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The population of Russia is about 140 million people. Stop criticizing me! The new generation prefers a healthy way of life. I don’t get much pocket money. Kids have not only rights but responsibilities, too! He’s rude and disrespectful. Teenagers can’t vote. You need your parents’ permission to get married. At 18 boys join the army. A lot of teenagers suffer from peer pressure. Lots of kids suffer from the lack of understanding. I often have nightmares after watching horror films. Many kids fall victims of child abuse. Some kids are born deaf and blind. Some teenagers join the ranks of young criminals. Teenagers often wear ridiculous clothes. Some kids like watching unsuitable films and programs. Parents have their own preoccupations. Most kids are open-minded and hardworking. Not every chrysalis becomes a butterfly. Parents should respect their kids’ privacy. She behaves like a spoilt child! Who is to blame for this mistake? His awful behavior is appalling! Everybody paid attention to her ridiculous bag. You are guilty of everything, so don’t complain! It’s hard to cope with the economic crisis!

Я не получаю много карманных денег. Новое поколение выбирает здоровый образ жизни. Население России около 140 миллионов. Тинэйджеры не могут голосовать. В 18 лет мальчики идут в армию. Перестань меня критиковать! Трудно справиться с экономическим кризисом. У детей есть не только права, но и обязанности! У меня часто бывают кошмары после просмотра фильмов-ужасов. Ты во всем виноват, поэтому – не жалуйся! Все обратили внимание на ее смешную сумку. Его ужасное поведение отвратительно! Многие дети становятся жертвами преступлений против детей. У родителей свои заботы. Кого винить за эту ошибку? Она ведет себя как избалованный ребенок. Некоторые дети любят смотреть неподходящие фильмы и программы. Большинство детей открыты и трудолюбивы. Он грубый и никого не уважает. Для того чтобы жениться, нужно разрешение родителей. Трудно справиться с экономическим кризисом. Не каждая куколка становится бабочкой. Родители должны уважать частное пространство своих детей. Много подростков страдает от давления одноклассников. Некоторые дети рождаются слепыми и глухими. Подростки часто любят носить смешную одежду. Некоторые подростки пополняют ряды юных преступников. Многие дети страдают от недопонимания.

Reading Step1. Teenagers (Подростки)

Прочтите, переведите и обсудите текст. Вы согласны с автором? Можно ли выделить подростков в особую группу? Какие типично подростковые проблемы вы знаете? Отличаются ли российские тинэйджеры от своих ровесников в других странах?

Teenagers are a special group of the population often criticized by the older generation. They are considered to be spoilt. They have too many things, too much pocket money and no responsibilities. Teenagers are blamed for being rude, disrespectful, for wearing strange clothes, listening to awful music, not paying attention to their studies.

But are they really such a big problem?

Officially a teenager is anyone aged from 13 to 19 but most people would think first of the younger group and exclude 18 and 19-year-olds. After all, once you’ve reached 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.

In short, ‘teenagers’ are people who are in the stage of their life when they are developing from children into adults. And it’s not easy! Peer pressure, difficulties in studies, lack of understanding – all this can turn one’s life into a nightmare! Thousands of teenagers run away from home every year. Most of them come back within two-three days, but many are never found and become homeless victims of child abuse, or join the ranks of young criminals.

Very often the ‘older generation’ is deaf and blind to their children’s needs and problems. They believe they are always right, and the ‘younger generation’ is always wrong. They complain that teenagers are lazy, that they wear ridiculous clothes and are appallingly rude to their teachers and parents. What’s more, they spend all their time listening to awful music and watching unsuitable films and programs. And all they ever think about is parties, drugs, booze and sex. Is it anywhere near the truth?

Actually, it isn’t right. Most teenagers cope with their problems quite well. Teenagers spend a lot of time thinking about their studies and work, their families and friends, their future. Sure, there are certain preoccupations such as clothes, money and their bodies.

But isn’t it the same for most adults? So it’s just a myth that all teenagers are rude, selfish, lazy and greedy, the vast majority of them are polite, friendly, open-minded and hardworking.

Do teenagers have problems? Teenagers are human, so of course they have problems. And their problems are not different from anyone else’s.

It’s true, of course, that sometimes teenagers do have special problems. It’s a difficult time because it’s a period of transformation. It’s just as hard as a chrysalis changing into a butterfly. It’s difficult to grow up and the physical and emotional changes are often confusing and worrying. They can be really stressful.

What could parents do to help their children to go through this difficult period? Just love them, trust them, show more understanding, respect their privacy, stop criticizing their friends, tastes, clothes and music. They should try to become friends and remember, they used to be difficult teenagers themselves!

