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c)Would you mind selling me a ticket, please. I’m going to Tomsk. My sister lives there.

You enter a railway carriage. There is little room left. You can sit down if another passenger moves up. What do you say?

a)If you were not so stout I could sit down.

b)Would you move, please.

c)Excuse me, would you mind moving up a little. I’m not well.

Your neighbor wants to borrow some money from you. You know that he never gives it back in time. What do you say?

a)If you were not so lazy you would be a millionaire.

b)No.

c)I’m so sorry, I’ve just lent it to my friend. Next time may be...

Majority A. You are not a successful person, are you? You blame it on your friends, teachers and parents. It’s only your fault. Your answers sound rude. You are not very pleasant to deal with. Why not study good manners? It’s never late to start a new life.

Majority B. You are rather successful. People think that you are friendly and easy getting along with.

Majority C. Trying to be too polite is no good. Diffident people can’t be successful. Stop making excuses when the problem is not worth it.

3.22 Расскажите о своих карьерных планах в небольшом сочинении.

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reach eighteen you can vote, get married without your parents permission and join the army, so it seems logical that you are considered as an adult rather than a child. At the other end of the scale, 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 actual fact they have their own group title now - 'Pre-teens' or sometimes 'Between-ages'.

Without getting hung up on actual ages, perhaps what we really mean by 'teenagers' are people who are in the stage of their life when they are developing from children into adults.

Are teenagers a problem?

Parents and grandparents always seem to start from the premise that teenagers are in a special category when it comes to defining the human race. According to 'the older generation' teenagers are lazy, they wear ridiculous clothes and are appallingly rude to their betters and elders; they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, constructive, caring or hardworking. What's more, they spend all their time listening to awful music ("It isn't music, it's just a collection of horrendous noises!") and gawping at unsuitable films. And all they ever think about is parties, drugs and sex. Well, that's how the story goes! But is it anywhere near the truth?

Actually, it seems to me to be quite the opposite of the truth. Teenagers spend a lot of time thinking about their work (studies), their families and friends and their hobbies. Sure, there are certain preoccupations such as clothes, money, how to behave in a certain situation, their bodies.

But isn't it the same for most people? So what about the myth that all teenagers are rude, selfish, lazy and greedy? As far as I'm concerned, it's nonsense. The vast majority of young people I meet are polite, friendly, open, interested and hard-working.

Do teenagers have problems?

You might as well ask 'Do hens lay eggs?' Teenagers are human, so of course they have problems. And the problems aren't very different from anyone else's.

What's going to happen at work/school tomorrow? Why does Dad like my sister better than me?

Am I too fat / skinny / tall / short etc.?

Does my boyfriend / girlfriend really like me? How can I afford to buy...?

Am I stupid?

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There isn't anyone alive in the world who hasn't posed these questions.

It's true, of course, that sometimes teenagers have special problems. It is a difficult time because it is a period of transformation. It isn't easy to grow up and the physical and emotional changes are often confusing and worrying. But it's my impression that most young people cope rather well.

1.4 Ответьте на вопросы.

What are teenagers always accused of?

What are the most common myths about teenagers?

Teen age is a special period in our life. Why is it marked by different problems?

What can’t teenagers do without their parents’ permission?

1.5Обсудите в группе.

If you are 13 or 19 years old you are a teenager. At the age of 19 you can take part in the elections.

The old usually think that the young aren’t educated and don’t wear properly.

The teens have strange habits about watching films, listening to music. Many teens I’ve met are polite and hard-working.

The teens have many problems because they are getting older.

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1.6 Переведите на русский язык выражения, выделенные курсивом.

A teenager is anyone в возрасте от 13 до 19 лет включительно. Once

тебе исполняется 18 you can vote, get married without your parents permission and join the army. 'Teenagers' are people who из детей превращаются во взрослых. Teenagers are ленивые, невежливые, грубые. They слушают ужасную музыку, смотрят глупые фильмы и думают только о наркотиках, сексе и вечеринках. Teenagers think about своей работе, семьях и друзьях, любимых занятиях и деньгах. I meet вежливых, дружелюбных, открытых и трудолюбивых молодых людей.

1.7 Обсудите с партнером.

•Have you any problems? What are they?

•Why are the problems nearly the same in different countries?

•In your opinion, what is the most important problem confronting youth in Russia today? Why do your think so?

1.8 Прочтите текст ANGRY VOICE OF YOUTH.

Найдите соответствия.

1.9Переведите на русский язык, используя образец.

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1.10 Прочтите текст и озаглавьте каждый абзац.

ADifferent generations have much to teach each other.

BConformity is just the thing widely and strongly rejected by the young.

CThe young differ from the old in many respects.

ANGRY VOICE OF YOUTH

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Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated; they have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers vividly are nothing more than past history. This is as should be. Every new generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed. They don’t like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young people are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They doubt that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds.

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What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And what about clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should wear drab gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious matters, who said that human difference can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives; so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material possessions! Can anything be right with the rat-race? Haven’t the old lost touch with all that is important in life?

