3. Make up short situations based on the model.

Model: It’s Robert Brown. He’s 26. He’s a journalist. He’s American. He comes from New York.

Name	Age	Job	Nationality	Residence
Mary Smith Tom Stuart Jerry Brown Robert Grey Clair Jones Andrew Smith	20 18 35 41 45 33	architect secretary doctor mechanic actress lawyer	English Irish Canadian Australian American Scottish	London Dublin Ottawa Sydney New York Edinburgh

4. Work in pairs.

One student makes a sketch of his (her) family tree trying to remember all his (her) relatives, the other asks questions and draws the family tree. Then they compare the sketches.

5. Speak about your own family. The following questions will help you.

1. How large is your family?

2. Are your family early risers ? Why? What about you?

3. Are you the eldest of the family?

4. Do you have any special duties?

5. Who do you most take after, your mother or your father?

6. Who are you like in character?

7. Who do you look like?

8. Who is the head of your family?

9. Do you think that older and younger generations should live together?

Text 2. Family problems

ACTIVE VOCABULARY TO REMEMBER

to honour dead misunderstanding adulthood adolescence values generation gap generation gap drug juvenile delinquent to be convinced rescue to dial way out

– почитать, уважать, чтить – однообразный, безжизненный, неживой, мертвый – неправильное понимание, размолвка, ссора, разногласие – зрелость, взрослость; состояние зрелости организма – подростковый возраст, юность – достоинства, ценности – поколение – разрыв, глубокое расхождение (во взглядах и т. п.); недостаток – конфликт поколений, проблема отцов и детей – наркотик – малолетний преступник – быть убежденным, уверенным – спасение – набирать номер, звонить – выход из положения

"Honour your mother and father and you will live long and be well, if not, you will die" – says the Bible. Some families are happy, some are dead. It seems to me the reason is misunderstanding of each other in the family.

One more thing, teenagers can take on most of the rights and responsibilities of adulthood. Before this occurs, however, they go through the period of adolescence and most of them experience conflicts at that time. They change rapidly both physically and emotionally and they search self-identity as they grow up and become more independent.

Sometimes teenagers develop interests and values different from those of their parents. That sets a conflict between two generations, which leads to a gap in mutual understanding. Traditional disagreements are: the time to come home at night, doing work about the house and the friends to spend time with.

I'd like to point out, that teens face a number of problems: drinking al­cohol or using drugs. Moreover, some children run away from their homes. Most of them return after a few days or weeks, but some turn to crime and become juvenile delinquents.

I'm convinced that sometimes parents do not care about their children. It is exactly at that age when young people need a piece of advice or help. Different TV programmes and magazines for the young come to their rescue. In case of need you can also dial a special telephone number, the so-called 'telephone of trust'.

But it's not the way out. Parents should help their children and find the right approach to them so as to make everything clear. Being able to view the problems more rationally, they should try to do their best to resolve them. We need to learn to talk our problems over in our family. If we are able to do it, everything will be all right.