Tense review: Study the sentences below from the text.

a) Two-thirds of young Italian adults live at home with their parents.

 A permanent situation in the present
b) Youth unemployment is approaching 50 percent.
 A trend or situation happening at this moment
c) Around 60 percent of young adults were living with their parents before 2008.
 A situation that was in progress at a particular time in the past
d) Most young adults have not left the nest.
 A recent event (without saying when the event happened)
e) In 2010, a minister in the last government of Silvio Berlusconi wanted laws that
encourage young people to leave home by 18.
 An event in the past

Wrap up: Fill in the blanks below using the vocabulary given in this lesson

Many young adults living in their (1) _home_ in Asian countries are often criticized for being (2)
_the culture_, but the current high (3) _unemployment_ rates in the region make it increasingly
difficult for them to move out.
Many young people think that a family is a place of (4) _welfare_ and they’re living in a free
hotel, and actually they have to (5) _pay a price_. It allows their parents to keep control of them,
emotionally, socially and financially.

Exercise 2: Talking point - Discuss any of the questions below.

1. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages for young adults who still live
at home with their parents?
I think that if young adults live at home with their parents, it helps them have more time to study
and eat well, and they will experience fewer feelings of loneliness, being away from home, and
self-pity. However, living with their parents will easily make young people dependent, unable to
do many daily tasks on their own, and less able to compete and find work when entering the
labor market.
2. Are young adults independent in your country?
In Vietnam, today many young adults spend a long time studying, but Vietnam currently has only
a few large cities, where many large schools are concentrated, and with a big labor market. So
many young people in rural areas have to leave home and go to big cities to rent accommodation,
study, and look for part-time jobs. Only young people from big cities live with their families.
3. At what age do young adults normally ‘leave the family nest’ in your country? Why?
In Vietnam, young people often live with their families until the end of high school, at the age of
18. When entering a university program or going to work, young people will have to leave their
families to go to school or work far from their homes.