Skill(s): Reading & Speaking

TEENS BEHAVING BADLY\\Activity 1 (Speaking)In pairs, answer the questions below.

List 2 examples of social problems among teenagers. --

List 2 causes of social ills among teenagers --

List 2 effects of social ills among teenagers --

List 2 ways to curb the problems --

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COMMISSIONER STUNG BY MOSQUITO

If you are a teenager in the habit of hanging around outside shops, watch out for the Mosquito - a device which emits a high-frequency sound that can be heard only by the young and has been quietly clearing shopping areas around Britain for the past two years.

Acclaimed by the Police forces in the United Kingdom, the Mosquito ultrasonic teenage deterrent has been described as ‘the most effective tool in our fight against anti-social behavior’. Shop keepers around the world are buying the devices to get rid of teenagers loitering outside their shops. Railway companies are installing them to discourage youths from spraying graffiti on trains. When the sound is on, teenagers are typically driven away within a few minutes, while adults are blissfully unaware of the sound.

The Mosquito might be not heard by adults, but more and more of them are no longer deaf to critical voices of the opponents of the device. Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green, the Children's Commissioner for England appointed to represent the views of the country’s 11 million children, has set up a campaign – called Buzz Off – that is calling for the Mosquito to be banned on grounds that it infringes the rights of young people

“These devices are indiscriminate and target all children and young people, including babies, regardless of whether they are behaving or misbehaving,” the Commissioner told the BBC. “The uses of measures such as these are simply demonizing children and young people, creating a dangerous and widening divide between the young and the old.” He also added: "This device is a quick fix. It's not tackling the root of the problem and it's indiscriminate."

The Commissioner’s opinion is not shared by the gadget's inventor Howard Stapleton, who said: "People talk about infringing human rights but what about the rights of the shopkeeper who is seeing his business collapse because groups of unruly teenagers are driving away his customers?"

Skill(s): Reading & Speaking

Activity 2 (Reading Comprehension)Based on the text given, answer the reading comprehension questions below

1. What is the Mosquito and how does it work?

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2. What are the main arguments of its supporters and opponents?

Argument for the Mosquito: Argument against the Mosquito:

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Activity 3 (Vocabulary)a) Match the words with their correct meaning.

1. using strength to frighten others, usually weaker ones - 2. entering somebody's land or property without permission - 3. to irritate or torment - 4. usage of illegal substances such as marijuana, cocaine, etc. - 5. stealing from a shop while pretending to be a customer -6. a group of people who act against something or somebody -7. a person behaving in an aggressive way in public -8. an attack/robbery on the street -9. using rude language towards somebody -10.not a very serious offence –

b) Here are some phrasal verbs connected with teenagers and criminal or anti-social behaviour. Use their correct forms in the sentences below.

1. Very often, a teenager is.................... only with a warning for a serious offence.2. Teenagers are typically ................... within a few minutes by the sound emitted by the Mosquito.3. Youths .................. estates, shops and malls can be quite intimidating.4. I was ................... by a gang of bullies.5. Some kids think that they can.................... shoplifting.6. This juvenile snatched my purse and.................... it down the street.

bullying drug abuse gang to harass hooliganmisdemeanor mugging shoplifting trespassing verbal abuse

beat somebody up drive away drive away get away with somethinglet somebody off run off with something hang around

Skill(s): Reading & Speaking