13 THE YOUNG AND THEIR WORLD

The young their characteristics (mlad lid jejich cha rakteristika) Place of the young in the society (postaven mladch ve spolenosti) Generation gap (generan rozdl) Describing people their appearance, qualities, lifestyle, opinions, problems (popis lid jejich zevnjek, kladn vlastnosti, ivotn styl, nzory, problmy)

CD 2 Track 13

i Discuss the following questions in class. Then read the text below.
1. What does a typical teenager look like? 2. How does a typical teenager behave? 3. What are common problems of the young in our society?

eople from the age of thirteen to the age of nineteen are called teenagers because their age ends in teen in English. The age of majority is the age at which a person has full legal rights. This age differs from culture to culture. During puberty, most young people go through dramatic physical changes and they also change mentally. Their emotional life is more intensive than before. Love and friendship become the most important values. Teenagers prefer relationships with their peers to their parents. Young people often feel insecure and look for security. They search for their own unique identity. Sports players, rock stars, film actors, reality show stars often become their role models. Teenagers care a lot about their image. They follow fashion trends closely and they always want to be in. They have similar interests in things such as music, dance, film and fashion. They identify themselves with others, but at the same time they want to be different and develop their own individuality. This age of revolt often leads to conflicts between the generations, known as the generation gap. Young people think that their parents care too much and are overprotective. Children often have different ideas about their future, different life expectations and opinions than their parents do. All this creates tension between parents and their children. Older and younger people also differ in clothing and hairstyles. Most teenagers would like to start their own independent lives but are still financially dependent on their parents. At this age, young people are often under pressure because they have to decide about their future career. Financial worries or frustration of some adolescents may lead to youth crime, such as vandalism and violence. Groups of youngsters with racial prejudice often provoke conflicts in many countries. Alcoholism, drug use and gambling are the results of frustration, family conflicts or other teenage problems.

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After reading the text, answer the following questions. 1. What is puberty? 2. What changes do teenagers go through? 3. How do most teenagers feel? 4. What interests do teenagers have? 5. What do you understand by generation gap? 6. What are the common teenage problems?

PRACTICE TASKS
A Look at the picture below. Which adjectives from the box below best describe the man on the left, the boy in the middle and the man on the right? independentaloneunemployedfriendlyunstableworried busyaddictedtiredoverprotectivecarelessfrustratedmature easy-goingprejudicedsecureresponsiblestressedignoring

Describe the people in the picture above by giving answers to the questions below.

Who are the people? What do they look like? What are they like? Where are they? What are they doing? Why are they there? C What do you think about the boy in the middle? Who are his role models? What kind of person will he be one day? Like the man on the right or the man on the left?

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Compare and contrast the lifestyle of the people in the picture in exercise A. Talk about their families, daily duties, activities and hobbies. What do they have in common?

To compare: like, similar, the same as To contrast: unlike, different, in contrast What are the people in the picture in exercise A thinking about? Would they ever talk to each other? Would they criticise or give compliments to each other? Which of them would probably say the following lines?

1. What an awful hairstyle! 2. I dont care about anything and anybody. 3. I need more space for sitting. F Which activities do your friends RARELY do at weekends? Choose from the list below. Talk about yourself. How do you usually spend your weekends? go to parties hang out with friends watch TV go to concerts play with a band study chat with friends work in the garden write poems tidy their room go to the cinema go to see their grandparents do shopping walk their dogs play sports walk in the park go fishing

Talk about teenagers, their feelings, opinions, behaviour, problems and lifestyle. Use the phrases below and develop them.

Example: provoke conflicts Some teenagers provoke conflicts with their parents when they have different ideas. go through physical and mental changes have different opinions look for security differ in clothing and hairstyle follow fashion trends be under pressure be independent identify with role models search for a unique identity depend on parents

Explain why there often is a generation gap between parents and their teenage children.

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Read the text below. Compare the changing approach of some American parents towards their children with the Czech parents approach. How can parents and their children create a good relationship?

American psychologists say that the authoritative approach towards children is not so frequent any more. They say that the generation gap is getting smaller in many families. There are less and less strict authoritative parents and more and more parents that are friends to their children. They share interests with their children and are more open. Discussions on subjects such as sex and drugs are becoming normal. They try to make their children happy the word fun is more frequent than the word responsibility. Good parents try to show sympathy and understanding towards their children if they are in trouble.

Role-play: Angry Man

You: Look at the picture in exercise A. You are the man in the suit. You are in bad mood because you were fired today and your job was given to some unexperienced teenager. Criticise young people, their opinions, lifestyle, appearance and behaviour. Your partner: Look at the picture in task A. You are the teenage boy in the middle. You are sitting next to an angry man who was fired today and whose job was given to some unexperienced teenager. The man in the suit is very angry and he criticises all the young, their opinions, lifestyle, appearance and behaviour. You cannot listen to him anymore. Defend yourself, your hairstyle and the young people.