Do you agree that:

1. Teenagers are a special group of people aged from 13 to 18.

2. At 18 young people are ready to vote, marry and join the army.

3. Most teenagers run from home and become victims of abuse because of peer pressure and school problems.

4. The greatest problem is that parents are often deaf and blind to their children’s problems.

5. Teenagers have too much money, too many things and no responsibilities.

6. Teenagers are rude and cruel.

7. Teenagers are lazy.

8. Teenage years is a difficult period of transformation from a child to an adult. It’s stressful.

Words:

spoilt - избалованный responsibilities - обязанности criticized - критикуемый generation - поколение are blamed - обвиняются disrespectful – не имеющие уважения vote - голосовать join the army – пойти в армию ridiculous - смешной peer pressure – давление одноклассников lack of understanding – недостаток понимания nightmare – ночной кошмар unsuitable – неподходящий criticize - критиковать

homeless -бездомный victim – жертва abuse – жестокое обращение child abuse –преступления в отношении детей join the ranks – пополнить ряды deaf and blind – глухи и слепы cope with - справляться appallingly rude – чудовищно грубый booze - выпивка preoccupation - озабоченность greedy - жадный chrysalis - куколка privacy – личное пространство, частная жизнь

Here’s a list of specific teen concerns. Do they affect you?

1. Sports

2. School

3. lack of pocket money

4. tests, exams

5. being treated like a kid, being bossed around

6. no independence, no rights

7. parents’ dictatorship

8. lack of self-confidence

Step 2. What do you know about teenagers abroad? (Что вы знаете о подростках за рубежом?)

Ответьте на вопросы и проверьте свои знания.

1. What percentage of the British population is under 18?

10% 20% 30%

2. How many British teenagers work part-time?

100.000 half a million two million

3. What is the most common part-time work?

shop work babysitting paper round

4. How many teenagers live with a single parent?

10% 15% 25%

5. How many young people run away from home each year?

5,000 10,000 100,000

6. Who is better-behaved teenage girls or teenage boys?

7. Nowadays teenagers spend most of their money on:

mobile phone cards candies CDs

8. How much pocket money do they get every week?

2 pounds 15 pounds 20 pounds

9. How many teenagers have the Internet at home?

50% 20% 10%

10. What’s their favorite occupation?

watching TV going to the cinema doing sport seeing friends

Keys:

1. Children and teenagers make about 30% of the population.

2. Teenagers from the age of 13 are allowed to work for 2 hours per school day. They are not allowed to start work before 7 am and finish after 7 pm. About 2 million British teenagers work part-time.

3. The most common part-time job is babysitting, followed by paper rounds.

4. 25% of teenagers live with a single parent.

5. About 100,000 teenagers run away from home every year and end up living in the street.

6. British teenage girls are the worst-behaved in Europe.

7. They spend most of their pocket money on phone card because the text each other all the time.

8. They get about 15 pounds a week. Boys usually get a little bit less.

9. You might think British teenagers spend most their free time online, but only about 20% of them have the Internet at home.

10. Their favorite occupation is going to the cinema, followed by seeing friends.

2) Для группы. Проведите подобный опрос в группе и составьте отчет о ваших сверстниках.

WRITING

Step 1. Writing an email (Пишем электронное письмо)

1. Прочтите правила.

Rules:

1. Don’t forget the subject

2. Begin with the opening salutation: “hi, hello” and your name.

3. Start the email by: “How are you?”, “Thanks for your email”

4. Give information about yourself.

5. Finish by: “See you soon”, “See you on Sunday”, “Give me a ring”, “Drop me a line” and so on.

6. End your email by the closing salutation:

To close friends: from name with love, love + name.

To others: best wishes + name, yours truly+ name, regards+ name

7. punctuation is not used in the opening and closing salutation.

2. Прочтите электронное письмо Наташи и поставьте все части в правильном порядке.

Теперь напишите свое письмо другу.

From: natasha.korolieva@mail.ru

To: ivan-smirnov@yandex.ru

Subject: hello from London

Attachment: JPG (0,33 MB)

OK, drop me a line. I’m staying with an English family in the suburbs of London in a nice semi-detached house with a garden. The family is not big. They have a son and a daughter. The daughter is married and lives in another city. The son is in college and comes home only at weekends. Hi Ivan I’m in London. I’m studying English here in a group from all over the world. We have classes on Mondays, on Tuesdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we study half a day. Day off on Sunday. Back to school on Monday. I like our Saturdays. It’s a special day. We usually go sightseeing, we party and sing. It’s fun! Pay attention to the attachment! It’s a photo of my first lesson. I hope you’ll also be able to come to London some day. It’s a wonderful city! Love Natasha How are you? How are things? So I get a lot of attention from my hosts and they take me out nearly every evening. We go to museums, theatres, restaurants and pubs.

Step 2. Teenagers. (Подростки)

1. Вставьте пропущенное слово:

worst-behaved, part-time job, favorite occupation, phone cards, per school day, pocket money, population, online, allowed, end up, a single parent, the Internet, work part-time

Children and teenagers make about 30% of the British_____________.

Teenagers from the age of 13 are allowed to work for 2 hours __________. They are not _______ to start work before 7 am and finish after 7 pm. About 2 million British teenagers __________.

The most common __________is babysitting, followed by paper rounds.

About 25% of teenagers live with ________. More than 100,000 teenagers run away from home every year and ________ living in the street. It’s interesting that British teenage girls are the _____________ in Europe.

British teenagers get about 15 pounds of __________ a week. Boys usually get a little bit less. They spend most of their pocket money on _________ because the text each other all the time.

You might think that British teenagers spend most their free time _________, but only about 50% have a computer and only 20% of them have _____________ at home.

Their ________________ is going to the cinema, followed by seeing friends as the second most popular pastime.