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Then read and discuss the information in groups.

1 What are the problems young Ukrainians are facing nowadays?

2 Do young Ukrainians rely on their own resources?

3 What should the government do concerning our younger generation?

The young Ukrainians are facing many important problems. Young people today are different from those of the same age just six or seven years ago. Our young people are getting more economically active, but at

the same time they are becoming more pragmatic and spiritually restrained1•

In Ukraine nowadays, people aged between 15 and 28 number a little more than 10 million and their ratio is dropping.

Today's problems influence strongly the life of the

younger generations. Most young people have a low personal income; their parents don't earn enough money to support their families properly; low salaries and black wages pose a great threat for families; lots of parents are unemployed, and it leads to bad living conditions. The poor economic situation in Ukraine has bad impact on the life of the whole nation and causes a lot of problems on a personal level.

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2 worsening conditions of young families, obliteration of their educational functions;

3 growing housing problems;

4 increasing of youth crime rate;

5 crisis of culture and moral values;

6 lowering public activity, etc.

The situation with young families is poor. Statistics show that the number of registered marriages has dropped over the past decade. The number of official divorces has increased. An increasing number of families wants to have fewer children. Today more than half of new families have only one child per couple, and about one-fourth of the

families are without children.

Young Ukrainians today are more pragmatic and actively

independent. They rely more on their own resources and do not expect someone else to

solve their problems for them.

We think it is necessary

now not only to help young people with some of their problems, but to pay more attention to the youth on a political level. The government should treat youth as a top priority sector of the population, because the future of our country depends on our younger generations.

 

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With regard to fear, children are afraid of things like dogs, storms and the dark , and some of these fears continue in adolescence and adulthood . Early adolescence is a time of worry about family and school, and in middle adolescence there is also ... about boy­ girl relationships , career and religion. In late adolescence , people typically suffer from a feeling of personal inadequacy ; they feel that they are not being ... and not working hard enough ; they worry about the impression they make on others .

Becoming mature is about not running away from ... , not taking

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2 Choose the correct forms on the verbs (Infinitive or ING-form) to complete the letter.

 

 

3 a) Role-play the situation in pairs.

Elizabeth and Roger have been together for two years. Everything was going fine -they studied together, went to discos together and visited friends together. They were in love. One day, Roger suddenly broke up with her. Elizabeth rarely saw him. A friend of hers told her that he was hanging around with some guys who looked thin , ill and almost transparent. One day she met him but he didn't want to listen to her when she tried to warn him. His grades were getting worse and worse. He was seen in strange company with some older boys who had a reputation of being heavily into drugs. Roger's mother was in tears , begging for help.

His class teacher was worried because Roger played truant1• Elizabeth

decided to talk to him seriously.

What would you suggest Elizabeth to tell him?

 

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