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  1. Write a short story about your childhood.

Communication

  1. Read the text. Use a dictionary to help you

Childhood then and now

When I was a little kid, my parents pushed me out the front door every day. Oftentimes, my 3 year old brother was sent out with me. Of course, I considered this a great obligation. After all, at five I was old enough to hang out with babies. Still, I had to take care of him because I was an older sister.

When we got a good group together, we played baseball or kickball in the street. Yes, in the street. When the cars rounded the corner, we ran away as fast as we could. Nobody cared.

We didn’t have helmets or kneepads or elbow pads. It didn’t matter. Sometimes we fell and rub the skin completely off of our bodies. Nobody cared.

We ate berries and apples from strange trees. And we survived. No, we didn’t just survive. We flourished. Nobody was overweight; we all had little muscles popping out here and there. We were brave, too.

Unfortunately, things have changed. Children do not have the confidence and capability I had when I was 5. Kids aren’t normal! They have no childhood anymore. They have self esteem, but no actual actions.

  1. Answer the questions.

What does the writer think about her childhood? Does she like it? Why? Why not?

What does she think about children and childhood in the XXI century?

Do you agree with her? Why? Why not?

  1. Have a class discussion talking about the ideas you strongly agree or strongly disagree with.

Independent assignment

  1. Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing with the statement below.

It is more interesting to be a child today than 20 years ago.

  1. Think on the following topic. Prepare a one minute speech.

How will you treat your own children? What will you let them do? What won’t you let them do? What will they have to do? How will you make your child obey your rules?

  1. Write a short paragraph comparing childhoods of the two centuries. Describe the differences between the two time periods.

  2. Research (in books or on the Web) differences in clothing for boys and girls, making posters with drawings or illustrations of 19th century clothes.

  3. What were you like as a person when you were four, nine, and eleven? Are you similar or quite different to how you are now? Write a paragraph.

Unit two Family

Lesson three Generation gap

Speaking

  1. Compare the people and society before and now.

People before

People nowadays

People in the past watched less TV.

People nowadays prefer TV to talking.

  1. Answer the following questions:

Do you ever disagree with your friends/ parents/relatives/grandparents about topics such as music, style and values?

Reading: Generation gap

  1. Parents may not like the way you wear your hair or your coming home too late. Read the examples of things that make some parents angry. Which of them are serious which are not? Add more ideas to the list.

  • listening to music loudly

  • talking on the telephone

  • dating the wrong person

  • inviting some friends home when parents are out

  • not paying attention to your studies

  • going to a night club

  1. Read the article and give the definition of the term “generation gap”.

Generation gap is a term which became popular in the West during the 1960s, a time when differences between young people and their parents became too clear. These differences extended to music, fashion, and politics. At this time, the young people disagreed with and rebelled against ideas or things that society called "normal."

Today there is a classification of generations which gives descriptions of personalities, interests, and viewpoints. Generation Y was born between 1978 and 1994, and was called selfish and self-centered. Generation X represents children born between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. The people here are often called pessimistic.

There are also the Baby Boomers, who grew up after World War II. Digital Natives include the newest generation, and grew up with the Internet.

  1. Match the synonyms of the following words for the boldfaced words in the text.

easy to see or understand skeptical

to enlarge displaying information as numbers

to rise up against smb/smth opinion

  1. Are these statements True or False?

1) Generation gap in the beginning was about young people who rebelled. T / F

2) Generation X and Generation Y are both selfish. T / F

  1. Summarize the article with only two or three sentences with a partner.

  2. Discuss these questions with a partner. Support your answers with reasons.

1) What generation do you belong to? Can you describe the people of your generation?

2) What were some memorable events in the world during your childhood?

3) What do you think about future generations? Consider interests, personality, etc.

Listening: My parents’ childhood

  1. What was the school like in your parents’ childhood?

Did the teacher hit the students?

Did the students read a lot of books?

Was there a blackboard in the class?

Did the students stand up when they answered questions?

Did the students make a lot of noise?

Did the teacher call the students by their surnames?

Was there a computer in the class?

  1. Now listen to the text about schools in the 60’s. Find answers to the questions above.

  2. Listen to the text about a typical school day at modern British school and fill in the gaps with the missing information.

  1. There are about ___ students in the school.

  2. The journey on the bus takes ___.

  3. The subjects I have at school are ____________.

  4. The brown stripe on swipe card is to ____ and black stripe to ____.

  5. The students use tablet PCs to ___.

tablet PCs - a personal laptop with a touchscreen

swipe cards - a plastic card with a magnetic strip used to make electronic payments and to enter some special places

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