Teenagers

프리토킹

Lesson 50

Teenagers

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Lesson 50

TEENAGERS

Practice English with your teacher

Intermediate 25 min Speaking 75%
3 min

Warm-up

Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.

  1. What is the hardest part about being a teenager, and how do you think social media makes it harder?
    10대 시절에서 가장 힘든 점은 무엇이고, SNS가 그것을 어떻게 더 힘들게 만든다고 생각하나요?
  2. When you were a teenager, were you more influenced by your friends or by the media?
    10대 때 친구들에게 더 많은 영향을 받았나요, 아니면 미디어에 더 많은 영향을 받았나요?
4 min

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.

reading /reading/
a key word from this lesson  |  reading
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read /read/
a key word from this lesson  |  read
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passage /passage/
a key word from this lesson  |  passage
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teacher /teacher/
a key word from this lesson  |  teacher
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physical /physical/
a key word from this lesson  |  physical
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mental /mental/
a key word from this lesson  |  mental
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5 min

Reading

Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.

These physical and mental changes can create doubts and incomprehension and can change ideals; each young person reacts to this stage of life in his/her own way, according to his/her personality and his/her past experiences.
Unfortunately, today we are stressed from messages suggesting that slim and beautiful models are normal. Those same messages tell us how we should dress, behave, and be fashionable. We are all deeply influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by the mass media, and this is especially true for teen-agers. It's normal and unavoidable that in that phase of life, values change and move on to what society proposes as ideals.
Teenager - a person between the ages of 13 and 19; adolescent.
Masculinity - qualities that are considered typical for men.
Femininity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women.
Delinquent - behaving in a way that is illegal or the society doesn’t prove.
Mature - become physically and emotionally an adult.
Unconditional - free, without limits.
Liberated - free from one’s control.
Depression - sadness; gloom.
Contraceptives - a substance or device capable of preventing pregnancy.
Rebellious - resisting control or authority.
Follow in one's footstep - do what someone else did
Get in ones blood - become a habit, become customary
With child - pregnant
Babe in arms - very young to be holding a position
Hard headed - stubborn, inflexible, unwilling to change.
Play safe - taking precautions like contraceptives.
Spare the rod, spoil the child - if you don’t punish your children when they do wrong, you’ll spoil them.
Babe in the woods - naive, defenseless, young person.
Bar Fly - who spends a lot of drinking in different pubs.Be up the spout - pregnant.
What is the most important thing a parent can do for a teenager?
How old were you when you had your first serious relationship?
What is it like to be a teenager in your society?
Should teenagers work? Why or why not?
What do you think about rock videos today?
What do you think parents can do to help teenagers avoid depression?
Do you think that wearing uniforms to school is a good idea?
What type of punishment did your parents use when you were a teenager?
At what age should teenagers leave home
Do you think teenagers today should show more respect for adults? (teachers, parents etc)
At what age should a teenage girl have her first serious boyfriend? Boys?
What can you do to keep your teenager away from drugs and alcohol?
Did you have a good relationship with your parents? Why or why not?
Do you think that advertising plays an important role in how teenagers think?
If you could be a teenager again, would you do anything differently?
Do you think it is better to raise teenagers in the city, a small town, or the country
Do you think teenager today is more rebellious? Why?
As a teenager, what can you do to stop early pregnancy?
Can you describe me the differences of teenagers in the past from today?
Are you in favor of abortion for teenagers who had an early pregnancy?

3 min

Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정

Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.

❌ I am teenager, so I understand peer pressure.
✅ I am a teenager, so I understand peer pressure.

한국어에는 관사(a/an)가 없기 때문에 'I am teenager'라고 말하기 쉽습니다. 하지만 영어에서 단수 가산명사 앞에는 반드시 관사가 필요합니다. 'teenager'는 셀 수 있는 명사이므로 'a teenager'라고 해야 합니다.

5 min

Discussion

Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.

  1. How would you apply what you learned today?
    오늘 배운 것을 어떻게 활용하시겠어요?
  2. What was the most useful part of this lesson?
    이 수업에서 가장 유용한 부분은 무엇이었나요?
  3. Can you think of a real situation where you would use this?
    이것을 사용할 실제 상황을 생각해 볼 수 있나요?
  4. What would you like to practice more?
    더 연습하고 싶은 것은 무엇인가요?

Lesson Summary / 수업 요약

Today's Topic: TEENAGERS

Level: Intermediate (FT)

Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!