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YOUTH PROBLEMS

1. What does to be young mean for you?

Young

problems

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3. Read what students write and say what problems worry young people in the world today?

Youth is a Difficult Time

“Youth is a special time for any person: he or she is no longer a child and not yet an adult. And young people have some problems special to this period of life. One of them is the problem of finding oneself. Some teenagers still remain in a condition of Great Uncertainty: they don’t have particular interests or hobbies; there are no particular aims in their lives. That’s why they are in a constant search, which sometimes makes them choose the wrong way, for example drug addiction. I think if a person has a goal in life, or there is something in the world that interests him or her very much, that person is lucky. A wide range of interests is a sign of an intelligent and broad-minded person. That’s why almost all young people try different sides of life in order to find something which attracts them most of all”.

By Girnik

my future career. It is essential to haveДa good job. And to get a good job you have to be well-educated. So, after leaving a secondary school I should

“Everybody thinks that youth is the best period of life. But young

choose a university and seeбwhat Аentrance exams I have to pass. I can’t enter any university without good knowledge, for example, of English, so it is necessary to pay for special lessons which means heavy expenses.

How to find a good иjob? Unemployment is a sore point in our country. Even qualified professionals often cannot find a good job. So, in planning

After graduating from the university, you have another problem.

my future I have to think a lot about the possibility of finding a good job

problems. The main ones are: hard drugs, diseases, such as AIDS, problems with adults, early pregnancy and of course violence and crime among youth.

Our world is facing a drugs crisis. The greater part of teenagers are using, or have used drugs. This is the main problem in the world, I think.

Because of drugs, boys and girls become angry. They loose their connection with their parents, and misunderstand them. They have a lot of communicative problems. Teenagers don’t have much money to buy drugs,

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so they have to steal. And using drugs evokes such a dangerous illness as AIDS. Drug addicts are aware of their illness and with this their lives end.

To my mind our government should take the first step in stopping this problem and prevent selling of drugs. Besides our government should lead different educative programs, such as “Stop AIDS”, “Say No”, or something like that. Even in schools we should have lessons dedicated to these problems. So, in my point of view, we should stop drugs. Teenagers should think about their future life. They should have dreams about their future career. And even if they are given drugs, they should just say “No””.

By Olga

“As for me, the number one problem among young men is conscription. In our country all boys must go to the army. (Of course, if they ha-

day, with violence, bad food and poor clothes. I think, that military service

ven’t got a serious disease.) It doesn’t mean that I don’t want to carry out the duty of a male citizen of our republic. But Иour army is like a prison to-

should be a job; a professional army wouldДbe more organized. Of course,

this problem can be solved only by the government and even they cannot solve it now. But adults must remember that the young are society’s future. If the present generation of youthsАgrows up to be “lost”, we have no future”.

б By Sergey

“Every day we have to make important decisions. It is very hard to make them in youth, becauseиwe are not children, for whom the world is so simple, and not yet adults, who have life experience.

In this transitionСperiod teenagers are very changeable; full of selfcriticism, frequent changes of mood, dissatisfaction with their appearance.

Teenagers are also easily influenced by others. And just in this period a great number of people begin to smoke, communicate with different groups. But I think, you should love yourself, in order to find the right way in life and place in society. I guess, you should not only follow your wishes, but also fulfill all your duties in time; control yourself. I would like to say that we shouldn’t be illiterate. Ignorance makes unemployment a sore point.

So, we are responsible persons and we should respect ourselves and other people, too. And to respect yourself means to wish yourself happiness and try to make your dreams come true”.

By Helen http://eng.1september.ru/2002/43/3.htm

4. Write some associations under each word in bold.

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5. Talk to each other:

1.What are you dreaming of?

2.What goals do you want to reach in your life?

3.What is happiness for you?

4.Do you have anything to complain about?

5.Do you have any problmes with your parents, sisters or brothers, teachers?

6.Do adults understand teens today?

6. Look through the opinions (Ex. 3) and find the sentences the

1.Girnik says young people always lookДfor something.

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2.The person is fortunate, if he hasАan aim in life.

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3.Young people have as manyбproblems as adults.

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4.To get a good job youиhave to be scholarly.

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5.People withoutСa job is a sore point in Tanya’s country.

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6.There is a ‘generation gap’ between teenagers and their parents.

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7.Using drugs causes such a dangerous illness as AIDS.

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8.The number one problem among young men is enrollment in military service.

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9.Teenagers are also easily affected by others.

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7. Find the ideas to say whether the following sentences are true or false. If the idea is wrong correct it.

1. _____ Young people don’t know what they want.

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2._____ To find something attractive young people try various sides of life.

3._____ It’s not important to have a good job.

4._____ If you can pay you can enter any university without good knowledge.

5._____ Our world is facing a drugs crisis.

6._____ Boys and girls sell their clothes to buy drugs.

7._____ Olga wants her government to prevent selling of clothes.

8._____ Sergey is glad to join the army.

9._____ Helen says it’s not bad to be illiterate for young people.

8. Read the text again and complete the table.

Have you thought about … If I were you, I would …

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10. Look at the pictures (pic. 26, 27). Do they have anything in common? Write down as many words or phrases as you can to describe these pictures.

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