Unit 1 Name No, Class Date Listening Listen to the whole text once to get the gist of it and identify the topic being discussed. 2. Listen to the text again. 2.1 Find information to complete the following sentences. x ally Is years old - Some of the things Sally loves are ‘ and . Sally doesn't 7 or 22 Are the following seatences True (T) or False (F) according to Sally’s words? |< People say she shouldrt resist peer pressure |. She feels she’s very strongto resist. c.She has never had any pressure from her friends, 4. Her friends have tried to make her drink ¢. She believes her friends will always try to,get her to start drinking {.She feels more and more apart and different. 2.3 Complete the sentences with the missing words. ox don't drink because T have n0 a. I's as simple as that, But people never seem to accept this T have no problest with b. ‘who drink: all my friends do, my boyftiend does, and you will never bear me ‘mentioning Tdon’tdrink unless it'se,__. Idon’t reach. Idon’t get on a soapbox and cry the a, of alcohol. am not into alcobol-bashing Tamjast basically a a point. T andesperate tb me if there ae other people may f. who dan’ 1 dink, or people who dida’t drink at may age, i they just never wanted 10. It seems ally © sugges there aren't, but've h. never come across people who ae ‘young, into popalar matic, books, et, who are quite social aad L going out, and who doa’ drink Tam beginning to feel J. 1 weirdo and Fam. seeking to bear fom people who don’t drink, 19 find cat why, ‘nd to hear your experiences.” fetp: pew manana cor au/eltiorshigs/ she doeamt-nechtoctink-r-tabe drugs to pary-d>-you! (hevasec itary 2013) étableand photocnplable Orexto dinowes 143Reading 1, Among some of the problems teenagers Face, one of the most serious is peer pressure. 1.1 Write a short definition of peer pressure. xe 2. Now read the text carefully. Peer Pressure Peer pressure is one thing that all teens have in common. You can’t escape it; it is everywhere, Whether it is pressure to conform to a group norm or pressure to act a certain way, peer pressure is something everybody has to deal with at some time in their life. How successfully you handle peer pressure depends a great deal on how you feel about yourself and your place in the world. But how do you prepare to face peer pressure and win? There are many things you can do: + know where you stand on key issues like sex, drugs and alcohol and do not allow anybody to make you deviate from your position; » + never be afraid to speak up and let others know your boundaries. You may get a bit of teasing at first but most people respect the boundaries of others when they know what they are. + never take part in any bullying, Making other people feel bad or sad is a terrible way to try to fit in, Flatly refuse to take part in anything designed to cause harm or distress to another person and speak up if such a situation arises. One person standing up for what is right is usually enough to 2 _ inspire others to follow + think of yourself as a leader and act accordingly. ‘The more you see yourself in a leadership role the more comfortable you will feel asserting your own opinions and feelings. And don’t forget you will have to live with the choices you make. If you give in and do something that is contrary to your character or ccore value system it will cause you distress later and you will feel regret Always stand up for what you think is right. Peer pressure only works if you let it; if you refuse to let it intimidate you, it loses its power. The secret is to be assertive and stand your ground. nap: fteenadvice about.com /es/perpressure/a/speerpressue.htm (Accessed in anuary 2013),2.1 Say who or what the words in bold in the text refer to. snap EA ait b. their they 2.2 Match the following words with their synonyms according to their meaning in the text. a. conform to (1.2) A.timits 'b, boundaries to (I. 11) 2. suffring «. flatly (1. 16) B.according distress (1.17) 4 accept S.definitely 2.3 Explain the meaning of the following sentences as they appear in the text 279 28... standing up for what is right.." (1.19) and your ground... 33) 2.4 Answer the following questions about the text, sap 4q ‘2. Why ist essential to “know where you stand on key issues"? 'b. List down two things that you should never do when faced with peer pressure. & How is assuming the role of a leader important in dealing with peer pressure? Vocabulary and Grammar 3. Complete the text with the words given below. curiosity appropriate why behind make —_ friendship ‘Teens tend to follow thelr peers in behaviour that Is not oF leave their common sense ___. Part of the reason is the “newly found’ lnponance of €. ___, as twens are just getting used to their lends having any say in what they do. Then there is the “everyone is doing it" factor that can 4 fa twen feel compelled to comply. Wrap that all up with the normal e. that often Jeads to risk-taking behaviour by teenugery und you have w eredible reason f teens give in to peer pressure.4. Build sentences using the Present Simple or Present Continuous. asp 1. My sister / not give in / to peer pressure / usually b.1/ do / for my homework / some research. your mother / work / where / at the moment? 