VOCABULARY THE YOUNG AND THEIR WORLD (Podvej se tak na Nkter uiten frze avrazy na str. 393.)
NOUNS (age of) majority plnoletost appearance vzhled approach pstup behaviour jednn, chovn career profese, karira clothing obleen drug use uvn drog duty povinnost expectation oekvn friendship ptelstv fun zbava gambling hran hazardnich her generation gap generan rozdl, propast identity identita individuality osobnost opinion nzor peer vrstevnk prejudice pedsudek relationship vztah responsibility zodpovdnost result (of) vsledek (eho) revolt vzpoura role model vzor, pklad security bezpe suit oblek sympathy soucit tension napt understanding pochopen value hodnota violence nsil

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worry trpen, starost youngster mladk ADJECTIVES addicted zvisl angry rozzloben, rozhnvan authoritative autoritativn careless lhostejn, nedbal common spolen daily denn different odlin easy-going bezstarostn, lehkomysln financial finann frustrated frustrovan future budouc ignoring nevmav important dleit independent nezvisl insecure nejist intensive intenzivn mature zral, dospl overprotective pli ochraujc prejudiced zaujat, s pedsudky racial rasistick responsible zodpovdn secure jist, bezstarostn similar podobn stressed stresovan strict psn tired unaven unemployed nezamstnan unexperienced nezkuen unique osobit, originln VERBS to be fired bt proputen z prce to be in bt in, bt v kurzu to be in bad mood mt patnou nladu to become normal stt se bnm to be dependent (on) bt zvisl (na) to be in trouble mt problm to be under pressure bt pod tlakem to care (about) starat se (o) to care too much pli se starat to compare porovnat, najt spolen znaky to contrast najt odlin znaky to criticise (AmE: criticize) kritizovat to create vytvoit, tvoit to defend brnit se to develop rozvinout

to differ (in) liit se (v) to follow trends sledovat trendy to get smaller zmenovat se to give compliment sloit kompliment, poklonu to go through projt m to hang out (with) potloukat se (s) to have in common mt spolen to identify (with) identifikovat se (s) to lead (to) vst (k emu) to look for hledat to prefer upednostovat to search ptrat po to share dlit se o, sdlet to tidy (up) a room uklzet si pokoj to try zkusit, pokusit se OTHER alone sm at the same time zrove, v tu samou chvli closely blzko, tsn each other vzjemn, jeden druhmu ever (vbec) nkdy in contrast v porovnn in the middle ve stedu, uprosted less and less mn a mn like jako mentally duevn next to vedle not anymore u ne once jednou still stle, jet the same as stejn jako towards smrem k unlike na rozdl od PHRASES Describing people popis lid What does he/she look like? Jak vypad? He/She is quite/rather/very tall/skinny/stylish. Je dost/spe/velmi vysok/-/huben/-/ stylov/-. He/She has got short/black/curly hair. M krtk/ern/vlnit vlasy. He/She cares about himself/herself. Star se o sebe. What is he/she like? Jak/Jak je?

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He/She is quite/rather/very friendly/responsible/careless. Je dost/spe/velmi ptelsk/-/zodpovdn/-/nedbal/-. He/She cares a lot about other people. Velmi se zajma o druh (lidi). He/She is the sort of a person who... Je to typ lovka, kter...

He/she makes me happy./Jsem astn/-, kdy jsem s nm/n. How old is he/she? Kolik m rok? He/She is in his/her early/mid/late twenties. Je mu/j asi do 25ti/asi 25/tm 30.

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TEST 2
1. st, lohy 14 (Track 14)
Uslyte tyi krtk nahrvky. Nejprve uslyte otzku a pot vyslechnete nahrvku. Na zklad vyslechnutch nahrvek vyberte k lohm 14 vdy jeden sprvn obrzek AC. Kadou nahrvku si poslechnte dvakrt. loha 1 (Track 15) What time should Gavin pick up his friend from the airport?

loha 2 (Track 16)

What kind of sport is the actor doing now?

loha 3 (Track 17)

What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

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loha 4 (Track 18)

What kind of pet did the woman have in the past?

