I'd like to welcome to the programme two of these teenagers, Alice and Daniel, who are 17 years old, and who both look after members of their family.
Hello, Alice, hello Daniel.
Alice and Daniel Hi.
Presenter
Who do you look after?
Alice
- I look after my mum. She has ME – it's an illness which means that she feels tired all the time and she can't walk very well. And I also look after my younger brother and sister. He's six and she's four.
Daniel
- I look after my mum too. She had a bad car accident seven years ago and she can't walk. I also look after my little sister.
Presenter
- You both do a lot of housework. What exactly do you do?
Alice
- On a normal day I get up early and I clean the house and I do the ironing. After school I sometimes take my mum to the shops in her wheelchair. In the evening my dad makes the dinner — I'm not very good at cooking! But I make sure my brother and sister eat their dinner and then I put them to bed.
Daniel
- My day's quite similar. I clean the house and iron but I also do the cooking and the shopping. My dad left home four years ago so we're on our own. I take my sister to school and make sure that my mum is OK. I need to give her massages every evening.
Presenter
- How do you feel about the way you live?
- I don't really mind looking after my mum. She's ill and she needs my help. But sometimes I feel a bit sad when I can't go out because there are things to do in the house. And I sometimes get angry with my school friends. They don't really understand the problems I have at home. All they think about are clothes, boys, and going out.
Daniel
- I enjoy what I do because I'm helping my mum and I'm helping my sister at the same time. Of course it's true that I can't go out much, because I need to spend most of my time at home. I sometimes go out with my friends but I don't like leaving my mum on her own. I always make sure that I have my mobile. If my mum needs anything, she calls me and I go back home. It's not a problem for me. It's just part of my life.
Presenter
- You're both doing a great job, thanks very much for coming on the programme...
ОТВЕТИТЬ НА ВОПРОСЫ
In what way are the two
teenagers unusual? Do they feel positive
or negative about their Lives?
My friend Nick is very busy and he doesn't have much time to spare. But he's got a lot of hobbies and interests.
Five years ago Nick was fond of collecting stamps. His hobby helped him to learn a lot about other countries and other peoples' traditions, the world's flora and fauna. Maybe that's why he was good at geography and biology at school.
He used to bring the albums to school and we examined his stamps with great interest and envy. Sometimes he exchanged stamps with his schoolmates.
When Nick was in the tenth form his parents bought him a compact disc player and Nick decided to collect compact discs. Today, he has got more than one hundred CDs of his favourite groups and singers! I think that he is very proud of his collection.
Every time Nick buys a new CD he carefully studies the information printed on disc booklets. He also tries to find out everything about the singers he likes. That's why he reads a lot of specialised magazines and books on the history of rock.
Nick never misses MTV shows — he thinks he must keep up with the news in the world of music. He says he likes all types of music except "rave".
He even writes letters to some fan-clubs in other countries, so he has to brush up his English. Nick never misses a concert of his favourite group. He brings his compact discs to the concert and asks the singers for their autographs.
But in spite of his new hobby, Nick sometimes sits in his room and looks through his albums of stamps (with his earphones on, of course).
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a) There are nine planets in the solar system. b) There are two big hotels in this city. c) There is some tea in my cup. d) There are а lot of sheep in the field. II. a) We live in Magnitogorsk. b) What is the largest city in Canada? c) When we were in London we stayed in a small hotel. d) Would you like an apple? III. a) These rooms are very large. b) Those women are our cousins. c) Our teeth are white. d) They are pupils. IV. a) She speaks (pres simp) Chinese very well. b) The weather will be (fut simp) fine tomorrow. c) He bought (past simp) a new car last year. d) I read (past simp) many books last summer.
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