read the extracts. what is each person's problem? what other problems do you think a teenager can have?
aunt claire
helpline
i'm new at school and very shy. recently some older kids have been bullying me by saying nasty things about the way i look. i'm afraid that if i speak to any of the teachers, things will get worse. i keep missing school because of it. how can i put an end to all this?
stuart (14) manchester
i got bad marks in my exams and now my parents want me to quit the football team. football's my life! helpl
david (15) london
i don't like the way i look. i hate the pimples on my skin and i have gained a lot of weight! what can i do?
sarah (16) birmingham
i want to go on holiday this summer. my parents say it is too expensive and i'm too young to go on my own. any advice?
karen (15) glasgow
letters of advice are usually informal in style and are written to express sympathy and encouragement. in the first paragraph we express our sympathy and state the reason for writing. in the main body paragraph we give our advice and possible results. in the last paragraph we write our closing remarks.
The 2000s were marked by significant economic growth in Asian countries, especially in China and India (by analogy with the previous "American century", the XXI century is considered the "Asian century"). Economic growth was accompanied by a rise in oil prices, which reached their all-time high in July 2008. At the same time, the crisis that began in the United States associated with an avalanche-like increase in loan defaults provoked a global recession in 2008.
After the unprecedented scale of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, the American government declared the so-called. "War on terrorism", in which the wars began in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). Conflicts continued in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the post-Soviet space. The disintegration of Yugoslavia is over. The expansion of NATO continued, in 2001 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established.
There was a widespread introduction of digital technologies: the development of the Internet and a significant increase in its role in society, the spread of mobile phones, digital cameras, the emergence of the Blu-ray format. Construction of the ISS continued. In 2001, the Mir orbital station was flooded. The geography of the "space club" expanded: in 2003, China launched its first cosmonaut into space, and in 2009, Iran launched its first satellite.
As indicated in 2014 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the 2000s were the warmest in the history of meteorological observations.
read the extracts. what is each person's problem? what other problems do you think a teenager can have?
aunt claire
helpline
i'm new at school and very shy. recently some older kids have been bullying me by saying nasty things about the way i look. i'm afraid that if i speak to any of the teachers, things will get worse. i keep missing school because of it. how can i put an end to all this?
stuart (14) manchester
i got bad marks in my exams and now my parents want me to quit the football team. football's my life! helpl
david (15) london
i don't like the way i look. i hate the pimples on my skin and i have gained a lot of weight! what can i do?
sarah (16) birmingham
i want to go on holiday this summer. my parents say it is too expensive and i'm too young to go on my own. any advice?
karen (15) glasgow
letters of advice are usually informal in style and are written to express sympathy and encouragement. in the first paragraph we express our sympathy and state the reason for writing. in the main body paragraph we give our advice and possible results. in the last paragraph we write our closing remarks.
The 2000s were marked by significant economic growth in Asian countries, especially in China and India (by analogy with the previous "American century", the XXI century is considered the "Asian century"). Economic growth was accompanied by a rise in oil prices, which reached their all-time high in July 2008. At the same time, the crisis that began in the United States associated with an avalanche-like increase in loan defaults provoked a global recession in 2008.
After the unprecedented scale of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, the American government declared the so-called. "War on terrorism", in which the wars began in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003). Conflicts continued in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the post-Soviet space. The disintegration of Yugoslavia is over. The expansion of NATO continued, in 2001 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was established.
There was a widespread introduction of digital technologies: the development of the Internet and a significant increase in its role in society, the spread of mobile phones, digital cameras, the emergence of the Blu-ray format. Construction of the ISS continued. In 2001, the Mir orbital station was flooded. The geography of the "space club" expanded: in 2003, China launched its first cosmonaut into space, and in 2009, Iran launched its first satellite.
As indicated in 2014 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the 2000s were the warmest in the history of meteorological observations.