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Teenagers` opinions ........ page 3

Statistics …………………... page 8

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Hi! I`m Olga. I`m a journalist. My job is to take interviews. In our days teenager`s life is very important so I ask to myself what is the way teenagers live? There is a great number of answers to this question. Let me introduce the teenage lifestyle of my town. Most of young people are satisfied with their age. They have an

opportunity to get education and are offered a wide range of spare-time activities. Moreover a lot of teenagers know how to entertain themselves. They even spend time in the social life, on discos, in parks and other places.But of course there are a lot of young people who smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, become teenage mothers. We suppose these teenagers need our help. It’s not easy to talk about the way teenagers live. Now I’d like to share some opinions on what it means to be young.

Journalist`s review

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I like my teen’s life althoughadults say that it’s horrible.

Butthey are deeply mistaken.

AndI will prove it. Young peoplelike to read, watch TV, listen

tomusic, they go in for sport

andthey like to help their parents.Teens often visitmuseums, theatres andlibraries. A lot of adults thinkthat social problems do not

interest young people butteenagers often discussthem. There are many youthorganizations helpingpeople, who are in need. Ofcourse, young people havepersonal, school, drinking anddrugs problems. But everyteenager try to help himselfand other people. I think thatteen’s life in spite of itsadvantages is very hard.

Nastya`s opinion

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Teen’s life is wonderful. But I think that it is as wonderful as adult’s life. Everybody says that more and more teens are turning to drugs and alcohol. But I can say it about adults. I agree that there is a lot of pressure to drink and smoke, but I’m

free to decide what is good for me and nobody can make me do what I don’t want. I like to read books, watch TV and walk with my friends in my free time. Politics, anything serious… It’s not for me. Being a teenager is great fun. Take it easy.

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Valya’s opinion

It’s said that the most beautiful

period in our life is when we

are teenagers. It’s true that

teens don’t have to work, care

about their families or have

any duties. But they have

many problems in fact. The

main problem is smoking.

Young people think that they

look more mature when they

hold a cigarette. The second

problem of teenagers is school.

School is very important for

young people, but isn’t it

possible to learn all the

time, especially if every

teacher considers his subject

the most important one. The

third problem is parents. They

often give advice. 5

Alena’s opinion

I think that it is not easy to be young. My parents and teachers (especially the teacher of English) want me to do too much… Parents do not allow me to drink beer with my friends and boyfriends, and I have a lot of homework. I can’t drive the car. I can’t take a heap of money or buy a Dobermann or a Bull-dog. But there are also

good sides. I needn’t work because my family is all right. I enjoy being a teenager. As you see while some teens mention only problems in growing up, I try to find the ways to cope with them. One of them is to pay more attention to the process of learning. It can be fascinating. I know it! 6

Natasha’s

opinion

things in your life. I think that the main aim of modern teenagers is getting the good grades at school. Now a lot of dangers threaten teenagers. Alcohol, drugs, smoking and many other things can exert influence not only on their health and on their relatives’ health as well. I think that the best way to spend free time is to go in for sport. Sport is the useful alternative to bad habits. One more important side of teenagers’ life is communication with friends. It can help to relax after work or study. So it is easy to be young. If teenager believes in it then it becomes true.

I think it is interesting to be young. It is a very important period of the life. Many people think that teenagers’ possibilities are limited. But I don’t think so. A lot of ways are opened to them. Each teenager must form his life himself. Only you can choose your future profession and other important

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Lusine’s opinion

Statistics

Being a teenager has a lot of avantages and disadvantages

Being a teenager is exciting

Being a teenager is too boring

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