- Он прав?- Смущенная улыбка в ответ. Лизе хочется счастья, а "ребенку нужен отец".
В прошлом году в России забеременели около 2,5 тыс. девочек моложе 15 лет и 205 тыс. - от 15 до 19 лет. В большинстве своем, конечно, не из коварства, а по глупости. Обитательницы "Маленькой мамы" - это в основном девочки из неблагополучных семей. Им не хватало любви дома, они искали ее на стороне и готовы были расплачиваться чем угодно. И именно они оказываются в абсолютной пустоте в случае "прокола": родителям и раньше были не нужны, а теперь с приплодом - тем более; молодые люди искали секса, а не проблем - и теперь обрабатывают новых подружек.
- На самом деле, - комментирует Ольга Иванова, начальник отдела семьи и детства петербургского Комитета по делам семьи, детства и молодежи, - только 10% девочек, попавших в подобную ситуацию, отказываются от ребенка или нуждаются в помощи социальных служб. Остальным помогают решать проблему родители или любимые.
«Аргументы и Факты», №38, 1999
Text #7.
How has the British changed over the past ten years?
Task 1. Here is the table informing us what the British think of themselves. Study it and say what’s the tendency in self-determination of the British.
| Richer | 48% |
| Poorer | 36% |
| More freedom | 44% |
| Less freedom | 24% |
| More unhappy | 48% |
| Happier | 21% |
| More selfish | 61% |
| More generous | 19% |
| Life is worse | 42% |
| Life is better | 39% |
| A dirtier country | 68% |
| A cleaner country | 15% |
| Less friendly people | 52% |
| Friendlier people | 23% |
| More intolerant | 37% |
| More tolerant | 35% |
| More violent society | 59% |
| Less violent society | 12% |
Task 2. Make a survey. Ask as many Russian people as possible on the given points and fill in the table.
Text #8.
Population
| Country | Area(km2) | Population | Density per km2 |
| Britain | 244,046 | 57,077,000 | 234 |
| Other memebers of the European Community | |||
| Belgium | 30,153 | 9,883,000 | 325 |
| Denmark | 43,069 | 5,130,000 | 119 |
| France | 549,000 | 55,873,317 | 102 |
| Germany | 356,945 | 79,070,000 | 219 |
| Greece | 131,944 | 9,984,000 | 76 |
| Ireland | 70,283 | 3,538,000 | 50 |
| Italy | 301,225 | 57,452,000 | 191 |
| Luxembourg | 2,586 | 375,000 | 145 |
| Netherlands | 40,844 | 14,760,000 | 360 |
| Portugal | 92,082 | 10,287,000 | 113 |
| Spain | 504,782 | 38,996,000 | 77 |
| Other countries in Western Europe | |||
| Austria | 83,853 | 7,618,000 | 91 |
| Norway | 323,895 | 4,221,000 | 13 |
| Sweden | 440,945 | 8,498,000 | 19 |
| Switzerland | 41,293 | 6,509,000 | 159 |
| The world’s extremes | |||
| Botswana | 581,730 | 1,212,000 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1,045 | 5,681,000 | 5,436 |
Task 1. Analyze the table and divide the European countries into 3 groups: the countries with the lowest density, the countries with the medium density and the countries with the highest density of population. Work in pairs.
Task 2. Try to explain why these countries refer to the certain group and discuss in groups of three or four.
Task 3 (recommended for home assignment). Find the information about the population density of Russia and include it into one of the groups you had worked out. Do your best to compare the ecological, social, political and economical situations in the suggested countries. Prove your point.
Text #9.
Participation in selected leisure activities
away from home: by age 1997 – 98
Task 1. Study the table and divide all activities into 3 groups:
- similar to those Russians are involved in:
- partly similar;
- not typical.
| Great Britain | Percentages | |||||
| 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-59 | 60 and over | All aged 16 and over | |
| Visit a public house | 82 | 85 | 81 | 74 | 55 | 74 |
| Meal in a restaurant (not fast food) | 63 | 69 | 65 | 75 | 70 | 69 |
| Meal in a fast food restaurant | 77 | 74 | 55 | 34 | 11 | 48 |
| Library | 41 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 43 | 40 |
| Cinema | 65 | 51 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 34 |
| Historic Building | 24 | 30 | 35 | 39 | 30 | 32 |
| Short break holiday | 39 | 35 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 31 |
| Disco or night club | 68 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| Spectator sports event | 31 | 34 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 26 |
| Museum or art gallery | 21 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 22 |
| Fun fair | 27 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 19 |
| Theatre | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Theme park | 29 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| Camping or caravanning | 17 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 12 |
| Bingo | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 11 |
| Visit a betting shop | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
Visiting the pub is the most common leisure activity outside the home for British adults. In 1997 – 98 around three-quarters of people aged 16 and over said they had made such a visit in the three month before they were interviewed.
Participation in some activities varies by age. For example, only 3 per cent of adults aged 60 and over visited a disco or night club compared with 68 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds. Similiarly, visiting a fun fair or theme park was more common among 16 to 24 years old than those aged 60 and over – around 30 per cent of 16 to 24 years old visited a theme park which has almost six times the proportion of those aged 60 and over. The most popular activity for older people was to have a meal in a restaurant – 70 per cent of adults aged 60 and over had done so in the three months prior to being interviewed.
Task 2. Divide into 6 groups. Make the same table on the leisure activities of Russian People. Each group is responsible for the certain age. Ask at least 5 people to fill the table.