6. Develop your fluency answering the questions:

What comment is made from generation to generation as to the problem of ‘fathers and sons? Why is every new generation different from the one that proceeded? What do the young reject? What thing could the old learn from their children? What differences can be noticed in world perception of two closely related generations? Who are the ‘boomers’?

7 . Three teenagers were asked the question “What do you think about being a teenager?” Choose from the list A-D a sentence that describes each speaker. Use letters only once. There is an extra letter which you do not need to use.

Teenager 1. Everybody says that youth is probably the best time of life. I doubt whether it is true. It seems to me that it is the most difficult time. You have to make some very important decisions which will influence all your future life.

Teenager 2. Being young means dates, love, new discoveries, choosing a career, thinking about many problems and ways to overcome them.

Teenager 3. Being a teenager means taking a lot of exams. It is very difficult, especially, when you fall in love and can’t think about anything but about your love.

A. I am quite indifferent to many problems but choosing a career.

B. It’s time for important decisions.

C. Exams make my life difficult.

D. Despite love and dates, I think about anything in the world.

8. Complete the table.

Verb	Noun	Adjective
	complaint
respond
	addiction
defend
	exploitation
rebel

9. Complete the sentences using one of the words from the table above.

1. The government must protect children from….

2. Drug and alcohol … are often combined with family and school problems.

3. How would you … to your friend’s complaint?

4. He is always ….

5. Such treatment would make anybody….

6. People who work at home are more easily … by employers.

7. We find the … not guilty.

8. Tom has always been a teen-age … .

9. He is seriously … to these tranquilizers.

10. Anyone dismissed because of their race has legitimate grounds for ….

10. Describe to your partner what your parents were like when you were a child. Give reasons for their behavior. Make use of the words from the table below.

My parents…	They believed…
were strict were supportive were permissive pressured me to study a lot wanted me to make my own decisions spent a lot of time with me …	children needed discipline children needed encouragement children should have fun education was important children should develop independence family life was important …

e.g. A.: What were your parents like when you were growing up?

B.: My parents? Well, they were very strict with me, since they believed children needed a lot of discipline. That’s how they were brought up. How about yours?

A.: Well, they were not strict, but they used to pressure me a lot. As my father loved music, he wanted me to learn to play the piano. He used to get mad at me for not practicing.