25 Test practice: Leaving home – A statement by a social worker You are going to listen to a social worker talking about young people leaving home. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–J). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Leaving home is a huge challenge for teenagers as they … H A can offer advice or assistance. 1 Teenagers who leave home … B can leave immediately. 2 When things go wrong, there is no grown-up who … C can contact in difficult situations. 3 As far as their feelings are concerned, these times … D can be seen as a chance to become more mature. 4 For young people it is extremely important to recognise that feelings of anxiety … E can be quite challenging. 5 Leaving home and separating from one’s parents … F have to start choosing how to organise their lives. 6 In such situations it is important to be in close contact with one’s loved ones, which … G can be less rewarding than not. 7 In this crucial period teenagers can turn to social workers who they … H need to become independent very quickly. I are quite common. J can have a positive effect on the well-being of teenagers. Exploring vocabulary: How young people feel a) Listen to the audio track and write down the words you hear. You will hear every word twice. The first one has been done for you. 1. U N C O N N E C T E D 2. E A A 3. B L 4. C L L 5. P S C H S T 6. N 7. D L 8. R 9. C - C 10. I N E E N E N 11. C H 12. T 13. D R O N b) Check the transcript on page 73 if the spelling is correct. c) Look up the meaning of these words if they are new to you. 3 + 26 ✔ 4 27 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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