2. While some teens see only problems in grooving up, others try to find the ways to cope with them.
1) These two poems are from the Just 17 magazine. What problems do the authors write about? Do they have the same problems as John, Estelle and Bart? (reading for detail)
Why is nothing ever easy?
Why are some boys so very sleazy (неряшливые)?
Why can't I have that brand (фирменное) new dress?
Why am I under so much stress?
Why don't my parents ever believe me?
Why can't they ever see ...
Why do I feel so often unhappy?
Why do they always wish I was still in a nappy (в пеленках)?
Why does my face feel like a block of lard (кусок сала)?
Why are all these years really hard?
There's a reason for all these problems and tears.
I'm going through my TEENAGE YEARS!
A frustrated teenager,
Scarborough
Growing up, doesn't it just suck (поглощает)?
It seems to be full of constant bad luck.
Zits (прыщи), bad hair days and putting on weight,
So many reasons for your self-hate.
But hey; you're alive, you're unique, you're so cool,
Why do you always feel such a fool?
Be true to yourself, forget all your faults,
And you'll soon be thinking much happier thoughts.
Live life to the max and paint your town red,
Who cares what people think and what they've said?
Don't let them win and make you feel bad,
'Cause people like that are really quite sad.
So, enjoy your teens and have some fun,
Your life has only just begun!
Lauren, Romford
2) Which of the authors writes only about the teens' problems? Who of them suggests the solutions? What are these solutions? Choose the phrases that would introduce problems and the phrases that would introduce solutions.
3) Which problems seem to you more important? Why?
If you ask me. ...
Actually, I think that ...
It seems to me that ...
4) Which of the ways to solve the teens' problems suggested in the poem do you find useful? (evaluating the author's point of view)
5) How do the authors of the poems feel about being young? Who seems to you more optimistic? Why do you think the first poem is signed 'a frustrated (разочарованный) teenager'? (understanding ideas not directly stated)
6) Which of the teens above (John, Estelle or Bart) could write these poems? Give reasons.
7) What is your own attitude towards teenage years? (AB Unit 4, ex. 8)
8) What does growing up mean to you? Share your opinion with your classmates.
1) These two poems are from the Just 17 magazine. What problems do the authors write about? Do they have the same problems as John, Estelle and Bart? (reading for detail)
Why is nothing ever easy?
Why are some boys so very sleazy (неряшливые)?
Why can't I have that brand (фирменное) new dress?
Why am I under so much stress?
Why don't my parents ever believe me?
Why can't they ever see ...
Why do I feel so often unhappy?
Why do they always wish I was still in a nappy (в пеленках)?
Why does my face feel like a block of lard (кусок сала)?
Why are all these years really hard?
There's a reason for all these problems and tears.
I'm going through my TEENAGE YEARS!
A frustrated teenager,
Scarborough
Growing up, doesn't it just suck (поглощает)?
It seems to be full of constant bad luck.
Zits (прыщи), bad hair days and putting on weight,
So many reasons for your self-hate.
But hey; you're alive, you're unique, you're so cool,
Why do you always feel such a fool?
Be true to yourself, forget all your faults,
And you'll soon be thinking much happier thoughts.
Live life to the max and paint your town red,
Who cares what people think and what they've said?
Don't let them win and make you feel bad,
'Cause people like that are really quite sad.
So, enjoy your teens and have some fun,
Your life has only just begun!
Lauren, Romford
2) Which of the authors writes only about the teens' problems? Who of them suggests the solutions? What are these solutions? Choose the phrases that would introduce problems and the phrases that would introduce solutions.
3) Which problems seem to you more important? Why?
If you ask me. ...
Actually, I think that ...
It seems to me that ...
4) Which of the ways to solve the teens' problems suggested in the poem do you find useful? (evaluating the author's point of view)
5) How do the authors of the poems feel about being young? Who seems to you more optimistic? Why do you think the first poem is signed 'a frustrated (разочарованный) teenager'? (understanding ideas not directly stated)
6) Which of the teens above (John, Estelle or Bart) could write these poems? Give reasons.
7) What is your own attitude towards teenage years? (AB Unit 4, ex. 8)
8) What does growing up mean to you? Share your opinion with your classmates.