Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 7. By saying “Just be a potted plant for your kid” Kelly means she should … 1) be there when her kids need her. 2) make their lives comfortable. 3) have a lot of pot plants in the house.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly programme 'Generation Gap'. Today in our studio we have Kelly Wright, the author of the recently published New York Times bestseller 'Tell Me More', Teenagers' Stories. She is known for her honest and humorous storytelling. She is also the mother of two teenage daughters, aged 14 and 16. Kelly is here with us today to talk about what she's learned, and is still learning, about raising teens. Hello, Kelly! Kelly: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here today. Presenter: Your children are now teenagers. Has it changed how you speak and write about yourself and your kids? Kelly: It doesn't change what I'm willing to share about myself, but I am limited in what family stories I can tell. I pick stories that we as a family have already processed together and that I know are fair game. There is a lot of pain in adolescence and I can't use those stories to make a point. People feel pain from middle school, high school and into their adulthood. There is a tenderness that I am not going to touch right now. Presenter: What do you find is the biggest challenge of parenting teenagers? Kelly: One thing I am sort of surprised about is I find myself kind of tongue-tied sometimes when I try to initiate a deeper conversation. I default to these really shallow topics like asking if they have a lot of homework. I don't know why I am asking, nor do they care to tell me. What I really want to talk about is how it feels to be them these days, what makes them happy today, that sort of thing. Presenter: Would they engage in that kind of conversation? Kelly: It's kind of awkward sometimes. Teenagers are just like anyone else. They aren't in the mood to talk about what makes them happy. When I think back on my teenage years, I did not care what my mother thought about anything. I'm just a tiny, small voice over here. That's exactly how I was at their age, and that's fine. It's just funny because I thought I would be really good at this part. This was when I was going to kick in as a really valued advisor, and nothing could be further from the truth. Presenter: When your kids aren't open to these conversations, what is the alternative? Kelly: I am very much into the potted plant theory, which is if there has been a potted plant in your room your whole life, and then someone were to take that out, you would notice it was gone. Just be a potted plant for your kid. Let them look over and see that you are there, and if they should need you, you are right where you are supposed to be. You are available. There is a lot of comfort in having another person in the room. Presenter: Now that you have two teens, if you could have prepared for it, what do you wish you would have known? Kelly: I was projecting way too far into the future. I didn't realize how much they were going to change every six months. I wish I hadn't been so pessimistic in my thinking about some bad habits of my children because those habits come and go. My children are really still in development, but they don't look like that. They look like finished adults, but they aren't even close. Presenter: What advice do you want to give to parents of teenagers? Kelly: I think parents need to realize that they have a lot in common with our kids. When we are children, we like to think we'll never repeat the mistakes of our parents. But we repeat them all the time because life goes in circles. Our children will be like us one day, making the same mistakes. And it's okay, because that's life, and there's no need to worry about that. Presenter: Thank you, Kelly. It has been very interesting talking to you. Kelly: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 8. Kelly wishes … 1) her children didn’t develop so fast. 2) she hadn’t worried so much. 3) she knew how to break bad habits.

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly programme 'Generation Gap'. Today in our studio we have Kelly Wright, the author of the recently published New York Times bestseller 'Tell Me More', Teenagers' Stories. She is known for her honest and humorous storytelling. She is also the mother of two teenage daughters, aged 14 and 16. Kelly is here with us today to talk about what she's learned, and is still learning, about raising teens. Hello, Kelly! Kelly: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here today. Presenter: Your children are now teenagers. Has it changed how you speak and write about yourself and your kids? Kelly: It doesn't change what I'm willing to share about myself, but I am limited in what family stories I can tell. I pick stories that we as a family have already processed together and that I know are fair game. There is a lot of pain in adolescence and I can't use those stories to make a point. People feel pain from middle school, high school and into their adulthood. There is a tenderness that I am not going to touch right now. Presenter: What do you find is the biggest challenge of parenting teenagers? Kelly: One thing I am sort of surprised about is I find myself kind of tongue-tied sometimes when I try to initiate a deeper conversation. I default to these really shallow topics like asking if they have a lot of homework. I don't know why I am asking, nor do they care to tell me. What I really want to talk about is how it feels to be them these days, what makes them happy today, that sort of thing. Presenter: Would they engage in that kind of conversation? Kelly: It's kind of awkward sometimes. Teenagers are just like anyone else. They aren't in the mood to talk about what makes them happy. When I think back on my teenage years, I did not care what my mother thought about anything. I'm just a tiny, small voice over here. That's exactly how I was at their age, and that's fine. It's just funny because I thought I would be really good at this part. This was when I was going to kick in as a really valued advisor, and nothing could be further from the truth. Presenter: When your kids aren't open to these conversations, what is the alternative? Kelly: I am very much into the potted plant theory, which is if there has been a potted plant in your room your whole life, and then someone were to take that out, you would notice it was gone. Just be a potted plant for your kid. Let them look over and see that you are there, and if they should need you, you are right where you are supposed to be. You are available. There is a lot of comfort in having another person in the room. Presenter: Now that you have two teens, if you could have prepared for it, what do you wish you would have known? Kelly: I was projecting way too far into the future. I didn't realize how much they were going to change every six months. I wish I hadn't been so pessimistic in my thinking about some bad habits of my children because those habits come and go. My children are really still in development, but they don't look like that. They look like finished adults, but they aren't even close. Presenter: What advice do you want to give to parents of teenagers? Kelly: I think parents need to realize that they have a lot in common with our kids. When we are children, we like to think we'll never repeat the mistakes of our parents. But we repeat them all the time because life goes in circles. Our children will be like us one day, making the same mistakes. And it's okay, because that's life, and there's no need to worry about that. Presenter: Thank you, Kelly. It has been very interesting talking to you. Kelly: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 9. Kelly thinks that children … the mistakes of their parents. 1) avoid 2) forget 3) repeat

