NewEngInUse3 EXT 2

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1 The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Find the words and guess their meanings.
Use a dictionary to check your guesses.
1. cancelling …………………… 3. study (n) ……………………
2. benefits …………………… 4. progress ……………………
2 Read the text and answer the questions.
Are Summer Holidays Good for Teens?

Have you always wanted to go windsurfing or learn archery? Or maybe you’ve dreamed about
visiting Paris or Rome? Summer is the perfect time to try new things. It’s also a chance to
forget about school. But according to some people, that’s just the problem – the summer
holidays are all about forgetting. They hurt school achievements, they say, because students
can’t remember what they’ve learned. What do you think? Are the summer holidays good for
teens? Read the opinions below to help you decide.
YES! NO!
Teens need summer holidays. Several schools Some teens can learn a lot during the summer
in the US have tried cancelling them and the holidays, but most don’t. Instead, they spend
idea has failed. The teens are miserable and hours each day watching television or playing
even parents are unhappy. Besides, teens can on the computer. Not all neighbourhoods have
learn things outside the classroom too. got activities for teens. In some, a shopping
Psychologists have studied the benefits of centre is the only attraction. In addition, teens
summer activities. They say teens learn forget a lot of what they’ve learned at school
important social skills by taking part in team during the summer. According to one study, by
sports and other group activities. Summer is the end of August many children have lost
also a time when teens learn about themselves. almost three months of progress in maths and
Going to the library is one example. By reading. By secondary school, the achievements
choosing books independently, teens get to of these students are often low. To help teens,
know what they like reading. So do summer the summer holidays should be shorter. The
holidays hurt students’ achievements? If an Japanese understand this. They’ve made the
achievement is a mark in a maths test, then yes, summer holidays five weeks long and have
they do. But if an achievement is making started giving students a lot of homework
pottery or performing in a band, then summer during their break. Students also come to
holidays are just what teens need. school during the holidays for special activities.
1. What are windsurfing and archery examples of?

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2. What can students learn from team sports?
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3. How can teens learn about themselves by going to the library?
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4. What do some teens spend too much time doing in the summer?
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5. How much material do students forget during the summer, according to one study?
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6. What is unusual about the summer holidays in Japan?
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3 Write questions about the text with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple.
Then answer the questions according to the text.
1. What / several schools in the US / try / to do
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2. this idea / be / successful
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3. Why / the Japanese / make / summer holidays shorter
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4 Imagine your school has decided to make students take summer courses in July.
Write a letter to your school newspaper, expressing your opinion on this topic.
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2 Read the text and answer the questions.

Are Summer Holidays Good for Teens?

1. What are windsurfing and archery examples of?

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