- •Life in the 90s
- •Too Many or Too Few?
- •Britain Today
- •A View of the City
- •Theme one Family Life
- •The Odd Couple
- •How Battered Wives Can Learn to Leave
- •One Beating Every 15 Seconds
- •Why She Didn't Leave
- •The Double Life of Batterers
- •Making the Break
- •After the Shame: a New Life
- •Can Abusive Husbands Be Cured
- •1. Find out in the story the proof of the following statements:
- •2. Now think about and discuss the following questions and statements:
- •Civil Cases
- •Here Come the dinKs
- •Independently from their parents is changing.
- •Show Me the Way to Go Home
- •Vocabulary
- •Questions and activities comprehension questions
- •Discussion questions
- •Group activities
- •Theme two a Place to Live and Work
- •Little Has Changed on the Streets of London
- •Unemployment
- •Migration
- •Theme three work and study Equal at Work
- •Unit two Communication
- •The Press in Britain
- •Language in the News
- •Theme one Getting the Message Across Publicising the Circus
- •You Too Could Become a Communication Expert
- •In Just 15 Minutes
- •The Development of Advertising
- •Living in Portugal
- •Theme two First Impressions
- •Text a The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
- •Gestures
- •«Open» and «Closed» gestures
- •Clothes
- •Text в Girl Talk - Where You Can Buy Success in the Coffee Break
- •It is from your self-image that you:
- •Language Awareness: The Language of Newspapers Special Vocabulary
- •Style in the Tabloids
- •Theme three The Media
- •Out of Print
- •The Press at Work
- •Talking Points a. Read the extract, and answer the questions which follow
- •The Internet-Ready Resume
- •Job Applications
- •Unit three Reputation
- •In meaning to:
- •Theme two Public Image Circus People
- •The Cockney Hero with a Difference
- •Chanel public fame and private enigma
- •Robert Browning
- •A Brief History of Time
- •The Hawking Story
- •Theme three Two Women
- •Mother Teresa
- •С. Read the text and answer the questions that follow. Hounding of the Princess
- •Confronted
- •Why Diana moved us so
- •It was Tony Time
- •Section two rendering
- •Render the text in English and discuss the main points. Письма в «Тайме»
- •Принцесса Анна
- •Цена славы
- •Количество смертей, вызванных насилием в семье, значительно снизилось в графстве Санта Клара
- •I. Language focus.
- •Ш. The film discussion.
- •IV. Extention.
- •I. Discussion of the film.
- •III. Discussion of the language.
- •Diana Interviewed
- •An Interview with Margaret Thatcher
- •I. Lead-in. Discuss with other students:
- •IV. Name the three factors which, according to m. Thatcher, made up Britain.
- •V. Express your own opinion of pr technologies and political views of Margaret Thatcher.
- •Section four sample tests
- •The Fast No-fuss Way To Make Your Dreams Come True
- •Incur..........
Independently from their parents is changing.
For a variety of reasons, many are returning
home or are not leaving home at all. Families
are reacting in different ways to this societal change.
Read the text and discuss the problem of a large family living together.
Show Me the Way to Go Home
Vocabulary
accommodation: |
adaptation; adjustment; changing one's behavior to suit another |
amenity: |
a feature or an item that provides comfort and convenience. Fireplaces, garages, dishwashers, additional bathrooms, and air conditioning are often regarded as amenities in a home |
bogged down: |
stuck; slowed down; overcome; overwhelmed |
compromise: |
an agreement in which all the participants concede something |
detrimental: |
harmful; having negative results |
exorbitant: |
excessively high or large |
hassle: |
a disagreement; an argument |
inadequacy: |
a state of feeling inadequate or insufficient |
migraine: |
a severe headache often accompanied by nausea and vomiting |
nest: |
one's original home; the place where one was born and raised |
offspring: |
one's children |
skyrocketing: |
rising or increasing rapidly |
sociologist: |
a specialist in sociology |
spontaneously: |
naturally; in a manner that is not contrived or forced |
stress: |
physical or emotional tension. Stress is often caused by the inability to cope with certain factors in the environment |
take a crack at: |
to try; to attempt |
touched: |
emotionally affected |
Unexpected number of young adults are living with their parents.
