The

The family
family today
today is is felling
felling to
to the
the impact
impact of of the
the cyclone
cyclone of of change
change thatthat is
is..11
sweeping
sweeping through
through the the world.
world. This
This makes
makes the the need
need forfor stronger
stronger international
international
communication
communication particularly
particularly urgent.
urgent. In In fact,
fact, II have
have found
found that that families
families everywhere
everywhere are are
wondering
wondering where where the the forces
forces of
of change
change are are taking
taking them
them and and whether
whether thesethese forces
forces will
will
.. bring
bring them
them better
better lives
lives
In
In Latin
Latin America,
America, the the Caribbean,
Caribbean, AsiaAsia and
and the
the pacific,
pacific, II have
have seen
seen some
some of of the
the..22
harsh realities
harsh realities which millions
millions of families on our planet face every day. I have also
of families on our planet face every day. I have also shared
shared
the
the miserable
miserable but but generous
generous shelter
shelter of of proud
proud people
people who who are are reduced
reduced to to the
the ultimate
ultimate lossloss
..of
of dignity
dignity caused
caused by by chronic
chronic unemployment
unemployment
When
When II visit
visit aa country,
country, II ask
ask the
the people
people II meet
meet to to tell
tell about
about their
their beliefs
beliefs and
and..3 3
traditions.
traditions. Invariably
Invariably someone
someone exclaims:
exclaims: « Oh, grandmother used to do this or think that,
::but
but itit is
is not
not soso anymore. »
anymore. » And And everywhere
everywhere grandmothers
grandmothers say say with
with regret
regret
Things
Things are are not
not asas they
they used
used to
to be.‘’
be.‘’ Young
Young people
people are
are impatient
impatient to to learn
learn every
every piece
piece ofof‘’
‘’
information
information that that comes
comes their
their way.
way. The
The old
old feel
feel sad
sad and
and powerless
powerless when when theythey seesee the
the
young
young turn turn their
their backs
backs on on traditional
traditional culture.
culture. InIn between
between these these twotwo groups,
groups, there
there is is a
a
generation of people who act as a buffer and try to ensure
generation of people who act as a buffer and try to ensure that young and old live that young and old live
..happily,
happily, sideside byby side
side and
and communicate
communicate with with each
each other
other
Satisfying
Satisfying both groups however, does not demand the
both groups however, does not demand the same
same responses.
responses. The The old
old..4
4
want
want the pattern of their daily lives to be unchanged. They want to feel that their beliefs
the pattern of their daily lives to be unchanged. They want to feel that their beliefs
are
are shared.
shared. To To keep
keep them
them happy,
happy, new new ideas
ideas must
must bebe filtered
filtered andand their
their impact
impact softened.
softened.
Meanwhile,
Meanwhile, the the deepest
deepest concern
concern of of the
the world’s
world’s parents
parents is is how
how toto satisfy
satisfy thethe young.
young. In In the
the
developing
developing countries,
countries, the the forces
forces ofof change
change are are far
far more
more manifest
manifest than than in in the
the industrialized
industrialized
countries;
countries; but but families
families have
have two
two resources
resources to to cope
cope with
with them.
them. TheThe buffer
buffer generation
generation must must
..find
find more
more andand more
more money
money to to satisfy
satisfy the
the aspirations
aspirations of of today’s
today’s young
young people
people

:A/ Reading comprehension

Circle the letter that best-1
corresponds to the right answer.
:The text is Answer the following- 3
a-narrative b- expository c- :questions according to the text
argumentative a)- Do families know if the change
Are the following statements- 2 ?will be beneficial
true or false and correct the false b)- How do the young and their
:ones grandparents understand each
a)- Families all over the world are ?other
.willing to share problems c)- Can the old prevent the young
b)- The writer has lived with very from rejecting traditional culture?
.poor people ?Why
c)- People can be generous and d)-Is international cooperation for
.proud in spite of their poverty better understanding necessary?
d)- Grandmothers regret those ?Why
.things have changed What or Who do the- 4
underlined words refer to in the
?text
These§1 who§2
 :Find in the text words or phrases which are- 5
:a)- closest in meaning to the following
influence §1 = 2- lavish §3= 3-at the same time - 1
=§4
:b)- Opposite in meaning to the following
‡worse §1 ‡ 2- up-to-date §3 ‡ 3-proud §3 - 1

::B/
B/ Text
Text Exploration
Exploration
::Combine
Combine the the information
information to to make
make newnew items
items-- 11
a)-
a)- A bomb caused a lot of damage.(It went off this
A bomb caused a lot of damage.(It went off this morning.)
morning.)
b)-
b)- AA little
little girl
girl has
has been
been found
found safe
safe and
and well.
well. (She
(She had
had been
been missing
missing since
since Tuesday.)
Tuesday.)
c)-A
c)-A company
company had had laid
laid off
off thousands
thousands of of workers.(It
workers.(It owns
owns Greenway
Greenway supermarkets.)
supermarkets.)
Complete
Complete these these sentences
sentences with with “used
“used to”
to” oror present
present simple,
simple, then
then turn
turn them
them-- 2
2
::into
into negative
negative formform
a)-
a)- When
When II was
was aa child,
child, II never………….meat,
never………….meat, but but I………
I……… itit now.
now. (eat)
(eat)
..b)-
b)- Mary…………..(love)
Mary…………..(love) watching watching T.V.
T.V. She……………..(watch)
She……………..(watch) TV TV every
every evening
evening
c)-
c)- They……………(live)in
They……………(live)in the the same
same street
street as
as us,
us, so
so we
we often
often …………(see)
…………(see) them.
them. But
But we
we
..(not
(not see)………………..
see)……………….. them them very
very often
often these
these days
days

