UNIT 1. GENERATION GAP
Part I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. extended B. generation C. express D. footstep
2. A. grandma B. childcare C. attitude D. understand
3. A. cousin B. nuclear C. uncle D. mother
4. A. gap B. family C. happy D. father
5. A. career B. distract C. casual D. charity
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. visit B. belief C. conflict D. manner
2. A. decide B. extend C. impose D. worry
3. A. viewpoint B. childcare C. footstep D. advice
4. A. confident B. different C. cultural D. appearance
5. A. rural B. promote C. admit D. invest
Part II. VOCABULARY
Exercise 3. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word/phrase from the box.
impose viewpoints generation gap nuclear family
footstep conflicts taste mutual conservative open-minded extended family
1. My grandfather is the most _____________________ person in my family. He thinks that I ought to get a job in a state-owned organisation after university. He says I should follow in his footsteps.
2. I live in a/an _____________________ with my parents and my elder sister in the coastal area.
3. One advantage of living in a/an _____________________is to strengthen relationship between young children and adults.
4. My parents are more _____________________. They just give us advice, but they never try to impose their decisions on us.
5. The differences in musical _____________________ and fashion can cause the _____________________ between parents and their children.
6. They should have _____________________ understanding to bridge the gap.
7. Many parents try to _____________________ certain career on their children.
8. I usually get into _____________________ with my brother about trivial things.
9. He doesn’t want to follow in his father’s _____________________ as a doctor.
10. Young people don’t usually understand their parents’ _____________________.
Exercise 4. Match the words / phrases in box A with their suitable meanings in box B.
WORD/ PHRASES | MEANING |
1. childcare | A. standards of behavior |
2. table manner | B. the care of children, especially while parents are at work. |
3. norms | C. the convention that constitute polite behaviour when consuming food. |
4. teenagers | D. self-determining |
5. problems | E. look up to |
6. independent | F. occur |
7. respect | G. issues |
8. come up | H. ostentatiously |