4. The boy / alone / go / home / never: 5. Choose the right word to meaningfully complete the sentences. asp 8. Hes a real /really leader. Everyone follows his lead, bb. How are you able to deal so good / well with your peers? He got out of the situation so easy / easily. 6. Insert the adjectives in brackets in the correct place in the sentences. asp know @ gt, (Young / beautiful / Spanish) b. She bought a dress, (cotton / blue / nice) & We have got a house, (modern / small) 7. Complete the following text with the given verbs in the Past Simple or Past Continuous. Last week fa, (oan) down the street when 1b. (see) two young bays teasing a litle git, They & (drow) on Ue Floor everything that she d. (have) in ber backpack. Ue, (shout atthe and they f. (not care), so Tg. (run) after them and h (areaten) to call the pote.‘ (wot taugh) anymowe and. (eave) the get akon Writing = 8. Imagine that one of your friends is a victim of bullying. He/She is telling you some of the nasty things that other boys/girls did to him/her last week. Write a recount of his’ her story. >Listening 1. Listen to the text once to get the gist of it. 2. Now listen to the text again and do the following activities. 2.1 Complete the sentences with the missing words. 3p Childsen are bullied, __all sorts of reasons what they b._____e, ‘where they live or even what grades they e. ‘m school. But children from ettnic 4. ‘groups also endure bullying because of race, expecially e. they're cue ofthe few people from f._ ‘racial background in sight A rage of celebeities ~ Cris Rock, Jessica Alba, Steven Spielberg, Margaret Cho, Viola Davis md Rachel True ~ have raid that they faced bullying in g. because ther ethnicity set them h. from their classmates. The fact tha these entertainers managed 10 l race-based bullying as children provides hope to young people living through J ‘experiences today 2.2 Complete the following sentences about Viola Davis. sx 2. Viola Davis grew up in . Her race and class status led classmates to Ingrade school she was and .Boys chased her with and e. They called her and. 2.3 Say if the following statements about Margaret Cho are True (T) or False (F). + ‘8. Margaret is 2 drama actress b. She is of Chinese-American descent. . She's was bullied for ethnic reasons 4. She suffered from bullying between the ages of 10 and 14, She was called names but not beaten, 2.4 Answer the questions about Jessica Alba. sei0p What are her two racial backgrounds? Where did her parents work? c. Mention 2 words she uses to describe herself as a child «d.Who used towalk her to school? ¢.What didirt she have?148, Reading 1. Thinking about how teenagers need guidance and examples to make choices, answer the following question. 1.1 What is a role-model? 1p 2. Now read the text carefully. Celebrities and their influence Living in a technological era, we have access to the tabloids more than ever before. There are television sets, magazine covers, Internet blogs, and movies screaming to be tead and watched, and they are plastered with images of tacky celebrities. In an age where we have ‘more contact with celebrity gossip than we have ever had, we are faced with a question: what + are the effects that superstars have on our youth? Celebrities influence fans to be destructively thin, put harmful substances in their bodies, and many parents are concerned with the overall content these celebrities are putting on television, in movies, and over the Internet. Based on a recent poll, 77% of Americans believe that celebrities have too much of an influence on young girls. This effect is especially evident in their appearance and attitudes. © With celebrities creating impossible standards of beauty, more and more young adults are feeling “less confident, more angry, and more dissatisfied’ with their looks. 40% of nine and ten year-olds have tried losing weight and at age thirteen, 53% of girls were unhappy with their image. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that eating disorders affect more than five million Americans a year, with disorders usually beginning in the ss teens or as early as eight. Celebrities need to change the way they act and how they are viewed. Their actions have more of an effect on us than many people believe they have. Thin, addicted celebrities are changing the way many young fans think and act, Celebrities need to change these horrible habits now and realize that they need to be more concerned with themselves and 0 with their portrayal in the media. retin tnorinkcon/opirbn/ entertainment cetbrie/arte) 1233 ana hi eee Accented nary 2833) 2.1 Find synonyms for the following words in the I" paragraph. aeap a.covered b.messy «damaging 4. worried 2.2 Say what the following figures refer to, eae a7 b.40% 53% 4. 