Презентация урока (Lesson 41) к учебнику "Project 4" (3rd edition) by Tom Hutchinson, James Gault. Издательство Oxford University Press

Generation gap

Reading

1 a Look at the photos. What problems do you think the teenagers have got?

- Have you had these problems yourselves?

- What advice would you give?

b Read the letters and answer the questions.

1 What are all the letters about?

Teenagers‘ problems:

• telling parents about a first date;
• leaving school for a music career;
• parents don’t seem interested in teenagers;
• always arguing with parents

2 Who gives the advice?

a journalist called Katrina

c Read the text again. Some parts of the letters and advice are missing. Match the sentences (a-h) to the gaps in the text (1-8).

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a My parents never have time for me.

b However, it can take time for both parents and teenagers to adjust.

c I‘m getting really fed up with it.

d talk to them about it and try to reassure them.

e It‘s good to have an ambition in life.

f When they read it, I‘m sure they’ll do something to help.

g They say that I won‘t get a good job if I don’t go to university.

h I haven‘t said anything to my parents about it yet.

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7

2

4

6

3

1

Fred

Gemma

Katrina

Jason

Gemma

Megan

Fred

Megan

Katrina

Jason

3 Discuss the questions.

1 Which person do you think has got the worst problem?

2 What advice would you give him/her?

Vocabulary Verbs and nouns

4 a Complete the chart. Find the missing words in the Problem Page.

Verb

Noun

to argue

to have an argument

to discuss

to have a

to

to make an adjustment

to decide

to make a

to

to find a solution

to choose

to make a

to agree

to reach an

to

to have a disagreement

discussion

adjust

decision

solve

choice

agreement

disagree

b Use words from the chart to complete the sentences. In some cases more than one choice is possible.

argue

disagree

discuss

agreement

solve

argument

chose/decided

choices/decisions

adjustment

adjust

decide

argument

choose

choice

Listening and speaking

Tina 5 Bill 1 John 6 Sarah 4

6 a What advice would you give to the callers? Discuss your ideas in a group.

Divide the class into groups to discuss the calls and the advice they would give. After five minutes, change the groups so that each new group has at least one member from all the old groups. Each student tells the members of his new group what was decided in the student‘s old group. The new groups discuss this

and choose the best advice. Each group presents their solution to the class and the class agree the best advice.

WB: ex.3, p.58, ex.5,6, p.59