Progress Check
8 form (III четверть)
Reading
Here is Vicky’s letter to a teenage magazine.
I’m writing to say that teen magazines have been criticized rightly for giving teenagers the wrong impression on different problems. I buy two girls’ magazines but I might stop soon.
Teen magazines give very strong ideas about what’s “normal”. They are so stereotypical and they don’t let you have an opinion or to be different. Teen magazines make you feel that you should have a certain figure… Sometimes it makes you feel bad about yourself. Why should every girl have exactly the same taste, be exactly the right appearance and size? Real people know they can be themselves and be happy how they are. Why should we follow the standards teen magazine offer?
They don’t know anything about teenagers’ lives and fill their pages with gossip on celebrities that nobody really cares about. There is more to life than make-up and clothes. Most of the things in girls’ magazines are just wrong!!! I’m 15 and I don’t feel comfortable reading them!!! They teach us things that we’re too young to know about. Sometimes I am absolutely shocked by the content and by the language.
I think that magazines should be written by teenagers not adults because they don’t know what our life is like today. Magazines should give more practical advice on things that can really influence us. They also should give a warning of both – bad language and the wrong content. I would like to read a magazine that meets all the demands (отвечает всем требованиям) but I haven’t found one yet.
Vicky, Newcastle
1) Answer the questions.
1. Why are teenage magazines criticized for according to Vicky’s opinion?
2. What do teenage magazines make Vicky feel?
3. Why does Vicky feel uncomfortable reading teens’ magazines?
4. Who should write magazines according to Vicky’s opinion?
5. What information should teens’ magazines give?
6. What teens’ magazines do you read? Why?
2) Complete the following sentences.
1. Teen magazines don’t let you ……………………………………………….
2. Vicky sometimes feels ……………………………………………………….
3. Teens’ magazines fill their pages ……………………………………………
4. Teens’ magazines should give a ……………………………………………..
5. Vicky would like to read …………………………………………………….
Using of English
1) Write the following statements in reported speech.
1. Ann said: “I usually spend my holidays in the south”.
2. She told us: “They arrived in St. Petersburg yesterday”.
3. He said: “They are leaving next Monday”.
4. Nick said: “I have never been to London. I think I will go there next year”.
5. I said to them: “I can give you my uncle's address”.
2) The world in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably into the blank space.
1. Nick really loves ………….. detective stories. READ
2. Serious newspaper like “The Times” generally
gives ………….. about events happening in London. INFORM
3. …………… newspapers are published on every DAY
day of the week except Sunday.
4. ……………. is an important part of our life. COMMUNICATE
5. There is an ………….. film on Channel 2 INTEREST
this evening.
Keys
Reading
2) 1. have an opinion or to be different; 2. feel bad about herself; 3. with gossip on celebrities that nobody really cares about; 4. warning of both – bad language and the wrong content; 5. a magazine that meets all the demands.
Using of English
1) 1. Ann said that she usually spent her holidays in the south. 2. She told us they had arrived in St. Petersburg the day before. 3. He said that they were leaving the following Monday.
4. Nick said that he had never been to London and added that he would go there the following year. 5. I told them that I could give them my uncle’s address.
2) 1. reading; 2. information; 3. daily; 4. communication; 5. interesting.