5,000,000 2.3 Find out in the text: ser ‘2 why tabloids are so easily accessible today. b. two harmful effects superstarshave on young people. ‘& what the parents are worried about. table and photocoplable OTexto Editores2.4 Complete the sentences with ideas from the text. Use your own words, anon ‘Children as youngas eight Vocabulary and Grammar 3. Complete the text with the words given below. aap Time emsy— ambition dedication glamorous. famous ruining worth ‘The lifestyles of celebrities may seem a, to the average people but when the average people try to mamic this kind of Ifestyle they may end up b. their life. The media sakes i sccm thal anyone eun be & utlete or ator they want to. When people try wo pursue this they find that they aren’t as good us they thought they were. Money, © ‘and digenty will have all been wasted. Aso some celebrities make it seem lke if you're not farnous you're not f anything, but ie ist like IC om TV, i kes work and he tw make yourself nto something in the word tha we are curently iv in 4. Add a prefix and/or a suffix to the word given to complete the sentences. tap 4 1. Some celebrities don't care about their ‘behaviour, ‘oppropriate Not looking lke a celebrity can cause feelings of in teens hevey © After the scondal the singer for his public acts, epology 4. Copying celebrities can be a sign of . mature 5. Complete the dialogues with the different forms of expressing the future. snap & Do you have plans for tomorrow? Yes, | (wateh) MTV all night! » {you / go) out tonight? No, think we __ (stay) at home « (you / help) rme with my homework? | promise | (help) you tomorrow, 4. In the future, scientists, (find) out what makes people went celebrity, 6, Build the comparative or the superlative form of the adjectives to write meaningful sentences. axep 8 Anorexia is one of (sertous) eating dlsorders among, young teens b. The influence of celebrities on teens today's, (strong) it used tobe, & Being happy is defintely (Important) being femous, 4. Angelina Joliet (e004) example of how to use fame ina meaningful way. Writing 7. Write a discussion of the following statement. sp “Being a celebrity carries the huge resposibility of being a role-model. Your behaviour and attitude can trigger the willpower to succeed or the bitter taste of defeat”,Test 1 and 2—Audioscripts, Answer keys Audioscripts — Test 1 CD 3 —Track 15 (p. 143) ‘So much & written about young: people and alcohol, we always quick to point our fingers at binge drinkers Immediately assuming al young people that tke to party like to drink But t's ot tree Sally talks about her options: “Lar a 17-year old student. ! love music and concerts, sodalsing, books, movies, travelling. summer, meeting new people, and learning. | am confident and have ny rlends, and | love to go out with them and have 2 at time laughing and being young. But I'm often told there is 2 strange anomaly about me: | don't drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, oF take drugs | have never done any of these things. People have often told me I arm “so strong’ to ‘rest the peer pressure, particularly as a teenager | could never respond to this because quite honestly, | have never felt ‘prescute, although that's not to say people haven't tried to get me starting drinking. and | don’t think tha wil ever fend. Although | am happy with whe Iam and arn socially confident, | ar starting to feel more and more alienated andlonely and even ‘wel’ because I don't drink. CD 3 ~Track 16 jp. 143) | don't drink because | have no desire to. It's as simple as that. But people never seem to accept thls. | have no. ‘problern with people who drink: all my friends do, rmy boyiriend does, and you will never hear me mentiocing, | don't drink unless it's relevant. | don't preach. | don't get on a soapbox and cry the evils of alcohol. | arn not Into alcohol bashing. | am just basically ata point where | arm desperate to see'f there are other people my age who don't drink, or people who didn’t drink at rmy age, because they just ever wanted to? It seems sly to suggest there aren't, bt F've honestly never come across people who are youre, Into popular music, books, etc, who are quite social and enjoy going out, and who don't drink | am beginning to feel ike a weirdo and | am seeking to hear from people who don't drink, to find out why, and ‘to hear your experiences.” sete ene maar consumers) she ear ree or tue drew a ou (essen amar 2015) Answer keys — Test 1 Ustening 1. Peer pressure, 2. a. 17 by musle, movies. travel € drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes or take drugs 22 a.Faleeb Truce Trued, Truce. True True 2.3 a.desire b. people. relevant d.evilse. where f.2ge E-becauseh honesty Lenjoy } the Reading 1.1 Persenal answer. 