General English. Ульянова О.В - 173 стр.

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reach eighteen you can vote, get married without your parents permission
and join the army, so it seems logical that you are considered as an adult
rather than a child. At the other end of the scale, children are growing up
and developing more quickly and these days 11 and 12-year-olds would
like to include themselves in the teenager' group. In actual fact they have
their own group title now - 'Pre-teens' or sometimes 'Between-ages'.
Without getting hung up on actual ages, perhaps what we really
mean by 'teenagers' are people who are in the stage of their life when they
are developing from children into adults.
Are teenagers a problem?
Parents and grandparents always seem to start from the premise
that teenagers are in a special category when it comes to defining the
human race. According to 'the older generation' teenagers are lazy, they
wear ridiculous clothes and are appallingly rude to their betters and elders;
they find it impossible to be polite, helpful, constructive, caring or hard-
working. What's more, they spend all their time listening to awful music
("It isn't music, it's just a collection of horrendous noises!") and gawping at
unsuitable films. And all they ever think about is parties, drugs and sex.
Well, that's how the story goes! But is it anywhere near the truth?
Actually, it seems to me to be quite the opposite of the truth.
Teenagers spend a lot of time thinking about their work (studies), their
families and friends and their hobbies. Sure, there are certain
preoccupations such as clothes, money, how to behave in a certain
situation, their bodies.
But isn't it the same for most people? So what about the myth
that all teenagers are rude, selfish, lazy and greedy? As far as I'm
concerned, it's nonsense. The vast majority of young people I meet are
polite, friendly, open, interested and hard-working.
Do teenagers have problems?
You might as well ask 'Do hens lay eggs?' Teenagers are human, so
of course they have problems. And the problems aren't very different from
anyone else's.
What's going to happen at work/school tomorrow?
Why does Dad like my sister better than me?
Am I too fat / skinny / tall / short etc.?
Does my boyfriend / girlfriend really like me?
How can I afford to buy... ?
Am I stupid?

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