Unit 1. The generation gap. Lesson 7. Communication and culture

UNIT 1
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE
Communication
1. Practise asking the following questions and take notes of their answers.

1. What kind of family do you live in?
2. What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of living in an extended or a nuclear family are?
CULTURE
The return of the extended families in the UK and the USA
1. Read the following text about the coming back of the extended families and answer the questions.
1. The number of multi-generational households with three or four generations living under the same roof.
2. Unemployment, part-time work and low-paid jobs have become more common. The cost of housing has become higher. The pressures of childcare and elderly care have become heavier.
3. The disadvantages are the lack of space, independence and privacy, and the daily conflicts.
4. They can develop relationships with adults other than their parents.
5. Old people can become more active when interacting with the younger generations.
2. Discuss with a partner
1. What is the current family trend in Viet Nam?
2. What are the reasons for the current trend?
3. Do you think children are happier growing up in extended families?
LOOKING BACK
Pronunciation
1. Identify the stressed words and put a stress mark (‘) before their stressed syllables in the statements
1.Tim and his parents often argue about what time he should come home.
2. Money can be a source of conflict for many families.
3. Susan’s parents want her to do well in school, and if that doesn’t happen, her parents get angry, so she gets worried.
4. Kate’s parents often complain that she doesn’t help clean the house.
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2. Identify the stressed words and put a stress mark before their stressed syllables.
1.A: At what age were you allowed to stay at home alone?
B: I don’t remember exactly. I think it was when I was nine or ten.
2. A: These jeans look really cool. Would you like to try them on?
B: No. I don’t like them. I like those over there.
3.A: Do you think life is safer in the countryside?
B: Yes, I do.It’s also cleaner.
Vocabulary
1.Fill in the gaps with the words/phrases from the box
1. nuclear family
2. generation gap
3. homestay
4. Conflicts
5. curfew
2. Find other compound nouns with the word family.
-family doctor
-family tree
-family name
-single-parent family
Grammar
1.Complete the sentences with should or ought.
1. ought
2. shouldn’t, ought
3. shouldn’t
4. oughtn’t, should
2. Complete the sentences with must/ mustn’t or have to/ has to and don’t have to/ doesn’t have to.
1. have to, has to
2. mustn’t
3. must
4. don’t have to