3. Read the text once again and paraphrase the following expressions using synonyms from the text:

to deliberately ignore one’s drinking, to have doubts about values, a feeling of satisfaction with what you have achieved, to begin to think about more serious matters, feeling guilty in one’s personal life, to treat questions as unimportant, to get rid of restricting feeling of worry that stops you from doing or saying what you want to, to refuse to accept conformity, to be bored with going regularly to nightclubs, to be fond of spending time with other people in a friendly way, not to intend to attract a lot of attention to an event, to avoid the social activity.

4. Match A and B:

a. something that you think is true although you have no proof

b. a strong desire to achieve something

c. a feeling of satisfaction with what you have achieved which makes you stop trying to improve or change things

d. behavior that obeys the accepted roles of society or a group

e. something that becomes suddenly very popular but only for a short time

f. the unpleasant situation in business or politics in which people are competing against each other for success

g. the known facts about someone’s behavior and how successful, good or bad they have been

h. an unreasonably strong and continuous interest in something, or worry about something, which stops you from thinking about anything else

A B

1.complacency

2.assumption

3.conformity

4.ambition

5.obsession

6.record

7.rat-race

8.craze

5. Explain what is meant by:

generation ZZZ; to question and threaten values; to disturb the complacency; to reject conformity; to turn one’s mind to more serious matters; to be guilt-ridden in one’s personal life; to be obsessed with mean ambitions; to shrug off questions; to have a spotless record; to turn to the older for guidance; to apply enjoyment to all aspects of life; to shed restricting inhibition; to postpone commitment; to like guided practice supervised by organized people; to turn a blind eye to drinking; to rave the night away in a club; to be bored with clubbing/ to be clubbed out; to act like middle aged bores; to share a bottle of wine; to go in for low-key socializing; to see something as trendy; to look inwards; to shun the social whirl; to expect intense friendships; to increase the demands on the tiny circle; to be discerning about TV/ to watch TV mindlessly; to spot the switch; to cash on the craze for easy listening; to pass out of fashion.