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly programme 'Generation Gap'. Today in our studio we have Kelly Wright, the author of the recently published New York Times bestseller 'Tell Me More', Teenagers' Stories. She is known for her honest and humorous storytelling. She is also the mother of two teenage daughters, aged 14 and 16. Kelly is here with us today to talk about what she's learned, and is still learning, about raising teens. Hello, Kelly! Kelly: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here today. Presenter: Your children are now teenagers. Has it changed how you speak and write about yourself and your kids? Kelly: It doesn't change what I'm willing to share about myself, but I am limited in what family stories I can tell. I pick stories that we as a family have already processed together and that I know are fair game. There is a lot of pain in adolescence and I can't use those stories to make a point. People feel pain from middle school, high school and into their adulthood. There is a tenderness that I am not going to touch right now. Presenter: What do you find is the biggest challenge of parenting teenagers? Kelly: One thing I am sort of surprised about is I find myself kind of tongue-tied sometimes when I try to initiate a deeper conversation. I default to these really shallow topics like asking if they have a lot of homework. I don't know why I am asking, nor do they care to tell me. What I really want to talk about is how it feels to be them these days, what makes them happy today, that sort of thing. Presenter: Would they engage in that kind of conversation? Kelly: It's kind of awkward sometimes. Teenagers are just like anyone else. They aren't in the mood to talk about what makes them happy. When I think back on my teenage years, I did not care what my mother thought about anything. I'm just a tiny, small voice over here. That's exactly how I was at their age, and that's fine. It's just funny because I thought I would be really good at this part. This was when I was going to kick in as a really valued advisor, and nothing could be further from the truth. Presenter: When your kids aren't open to these conversations, what is the alternative? Kelly: I am very much into the potted plant theory, which is if there has been a potted plant in your room your whole life, and then someone were to take that out, you would notice it was gone. Just be a potted plant for your kid. Let them look over and see that you are there, and if they should need you, you are right where you are supposed to be. You are available. There is a lot of comfort in having another person in the room. Presenter: Now that you have two teens, if you could have prepared for it, what do you wish you would have known? Kelly: I was projecting way too far into the future. I didn't realize how much they were going to change every six months. I wish I hadn't been so pessimistic in my thinking about some bad habits of my children because those habits come and go. My children are really still in development, but they don't look like that. They look like finished adults, but they aren't even close. Presenter: What advice do you want to give to parents of teenagers? Kelly: I think parents need to realize that they have a lot in common with our kids. When we are children, we like to think we'll never repeat the mistakes of our parents. But we repeat them all the time because life goes in circles. Our children will be like us one day, making the same mistakes. And it's okay, because that's life, and there's no need to worry about that. Presenter: Thank you, Kelly. It has been very interesting talking to you. Kelly: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 9. Kelly thinks that children … the mistakes of their parents. 1) avoid 2) forget 3) repeat

