Exercises
1. Translate into Ukrainian the following words and word-combinations: common problems; an adult; generation gap; to stay up; to deal with; to wear clothes; to run away from home; the way out; to be tolerant; to concern; real friends; tolerance; to remain a friend for the rest of life; inexperienced; to make money; to find a good job; to realize; to become dependent; ways of communication; to stare; particularly; to show respect, care; well-paid jobs.
2. Give English equivalents to the following words and word-combinations: підліток; батьки; цінності; дружба; справжній товариш; терпимість; досягати віку; тривати вічно; розбиті серця; занадто молодий; водночас; наркотична залежність; неправильно та небезпечно; СНІД; влаштовувати вечірки; розважатися; розслаблятися; суспільство; демонструвати повагу, турботу; отримати освіту.
3. Match the synonyms: an adult, to strengthen, sensitive, patient, pernicious, disagreement, delinquency, frustration, tolerant, conflict, to solve a problem, harmful, despair, to intensify, grown-up, criminality, to cope with a problem, quarrel, susceptible.
4. Form the possible word-combinations using given verbs.
to join the difficulties;
to solve one’s worth;
to lose each other;
make in trouble;
to rely on the efforts;
to take a conflict;
to cope with on some points;
to respect one’s ideals;
to disagree on friends;
to set oneself;
to consider a confident stand;
to interfere in with a problem;
to face one’s opinion;
to be the problem;
5. Fill in the blanks with the necessary words.
(support, treats, in trouble, disagree, patience, scolded, rely on, trust, consider, wrong, influence)
I often … with him as to what we must do.
If I were you, I wouldn’t … him, he is dishonest.
The teacher … us like children but we are grown people.
You can … me to help you.
The little boy was … so I swam out to save him.
This girl’s … made him a better person.
If you … the fact that she’s only been studying English a year, she speaks it very well.
Which football team do you …?
The clock is …; it’s later than the time it shows.
You need a lot of … when you work here.
The child was … by its mother.
6. Agree or disagree. Try to prove your statement.
Each of a young man has his own view point on his life and his future but there are not problems which are common for all young people.
Teenagers don’t want to be independent; they prefer to rely on their parents and other adults.
One of the significant problems young people face is to choose the future profession, it means to choose the future of their life.
Parents and children can solve their problems only with quarrels.
In fact, there is not only the generation gap but the problem of misunderstanding between different youth groups.
Most of young people spend their free time in the streets.
People of almost every age are susceptible to the pernicious habits but they hit the youth the hardest.
Million young people today are using drugs, and most of them will die.
Nothing can be done to help young generation in solving the problems they face.