Make notes about the activities in Exercise 1. Then talk to your partner.

1 Which two things in the list in Exercise 1 are most important to you? Why?
2 Which things do you argue about with your parents?
3 Which one thing stresses you most? Why?
4 Which activities do you have a good time doing?
5 For which activities do you have to be responsible?

I think the most important thing for me is having time for myself - so l can just relax and do what I want to do!​

1.his

2.their

3.your

1.them

2.we

3.him

1.your,her

2.our,mine

1those

2.these

3.this

эта зима я провела в санаторий " кленовая гора"мне было приятно видеть глаза моего младшего брата,впервые увидевшего деда мороза. новый год подрил мне много сюрпризов. дорога к этой гостинице  была чуть больше часа,я не устала потому что со мной были мои друзья,и дорога была шумной и весёлой.мы ездили туда с родителями,и друзьями. когда мы приехали в отель мы начали смотреть номера,где мы жили все эти 5 дней.затем я и моя подруга отправились с нашими братиками в детскую комнату,где их лицо красиво разрисовали -мой братик был тигром! после того ,как мы  отдали малышей к нашим родителям,мы пошли играть в бильярд.потом мы искупались в бассейне.и наконец наступил новый год.было смешно и весело,я никогда не забуду этот 2012 год!

this winter i has spent to sanatorium "maple mountain". it was glad to see eyes of my younger brother who for  has seen santa claus for the first time. new year has presented to me many surprises. the road to this hotel was hardly more hour, i wasn't tired because with me there were my friends, and the road was noisy and cheerful. when we have arrived to hotel we started to look our rooms, where we lived all 5 days.then i and my friend have gone with our brothers to a children's room where their person have beautifully ornamented brother was a tiger! after we have given kids to our parents, we have gone to play billiards.then we have bathed in pool.and at last there has come new year.it was very ridiculous and cheerful, i never will forget this 2012!

this year i have to make to an important (0)decision : what to do next. our school gives us excellent (1)opportunity    to find out what is better for us to do in the future. there are a lot of (2)optional      subjects that help us to understand it and express our (3)personality. when compulsory   education is over students can either enter a (4)technical    institute or try to find a job. but if you don`t want to meet with(5)difficulties    while trying to find a job, our teachers advise us to get (6)vocational    training first.our school gives us a lot of(7)inform ation  about the professions that our community needs.but i think that the best choice is to get(8)higher    education.there are no(9) enterance examinations to universities but studying there needs very carefull (10)preparation. i try to study my best in order to get a place there. 

many young people are heavily influenced by pop music and culture, which usually is in sharp contrast to the established "norm".

the positive side of it: this is an area where young people can express themselves as being something different, and find comfort and security in knowing that they are part of a large group or movement.

the negative side of it: they may change their attitudes and behavior from the messages in the lyrics of the music they hear.they may fall prey to drugs, sexual disease, or confrontations with the increasingly intolerant police.

in conclusion, i would like to say that i think there should be "space made available" for expression. when the "mainstream" of a culture come in conflict with any "pop culture", the potential for alienation is there. part of growing up is to "question" the establishment, and it is a weakness of any "establishment" not to give a platform for this questioning. society must have an alternative which seems more attractive or it has failed in its responsibility.