100 1)read the text. make it complete with derivatives formed from the words on the right. adolescent connect format wonder horror significant interchange friend discover dispense childhood friends friends from our childhood or 1. are special, no matter how much time has elapsed between visits. these compelling 2. are the result of shared roots during the 3. years. our childhood friends and teenage sweethearts experienced with us all the 4. 5. boring and embarrassing moments that helped to make us who we are today. yet, when children are young, parents may regard these relationships as 6. if the family must move to a new community and the children’s close friends must be left behind, so what? they will make new friends, the parents assure them. but, is a friend as 7. as a new toy for an old one? isn’t there more to 8. than that? why are we so elated to 9. long lost friends in our adult years if, as some parents believe, they were so 10. to us as children? 2)read the extracts (1-5) from newspaper articles and match them with the headlines (a-f). there is one headline you don’t need to use. a) what love and care can do b) why not turn your leisure time into pleasure time c) a better finale to the secret war between a young soprano and her producer d) how we chased nessie e) how junk food is wrecking our children’s teeth f) the urge to see the world 1. she is the 14-year old with the voice of an angel, who has sung for the pope and prince charles. he is the show business guru who discovered her and masterminded her rise to superstardom, which has brought her a £10 million fortune. but the partnership between them has exploded. at the moment the young singer is taking her former teacher and supervisor to high court. 2. the thrill of life on the road and discovering new countries has turned backpacking into a multi-billion-pound industry. each year at least 200,000 britons – often middle-class, idealistic and on a gap year after finishing university – set out with nothing but a rucksack on their back. a spokesman for trailfinders said: “backpacking is very popular among young people as it is a cheap and efficient way of travelling.” 3. levels of decay were highest in scotland, where 66 percent of youngsters were affected, and lowest in the south east of england, with 44 percent. researchers found “significantly higher” levels of decay among children whose parents were manual workers, living on benefits, or whose mother had no formal qualifications. the survey also looked at how much sugary and acidic products children were consuming. older children were found to eat more chocolate and confectionery. 4. our mother had taught kathleen to write block capitals, and i began to find words printed between the lines of some of my reading books. gradually, she learned to write sentences, and by the time she was 12, she was writing very quickly in extremely small, neat, block capitals. no one could have given her more time or loving patience in teaching than our mother. her often repeated advice to me was: “never raise your voice, never lose your patience, and kathleen will always do her best for you.” 5. “right,” i said as we settled down to lunch. “you’ve heard the pros and cons. now, does the monster exist? ” my daughter, catherine, and her friend, elena, both 16 and on half term leave, addressed the question seriously. “there is some unusual fish or reptile there but it isn’t a monster,” said elena. catherine was more cautious: “the exhibition tries to tell you the question is still open.”

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