We ate, drank, danced and made out (necking) Too much restrictions. Only Coke.
No games planned but some should be close Not enough restrictions.
at hand.
Everyone was congenial (had the same interest) No lights.
Weeds (in outdated slang is tobacco, cigarettes Too much liquor.
to induce euphoria) and beer was handy.
Good low lights, soft music and comfortable Too many sluts (vulgar girls).
chairs.
Also, no prying (curious) eyes, very good girls. Necking till it got tiresome.
Good late records divided between fast and slow Bad music. No music. Too many people.
ones.
Dim lighting and parents aren’t around. Bright lights. Plenty of chaperons. (a woman in
Charge of a girl on social occasions).
Girls were going with boys. No one had the girls they were going with.
8. Write a short newspaper article entitled ‘It is not easy to be young’.
9. The problem of youth in Ukraine:
Young people are so similar and so different. They want to go on their way and find it difficult to be responsible. They express their self-identity in clothes, hair-style and slang. They smoke, drink alcohol and take drugs, believing that it’s the route to independence. They conflict with the parents and teachers, considering that only equals in age can understand them. In fact parents are not so strict now than they used to be and most young people have a considerable amount of freedom. But they still need somebody to hear them out and open their heart to. Often parents are too busy with the hush of money and can’t give their children enough of attention and understanding. That’s why they easily come under the influence of other people or find idols among famous singers, sportsmen, actors and politicians. The young go to disco clubs and are crazy about music. They are interested in studying English and can operate a computer.
They are talented, creative and dream of highly-paid job. They aren’t afraid to risk because they have nothing to lose. They are romantic and skeptical. They are sincere and rude, honest and impolite.
They are the future of our country.
LESSON 9,10
Life of Youth in the USA
1. Read the text, translate it, write out the new words from it into your vocabularies:
Clubs and Societies
Many people in Britain and the US belong to at least one club or society. Club is often used to refer to a group of people who regularly meet together socially or take part in sport. Most young people’s groups are called clubs. A society is usually concerned with a special interest. National societies, such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, usually have local branches. Some have a children’s section. People usually have to pay an annual subscription or membership fee to join a club or society.
Social clubs have a bar where members can sit and talk to each other. Since people like to feel comfortable with those they see regularly, the members of a club often come from the same social background. Members of the upper class or business people may belong to a gentleman’s club. Some clubs combine social events with community service clubs.
In Britain, working men’s clubs were set up for men doing manual jobs. Nightclubs, often called simply clubs, are places where mainly young people meet to drink and dance. They charge admission fees rather than a subscription. Fees are higher at weekends and in large cities, especially London. Many Sport Clubs hold parties and arrange social events, as well as providing facilities for various sports. Country clubs are found in green areas near cities all over the US. They offer sports like swimming, golf and tennis, and hold dances and other social events in the restaurants and bars.
Youth Organizations
Young people in Britain and the US have a wide choice of clubs and organizations to join. Some clubs concentrate mainly on sports or public service or are connected with particular religion, though most provide a range of activities. Parents are often keen to support local clubs because they believe they will keep their children off the street and out of trouble. But although many children like to go to clubs, older teenagers are often less interested in organized activities and prefer to go to the cinema or a sport center, or to a club or bar, when they feel like it.
Scouts and Guides
Among the best-known youth organizations in Britain are the Scout Association and the Guide Association. They have total amount of about 1.5 million British members. Boys and girls have an opportunity to learn practical outdoor skills such as map-reading and camping. The equivalents American organizations are called the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA. They have over 8 million members. Scouts in the USA can join special troops and learn about different careers as medicine and communication.
Religious Groups
In the US many churches have youth groups that meet to discuss religion. There are also religious organizations not associated with particular church. These are usually established so that young Christians can meet together and encourage each other (Youth for Christ, Young Life, YMCA, YWCA). In Britain young children may go to a Sunday School.
Service Organization
Some American service clubs are involved in community projects. Key clubs for young people and members visit old people and help with collections of charities. Members of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters clubs spend time with children from a disadvantaged families.
School and College Clubs
Schools have lunch-time and after-school clubs for a range of subjects Universities and colleges have subject-based societies to help students on the same course get to know each other. American high-schools have school professional clubs, student organizations associated with various carrers.
2. American Youth:
Work vacations
Service optimism
Camps job
Youths future
Hardworking baby-sit
Unemployment drug abuse
1. American young people are mostly __________-. Many have after-school jobs.
2. Nine out of ten teenagers either have a _________ or would like having one.
3. Child labor laws set restrictions on the types of _________ youth under 16 can do.
4. Many youth work part-time at fast-food restaurants, _________, hold delivery jobs or work in stores.
5. Volunteers help take care of the elderly and handicapped. Many youth are in community ______.
6. Some families send their children to summer ________ for a week or two.
7. Quite often the students have no _______ at all. If they have a summer job they will work.
8. Peer pressure and _______may turn some youth to alcohol or drugs.
9. Most young people don’t have problems with drinking, ______, teen pregnancies or delinquency.
10. New programs to help troubled _______ are created every year.
11. Most American youth look forward to their _______ with hope and ________.
3. Sports and recreations:
Basketball funny cars
Sport competitions
Hunters athletes
Sport tradition
Football money
1. In the US of today _________ is the most spectator sport. Baseball is now in second place.
2. Basketball and volleyball are American in origin. Michael Jordan (b.1954) became a _______legend.
3. Americans like__________ by teams or as individuals.
4. American schools follow the English ________ of using sports as teaching ‘social values’.
5. Being intelligent and being good in ________ is an ideal.
6. All college ______ must meet the set academic standards.
7. Rules prevent any college athlete from accepting _____.
8. There are 17 million _____ in the US. Hunting is strictly controlled. There are twice more fishermen.
9. All water _________ and activities are very popular. There are several unusual sports in the US.
10. They are ‘________’ with jet engines, ‘man-powered’ aircraft, hot-air balloon across the ocean etc.