First Maggie, then 20, asked Stepmom and Dad if she could store a few boxes with them in Washington while she looked for another place to live. Then Maggie said she would like to move in to be with her boxes until her boyfriend Joe bought a condominium. Next Maggie asked whether Joe could move in «temporarily» until the condo deal was closed. When Lucy and Pablo Sanchez returned home from vacation last Christmas, they found their small living room crammed with his boxes and a second welcome mat next to their own on the front porch. Lucy Sanchez immediately did what any loving but put-upon parent would do: «I had a migraine», she says.
Such tales are becoming abundantly familiar as American parents are forced to make room for their adult children. «There is a naive notion that children grow up and leave home when they're 18, and the truth is far from that», says sociologist Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Today, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 59% of men and 47% of women between 18 and 24 depend on their parents for housing, some living in college dorms but most at home. Also, 14% of men and 8% of women ages 25 to 34 are dependent on their parents for housing. «This is part of a major shift in the middle class», declares sociologist Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University. He should know: Schnaiberg's stepson, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months.
Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its amenities particularly attractive to young people, say experts. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally battered survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so exorbitant that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs.
Sallie Knighton, 26, moved back to her parents' suburban Atlanta home to save enough money to buy a car. Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out. Once the loan was paid off, she decided to
take a crack at a modeling career. Living at home, says Кnighton, continues to give her security and moral support. «If I had lived away», she says, «I would be miserable still teaching». Her mother concurs, «It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent, i makes sense for kids to stay at home». Bradley Kulat, 25, make about $20,000 a year as an equipment technician in a hospital. That is enough to support a modest household, but he chooses to live a his parents' split-level ranch house outside Chicago, as does his sister Pamela, 20, who commutes to a nearby college. He admits to expensive tastes. He recently bought an $8,000 car and owns an $800 stereo system, a $300 ten-speed bike and an elegant wardrobe. Says his mother Evelyn: «It keeps you thinking younger, trying to keep up with them».
Sharing the family home requires adjustments for all. There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy. Some families, however, manage the delicate balancing act. At 34, Esther Rodriguez dreaded returning to her parents' Denver home after three years of law school forced her $20,000 into debt. «I thought it was going to be a restriction on my independence», she recalls. Instead, she was touched when her father installed a desk and phone in the basement so she would have a private study. The Sanchez family too has made a success of the arrangement. Says Lucy Sanchez: «Family is family and we believe and act on that». But for others, the setup proves toe difficult. Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times - and lef three times. «What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem», she explains. «He never liked anyone I dated, so either had to sneak around or meet them at friends' houses».
Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Lucille Carlini of Brooklyn returned home with her two daughters after a divorce. That was almost twelve years ago. She is now 37 and her daughters 18 and 16. They still live with Carlini's mother Edie, who has welcomed having three generations in the same house. Still, most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings ; a mistake. Offspring, struggling to establish separate identities, can wind up with «a sense of inadequancy, defeat and failure», And aging parents, who should be enjoying some financial and personal freedom,
find themselves bogged down with responsibilities. Living with children of any age involves compromise and obligation, factors that can be detrimental to some aspects of well-being. All children, even adult children, require accommodation and create stress.
Brief visits, however, can work beneficially. Five years ago Elle Rancillio returned to the Detroit area to live with her father after her marriage broke up. She stayed only seven months, but «it made us much closer», she says. Indeed, the experience was so positive that she would not hesitate to put out the welcome mat when her own three sons are grown. Declares she: «If they needed help like I did, yes».
(By Anastasia Toufexis. Reported by Barbara
Cornell/Washington, with other bureaus)