Handout

Unit 5 “Youth Rights and Responsibilities”

1. Read the text below and answer the questions below (a – b)

a. Can you define “citizen” in your own words?

He is an individual who has the same rights as others.

b. What is a naturalized citizen?

It is when the requirements to become a citizen are met.

c. Which are some of the duties and responsibilities of a citizen?
Guarantees the rights and duties of all citizens. The rights are equal for all
citizens.
d. What are the two rights guaranteed to citizen in the U.S. Constitution?
A citizen has the right to speak without restraint and the right to religious
freedom.
2. Explain which of the underlined words in the text express:
a. Addition -> And
b. Contrast -> But
c. Reason -> Because
3. Look at the pictures and choose which concept they are related to.

YOUTH JOBLESS

WEALTH DECREASE
4. You’re going to read a piece of news. According to the previous pictures and
concepts, predict the following:
a. What you think the text will be about.
Will be about of young people.
b. Where the news happened.
United States.
c. How it will be related to the topic of the unit. (Youth rights and responsibilities)
5. Answer these questions:
a. What’s the main topic of the text?
Government's ''positive for youth'' paper is a welcome step, and about of the
young people who are facing an uncertain future.
b. What were young people promised at the beginning of this century?
They promised a wealth of prospects if they stayed in education or took up the
wide range of training opportunities.
c. What has the economic crisis brought?
The tsunami of jobless young people and many more teenagers wondering
what the future holds.
d. What is On Route?
Is a program supported by local partnerships, where buses and vans drive into
local areas and provide youth services such as sport, education, IT, music, fun
activities as well as sexual health advices.
e. “The cost of running a bus is low, the impact is high” can you explain this
phrase?

Operating a bus is not difficult, but keeping pace is difficult.

f. Are you familliarized with the topic of the text?

No, im not familiar with the topic.
g. In which way is the topic connected to Chilean reality? Explain.
It is related with the work of Chile and the lack of economy.
h. Can you think of any other solutions to the problem in the piece of news you
have read? Which ones?
A good government and equal rights.
My answer is I.