UNIT 1. GENERATIONS. LESSON F. READING
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LESSON F. READING
UNIT 1. GENERATIONS
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PRESENTATION
Vocabulary
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- adolescence (n)
adolescence (n)
/ˌædəˈlesns/
the time in a person’s life when they develop from a child into an adult
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- distrustful (adj)
/dɪsˈtrʌstfl/
unwilling to trust somebody/something
distrustful of sb/ sth
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- idealistic (adj)
idealistic (adj)
/ˌaɪdiəˈlɪstɪk/
having a strong belief in perfect standards and trying to achieve them, even when this is not realistic
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PRACTICE
1. SPEAKING Do you sometimes argue with your parents? What do you argue about, and why? Use the ideas below to help you
1. SPEAKING Do you sometimes argue with your parents? What do you argue about, and why? Use the ideas below to help you
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1. SPEAKING Do you sometimes argue with your parents? What do you argue about, and why? Use the ideas below to help you
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I hardly argue with my parents about anything because my mother always understands and shares everything with me. But in the past, I remember that I used to argue with my father about my bedtime. I am a night owl; I can only concentrate on my studying at night so I don't want to go to bed early. By contrast, my father wanted me to go to bed before 10:00 PM. As a result, I had to share the reason why I wanted to stay up late and luckily, he understood and let me do everything I wanted.
2. Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
2. Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
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- Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
2. Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
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a. Parents may find it difficult to understand their adolescent children, but it is a parent's duty to communicate properly with them and avoid arguments. b. Although teenagers develop new ideas, values and beliefs during adolescence, that is no excuse for bad behaviour. They should listen to their parents. c. Teenagers experience big physical and emotional changes during adolescence. It's important to communicate with your parents and try to understand their point of view.
- Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
2. Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. Choose the best summary of the text: a, b or c
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c. Teenagers experience big physical and emotional changes during adolescence. It's important to communicate with your parents and try to understand their point of view.
3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the sentences below and the highlighted words in the text
3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the sentences below and the highlighted words in the text
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A. You see the world differently, develop your own views and your own sense of right and wrong. B. They may not say so, but they are probably feeling a sense of loss and may even feel rejected by you. C. Firstly, let your parents know that you still love and value them. D. Keep talking to your parents. E. In general, emotionally and socially, the adolescents like you are experiencing profound changes in terms of freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions. F. You hate being told what to do all the time. G. Despite this, you should always listen carefully.
Physically, in the company, made decisions, opinions, idealistic, secondly, communication
- Which sentence links to which highlighted word
3. Which sentence links to which highlighted word?
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||opinions|| - A. You see the world differently, develop your own views and your own ||idealistic|| sense of right and wrong. ||communication|| - B. They may not say so, but they are probably feeling a sense of loss and may even feel rejected by you. ||secondly|| - C. Firstly, let your parents know that you still love and value them. ||communication|| - D. Keep talking to your parents. ||physically|| - E. In general, emotionally and socially, the adolescents like you are experiencing profound changes in terms of freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions. ||made decision|| - F. You hate being told what to do all the time. ||made decision|| - G. Despite this, you should always listen carefully.
- Underline the part of the sentence which helped you to decide
3. Underline the part of the sentence which helped you to decide
Adolescence is a difficult time for both parents and teenagers as it is a period of physical, social and emotional changes. Physically, as a dependent pre-teen child, you are being transformed into an independent young adult. 1____________ First, you want more freedom to choose who to see and when. You used to be most happy in the company of your parents. Now you want to spend some more time on your own. Second, your parents made most decisions before adolescence. But now you want to decide things for yourselves. 2____________. Above all, adolescents have strong opinions and are idealistic. 3____________. You feel you have all the answers while adults don't. All these perfectly normal changes will affect teenagers' relationship with parents. So what can you, as adolescents, do to stay on good terms with your parents? 4____________. Secondly, try to agree rules and boundaries and prove to be dependable. Keep your words and stick to rules. Thirdly, try to understand why they might be irritated by your behaviour. Show your parents that you are capable of an independent life by taking care of your own school work and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Finally, it's all about communication! 5____________. The more disconnected they feel, the more critical, distrustful and controlling they tend to become.
