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Unit 2 Let’s talk teens
Reading
Pre-reading
Are you getting on well with your parents?
Do you quarrel with them?
What topics do you often quarrel about?
What may the quarrel result in?
Under the same roof
Strangers under the same roof?
What causes family members to be “strangers”?
What could be discussed in this article?
Heated arguments and cold silences … L5
Teenagers’ physical changes … L7
It can be a big headache to … L14
Although sometimes it may seem impossible to ... L25
Just remember that … L33
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Para 5:
Listen and find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Fast-reading
Introduction
Cause 1
Cause 2
Solution
Conclusion
Structure
Para 1
Para 2
Para 4
Para 5
Para 3
Complete the chart in A1 on page 18.
Fast-reading
Para 4 Solution
_____________
Para 1 Introduction
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Para 2 Cause 1
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Para 3 Cause 2
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Teenagers’ physical changes may result in such family tensions.
It can be a big headache to balance your developing mental needs too.
Although it may seem impossible to get along as a family, you can take action to improve the situation.
Para 5 Conclusion
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Everything will turn out all right in the end.
Para 1 Introduction
Heated arguments and cold silences are common between teenagers and parents.
Detailed-reading
Read again and answer the questions on page 18.
1. What physical changes might teenagers worry about?
2. In line 15, what does “middle ground” mean?
3. What does “that” in “that makes you feel unhappy” in
line 19 refer to?
4. How can teenagers have a healthy discussion with
their parents?
1. What physical changes might teenagers worry about?
Their changing voice, weight problems or spots. L11
2. In line 15, what does ” middle ground” mean?
The state of being no longer a small child
but not quite an adult. L16
3. What does “that” in “that makes you feel unhappy”
in line 19 refer