1. Ask and answer the questions.

1. Do teenagers work in your country? Why (not)?

2. Have you got a part-time job?

3. Do you think teenagers should work? Why (not)?

LISTENING 2 a . Listen to Linh from Vietnam and Marcelo from Colombia talking about teenagers and part-time work. Make notes on how they answer the questions in Exercise 1.

2b. Listen to the recording again. Linh and Marcelo take turns to speak by asking each other questions. They also show they are listening to each other. Complete the expressions in the table. (They are numbered in the order you will hear them.)

Questions for taking turns	Showing you are listening
What about in Vietnam?	I’m not so sure
What do you………………?	Maybe. (4) yes and…….
Don’t you think……………?	(6) R…………..?
Do you…………………..?	(8) Good……….!
(5).Have you got………….?
(7). What do your teachers……….?

Lifelong learning

3.At what age do people in your country usually do these things?

• start school • go to college or university • do exams • do military service • start work • retire

What do you think are the best ages to do them?

4A. Read the introduction to a radio programme. Is this true of people where you live?

In today’s programme, we’ll be taking a look at lifelong learning. In the past, people went to school and maybe university, then they got a job and that was it. Today, however, all that is changing. Many people are continuing to study all their lives and some аге going back to school or university when they are much older.

LISTENING 4b. . Listen to interviews with three students, Luis, Pierre and Margaret.

4C. Match them with pictures a-c.

W ho: works and studies at the same time?

went to college after working for 20 years?

4D. Can you remember the answers to these questions?

Luis 1 What does he do? 2 What are his plans for the future?

Pierre 3 Why didn’t he like school? 4 Why does he enjoy his studies now?

Margaret 5 Why did she join the U3A? 6 How is the U3A different from other universities?

Listen again and check.

SPEAKING 5. Do you know anyone with similar stories to Luis, Pierre or Margaret? Talk together

Vocabulary 6a. Who mentions these subjects? What do they say about them?

Spanish IT skills Archaeology History Maths Science Music Art

6b. In groups, add more subjects to the list. Then compare as a class.

Geography, French

6 C. Complete the sentences from the interviews with words or expressions from the box.

exams a degree a thesis an IT skills course colleges a doctorate courses degrees School

1. I'm doing in archaeology.

2. I’m writing on my work in the Amazon.

3. I passed my - just!

4. I wanted to do in art.

5. I applied to some .

6. I got into the of Art and Design in Limoges.

7. We don't do exams or get .

8. I've done in music, local history and Spanish.

9. Last weeк I signed up for .