Vocabulary:

youth – молодь

teenagers (teens) – підлітки

habits – звички

to behave – поводитись

to consist of – складатися з

fashion – мода

makeup – макіяж

to dye the hair – фарбувати волосся

pool – більярд

to be equipped with – бути обладнаним

to be used to – звикнути до

to be considered - вважатися

outdated – застарілий

modern – сучасний

I. Answer the questions:

1. Why don’t older people understand the young people?

2. How many parts are included in youth culture?

3. What can you say about fashion of teenagers?

4. What kind of music do young people listen to?

5. What kind of sports is considered to be prestigious?

6. What is the 4-th part of youth culture?

7. What is your attitude to the young people who smoke, drink alcohol and take drugs?

8. What makes young people drink alcohol and take drugs?

II. Find the ending of each sentence:

Every generation has its own culture in ……………….………. Older people can’t understand it: they think that girl’s skirts are ……………….………. They say that our clothes are ……………….………. They don’t like our hair-do, they think it is a bad idea ……………….……….

Our music also makes grownups ……………….………. Older people consider hard-rock, rap and rave not to be music, but ……………….………. Surely it is difficult to compare music of their times ……………….………. The way we dance gets on our parents nerves as well. But we like our dances because ……………….……….

They say that young people have their own language. It is not true, as we have ……………….………. Our parents say that it is impossible to understand us ……………….………. Our parents want us to read books and ……………….………. But we prefer to watch video-films, to raise our cultural level ……………….……….….

1. to go to picture galleries.

2. angry and nervous.

3. getting information about cultural treasures with the help of computers.

4. when we speak that way.

5. to have hair of different colors.

6. combinations of terrible sounds.

7. they help us to relax and give optimism.

8. too short or too long.

9. with the music we listen to nowadays.

10. music, fashion, and hair-do.

11. too colorful.

12. just a few word-combinations having unusual meaning.

III. Translate into Ukrainian: Gender Differences

• Men are taller than women. But of course there are some women who are taller than some men.

• Adolescent girls are better at spelling and language arts, whereas boys are better at science and computers.

• Adolescent and adult men are more assertive and aggressive. They are more aggressive verbally and especially physically, whereas women are more likely to use indirect aggression.

• Adolescent and adult women are more trusting, agreeable and tender. Women are more likely to smile. Though they are also more neurotic and anxious. Women are better at speaking and recognizing the emotions of others. Men are more likely to interrupt during a conversation. At least when others are around, men are more likely to help others in distress.

• Body image is a greater concern for women in forming their self-esteem.

Topic 55. Life of the Ukrainian Youth