C A

2. st, lohy 512 (Track 19)

Uslyte rozhovor otce a nemocnho dtte s lkakou. Na zklad vyslechnut nahrvky rozhodnte, zda jsou tvrzen v lohch 512 pravdiv (P), nebo nepravdiv (N). Nahrvku si poslechnte dvakrt. Vzor 0: Dannys parents thought Danny had a cold. 5. There were three spots on his back. 6. Now, the spots are all over Dannys body. 7. The spots do not hurt. 8. Danny will get an injection. 9. The doctor says Danny has chicken pox. 10. Danny does not attend nursery school. 11. The doctor is sending Danny to hospital tomorrow. 12. Dannys father will go to hospital with him. P N

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3. st, lohy 1319 (Track 20)

Uslyte recept na polvku. Na zklad vyslechnut nahrvky odpovzte na otzky v lohch 1319. V odpovdch pouijte nejve 3 slova. Prvn loha slou jako vzor (0). Nahrvku si poslechnte dvakrt. Baked potato soup is a fresh alternative to warm up any (0) winters meal. The recipe is straightforward and can be made in just (13) First, we need two (14) First, they should be washed and then (15) After cooling down, they should be (16) scooped out and the skins should be thrown away. The mixture should be cooked until (17) (18) A couple of tablespoons of (19) . can be added too. should be added to the soup and also on top. . . , the centres should be .

(Adapted from: University English Language-Entrance Exams, Enigma, 2004)

4. st, lohy 2023 (Track 21)

Uslyte tyi krtk nahrvky. Nejprve uslyte otzku a pot vyslechnete nahrvku. Na zklad vyslechnutch nahrvek vyberte k lohm 2023 vdy jednu sprvnou odpov AC. Kadou nahrvku si poslechnte dvakrt. loha 20 (Track 22) A) mostly sunny B) mostly dry C) mostly wet loha 21 (Track 23) What kind of package does the shop assistant offer to the customer? What will the weather be like at the weekend?

A) a 20-month contract for fifteen pounds a month B) a 12-month contract for fifty pounds a month C) a 12-month contract for fifteen pounds a month

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loha 22 (Track 24)

Which room does the customer finally get?

A) a double en-suite room B) a single en-suite room C) a double room loha 23 (Track 25) Which course does the customer like best?

A) a windsurfing course B) a jet-skiing course C) a diving course

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Zadn 7
1. ST Letter of complaint Stnost

Nedvno jste veeeli vluxusn restauraci abyli jste velmi nespokojen sjdlem aobsluhou. Napite manarovi restaurace stnost, v rozsahu 120150 slov, vn popete: pleitost/udlost, kterou jste vrestauraci oslavovali, problmy vrestauraci spojen sobsluhou, problm sjdlem, dejte nhradu/kompenzaci.

Vzorovou ukzku najdete na stran 353.

2. ST Inquiries, information about study dost o informace o studiu

Rozhodli jste se absolvovat msn kurz anglitiny vLondn vsoukrom jazykov kole. Napte dopis, v rozsahu 6070 slov, vekterm se zeptte na: zpsob studia avuky, monosti ubytovn, zpsob financovn kurzu.
Vzorovou ukzku najdete na stran 357.

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Z. 7/1. st: Letter of complaint Stnost

Adresa odeslatele v Britnii se slo budovy uvd ped nzvem ulice. Do dalho dku se nape msto a do nsledujcho 6-ti mstn nebo 7-mi mstn PS, kter zan a kon dvma psmeny. Pod adresou je voln dek a pod nm datum. Adresa a datum jsou zarovnan pod sebou na stranu nebo na sted. Stnost vdy adresuj konkrtn osob. Dej si tu nmahu a zjisti si ji. Za oslovenm napi rku. Jin tvary: Mr./Ms. Surname, Dear Dr. Surname atd.

212 St. Johns Lane Bristol BS5 3AU April 15th, 2012

Jane Deakin PR Manager of Wild Magnolia Restaurant 20 Malago Road Pod jmno adresta napi jeho funkci. V nBristol sledujcch dcch uve adresu. Postupuj podle BS3 4JR
instrukc uvedench v adrese odeslatele.

Dear Mrs. Deakin,

Vysvtli, kdy a za jakch okolnost se incident udl. Vyjaduj se strun a jasn. Udruj ptelsk tn a nevyhrouj.

I am writing to inform you about the disappointment we experienced in your restaurant.

My husband decided to celebrate our anniversary there. I booked a table for April 14th at 7.30pm. When we arrived, our table was not ready yet. We had to wait for another 20 minutes. Our waiter, Paul, hardly recommended any dishes to us. Finally, we made an order and tried to enjoy the rest of the evening. The seafood dish we ordered was not very good. I suspect it was not fresh. The whole evening was a complete disaster.

Bylo-li incident vc, popi jen nejzvanj. Nesna se nikoho obviovat. M-li svdky, bylo by dobr, aby tv slova potvrdili svm podpisem.

Na zvr navrhni vhodn een problmu. Jestlie oekv odpov, me poskytnout dal kontaktn daj. d-li refundaci, pilo ke stnosti FOTOKOPII tu. Na tuto skutenost upozorni v zvru dopisu.

We would appreciate if you could talk to your employees about good manners. Your customers certainly expect much better service and food.

I enclose a copy of the bill and expect you to reimburse us for such a negative experience in your restaurant. Yours sincerely,

A n Gr

Enclosure: copy of the bill from the Wild Magnolia Restaurant dated April 14th, 2012.