Mia

appearance [ə'pɪərəns]

Can you find some differences between us?

respect [rɪ'spekt]

authority[ɔ:'θɒrəti]

whose life is easier?

Let’s interview one teenager and one adult. ['ædʌlt]

Which one do you agree?

task1 Read the title and predict( 预告） three possibilities （可能性） .

Title ： Do you think life is easier for teenagers today than for teenagers in the past ？

1 Life for teenagers today are easier.2 Life for teenagers in the past are easier.3 It’s the same.

task2 Read the first one or two sentences of each paragraph.

1 In Katie’s idea, who is more responsible?

2 In Ned’s idea, Do teenagers today have easy life?

3 In Sarah’s idea, Are young teenagers better than the teenagers in the past?

4 Does Patty agree with the media( 媒体）？

Teenagers in the past.

No, they don’t.

No, they aren’t.

No, she doesn’t.

Task3 skim again and find their opinions

Katie

Ned

Sarah

Patty

2 Life is easier for teenagers today.

1 Life is easier for teenagers in the past.

3 life for teenagers todayand teenagers in the past is the same.

2

1

3

3

In Katie’s opinion, …

（ name ： Katie age ： 82 ）

When I was a teenager, I was more responsible than today’s teenagers. After school, I had to do lots of jobs at home. My parents were really angry when I didn’t do my chores. Today’s teenagers are lazier. They come home from school and then play computer games for the rest of the day.

Task3 (1). Find out two adjectives

(2) Why?

(3) Do you just play computer games?

(name: Ned age: 23)

Who says teenagers have an easy life? Exams are harder now than in the past. It’s more difficult to get a job so your marks need to be higher. The media make us worry about our appearance nowadays too; so a lot of teenagers aren’t happy. They think they should be taller or thinner, like the people they see on TV. Maybe the problems are different from the past. But that doesn’t make life easier. It’s probably the opposite!

Task 4 (1) What makes life harder for the teenagers today?

①

③②

(2) Do you have any other worries?

Young people nowadays aren’t better or worse than young people in the past. Teenagers today have the same problem that we did. They’re worried about finding their own place in the world. I once read this saying: “ Children nowadays just love the easy life. They’re bad mannered, have no respect for authority or for older people, and they make their teachers mad.” Do you know who said that? It was Socractes （苏格拉底） . He lived about 2,400 years ago.

Task5 (1)What is the same problem ？

(name: Sarah age: 45)

(name: Sarah age: 45)

“Children nowadays just love the easy life. They’re bad mannered, have no respect for authority or for older people, and they make their teachers mad. ”------Socractes

苏格拉底（ 469B.C.—399B.C.)

(2) What does it mean ？

A Teenagers today are easier and worse.

B Teenagers in the past were easier and worse.

C In every age （时代）， teenagers are saidto be easier. So teenagers today and in the pasthave the same problems.

(name: Patty age: 52)

In the media, they always say that teenagers have easy life. They say they’re lazy and irresponsible. But I work with young people and lots of them are responsible and hard-working. I also meet teenagers who are opposite. Isn’t it the same with adults? Perhaps teenagers have more money now. And they have lots of modern things like MP3 players. But those things don’t always make life easier or make you happier!

irreponsible lazy

Task6 (1) What does “opposite” stand for ( 代表） ?

In the media, they always say that teenagers have easy life. They say they’re lazy and irresponsible. But I work with young people and lots of them are responsible and hard-working. I also meet teenagers who are opposite. Isn’t it the same with adults? Perhaps teenagers have more money now. And they have lots of modern things like MP3 players. But those things don’t always make life easier or make you happier!

(name: Patty age: 52)

Task6 (2) Give me two reasonswhy are teenagers not easier ？

①

②

title

Point1:Teenagers today are easier.

Point2:Teenagers in the past are easier.

Point3:They are the same.

reasons ；①responsible②lazier

reasons ；①exams②getting a job

③ appearance

reasons ；①the same problem②one saying

③ some are… ④ modern things

point + reasons

Do you think life for teenagers today is easierthan for teenagers in the past?

1 Read the passage loudly

2 write down your ideas