4. Use your answers to exercise 3 to match sentences A-G with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are two extra sentences
4. Use your answers to exercise 3 to match sentences A-G with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are two extra sentences
A. You see the world differently, develop your own views and your own sense of right and wrong. B. They may not say so, but they are probably feeling a sense of loss and may even feel rejected by you. C. Firstly, let your parents know that you still love and value them. D. Keep talking to your parents. E. In general, emotionally and socially, the adolescents like you are experiencing profound changes in terms of freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions. F. You hate being told what to do all the time. G. Despite this, you should always listen carefully.
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- Use your answers to exercise 3 to match sentences A-G with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are two extra sentences
4. Use your answers to exercise 3 to match sentences A-G with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are two extra sentences
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1 - ||E|| 4 - ||C|| 2 - ||F|| 5 - ||D|| 3 - ||A||
5. VOCABULARY Complete the stems to make a noun and an adjective
5. VOCABULARY Complete the stems to make a noun and an adjective
Noun and adjective endings
1. adolesc____ 2. depend____ 3. priv____ 4. emot____ 5. critic____ 6. distrust____
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- Complete the stems to make a noun and an adjective
5. VOCABULARY Complete the stems to make a noun and an adjective
Noun and adjective endings
Bài tập kéo thả chữ
1. adolesc____ adolesc||ence|| (n) / adolesc||ent|| (n) 2. depend____ depend||ent|| (adj) / depend||ence|| (n) 3. priv____ priv||ate|| (adj) / priv||acy|| (n) 4. emot____ emot||ion|| (n) / emot||ional|| (adj) 5. critic____ crictic (n) / critic||al|| (adj) 6. distrust____ distrust||ful|| (adj)
6. SPEAKING KEY PHRASES Work in pairs or small groups
6. SPEAKING KEY PHRASES Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss points 1 and 2, using the phrases below to help you. Share your ideas and opinions with the class
1. Look at the five social and emotional changes that the writer describes in the text (freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions). Discuss them one by one. Which ones affect teenagers most, do you think? Give examples. 2. Look at the advice offered by the writer. Is it good advice on the whole, do you think? Which is the best piece of advice? Give reasons.
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I agree that... I don't agree that... It's (not) true to say that... In my experience, ... Personally, I believe that... I'm not sure about that. For example, ... For instance, ...
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6. SPEAKING KEY PHRASES Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss points 1 and 2, using the phrases below to help you. Share your ideas and opinions with the class
1. Look at the five social and emotional changes that the writer describes in the text (freedom, privacy, interests, decisions and opinions). Discuss them one by one. Which ones affect teenagers most, do you think? Give examples.
There are five social and emotional changes that the writer describes in the text (freedom, privacy, interests, decisions, and opinions). Firstly, adolescents always want to see and make friends with those they want because they think they are mature enough to do that. Secondly, about privacy, They tend to spend less time with their family than before since they think they have many more important things to solve than focus on their home. Next, making decisions is a sensitive problem that parents find hard to deal with. They like doing things on their way without thinking carefully. Finally, the opinions between adults and adolescents are also different. In my experience, Because of the generation gap, our parents understand what we are thinking. Personally, I think that opinions affect teenagers most because it is the stage they change from teen to adult, their point of view will change, too. For example, if adolescents aren’t well-educated, they may try smoking and drinking alcohol because they think it will help them prove they are cool and mature. It will bring a lot of negative effects.
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6. SPEAKING KEY PHRASES Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss points 1 and 2, using the phrases below to help you. Share your ideas and opinions with the class
2. Look at the advice offered by the writer. Is it good advice on the whole, do you think? Which is the best piece of advice? Give reasons.
In my opinion, the advice offered by the writer is useful and realistic. I think the best piece of advice is about communication. I totally agree that communication is the key to make teenagers and their parents understand each other. No matter how old you are, family is always your home, and you should share every happiness and sorrow. For instance, even when you go to work from the early morning until midnight, you ought to spend at least 30 minutes every day talking with your mom or your dad about your work, your feelings. That is not responsibility, that is to make your parents trustful and sympathetic.
CONSOLIDATION
Homework
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Homework
1. Learn by heart all the new words 2. Finish all the tasks 3. Prepare Unit 1- G. SPEAKING