way2go! 6, Schulbuch

16 Unit 01 | Way to grow! Happy 16? Below you will find a list of activities that people from your parents’ generation remember doing when they were teenagers. Work with a partner and read through the list. Try to guess the meaning of words you don’t know. 1 Talking to your friend’s parents on the phone before getting to talk to your friend. 2 Being on time for a date because you can’t text them to say you’ll be late. 3 Finding a payphone and spare change to call your parents to ask them to pick you up. 4 Taping your favourite song from the radio (and the DJ talking on the last 20 seconds of it). 5 Memorising directions if you want to go somewhere you’ve never been before. 6 Programming the video recorder to record your favourite show. 7 Finding spare batteries for your discman. 8 Writing letters to your friends by hand. 9 Formally introducing a potential boyfriend to your parents before a first date. 10 Being sent out of the classroom for feeding your Tamagotchi. 11 Doing maths without a calculator because they are banned. 12 Walking home from school and playing outside without any adults around. 13 Writing thank-you notes to people who have given you a present. What do you do in similar situations today? Write sentences and compare them in class. Which of the activities from the past are you glad teenagers no longer do? Agree on three. Here’s a list of issues that the same people think will always be problematic for teenagers, no matter when. Do you agree? Find reasons why these things are (still) a problem. READING + SPEAKING 20 a b c 21 a feeling good about your changing body b coping with bullying in any form c finding a boyfriend/girlfriend d scheduling enough time for work and for hanging out with friends e living up to your parents’ expectations f being accepted for who you are g being recognised and respected by your peers h finding good role models i living up to the images of teenagers that the media make popular j your ideas: Listen to Hannah and Lizzie talking about their family and friends. Which of the topics in 21 do they talk about? Tick them off. Now listen again. Take notes on the details of the issues mentioned. What advice would you give Emily? LISTENING 22 a 02 b c Some people say your teenage years are the best years of your life. Considering all the aspects of teenage life you have discussed in this unit, do you think this is true? Make lists of what you like/dislike about being a teenager and compare with a partner. WRITING 23 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv