Подростки и их проблемы английском. Реферат по английскому языку на тему "Проблемы молодёжи" ("Youth Problems")

All people have problems . Some people have a lot of problems , others have one or two. And no matter how old you are, you will still face difficulties in your life. We can solve some problems but some problems are very hard to solve.

There are a lot of teenagers in our country. A teenager is a person from thirteen to nineteen years of age. And young people here face as many difficulties as grown-up people do.

There are problems, which are common for all young people. These are spending your free time, choosing a good friend, how to deal with your parents and the classmates, finding your place in this world, first love and relations with beloved, choosing where to study after finishing school, alcohol and drugs.

I’m fourteen so I belong to the group of Russian teenagers . One of the most important problems is “a generation gap” - the problem of fathers and sons. Teens usually want to be independent and show this to our parents. And this is kind of depressing when our parents try to control everything we do. Our parents usually don’t understand the clothes that we wear and the music that we listen to. We have different tastes. For example, when I go to the shop with my mom she likes these jeans but I like those ones. She pays and this is often difficult to convince her that this is really what I need. My parents want me to become a doctor as they are skilled teachers but I have a taste for economics, and my dream is to be an accountant. But they say they know better. They often treat us like small children. And this is rather difficult to start listening to each other and understanding each other. Some teens even begin drinking alcohol or smoking just to show that they are grown-ups. That is really stupid, I must say. I don’t like smoking. You must have to be a grown-up inside and a cigarette or a bottle of beer won’t help here. This won’t help you look cool. These bad habits cause health problems in future (for girls especially).

It is a problem to get a good education as well. It is expensive to get a good education nowadays. I think it is difficult to learn a subject well, for example, without additional classes. And you can’t enter a university without good knowledge.

As for the problem of friendship, I always remember a good proverb, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." I like this one because it shows what a true friend must be. I like honest people. And, of course, I want to have a friend who will always listen to me and understand me. I want him or her to support me in difficult situations. If a teen has bad relations with others he tries to find a group to follow for example - goths, emos and others. They try piercing and tattoos.

One of the most serious problems nowadays is taking drugs and AIDS (the disease when the immune system of your body stops working).

The problem of free time is also very important. Where to go, what to do in free time. Every teen must find a hobby or just go in for sports. Not just wander in the street without an aim. We must not forget that it’s good to go to museums, theatres, cinemas and parks even if it is not popular.

There is also a problem of having extra (pocket) money to go out with friends, to make presents to your friends, to buy clothes that you really like. So youth has to earn money - wash cars, sell or deliver newspapers, help old people or work as waiters or waitresses

We have some problems but we are sure that we solve them properly. We make mistakes but only those who do nothing make no mistakes. I think that the young people in other countries have such problems too. The best way to solve them is to be yourself and be responsible for your life.

Перевод некоторых слов:

no matter - не имеет значения, to face difficulties - сталкиваться со сложностями, to solve problems - решать проблемы, a grown-up - взрослый, relations - отношения, to spend free time - проводить свободное время, “a generation gap” - проблема отцов и детей, Independent - независимый, tastes - вкусы, to convince - убеждать, to treat - обращаться, to cause - вызывать, bad habits - плохие привычки, to look cool - выглядеть здорово, nowadays - в наши дни, additional classes - дополнительные занятия, knowledge - знания, a good proverb - хорошая поговорка, a true friend - настоящий друг, honest - честный, to support - поддерживать, a teen - тинейджэр, goths - готы (субкультура), emos - эмо (субкультура), piercing - пирсинг, tattoos - татуировки, drugs - наркотики, AIDS - СПИД, Disease - болезнь, the immune system - иммунная система, to wander - слоняться, responsible - ответственный.

Уровень B. Мой мир.

Teens’ problems

People face different problems every day. These can be some problems concerning work, money, and just personal problems in the family. But not only adults have problems. Teens also have their own and not easy problems.

One on the most important is the problem concerning further education. Not every teen can immediately decide what he will be in future. This situation is very difficult. Only a few of them know their goal, and it`s very important for further developing their abilities and talents. Knowing what you want is really a pawn of great success.

As for me, I have not decided yet what I will be in future, but in our school in the eighth form we are to choose the majors of our further education. I understand that, if I don’t like any subject, I shouldn’t despair, I have just o try other sciences. But, if I want to have a good result, I should work hard and not be lazy.

A personal life is very important for young people too. It influences their behavior, character, and, especially, their studies. If a teenager has problems in his, family he will be sharp, aggressive, and very vulnerable. It’s very difficult for him to study, and he doesn’t have any energy for creation. Usually, parents cannot understand what has happened to their child. Sometimes they scold him, but it only underestimates the teen’s self-esteemation.

Sometimes teens are involved into a bad company. They strive to “stand out of the crowd”. That’s why they do stupid and dangerous things.

I think that parents should know what their child does. It’s very good when there is always confidence and understanding in the family.

Another main problem for teenagers is the first love. It is not easy to understand if it is a real love or just some affection. Sometimes they need their parent’s support.

Despite all these difficulties and problems, it is really a good age. Adults often remember those years, the years when they were young, with pleasure. And soon all problems will go away, and there will be only good impressions in the memory!

Люди сталкиваются с различными проблемами каждый день. Это могут быть некоторые неприятности, касающиеся работы, денег и просто личные проблемы в семье. Но не только взрослые имеют трудности жизни. Подростки также имеют свои собственные не простые проблемы.

Одна из самых важных является проблема дальнейшего образования. Не каждый подросток может сразу решить, кем он будет в будущем. Эта ситуация очень трудна. Лишь немногие из молодежи знают их цель, и это очень важно для дальнейшего развития их способностей и талантов. Знание того, что ты хочешь – это действительно залог большого успеха.

Что касается меня, я еще не решила, кем я буду в будущем, но в нашей школе в восьмом классе мы должны выбирать направление для дальнейшего образования. Я понимаю, что если я не люблю какой-либо предмет, я не должна отчаиваться, я должна попробовать другие науки. Но если я хочу иметь хороший результат, то нужно упорно трудиться и не лениться.

Личная жизнь очень важна для молодых людей тоже. Она влияет на их поведение, характер и особенно на учебу. Если подросток имеет проблемы в своей семье, то он будет резким, агрессивным, и очень ранимым. Ему очень трудно учиться, и он не имеет энергии для творчества. Обычно родители не могут понять, что случилось с их ребенком. Иногда они ругают его, но это только занижает самооценку подростка.

Иногда подростки попадают в плохую компанию. Они стремятся "выделиться из толпы". Поэтому они делают глупые и порой опасные вещи.

Я думаю, что родители должны знать, чем занимается их ребенок. Это очень хорошо, когда в семье есть доверие и понимание.

Другая важная проблема подростков - это первая любовь. Не так уж и легко понять, настоящая ли это любовь или просто симпатия. Иногда они нуждаются в поддержке своих родителей.

Несмотря на все эти трудности и проблемы, это действительно хороший возраст. Взрослые часто вспоминают с удовольствием те годы, когда они были молоды. И вскоре все проблемы исчезнут, а в памяти останутся только хорошие впечатления!

Титаренко Екатерина,

п. Карымское, Карымский район, Забайкальский край

МОУ СОШ №4 п. Карымское

Проблемы подростков

Руководитель: , учитель английского языка

Contents.

1. Abstract _________________________________________2

2. Introduction ______________________________________3

3. Methodology______________________________________4

4. Body of the research________________________________5

a) conflicts with parents_______________________________5

b) bad habits________________________________________5

c) bullying__________________________________________6

d) first love_________________________________________6

e) computer and TV addiction__________________________6

f) being independent__________________________________7

5.Interview_________________________________________8

6. Conclusion_______________________________________10

7. References_______________________________________11

The Problems of the Teenagers. Kate Titarenko, secondary school №4 p. Karymskoe, Grade 9.

Abstract

The title of our research work is The Problems of the Teenagers.

The work is devoted to the problems of modern teenagers.
In our time teenagers always face different difficulties and problems. These can be problems of the choice of future profession, free-time activities, parent’s misunderstanding, dealing with the first love and so on. These are problems, which are common for all young people, almost all teens have ever faced difficulties of different kind in their lives.

The Problems of the Teenagers. Kate Titarenko, secondary school №4 p. Karymskoe, Grade 9.

Introduction

The topic of my work is “The problems of modern teenagers ”.
The life of a teenager can be complicated sometimes. It is a difficult age and there are many problems on the way of becoming adults. For example, the choice of free-time activities, parent-child misunderstanding, the choice of future profession, dealing with the first love and so on. All teenagers have their own views on their life and future. They often stay alone with their thoughts because nobody seems to understand them. In this situation it’s better to talk to someone who is more experienced in life matters. One of the most common problems is the misunderstanding between teens and their parents. It has always been a problem but each generation becomes more difficult than the previous. Teenagers think that they are old enough to have their own opinion, while their parents don’t take their opinion into account. It is not right. Adults should try to give more attention to their children especially at such a difficult age. Teenagers also need more freedom of choice and less pressure. They are the future of our country and a lot depends on what kind of people they will become. The problem of drug is also actual at this age. Many teenagers suffer from drug addiction. It often leads to health problems and serious consequences. Other issues include smoking and drinking alcohol. Clearly there are a lot of problems in teenagers’ lives. That’s why I think this topic is very important and interesting to study nowadays.
The aim of the research is to define some of the teenage problems and to find out what problems do the teenagers of our school and my friends in the Internet face.

The object of the research is the young people aged 14-17
The subject of our work is – the problems of the modern youth. According to the aim we put the following problems:
- to describe some of the problems that teenagers have;
- to examine the teenagers of our school about some of the problems;
- to interview the young people in the Internet about the difficulties they have.

The Problems of the Teenagers. Kate Titarenko, secondary school №4 p. Karymskoe, Grade 9.

Methodology

To come to the aim of our research work we use the following methods:

1. The studying of literary souses on this topic.

2. The studying of Internet resouses on this topic.

3. The interview of the classmates.

4. The interview of people in the Internet.

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Body of the research

There are a lot of teenagers in our country. A teenager is a person from thirteen to nineteen years of age. And young people face as many difficulties as grown-up people do.

Problems that teenagers are faced with today can take so many forms. Even in stable, solid family units, teenagers will face confusion and uncertainty with themselves and life.
Common teenager problems include: conflicts with parents, bad habits, bullying, first love, computer and TV addiction.

Let"s examine each of these problems.

Conflicts with parents.

Most typical problems for teenagers are conflicts with adults. During the teen years children often try to gain independence from their parents. They may push limits, break rules and overstep boundaries. It has always been a problem but each generation becomes more difficult than the previous this fact can be called “a generation gap” - the problem of fathers and sons. Teens usually want to be independent and show this to our parents. And this is kind of depressing when our parents try to control everything we do. Our parents usually don’t understand the clothes that we wear and the music that we listen to. We have different tastes. Teenagers think that they are old enough to have their own opinion, while their parents don’t take their opinion into account. It is not right. Adults should try to give more attention to their children especially at such a difficult age.

Bad habits.
Many young teenagers begin to smoke and drink alcohol at the age of thirteen or fourteen. They do it because they want to look cool in the eyes of their mates. The problem of drug is also actual at this age. Many teenagers suffer from drug addiction. It often leads to health problems and serious consequences. Other issues include smoking and drinking alcohol.

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Bullying.
Every day thousands of teens wake up afraid of going to school. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students. They often stay alone with their thoughts because nobody seems to understand them. In this situation it’s better to talk to someone who is more experienced in life matters. The word “bullying” covers different situations. Name calling, stealing, abuse of any kind are the forms of bullying. There is a clear definition of bullying; “It is an attempt to hurt, threaten of frighten someone.”
Abuse, stealing, threatening and blackmail are all forms of bullying. Racism can be called bullying. Making someone feel not good or less good about themselves is bullying.
A bully is a person who physically or verbally hurts someone. A bully can be boy, a girl, a man or woman. A bully usually picks on people who cannot defend themselves.
Bullying is wrong and is anyone is bullying they should get punished.
The victims should talk to someone about how they feel after the bullying. Bullying must spoken about. Teenagers and adults should try to prevent bullying. Prevention is better than cure. Nowadays many teenagers use Childline just to have someone to talk about their problems, a person who will listen to and won’t criticize.

First love.

Teenagers often meet their first love. It is a wonderful time for them and one of the best stages of life. This event stays in one’s memory forever. Unfortunately, the first love can have unhappy endings. It leads to problems in communication even with the best friends.

Computer and TV addiction.

Computer addicts are the minority of computer users but there is no doubt that more and more young people are depending on their computer. Today most of young people have TV-sets as well as computers with permanent Internet connection in their bedrooms. Therefore, despite the fact that a lot of TV programmes are inappropriate for teens they watch them because few parents actually check up what their children watch. So, programmes containing offensive language, scenes of violence and loud screeches influence teens badly. It is really difficult for

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children to determine the difference between the reality and the fantasy. Hence, they start imitating the violent behaviour they see in their favourite programmes.

Being independent. Are you expected to make choices? Do your parents encourage you to be independent in your everyday life? American parents do. They believe strongly that a person should have the freedom to decide what should be done today and in the future. Parents encourage their children from an early age to be independent, to be responsible, to respect their society and their country, to work hard and to believe in God.
Very often even small children decide themselves how o decorate their bedrooms or what toys to play with. Teenagers have lots of choices to make: at school they choose between sports or music, French or German, economic or social studies. They choose who their friends are and how to earn their pocket money, for

example by babysitting or carrying newspapers. They also choose how to spend the money that they have earned: buying computer games, travelling or just going to a disco.
Parents and teachers are always ready to help the teenagers with their decisions. But it’s very important to be independent and to believe in yourself.

The Problems of the Teenagers. Kate Titarenko, secondary school №4 p. Karymskoe, Grade 9.

To analyze the problems of the modern teens we decided to ask some questions to the students of our school and teenagers in the Internet.
People in our school:

Yes - 4
No – 11

Yes - 10
No - 5

3. Do you have bad habits?
Yes - 3
No - 12

Yes -13
No - 2

Positive answers:

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People in the Internet:
1. Do you face humiliation or bullied?
Yes – 4
No – 11

2. Do you have conflicts with your parents?

Yes – 12
No – 3
3. Do you have bad habits?

Yes – 2
No – 13
4. Do you use a computer for more than three hours a day?

Yes - 11
No – 4

Positive answers:

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Conclusion

We did the research to find out what problems do teenagers of modern time have.
Our work proved that the young people have different problems beginning with choosing a good friend and ending with drug usage.

We proved that we have some problems but we are sure that we will be able to solve them properly. I think that the young people in other countries have such problems too. The best way to solve them is to be yourself and be responsible for your life.
As you see it’s very difficult to be young nowadays as indeed it always was. But you only can be young ones and some wonderful things can happen to you only when you’re young. So it’s better to enjoy youth while it lasts.

The Problems of the Teenagers. Kate Titarenko, secondary school №4 p. Karymskoe, Grade 9.

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Our age is so strange. We know that we are on the way to become adults. But this way is so hard. And we teenagers usually stay alone with our thoughts, because nobody even we ourselves understand what is happening around us. There are a lot of problems – that is what we know exactly. And problems are everywhere and we cannot expect why and where they come from. This is very difficult time though some people think that it is the best time. And what is more it"s hard to stay quite and calm. Every young generation has more complicated problems than previous. And maybe nowadays teenagers have more problems then other generations. And this difference awakes misunderstandings with parents. Sometimes it seems that our parents are too tiresome and dull in their demands. And also they often interfere into our life. Parents always say that we are lazy and can"t do anything except rest. Moreover they give not much money, and we hardly can find a job because in our age we cannot be responsible for money of firm or do some kinds of job. And there is a great problem: parents also always doubt in our independence. Our age – is time of making a choice what we will be in future, what we want to do and how. So we have to choose the university to have better education and future profession. If you have a good education you"ll be always perfect at you profession and of coarse you"ll earn more money, make your life better. And the best way to prepare is to study better at school. The school ages are also very difficult. We do a lot of homework and even have no time to go for a walk or do whatever we want. Another problem in school – marks. And we try to do our best to have good marks. But our parents never like them. And for boys there is such problem like conscription. And nowadays it" Also nowadays a problem of drugs is very actual. A lot of teenagers have drug addiction. And sometimes they use drugs not because of that they want. And it often leads to bad ends. Moreover, you may have problems with health. Emotional problems for young people can be far more difficult than financial ones. The typical teenager problem is that "nobody understands me". Youth is also the time to meet your first love. It is of coarse wonderful but as it is widely known that first love often has an unhappy end. This also increases young people"s problems. Even friends cannot always stay friends when young people begin to understand themselves a little bit better old friends sometimes just grow apart. And sometimes you have problems in communicating with each other and you even stay alone. So as you see it"s very difficult to be young nowadays as indeed it always was. But you only can be young ones and some wonderful things can happen to you only when you"re young. So it"s better to enjoy youth while it lasts.

Problems of Youth

Life used to be fun for "teenagers". They used to have money to spend, and free time to spend it in. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are difficult to find. There"s not so much money around. Things are more expensive, and it"s hard to find a place to live.

Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less interested in politics, and more interested in passing exams. They know that good exam results may get them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment is to leave home and look for work in one of Britain"s big cities. Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find work, and stay. Others don"t find it, and go home again, or join the many unemployed in London. There used to be one kind of teenage fashion, one style, one top pop group. Then, the girls all wore mini-skirts and everyone danced to the music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

But now an eighteen-year-old might be a punk, with green hair and chains round his legs, or a skin head, with short, short hair and right wing politics, or a "rasta", with long uncombed hair and a love for Africa. There"s a lot of different music around too. There"s reggae, the West Indian sound, there"s rock, there"s heavy metal, country and western, and disco. All these kinds of music are played by different groups and listened to by different fans.

When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it"s easy to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble.

But that"s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kind of work in the end, and get married in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy family life. They eat fish and chips, watch football on TV, go to the pub, and like reading about pop stars. After all, if they didn"t, they wouldn"t be British, would they?

Проблемы молодежи

Раньше для подростков жизнь была весельем. У них всегда были какие-то деньги и свободное время. Они носили подростковые вещи и встречались в кафе и дискоклубах. Некоторые из них такие до сих пор. Но для большинства молодых людей жизнь сейчас намного тяжелее. Трудно найти работу. Денег не так много, вещи более дорогие, трудно найти себе жилье.

Преподаватели говорят, что студенты работают больше, чем раньше. Они менее интересуются политикой и больше обеспокоены сдачей экзаменов. Они понимают, что лучшие результаты экзаменов помогут найти лучшую работу.

Большая часть молодежи сейчас беспокоится о деньгах сильнее, чем их родители 20 лет назад. Они пытаются тратить меньше и больше экономят. Они хотят когда-нибудь иметь свой дом.

Некоторым, чтобы решить проблему безработицы, приходится уехать на работу в один из крупных городов Британии. Каждый день в Лондон приезжают сотни молодых людей из других городов в поисках работы. Часть из них находят работу и остаются. Остальные же возвращаются домой или присоединяются к числу безработных Лондона. Раньше существовал единый стиль подростковой моды, единая самая лучшая поп группа. Девушки носили мини-юбки и все танцевали под музыку Битлз и Роллинг-Стоунз.

Теперь же, подросток может быть зеленоволосым панком с цепями на ногах или скин-хэдом с очень короткой стрижкой и правыми политическими убеждениями, или же растаманом с длинными нечесаными волосами и любовью к Африке. Существует масса различной музыки. Есть регги, западно-индийский «саунд», рок, хэви-метал, кантри и вестерн, диско. Все эти стили музыки исполняются разными группами и их слушают разные поклонники.

Когда читаешь газеты и смотришь телевизор, очень легко может сложиться впечатление, что в Англии вся молодежь без работы, обозленная и имеет неприятности.

Это не так. Три четверти из них более или менее занимаются тем же, чем занимались их родители. Они пытаются хорошо учиться в школе, найти хорошую работу и жениться после 20 лет. Они ладят с родителями и наслаждаются семейной жизнью. Они едят рыбу и чипсы, смотрят футбол по телевизору, ходят в бар и любят читать о поп-звездах. В конце концов, если бы они этим не занимались, они не были бы англичанами, не так ли?

Questions:

1. What is the difference between the life of today"s teenagers and their parents when they were in their teens?
2. What do teachers say about today"s students?
3. What problems do teens have today? Is it difficult to solve them?
4. What are the trends of today"s youth fashion in clothes, music, ways of life?
5. How does the mass media describe the young generation?
6. What is the author"s attitude to the young people?

Vocabulary:

used to - раньше, бывало (+ infinitive to talk about things that happened regularly in past, but have changed now)
teenager - подросток, юноша
to worry - беспокоить(ся), волновать(ся)
unemployment - безработица
chain - цепь, цепочка
rasta от rastafari - растафари (название секты ямайских негров, происходит от докоронационного титула императора Эфиопии Хайле Селессие I (настоящее имя Тафари Маконнен) «рас Тафари», т. е. «принц Тафари», которого они считают воплощением бога)
do one"s best - сделать все от себя зависящее, проявить максимум энергии
get on well with - ладить (с кем-л.)