Also in common with young people in other countries, life on the streets is important. As children enter their teens there is a distinct graduation from the playground, garden or home to the street where young people meet and talk and start to develop their confidence. Street life ranges from groups of friends who meet together in streets, squares and parks, to visits to town centres to do window shopping and ‘see what’s going on’.
In response to surveys young people cite limited funds as the main reason why they have to be highly selective about what they do in their leisure time. There are a great many basic as well as luxury items that those with
money wish to spend it on, including clothes, records and CDs, saving for motorbikes or cars, before having enough money to make regular trips to discos, dances or the cinema, or even to pursue more specialized hobbies such as angling, bird watching or sailing.
Many young people use some of their spare time to earn money by working in shops or garages at weekends, delivering newspapers, or doing jobs such as gardening, decorating or car washing for people in their neighborhood.
Leisure pursuits are not all merely in search of fun and recreation. Young people are themselves involved in a wide range of organizations such as youth parliaments, youth councils and forums which organize activities. Religious groups and churches have established separate youth organizations (see page 8).
Find English equivalents to the following:
Большинство, оставаться, принимать участие в, полностью полагаться, домашняя обстановка, безопасность, снабженец, разделять, проводить свободное время, отношение, “разрыв поколений”, оказалось, трение, исследование показывает, взрослый, брать пример, восприниматься, совет, родительская власть, независимость, быть озабоченным, устанавливать время, деятельность, заняться и бросить с легкостью, определенные обязанности, стоить денег, недостаточный доход, быть ограниченным.
Ask your friends:"What did they do?" and fill in the table.
| Number of people | Activity |
| said they helped with housework | |
| listened to music | |
| watched television | |
| read books and magazines | |
| regularly visited friends’ homes | |
| had friends to their homes | |
| liked to spend most of their spare time either at home or at their friends’ houses | |
| preferred to be at home because they did not feel safe on the streets | |
| said they would do anything rather than stay at home |
Analyze the problem of time spending and having bad habits. Is there any link? Discuss the matter with your group mates.
| Number of people | Activity |
| would seek advice from their parents about personal problems | |
| said they learnt about adulthood responsibilities from their parents | |
| perceived their parents as the main source of income | |
| wanted to stay in the same area after leaving school to be near their home |
TEXT 4.
It is estimated that most young men and about half of young women in Britain either take a passive interest in a sport or actually take part in a sporting activity on a regular basis.
Young people participate in a wide range of activities including indoor and outdoor sports such as football, rugby, cricket, swimming, squash, tennis, running, athletics, pioneering, horse-riding, archery, snooker, pool, ten-pin bowling, darts, chess, backgammon and a great many other social games. Many of these activities are organised through school or through youth clubs; teams and groups are formed to compete with other schools and clubs using school and other local authority premises. Large commercial sports and leisure centres also have excellent facilities for sport and fitness development and usually offer discounted membership rates for young people.
Ex.1.
Fill in the correct word derived from the word in brackets.
Speaking about their children many parents are not sure they understand what decent values are. To prevent them from becoming ....... (spoil) and (greed) you shouldn’t indulge them too much.
To make sure they grow up well-.................... (manner) they should be.........................
(teach) to be polite from an early age. Children should be scolded for bad
(behave), which will be an ....... (effect) way of helping them to
(distinct) right from wrong. You need to reward your children when
they do. things well to give them a sense of................... (proud). You should try
to make your children ....... (tolerate) and.......................... (respect) of other
people’s................... (believe) by exposing them to...................... (differ) races and
cultures. Parents should try to place great..................... (important) on setting a
good example to their children, as children’s...................... (behave) is often an
(imitate) of that of their parents’.
Ex.2.
Translate into Russian
cautious
to imply commitments
to soften
researcher
rebellious
Ex.3.
Do the multiple choice.
When divorce is A...................... , two questions are often on the B........................... of
those involved: how fast and how much? The C ................. depend D....................
geography. If you decided to E’....... the problem quickly, divorce in
F.................. Dominican Republic, where the whole process is a matter of hours
and saves spouses months, in some G................. . , years of delay.
In California, that mean’s a minimum stay of six months, whereas in Nevada,
it means six weeks. In some European countries the waiting period is H
In England couples can I a divorce only after two-year separation. In
Ireland the waiting period is eternal — Irish authorities don’t J
divorce. An overnight K....................... is usually all that is required to get a divorce
in the Dominican Republic, and only one spouse L.............................. be present
M................... the hearing. The N....................... is that a Dominican divorce isn’t
cheap — about $5,000, according O........................... one of New-York-based divorce
attorney.
| A | 1. inessential | 2. inevitable | 3. inexpressible | 4. ineffective |
| B | 1. minds | 2. heads | 3. ideas | 4. tongue |
| C | 1. responses | 2. replies | 3. answers | |
| D | 1. of | 2. at | 3. in | 4. on |
| E | 1. do | 2. solve | 3. decide | 4. get rid of |
| F | 1. the | 2. — | 3. a | |
| G | 1. businesses | 2. deals | 3. cases | 4. time |
| H | 1. much more long | 2. much longer | 3. many more longer | 4. much long |
| I | 1. file for | 2. apply for | 3. ask for | 4. appeal for |
| J | 1. know | 2. recognize | 3. have | 4. like |
| K | 1. visit | 2. stay | 3. living | 4. stop |
| L | 1. must | 2, should • | 3. has to | 4. ought to |
| M | 1. at | 2. on | 3. in | 4. after |
| N | 1. backward | 2. drawback | 3. drawer | 4. drawing |
| Q | 1. with | 2. in | 3. to | 4. on |
Literature:
1. А.В. Кузьмин. Учите английский. Учите английскому. – Спб.: КАРО, 2003. –176 c.
2. Focus on Britain / January 1993.
3. Virginia Evans. Round up 6. – Longman, 2001. – 256 c.