7 26 Growing-up and personal identity Test practice: How young people feel You are going to listen to an interview with an expert on the situation of teenagers. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question (1–6). Put a cross () in the correct box. The first one (0) has been done for you. 0 Chris, the presenter, says he wants to talk about a) why young people are embarrassed. b) why young people feel out of touch with their parents and the adults around them. c) why young people find it easy to connect to their parents and their friends. d) why young people have strange feelings when talking to their parents. 1 Carol, the representative of the support centre, says that a lot of teenagers a) trust them because they are their friends. b) contact them because they are not members of their families. c) feel that the people at the support centre are like family to them. d) want to keep their problems to themselves. 2 Carol says that young people a) just want to behave as they please. b) should find out what they want. c) have to imitate their parents to grow up. d) want to develop their own identity in the first place. 3 She says that teenagers a) want to be treated like mature people. b) want to be seen as copies of their parents. c) want to behave like adults. d) want to be seen as they have always been seen. 4 Carol tells young people a) to be in touch with their friends. b) to do the right thing but they often do the opposite. c) not to overreact. d) to be disorientated. 5 If nothing seems to work, young people should a) just wait until this phase is over. b) not share their problems with others as this might cause more confusion. c) protect their privacy. d) call for help. 6 According to the expert, it is definitely better to a) not talk too much about your problems. They are nobody’s business. b) talk about your problems than keeping them to yourself. c) talk to outsiders as they have no idea of the underlying problems. d) wait until you are more experienced to discuss these matters. 5 Tip T False starts In real life speech, people often start a sentence again if they don’t know how to continue. Be aware of that and focus on what the people might want to say. + 28 ✘ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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