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As official reports admit AIDS, violence, drugs and alcohol are more serious social problems. What has gone wrong? Some specialists explain that the changes of our society, the system of our life force young people to choose their own lifestyle. On the one hand, our society agrees that 15-17-year - old people grow up enough to be responsible for what they do and give them quite a lot of freedom and rights. On the other hand, most adults think that teenagers are too young. This misunderstanding raises many problems. Actually, a lot of teenagers say that their parents let them do anything they want. No doubt, one way out of these problems is that teens and adults should solve them together. And teenagers ought to feel that they are cared for. Anny Brown, 17

2. GW. Answer the questions on the passages above and explain.
1. How do John, Bart, Anny and Rufat feel about today’s teens’ life?
2. What problems do teens face today?
3. Which of the problems do they find serious?
4. Do their mates influence these teens’ lives much?
5. How do they spend their time together?
6. Why does Rufat think that being a teenager is “a chore”?
7. Where do teens have few problems? Why?
8. Do you feel any support by the adults around?
3. IW. Think and find True or False statements.
1. You can see jeans or T-shirts everywhere in the world.
2. US films are not popular today.
3. Graffiti is a universal language of teenagers today.
4. All teenagers should know English well.
5. The Internet enables a modern teenager to feel himself/herself in the center of a trend.
6. Young people are not individuals on the Internet.
7. Weblish is a kind of shorthand English.
8. Some teenagers are sport-fans and the others are interested in their appearance and clothes.
4. IW. Complete the expressions and build up sentences using them.

to keep in touch with ..., to share ..., to become ..., to deal with ..., to communicate with ..., to attend ..., to be interested in ..., to discuss ..., to be very conscious of ..., to talk about ... .