Compare and contrast these pictures.

In your description, answer the

following questions:

 How many generations can you identify

in the pictures?
 In which picture(s) can you see an
ideal relationship between different
generations? What makes you think
so?
 What do you think are the advantages
and disadvantages of another
generation?
 What conflicts can there be between
different generations?
 At what age do you think a generation
gap is the widest?
 Is it possible to bridge a generation
gap? How? Whose task do you think it
is?
 Do you think you will understand your
parents better when you are much
older?

Word Bank

 childhood: new-born baby, infant,

toddler, teenager, adolescent
 adulthood: grownup, young adult,
adultolescent, middle-aged person
 pensioner, retired person, OAP (old-
age pensioner), octogenarian
 parents: bring up children, look
after sy, give sy good education, get
on well/badly, feel anxious for
children, scold children for sg,
discipline a child, praise a child
 teenagers: stand on one’s own feet,
be confident, make one’s own
decisions, trust peers, enjoy life’ s
luxuries, pursuit of success, protest,
ignore one’s family
 generational conflicts: lack of
communication, few common
interests, be critical of sg, differ in
dress/food/habits/moral values/
taste/career, the family unit is
breaking up, blame each other
 bridge the generation gap, state
clear values/boundaries, spend a lot
of time together, communicate,
foster self-dependence

Generations