helped me very often with my home tasks. I think he will be able to pass his entrance examinations and become a student.
Marina is my best friend too. She is a very pretty girl. She has big blue eyes, fair hair and a nice smile. She is a schoolgirl now. She studies well and she wants to become a doctor. She will try to enter the Medical Institute next year and I hope her first attempt will be successful. I'm sure she will make a good doctor.
I often meet my friends. We talk about different things. I like to spend my free time with my friends.
Задание 2. Прочитайте и переведите мини диалоги
1. -Good evening! Pleased to see you. Come on in.
- Good evening! Pleased to see you too.
- Please, take off your coat and let me show you around.
- This way, please.
- Oh, what a nice flat you have!
- Thank you. Take a seat, please.
- Would you like a cup of tea?
- I’d love to.
2. - Are you free this evening? I'd like to invite you to dinner.
- Oh, it’s great!
- Dinner is ready. Enjoy yourself.
- What is this dish called? It is delicious.
- It’s Chinese dish and I don’t know its proper name. Can I get you something to drink?
- Thank you. I'm afraid I'm full. It's getting late I must be going home now. Thank you very much for dinner.
- Not at all. Drop in when you come this way.
- OK. It was a lovely evening. Next time you must come to our place.