Unit 7
Reading
1 Read the text quickly and choose the best headline.
a Teenager gets a job in a magazine
b Teenage protest produces results
c Teenagers support digital photos
W
ho said teenagers
don’t care about the
world around them?
Who said that the only thing
they worry about is chatting on
social networks? Who said that
protests never get anywhere?
Here’s a story to prove those
people wrong!
In May 2012, a 13-year-old
American girl went to the
offices of a well-known teenage
magazine to hand in a petition.
She went there together with
her mother and a group of girls
who agree with her ideas. What
were they protesting against?
They said that too many
magazine photos show ‘fake’
girls and women. They asked the
magazine to be careful with how
they use computer programmes
to change a woman’s image.
They said that girls need to see
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2 Read the text again and
‘something realistic’ when they
read their favourite magazines.
Julia Bluhm, the 13-year-old,
went into the magazine’s offices
and talked to one of the editors.
As a result of that conversation,
the magazine has promised to
monitor how they process digital
photos.
As you can see, protests
can achieve results! If you feel
strongly about a particular
Listening
problem, you can talk to your
friends and share your opinions.
1 Listen to the
You can make up a petition and
collect signatures. People will
probably listen to you if you
present them with reasonable
arguments. They might not
make all the changes you would
like, but something will happen!
So remember, like a famous
president once said: ‘Can we
change? – Yes, we can!’
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Writing A formal letter
1 Match the letter sections (1–3) to the 3 Complete column A with information from
choose the correct options. examples (a–f). John’s letter.
1 People often say that 1 Opening
teenagers are / aren’t 2 Reason for writing A John letter B My letter
interested in current events. 3 Closing Reason for doesn’t agree with
2 Julia Bluhm produced a
a Kind regards 3 writing article
petition / slogan for women.
b Dear Mr Jones The problem
3 Julia and her friends c I am writing to comment on …
protested against all / some d Best wishes
digital photos. e Dear Teenmag A possible
4 They think that magazine f I am writing because … solution
photos of women are / aren’t
realistic enough. 2 Complete the letter with these phrases. 4 You recently read an article about pets
5 The article concludes that It is true like my grandmother So you see abandoned in the street. The article said that
change is / isn’t possible. The writer says What can we do the animals should be captured and kept in
e r s t e cages at a special shelter. You don’t agree
e tt g
with this idea. Write your main ideas in
l a
✸
n m a g t e e n m column B.
t e e l e t t e r s t e r s 5 Write a formal letter to express your opinion.
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enma s teenmag teenm l STAR
conversation. Choose the Use your ideas and the information and
correct options. LETTER expressions from Exercises 1– 4.
letter ag letters ag lett
1 The boy / girl is keen on
joining the march. Dear Teenmag,
ve just read an
teenmters teenm ers te
2 The boy / girl had a friend I am wr iting because I ha
ab out old people liv ing
who went to hospital. article in your magazine
t old people should all
alone. 1 The writer says tha
ag let enmag lett enmag
3 The boy / girl doesn’t worry
mes. I cannot agree with
about the weather. live together in special ho
2 that some old people
this idea.
ers te g letters te letters
4 The boy / girl worries about look after them, but
do not have any family to
possible foot pain. grandmother lives alone
many of them have. My
enma s teenmag teen
5 The boy decides to go on
and is ver y proud of this.
the march because of the fer
food / good weather. 3 to help old people who pre
letter ag letters mag
s? Perha ps we cou ld
to live in their own home
r gro up s to visit them. If they
Who says these organise voluntee
feel better. If we help
teenmetters teen lette
phrases? Write B for boy or have company, they will
a lot too,
G for girl. Listen again and them, they can teach us m
. I lea many things fro
rn
mag l s teenmag rs
check. 4
school!
1 I can borrow G her that I don’t learn at
y to
, it shouldn’t be necessar
letter n mag letteteen
2 we’ll get wet 5
ir homes if the y pre fer
3 these things happen take old people out of the
4 I’ll probably have to to stay there.
rs teJohen Noonaang letters mag
make a new one.
5 Didn’t I tell you Best wishes,
teenmetters teen letters
6 All right, you win!
mag l s teenmag teen
letter ag letters
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