Легко ли быть молодым? 9 класс

Наталья Васильевна
учитель английского языка
МОУ МГМЛ

г. Магнитогорска

means

having everything for the first time
being with friends
having

problems with parents
taking a lot of exams
having problems with skin
going to parties and discos

person is trying to find his place in the world.

And during this search he or she comes across different problems which are as important as those of the adults.

of life. I doubt whether it is true. It seems

to me that it is the most difficult time. You have to make some very important decisions which will influence all your future life.
Being a teenager means dates, love, new discoveries, choosing career, thinking about many problems and ways to overcome them.
Being a teenager means taking a lot of exams. It is very difficult. Especially, if you fall in love and can not think about anything but your love.

problems
Discrimination

depressed and upset
They are badly treated at home
Their parents are

quite indifferent
Teens are not taken seriously
They can’t solve their problems themselves
The system of our life
The changes of the society

very sleazy (неряшливые)? Why can’t I have that brand (фирменное) new

dress? Why am I under so much stress? Why don’t my parents ever believe me? Why can’t they ever see… Why do I feel so often unhappy? Why do they always wish I was still in a nappy (в пеленках)? Why does my face feel like a block of lard (кусок сала)? Why are all these years really hard? There’s a reason for all these problems and tears. I am going through my Teenage Years!

A subculture
is

a group of people with the same interests, the same
style and they like the same music.

REBEL AGAINST THE SOCIETY
TO PROTEST AGAINST THE OLDER GENERATION
TO REJECT

EVERYTHING
(NOT)TO CONFORM TO SOCIETY STANDARDS
TO TRY OUT ALL SORT OF OPTIONS
TO SHOW STRONG PHISICAL FORCE
TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, THEIR OWN IDENTITY

true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at

the table;
At least as far as he is able.

Robert Louis Stevenson

me to…
Let me…
Make me…
Forbid me…

eat what I want and like
To have my pocket money
To

dress the way I want
To drive the car
To decide what to do after finishing school
To make friends with a boy or a girl

job
Cook dinner for myself
Spend my pocket money
Go to discos
Wear jeans

to school
Organize parties at home

about the house
Do my lessons
Show my school diary
Read books
Play musical

instruments
Be always carefully

alcohol
to wear jeans to school
to organize parties at home
to drive

a car
to watch films for adults on TV

of their options are good, which are bad?
… you don’t

have bad habits, how do you show off?
… do teens express themselves?

a particular subculture
2. distinct
3. to rebel against
4. to express his/her

identity
5. to support a liberal attitude and lifestyle
6. to change for the best

a. выражать свою индивидуальность
b. изменить к лучшему
c. отличающийся
d. восставать против
e. относить себя к конкретной субкультуре
f. поддерживать либеральное отношение и стиль жизни

rebel
to differ
the end
to be regarded
in
from
against
from
of the world
as

word constructions and combinations (pages 13-18)
5 parts – excellent.
4 parts

– good.
3 parts –enough.

difficult …

It is wrong to think that…

… is just what

I had in mind.

I think the opinion that… is absolutely right

the world to the best
to have my/their own values and

beliefs
to have problems with parents
to make some very important decisions which will influence all your future life