UNIT 2. GENERATION
Lesson 1. PERSONALITY
What you'll learn:
Vocabulary: Personality
Grammar: Other, another, others
Speaking: Comparing personalities/Discussing the nature-nurture
controversy
Writing: A paragraph about personality

| brim [’brım] (v) fill or be full to the point of overflowing. A brimming cup controversy [ ’kαntrəvə:sı] (n) prolongedpublic disagreement orheated discussion. The design of the building has caused controversy. cope with [kəʊp wıð] (v) deal effectively with something difficult; manage, handle, carry on; To cope with a pile of work discarded [dıskα:dıd ] (adj) ejected, rejected, thrown away. extrovert [’ekstrəvə:t ] (n) an outgoing, socially confident person. Extroverts enjoy being in a group. genes [dʒı:nz] (n) (in informal use) a unit ofheredity which is transferred from a parent and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring. Playing tennis is in my genes. inherit [ın’herıt ] (v) receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder. She inherited a fortune from her father introvert [’ıntrəvə:t ] (n) a shy and typically self-centered person. nature-nurture controversy [neitjo ’no:tj9 ’knntrovo^i ] (n) dispute about nature. nurture [’nə:tʃə ] (v) care for and protect someone or something while they are growing. Jarrett was nurtured by his parents. rebel [’reb(ə)l ] (n) a person who rises in opposition or resistance against an established government or leader. He had been a rebel at school.

LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Read through the questions. Then listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   a) The technology
   b) The music band
   c) The generations
   d) The soccer players
   e) The war photographer
2. Which is NOT mentioned about Generation X according to the passage?
   a) Its representatives had a stable work
   b) It was used as a term by war photographer
   c) It has coexisted with three other generations
   d) It is a generation of ambition and individualism
   e) It refers to people born between 1965 and 1981
3. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   Generation X saw the____________
   1. fall of the Berlin Wall
   2. famous soccer players
   3. break- up of “The Beatles”
   4. development of the media
   5. landing of a man on the Mars
   a) 1, 2, 3
   b) 1, 2, 4
   c) 2, 3, 4
   d) 2, 4, 5
   e) 3, 4, 5
4. Choose the WRONG statement according to the passage.
   a) Generation X enjoyed a stable family life
   b) Generation X saw the technical evolution
   c) Generation Y is mentally and physically active
   d) Generation X is less independent on smartphones
   e) Generation Y involves people born in 1982 and 1994
5. Write adjectives describing Generation Y.
6. Write an answer to the question according to the passage.
   Why does Generation Y need to be trained better to get a job?

A war photographer Robert Capa used the term 'Generation X' to refer to people born between 1965 and 1981. This generation has coexisted with three others: the baby boomers, Generations Y and Z.

Baby boomers had difficult lives, as finding a job was a great challenge. This generation saw the formation of “The Beatles” in 1962 and experienced the landing of a man on the Moon. They also saw the soccer players Pelé and Maradona at their best and the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th 1989.

They went through the period of technological evolution and the rise and development of the media. Generation X enjoyed stability in terms of both work and family and being active both physically and mentally. They are less dependent on smartphones than the next generations.

Generation Y refers to people born between 1982 and 1994. Technology is a significant part of their lives. Generation Y is characterized as lazy and bad- tempered. Because of the economic crisis and increasing competition they need to be trained better to get a job.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   a) The technology
   b) The music band
   c) The generations
   d) The soccer players
   e) The war photographer
2. Which is NOT mentioned about Generation X according to the passage?
   a) Its representatives had a stable work
   b) It was used as a term by war photographer
   c) It has coexisted with three other generations
   d) It is a generation of ambition and individualism
   e) It refers to people born between 1965 and 1981
3. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   Generation X saw the____________
   1. fall of the Berlin Wall
   2. famous soccer players
   3. break- up of “The Beatles”
   4. development of the media
   5. landing of a man on the Mars
   a) 1, 2, 3
   b) 1, 2, 4
   c) 2, 3, 4
   d) 2, 4, 5
   e) 3, 4, 5
4. Choose the WRONG statement according to the passage.
   a) Generation X enjoyed a stable family life
   b) Generation X saw the technical evolution
   c) Generation Y is mentally and physically active
   d) Generation X is less independent on smartphones
   e) Generation Y involves people born in 1982 and 1994
5. Write adjectives describing Generation Y.
   Answer: lazy/ bad-tempered
6. Write an answer to the question according to the passage.
   Why does Generation Y need to be trained better to get a job?
   Answer: because of economic crisis/ increasing competition