4. A)Fillinthequestionsbelowwiththemissingwordsfromtheinterview.Thefirstletterisgiven.

Whyisgrowingupinafamilyimportantfora…chil-dren?Haveyouheardofanyotherorganizationsthathelppeopleinneedandp…therightsofthechildren?Howcanthegovernmentsolvetheproblemofa…addictionamongchildrenandadults?Whatkindofhelpwouldbemostusefulforad…family?Whatcanyoudoifyouseean…childinthestreet?

b)Workinsmallgroupstodiscussthequestionsabove.

4. Workinsmallgroups.Whichofthequotationsbelowrefertotheproblemdiscussedinthelesson?

1. Havingchildrenmakesonenomoreaparentthanhavingapianomakesyouapianist.–MichaelLevine

2. Thefateofachildisinthehandsofhisparents.–ShinichiSuzuki

3. Idon’tcarehowpooramanis;ifhehasfamily,he’srich.–

DanWilcox

4. Thosethathelpachildhelphumanity–Unknown

LESSON4:HOWMODALSFUNCTION

Communicativearea:analysing

Activevocabulary:obligation,probability,necessity,prohibition,function

Grammarrevision:must,haveto,should,oughtto(functions)

1. Workinpairs.Makealistofthingsyouhavetodoforyourfamily.

Who’sgotthelongestlistoffamilyobligations?

2. a)Readthewordsbelowandnotedownthestress.Whatrulecanyoumakeaboutthewordsendingwith-ityor-tion?

ability,authority,celebrity,creativity,facility,tradition,reaction,production,abbreviation

2. Addmoreexamplestothelist.

3. a)Readthewordsbelowaloud.

necessity probability recommendationprohibition obligation

b)Listen,checkandrepeatafterthespeaker.

2. Now,matchthewordswiththeirdefinitions:

• amoralorlegalrequirement;duty;responsibility;

• somethingneededforadesiredresult;

• aban,veto;alegaldocumentforbiddingsomething;

• ameasureofhowlikelyitisthatsomeeventwilloccur;

• opinionaboutwhatcouldorshouldbedoneaboutasitua-tionorproblem,advice.

4. a)Readtheexcerptsfromthearticlesbelowandfillintheblankswiththewordsinex.3a.

1. AnewstudyofChinese-Americanyouthhasfoundthatfami-ly…playsapositiveroleinthementalhealthofChinese-Ameri-canteenagersandmaypreventsymptomsofdepressioninlaterteenageyears.Theauthorssuggestthatagreatersenseoffami-ly…intheearlyteenageyearscouldprovideteenagerswithstrongfamilytiesthatmakethemfeelsecureevenwhentheymovethroughteenageyearsandbecomemoreindependent.

2. Thereislongstandingevidencethatyouthsraisedbysingleparentshavehigher…toperformpoorlyinschoolandpartakein“deviant”behaviours.UsingtheNationalLongitudinalSur-veyofYouth,wefindthatanadditional5yearswiththebio-

logicalfatherdecreasesthe…ofsmoking,drinking,drugad-diction,andcriminalbehaviourbyapproximately5.3%.

3. Withaparentlosinghisjoborgettingherhourscut,moneyhastogotothe…oflife.Forteens,…arenotthegasbillorthemortgage,it’sthelatestversionofNintendo’sWiiorthenew-estiPhone.

4. BeforeIstartedwritingthisarticleIreadmanyarticlesonthepreventionofdrinkingandmostofthembasedon….Suchas:“Bandrinkingalcohol!”Atthesametime...isalwaysanintro-ductiontotheconflict,andconflictwithparentsincreasestheriskofanyformofaddiction.

5. Givingadvicetoateenagerisveryeasy;gettingateenagertotakethat…isanothermatteraltogether.It’snotonlyacaseoftheadvice‘fallingondeafears’,sometimestheteenagerseemstogodeliberatelyoutoftheirwaytodotheexactoppo-site,that’swhenyouknowyou’vegotaproblem.

b)Whicharticlewouldyouliketoread?Why?