Ask and answer the questions

1. Do teenagers work in your country? Why (not)?

2. Have you got a part-time job?

3. Do you think teenagers should work? Why (not)?

LISTENING 2 a. Listen to Linh from Vietnam and Marcelo from Colombia talking about teenagers and part-time work. Make notes on how they answer the questions in Exercise 1.

B. Listen to the recording again. Linh and Marcelo take turns to speak by asking each other questions. They also show they are listening to each other. Complete the expressions in the table. (They are numbered in the order you will hear them.)

Lifelong learning

3.At what age do people in your country usually do these things?

• start school • go to college or university • do exams • do military service • start work • retire

What do you think are the best ages to do them?

4a. Read the introduction to a radio programme. Is this true of people where you live?

In today’s programme, we’ll be taking a look at lifelong learning. In the past, people went to school and maybe university, then they got a job and that was it. Today, however, all that is changing. Many people are continuing to study all their lives and some аге going back to school or university when they are much older.

LISTENING 4b.. Listen to interviews with three students, Luis, Pierre and Margaret.