Choose the common reason for cheating and add yours if any.

It was nerve-racking.

Any time I have a chance.

When I need to keep up appearances.

When there is a surprise test.

There were answersbeside me and I cheated.

It’s scaryto think of getting much below a C.

I think it is smart.

On the spur of the moment when I had to do something quick.

If the teacher is dumb and I think I can get away with it.

I didn’t have enough time to do the homework.

In seventh grade the whole class cheated in every test we took.

I don’t cheat in things that are test of my intelligence- just in the stupid tests when it would be nice to get an ‘A’.

New atmosphere, report cards, when we first came into the grade.

Twice I had been caught unprepared for tests that could have ruined my grade so I cheated to keep up my marks.

I look at another person’s paper and see an answer. Then it comes time to hand in the test and I put down that answer because I can’t think of another.

7. Put the phrases below into the correct list:

Work hard

Always do your homework

Get into trouble a lot

Pay attention all the time

Play around in class

Fool around

Pick up things quickly

Skip lessons

If you are good at school you: If you aren’t a god student, you:

8. Match the following school staff with their job description:

Deputy head I make sure the doors are locked at night.

Learning support assistant I am the boss!

Head teacher I provide extra help in the classroom.

Caretaker I am in charge of the library.

Head of department I teach football and hockey and other sports.

Librarian I’m number 2!

PE teacher I run the English department.

Lab technician I help older students decide what to do when they leave the school.

Careers advisorI help the science teacher prepare their experiments.

LESSON 8

Life of Youth in Ukraine

1. Match the English words and word-combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents:

1. To determine розділяти

2. Unemployment зберігати

3. Measures підтримувати зв’язки

4. To aim визначати

5. To maintain безробіття

6. To share спрямовувати

7. Pollution забруднення

8. To preserve міри

2. Use the words below to complete the text:

(Competent, example, faithful, obstacles, optimistic, potential)

1. A Ukrainian scout is one who is _____________ to God and to Ukrainian heritage.

2. He/she is always honest, always happy and ________, useful to society, always clean and tidy.

3. A Ukrainian scout is __________ and practical, knows how to cope in life.

4. He/she is not afraid of life’s ____________.

5. A Ukrainian scout is a good citizen, active in society, always achieving to his/her ______.

6. He/she is healthy and fit, an_________ for others.

3. Do you agree or disagree with the next statements, try to express it in your English speech:

- Abroad today more and more young people want to be independent and live apart;

- Other people want to escape from their homes which are overcrowded or unhappy;

- About 20% of British teenagers leave home between the ages 16 and 20;

- Most of the 20% leave home because they want to get a job and experience of the world;

- Sometimes young people share flats, but most young people have to live in bedsitters that are rooms you sleep and live in;

- Sometimes young people live in empty houses, this is called squatting;

- There are also hostels for the homelss;

- Apart from the accommodations the main problems are loneliness, getting a job, and being able to do the washing, cooking, etc;

- Only 9% of people aged over 65 live with their children and many older parents who cannot look after themselves have to live in old people’s homes.

4. Read the text, translate it, write out the new words into your vocabularies:

Life of Youth in Ukraine

Life of youth in Ukraine is determined by the economic, social and political life of the country. The economic crisis in Ukraine has led to unemployment of many people and especially youth. As a result of it the criminal situation has immensely changed for the worse. That’s why Ukrainian government took special measures for the foundation of youth organizations in Ukraine. And such organizations have been found. They are ‘The Student’s League’ is aimed at solving various students problems, including economic ones. The members of this league organize youth forums, festivals and group meetings. This organization also maintain friendly ties with the universities and colleges of such countries as the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany and Holland. These ties include students exchanges on educational and cultural programs.

‘Young Socialists’ is the organization of young people who share the views of socialism. The participate in the movement of socialist organization abroad and support the policy pursued by the Socialists Party of Ukraine.

A lot of young people in Ukraine are active in the movement of the ‘greens’. They organize various actions of protest against the pollution of the environment. The members of the ‘Green Peace’ organization stand for preserving safe environment. They fight against the destruction of flora and fauna on the Earth.

Youth clubs of different interests have come into being these days. They unite music fans, sport fans, thethergoers, amateur performance groups and others. Besides, there is the ‘All-Ukrainian Association of Young Businessmen”, who try to find their own way of raising the country out of the economic crisis.

5. Answer the questions:

1.What can you say about life of youth in Ukraine.

2.What youth organizations do you know?

3.What is the aim of ‘Student’s League’?

4.What views do ‘Young Socialists’ share?

5.What does “Green Peace’ organization stand for?

6.What can you say about the ‘All-Ukrainian Association of Young Businessmen’?

Imagine that you are writing a letter to an American pen-friend. You know something about life of youth in the USA, but you would like to know more. Write some questions about youth problems in the USA.

7. Tick two sentences which don’t match the party:

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