Presenter: Hello everybody and welcome to our weekly programme 'Generation Gap'. Today in our studio we have Kelly Wright, the author of the recently published New York Times bestseller 'Tell Me More', Teenagers' Stories. She is known for her honest and humorous storytelling. She is also the mother of two teenage daughters, aged 14 and 16. Kelly is here with us today to talk about what she's learned, and is still learning, about raising teens. Hello, Kelly! Kelly: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here today. Presenter: Your children are now teenagers. Has it changed how you speak and write about yourself and your kids? Kelly: It doesn't change what I'm willing to share about myself, but I am limited in what family stories I can tell. I pick stories that we as a family have already processed together and that I know are fair game. There is a lot of pain in adolescence and I can't use those stories to make a point. People feel pain from middle school, high school and into their adulthood. There is a tenderness that I am not going to touch right now. Presenter: What do you find is the biggest challenge of parenting teenagers? Kelly: One thing I am sort of surprised about is I find myself kind of tongue-tied sometimes when I try to initiate a deeper conversation. I default to these really shallow topics like asking if they have a lot of homework. I don't know why I am asking, nor do they care to tell me. What I really want to talk about is how it feels to be them these days, what makes them happy today, that sort of thing. Presenter: Would they engage in that kind of conversation? Kelly: It's kind of awkward sometimes. Teenagers are just like anyone else. They aren't in the mood to talk about what makes them happy. When I think back on my teenage years, I did not care what my mother thought about anything. I'm just a tiny, small voice over here. That's exactly how I was at their age, and that's fine. It's just funny because I thought I would be really good at this part. This was when I was going to kick in as a really valued advisor, and nothing could be further from the truth. Presenter: When your kids aren't open to these conversations, what is the alternative? Kelly: I am very much into the potted plant theory, which is if there has been a potted plant in your room your whole life, and then someone were to take that out, you would notice it was gone. Just be a potted plant for your kid. Let them look over and see that you are there, and if they should need you, you are right where you are supposed to be. You are available. There is a lot of comfort in having another person in the room. Presenter: Now that you have two teens, if you could have prepared for it, what do you wish you would have known? Kelly: I was projecting way too far into the future. I didn't realize how much they were going to change every six months. I wish I hadn't been so pessimistic in my thinking about some bad habits of my children because those habits come and go. My children are really still in development, but they don't look like that. They look like finished adults, but they aren't even close. Presenter: What advice do you want to give to parents of teenagers? Kelly: I think parents need to realize that they have a lot in common with our kids. When we are children, we like to think we'll never repeat the mistakes of our parents. But we repeat them all the time because life goes in circles. Our children will be like us one day, making the same mistakes. And it's okay, because that's life, and there's no need to worry about that. Presenter: Thank you, Kelly. It has been very interesting talking to you. Kelly: Thank you.

Вы услышите интервью. В заданиях 3–9 запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2 или 3, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа. Прослушайте запись дважды. Пример ответа: 1 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Amy Jones’s stories? 1) They cover a wide range of topics. 2) They are written only for teens. 3) They are aimed at psychologists.

Presenter: Hello, everybody, and welcome to our daily programme 'Five Minutes with a Star'. Today in our studio, we have Amy Jones, a psychologist and a writer whose books are mainly aimed at teenagers and their parents. Hello, Amy. Amy: Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me here today. Presenter: You have published a lot of stories for teenagers. What are the main themes of these stories? Amy: It's very hard to say. It's anything from friends, first crushes and braces to loneliness and loss. In fact, the themes are remarkably similar to the ones you remember from your own teen years. You see, people are people, and human emotions don't really change from decade to decade. Presenter: Is life harder today for teens than in previous generations? Amy: Well, as I have already said, the feelings are basically the same, life has become much more difficult with regard to college admissions. The admission process is more difficult and more intense than in the past. Kids have always worried about getting into college, but admission is not so easy now. Record numbers of kids are applying, and the number of available spots has not increased. Presenter: Do you think modern parents have unrealistic expectations or put too much pressure on teens? Amy: Surprisingly, as a psychologist, I haven't seen many reports of that. The teens are not complaining about pressure from their parents or even from their teachers. It seems that most parents are behaving pretty well, but the teens are putting pressure on themselves. Presenter: How are your books helpful to teens? Amy: I have lots of stories in which kids, I mean, the main characters, talk about how good they feel about themselves when they make the right decisions and how that improves their self-esteem. I also have lots of stories in which girls and boys realize they are terrific, just the way they are, whether it's in the area of weight, appearance, talent, or any of the other factors by which they measure themselves. Presenter: Why do you think it's necessary to boost teenagers' self-esteem? Amy: Self-esteem is so powerful. It frees up kids to make choices that are more about what they want and less about what they think they should do in order to feel better about themselves. If they already feel good about themselves, they are less likely to make bad decisions. Although every teen makes bad decisions, no matter how well we raise them. Presenter: What do you think is the main mistake parents make in communicating with their teenage kids? Amy: Teens need perspective instead of getting bogged down in the details of their daily, very busy lives. In my books, teens are described with their ups and downs, academic stress, issues with friends, crushes, family problems, and so on. Advice from parents does not always help, especially when parents say something like 'you will laugh about this one day', or when they relate a similar experience from their times. Presenter: How can parents help teens lead a healthy, balanced lifestyle then? Amy: Well, in my opinion, the best advice for teens may come from sharing the experiences of other teens. Because teens believe them. Parents can also help their teens by having reasonable expectations. Don't push them to take on more than they can handle. Also, parents should encourage teens to select activities based on interest and not based on resume value. Teens should pursue activities that they are truly interested in, not just the ones they think will look good. Presenter: Thank you very much, Amy. It has been very interesting talking to you. Amy: Thank you.