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These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly. Their record over the past forty years or so hasn’t been exactly spotless. Traditionally, the young have turned to the older for guidance. Today, the

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situation might be reversed. The old ― if they are prepared to admit it ― could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not sinful. Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure. It is surely not wrong to live in the present rather than in the past or future. The world is full of uncertainty and tension. This is their glorious heritage. Can we be surprised that they should so often question the sanity of the generation that bequeathed it!

1.11 Найдите английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений в тексте.

Лучше образованы, слепо не признают идеалы взрослых, так это и должно быть, превосходство взрослых, лучший из возможных миров, решать проблемы обычным способом или насильственными мерами, одержимы, крысиные бега, утратить отношение к, жить настоящим, а не прошлым.

1.12 Вставьте слова и выражения, приведенные ниже.

Applied, freedom, accept, values, disturbed, marked, rejected, violent.

1.The young enjoy more __________ and don’t blindly _______ the ideals of the past.

2.The difference between generations is vividly ___________ .

3.The old are afraid their ___________ being questioned or threatened.

4.The complacency of the elder generation is always __________ by the young.

5.Conformity is a thing often ______________ by the young.

6.Sometimes serious matters are solved by __________________

means.

7.The young view enjoyment as a principle which could be

________________ to different spheres of our life.

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1.13 Соответствуют или не соответствуют следующие утверждения содержанию текста.

1Each generation isn’t like the next one because of educational opportunities, mental and physical freedom, and independence on the parents and so on.

2The values of old and young generations are the same and they aren’t questioned and discussed.

3The old are afraid of their assumptions and complacency being disturbed by the young.

4Each new generation should accept social rules and ways of living created by the previous generation.

5The young can teach the old how to live in the society of the present and future.

1.14Найдите предложения со сказуемым в страдательном залоге и переведите их на русский язык.

1.15Переведите подчеркнутые предложения на русский язык. выразите свое согласие или несогласие. пользуйтесь следующими выражениями.

I fully agree/ disagree; In my opinion, I have quite another point of view.

1.16 Прочтите текст PROBLEMS OF YOUTH и

скажите, похожи ли проблемы подростков в Британии на проблемы подростков в России. Дополните список

проблем.

1.17 Заполните пропуски в тексте приведенными ниже выражениями.

1.they should never suspect

2.parents should trust their children

3.work and earn some money

4.respect the opinion of each other

5.to listen to our parent’s opinion

6.our friendship and love is so private

7.they often think they know better

8.they have life experience

9.give us some very good advice

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PROBLEMS OF YOUTH

I think that young people all over the world have almost the same problems. I also think that these problems existed in the past and will remain in the future. And when our parents were as young as we are now they also had the same problems.

There are two main problems of young people: frequent misunderstanding with adults, especially with parents and the choice of future profession. These two problems are connected with each other, because our parents want to help us to make this choice and

______________ than we do what profession we should choose. Of course____________, they love us and want us to be happy and rich and that is why they want to help us to make the most important choice in our life. But it is our life, our choice and our future. Our parents can_____________, but we should have the right to follow our parents’ advice or not. Also parents like giving advice about our friendship and love. That’s even worse. Because if the problem of our future profession can be discussed with our parents, ___________, so personal that we don’t usually want to discuss it. If we need some advice, we ask for it.

There are a lot of family problems that we will be glad to discuss with our parents, for example: what new furniture to buy, how to feed our dog, what provider to choose for our internet and so on. We will be glad__________, if they listen to ours. That is the only way to understanding: we should listen to each other and we should _________. And our parents should understand that we want to live our own life, to make our own choice, and to make our own mistakes. Sometimes they understand this, but sometimes they don’t.

Another problem of young people is money. Of course it is not only our problem. But adults can _________ some money. We also can earn some money, but our parents want us to study and not to work. And we understand that we have to study a lot. So we have to ask our parents to give us some money. They give, but ask us how we want to spend this money. It is not very pleasant. I don’t want to say that we are going to do something bad with this money, but it is so pleasant to buy something secretly. Maybe this problem is small and trivial compared with the choice of future profession, but I think _________ If children don’t want to tell them how they are going to spend some money, ________them of doing something bad.

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1.18 Найдите соответствия в тексте.

Cуществовали в прошлом и сохранятся в будущем, выбор будущей профессии, жизненный опыт, право принимать (не принимать) совет родителей, еще хуже, жить собственной жизнью, вынуждены много учиться, купить что-то по секрету, доверять своим детям.

1.19 Ответьте на вопросы.

1.In what questions may your parents give you a piece of advice? Do you accept them?

2.Did you choose your future profession by yourself or with your parents?

3.Is your scholarship sufficient for your needs? If not what do you do (ask parents or work)?

4.What do you think about the problem of “trust”? Should parents trust their children or not?

1.20 Можно ли избежать непонимания между родителями и детьми? Дайте совет, используя модальные глаголы should, have to, don’t have to.

1.21Переведите диалог и инсценируйте его.

•В каких ситуациях твои родители могут дать тебе совет, и ты этот совет примешь?

•Они могут посоветовать мне при выборе одежды для вечеринки, как ухаживать за собакой, в какое кафе или ночной клуб я могу сходить со своими друзьями. Но мои родители никогда ничего не говорят мне о моих друзьях. Я считаю, что это мое личное дело и не нуждаюсь в их советах.

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