2.1.2, peer pressure b, everybody's the boundaries 22adbresdr 2.3 a saying something t defend the sight thing. b. be assertive defending your eas. 24 a.’simpertat so that youcan defend what you belewe and you dott feel pressure to folow your peers ideas. '. You should never be afraid to speak up and never take partin any buying. It is Important because acting as 2 leader you will Fel more confident to defend your opinions. Vocabulary and Grammar 3. a appropriate b behind e. fdendihip d. make @ curloaty fowhy |. a. My sister doesn't usualy give in to peer pressure Lar doing some research for my homework. « Whereis Your mother working at the moment? d. The boy never oeshorne alone, S. areal, well easily 5. a | know a beautiful youre Spanish ge. b. She bought 4 rice blue cotton dress. ¢. We have got a small modern house, 7. a was walking b saw © were throwing had fe. shouted f. didn't care g. ran h. threatened |. weren't Iaughing lett Audioscripts — Test 2 (D3 ~Track 17 jp. 147) Children are bullied forall sorts of reasons — what they look lke, where they live or even what grades they get in school. But children from ethnic minority group alo endure bullying because of race, expecially they're one ‘of the few people from their racial background insight. A range of celebrities — Chris Rock, Jessica Alba, Steven Splelbere. Margaret Cho, Viola Davis and Rachel True — have said that they faced bull\ing in childhood because their ethnicity sat them apart from thelr classmates. The fact that these entertainers managed to overcome racebased bullying as children provides hope to young. people living through skrilar experiences today.Viola Davis: 4 Rare Black in Rhode island Academy Award rominee Viola Davis I one of te most souight alter actrses InHellywood. As child, however, Davis grew up poor in Rhode Island. Her race and cl status lod claarnates to mlstreat her. "We moved there {to Rhode island) In 19¢5, and we were the only black family" Davis said on episode of "The Tak In October 2012. "In grade schoo! | was defintely singled out and teased. Eight to 12 boys every day would chase me after ‘choo! with bricks and seks and just say uly, black, uly, vay” Margaret Cho: 1 Gets Better® Comedienne Margaret Ovo grew up Korean-Arnerican In the San Francico Bay Area, She says that her ethnic background, arnong ether factor, made her a target of bullies as a chi, partcualy betwoen the ages of 10 and 14. "1 was hurt because was ifferert, and so sharing my ‘experience of being beaten and hated and called ugly and {at and queer and foreign and lazy and filthy, helped me ‘nea. f you are goiry through ths kind of thing today, try toremember that | lived through it and now thrive.” Jessica Alba: Picked on For Her Race and Class Jeaslea Alba may now be considered one of the mo beautiful women in the world, but wher she wasa child tho actress endured bullying. She says that her socioeconomic background played a role in her mistreatment as well as her biracial Identity. Alba has Hispanic and European heritage, When she was eight, she moved to an affluent area of Los Angeles but lived In-a small apartment her parents pald for by working edd jobs, including at McDon o's, “I was this ireredibly shy, awkward child with Buck teeth and a thik Texan accent. "I was bullied so badly my dad used to have to walk me into school s0 | didn't got attacked, 'é eat ry lunch in the nurses’ office s0| idn't have to sit with the Ils. Apart from being mixed race, my parents Aidn't have money 401 never had the cute clothes or the «ool back pack.” og (tment seat corel wood/a Celene he Cen bce 3 ace (csi any 203) Answer keys - Test 2 Ustening. 1.1 Personal answer 21 a, for b. look « get d. minority {t-chidhood h. apart overcome J. siilar 22 a Rhode Inland b. mistreat her & singled out and teased d. bricks and sticls tug and black 2.3 a. false b, fale etre d, tru8 «fale 24a Hispanic and European b. At McBonokfs «shy, _wkorard 4. Her father #,Cute clothes or a cool backpack, fe thee Reading 1.1 Personal answer. pastored b. tacky e harmful concerned 2.2 a.ramber of American people who believe celebrities have too much influence on teenage girls b, Children between 9 and 10 who tried to love weight €. 13 yearcld airls unhappy with their image d. number of Americans affected by eating dsorders every year 2.3 a, Due to all the technology avaliable b. They make them want to be too thin and influence them to we harmful substances. . they are werrled about the content the celebrities are showing on TV, movies and the Internet 2.4 a. we starting to suffer from eating disorders b. they reed to be careful with the way they portray themselves, In the media Vocabulary and Grammar 3. a glamorous b. ruining «famous d. arnbition @. tine f.worthg. easy he dedication 4. a inappropriate bc unhappinesse. apolagised vty 5. a. am going to watch b. Are you going out/wil stay «wl youhelp/ will help ail find 6. 0 the most seriou than d. the best stronger than €. more Important Answer Keys — Exam test unit 1 Activity A 1. fry b. gare benefit. itable achieve ful 3.atns2caaBa4caso unexpected . truly & undeniable rmearinglul evidence Activity B LAG BI Ce DAE, rb. 2. primarily lelong «broad valuable wit limited views b.overcorne ¢ earn 4. a ineract with a new culture, try new food and meet people bs, they experience the samme difcuties and explore new things together. c.get a job in the future 5. To have the ablity to communicate with people {rom diflerent countries Is more and more Important today because we ve in a global world where everything connected, 1 Spending some tine abroad is the best way to learn «The srongest reason to do volunteer work ls the desire tobalp,