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adolesce
child
puberty
juveni
adult
teenage
children
adultho
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youth
childho
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up
2. Read the following definition of adolescence and fill in the blanks with
some words from the box in the previous exercise.
Adolescence (Latin adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up) is a
transitional stage of human development that generally occurs between
.. and .. This transition involves
biological, social and psychological .. , though the
biological or psychological ones are the easiest to measure objectively.
The ages of .. vary by culture. The World Health
Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period between 10 and 19
years of age. In contrast, in the United States, adolescence is generally
considered to begin somewhere between the ages of 12 and 14, and end at
19 or 20. As distinct from the varied interpretations of who is considered an
..is more easily defined: it describes a person who is
13 to 19 years of age.
www.wikipedia.com (abridged and adapted)
3. Think about the main changes that characterise teenage years and
complete the following mind-map.
Teenage Years
Changes
..
..
..
..
..
Activity B
1. Read the text 1 to 5 carefully and fill in the following chart.
Text type
People
Major topic(s)
involved
Text
Text
Text
Text
Text
1
2
3
4
5
a. hostile
a. not realistic
b. friendly
b. very strange
c. caring
c. a current one
d. a bit outdated
himself.
irresponsible one.
to music.
Text 1
Being a volunteer helped me bridge
Text 4
by Ulrich Schaffer
I know
That you think
Text 2
Come on! All of us are cutting
Maths. Who wants to go take that
quiz? Were going to take a walk
You know
Whats good for me
But
I also think
That I know
Text 3
For myself,
..
b) Before having a piercing done
.
3.2. Explain the meaning of the following sentences (text 5; paragraph 2).
a) Yuck or
Gross
b)
Why?
..
3.3. Find synonymous for the following words/ sentences (text 5).
Fashionable
.
Something to be wanted/ admired
Help
..
4. What text did you like the most? Why?
Activity C
1. Match the phrases below so as to have complete sentences.
1. Going through teenage years
2. As time goes by, teenagers
3. Teenagers sometimes feel the
need to
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
parents and
9. As a teenager I decided to
10. Hes not to be trusted:
11. The rate of teenagers giving up
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
3. Tattoos and piercings are a form of art Are they? Imagine you want to
have one of these cool ways to express your individuality. What would
your parents say? How would they react? Well just tell the story!
Activities A and B may help you in this end task. Write between 100-120
words.
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