Question

Life used to be fun for “teenagers” in Britain. They used to have money to spend and free time to while away(消磨). They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are d1. to find. There isn’t so much money around. Things are e2., and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say students work harder than they used to. They are l 3.interested in politics, and more interested in p4. exams. They know that good exam results may bring them better jobs.

Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to s5. less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.

For some, the answer to unemployment(失业) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s biggest c6.. Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs and stay. O7. don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed(失业者) in London.

When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s e8. to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not t9..Three quarters of them do what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get married(结婚) in their early t10.. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they won’t be British, will they?

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