Karkouch Aziz Oum Rabiaa High School

UNIT 3 Gifts of Youth INTRODUCING THE UNIT + VOCABULARY STUDY

1.Read the quote and the definitions and do the activity below
Franklin Delano What is youth ?
Roosevelt  The United Nation General Assembly defined
We cannot always build the future "Youth" , as those persons falling between the
for our youth, but we can build our ages of 15 and 25 years .
 The state or quality of being young, esp. of being
youth for the future.
vigorous and lively, or immature, impetuous, etc.

 Youth is supposed to be a period of strength and productivity that is characterized by certain traits that are different from the adult’s.
2. Based on this , classify these characteristics as suggested (you may use your dictionaries if needed )
Rebellious /adventurous/ Self –direction/ less open-minded/ selfish / autonomous / purposeful /impatient/ full of enthusiasm /Obstinate
energetic / indifferent / practical / managing anger / mature /audacious/ wise / experienced / lazy/ ambitious / rude / responsible/ ….

Adults traits Youths traits 3. Show the positive traits and the negative
ones adults think youth young people have
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4 Complete the table below as suggested
5 . Put the words between brackets in the correct form .
NOUNS ADJECTIVES NOUNS ADJECTIVES
……………………… energetic ………………………. audacious  Stop blaming others for your failure and try to be (responsibility)
Perseverance ………………………… ……………………….. strong ……………………………………..
……….…… …… enthusiastic competence ………………………….  (Mature)……………………………………….. does not have a direct
sociability ………………………… responsibility …………………………. relation to age since we notice many grown ups behave childishly .
……………………. vigourous ……………………….. vital  Youths today are very (ambition)……………………………………. to
imagination ……………………….. ……………………….. cooperative make real changes in many fields .
creativity ……………………….. ……………………….. mature  President Biden promised to give priorities to
…………………… adventurous self-confidence ………..……………….. (talent)……………………………….(creativity)………………………………. people .
talent ……………………….. ………………………... autonomous  In order to be ready for the championship, Bader Hari starts a
ambition ……………………….. independence ………………………… (vigour)…………………………………… and sever training program.

5. Fill in the gap with the right word / phrases from the list 1) 6) Match the words in column A with their correspondents in column
responsible 2)independence 3) heterogeneous 4)cooperative 5)to voice B to form correct collocations.
6) the lifeblood 7)shy away
 . Although young people are a …………………………………group, they can play Column A Column B
responsible, determining roles in society. They
Cooperative Group
are …………………………..…………of a country and represent the most active and
vital force in its development. They should be allowed ……………………….. their Solve Boy
opinions because they have as much to say about societal problems and Skillful Initiative
potential solutions as others do.
Homogeneous Problems
 Karim, our classmate, is known to be very ……………………………………….………
when we are assigned projects, he works well with us and always does his Strong-headed Player
share of work. 7 fill in the gaps with the right collocation from the activity above
 A high percentage of young people no longer believe in their country’s  I really hate Joe he is a ……………………………………………………………. .
political parties; that’s why they tend to …………………………………….from He never obeys my orders.
politics. The youth need ………………………..their opinion in order to grow  The Ministry of youth creates a national committee to listen to
into ………………………………………… adults. young people ………………………………………………………… related to job
opportunities