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appearance ['p rns] Can you find some differences between us?

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respect [r 'spekt] authority[ :' rti]

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whose life is easier? Lets interview one teenager and one adult.teenageradult ['d lt]

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Which one do you agree?

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task1 Read the title and predict( three possibilities . 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 Its the same.

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task2 Read the first one or two sentences of each paragraph. 1 In Katies idea, who is more responsible? 2 In Neds idea, Do teenagers today have easy life? 3 In Sarahs idea, Are young teenagers better than the teenagers in the past? 4 Does Patty agree with the media( Teenagers in the past. No, they dont. No, they arent. No, she doesnt.

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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 today and teenagers in the past is the same. 2 1 3 3 In Katies opinion,

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name Katie age 82 When I was a teenager, I was more responsible than todays teenagers. After school, I had to do lots of jobs at home. My parents were really angry when I didnt do my chores. Todays 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?

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(name: Ned age: 23) Who says teenagers have an easy life? Exams are harder now than in the past. Its 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 arent 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 doesnt make life easier. Its probably the opposite! Task 4 (1) What makes life harder for the teenagers today? (2) Do you have any other worries?

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Young people nowadays arent better or worse than young people in the past. Teenagers today have the same problem that we did. Theyre worried about finding their own place in the world. I once read this saying: Children nowadays just love the easy life. Theyre 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 . He lived about 2,400 years ago. Task5 (1)What is the same problem (name: Sarah age: 45)

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Children nowadays just love the easy life. Theyre bad mannered, have no respect for authority or for older people, and they make their teachers mad. ------Socractes 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 teenagers are said to be easier. So teenagers today and in the past have the same problems.

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(name: Patty age: 52) In the media, they always say that teenagers have easy life. They say theyre 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. Isnt it the same with adults? Perhaps teenagers have more money now. And they have lots of modern things like MP3 players. But those things dont always make life easier or make you happier! irreponsible lazy Task6 (1) What does opposite stand for ( ?

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In the media, they always say that teenagers have easy life. They say theyre 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. Isnt it the same with adults? Perhaps teenagers have more money now. And they have lots of modern things like MP3 players. But those things dont always make life easier or make you happier! (name: Patty age: 52) Task6 (2) Give me two reasons why are teenagers not easier

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title Point1: Teenagers today are easier. Point2: Teenagers in the past are easier. Point3: They are the same. reasons responsible lazier reasons exams getting a job appearance reasons the same problem one saying some are modern things

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point + reasons Do you think life for teenagers today is easier than for teenagers in the past?

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1 Read the passage loudly 2 write down your ideas