”:
”:Re
Re write
write sentence
sentence “b” “b” so so that
that it it means
means the
the same
same as as sentence
sentence “a “a--33
..a _ She asked me if I had worked
a _ She asked me if I had worked before before
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………b_ b_ She
She wanted
wanted toto Know
Know
..a_ Tania’s father gave her a beautiful
a_ Tania’s father gave her a beautiful boat boat
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………….b_ b_ She
She
..a_Riding
a_Riding a a bike is easier than riding a motorcycle
…………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………….b_Riding b_Riding aa motorcycle
motorcycle
..Complete
Complete the the news
news report.
report. PutPut each
each verb
verb into
into the
the correct
correct form
form--4
4
The
The actress
actress Vanessa
Vanessa Kemp Kemp (disappear)……………………………(1)
(disappear)……………………………(1) .. Yesterday Yesterday
she………………………
she……………………… (fail) (fail) (2)to
(2)to arrive
arrive at
at the
the Prince
Prince Charles
Charles West
West End
End for
for her
her leading
leading role
role in
in
the
the comedy
comedy ‘don’t
‘don’t look
look now!’.Ms.
now!’.Ms. Kemp,
Kemp, who
who (3)
(3) ………………………………
……………………………… (live) (live) in
in
Hampstead,
Hampstead, (4) (4) ………………………………(leave)
………………………………(leave) home home atat four
four o’clock
o’clock yesterday
yesterday afternoon
afternoon
for
for the theatre, a journey she (5) ……………………………… (make) several times
the theatre, a journey she (5) ……………………………… (make) several times the
the week
week
before.
before. Two people who (6)………………………………(walk) past her home at the time (7)
Two people who (6)………………………………(walk) past her home at the time (7)
..……………………………….
………………………………. (see) (see) her
her leave
leave

..Part
Part II:
II: Choose
Choose
Topic
Topic one :
one : Many
Many people
people complain
complain that
that old
old culture,
culture, values
values and
and traditions
traditions are
are more
more and
and more
more neglected
neglected oror often
often
abandoned.
abandoned. DoDo you
you think
think that
that changes
changes result
result mostly
mostly from
from the
the ‘invasion’
‘invasion’ ofof foreign
foreign television
television programs
programs and
and films
films
::as
as well
well as
as western
western music?
music? Illustrate
Illustrate with
with examples
examples andand use
use the
the following
following expressions
expressions
……………………..
……………………..II personally
personally think…………,As
think…………,As far far as
as II am
am concerned…………………,In
concerned…………………,In my my opinion
opinion
..Topic
Topic two :
two : More
More and
and more
more aged
aged people
people are
are facing
facing serious
serious problems
problems in in Algeria
Algeria today
today
??Mention
Mention some
some of
of these
these problems.
problems. In In your
your opinion,
opinion, what
what should
should bebe done
done to
to make
make old
old people’s
people’s lives
lives less
less difficult
difficult

: KEY
: A/ Comprehension
1- ( b-) expository
3- a)- Families are wondering where the forces of change are taking them better lives.
.b)- The young and their grandparents cannot understand each other with the help of third group of people
.c)- No, the old cannot prevent the young from rejecting traditional culture , because they the young are impatient to learn every piece of information that comes their way
.d)-Yes, international cooperation for better understanding is necessary, because it makes the need for international communication
2- a)-.(true) b)- (false) c)- (true) d)- (false)
4- These §1 : forces of change who§3: generation of people
5- a)- 1- influence = Impact 2- lavish = generous 3-at the same time = meanwhile
b)- 1- worse ‡ better 2- up-to-date ‡ traditional 3-proud ‡ regret
B/ Text Exploration :
1- a)- A bomb which went off this morning , caused a lot of damage.
.b)- A little girl Who had been missing since Tuesday , has been found safe and well
.c)-A company that owns Greenway supermarkets, had laid off thousands of workers
2-
.a)- When I was a child, I never used to eat meat, but I eat it now
.b)- Mary loves watching T.V .She watches TV every evening
.c)- They used to live in the same street as us, so we often used to see them. But we don’t see them very often these days
3-b_ She wanted to Know ,”Have you worked before?”
.b_ She was given a beautiful boat by Tania’s father
. b_Riding a motorcycle is more difficult than riding a bike
4- (1) has disappeared (2) failed (3) lives, (4) left (5) had made (6)were walking (7) saw