- Complete the text with the words and phrases from the first task
- issues
- leisure
- deal with
- misunderstandings
- cause of disputes
- parties to the conflict
- make a decision on
- depend on
- generation gap
In any family, there are always conflict [ ] between family members about different things, such as household chores, views on how children should behave towards adults, or even about what [ ] activities to choose to spend a day off. Yet, how can a family with members of different ages [ ] each other without any [ ]?
Observations of family interpersonal relations and questioning of more than 800 people have shown that most often the [ ] is the unwillingness of the [ ] to accept the fact that the other side has their own personal opinion. For the family members, it may mean that it is important to [ ] the need to listen to your opponent's arguments, to show understanding and sympathy, and to accept the right of a person you [ ] morally and emotionally, to have an individual opinion. If a family has such relations, there will be no need to talk about the [ ], people will live peacefully together, mutually understanding each other.
- Complete the story with the words and phrases given. Make the necessary changes
a solutiona disagreementto regretto have a rowproblem-solving skillscause and effectto forgive and forgeta conflictto keep a situation under controlan angry dispute
I want to share with you a story about how I have learnt [ ]. That was my best decision ever because now I have no [ ] or [ ] at all. Once my classmate took my phone without asking me. When I noticed it, I was angry and without asking for explanations I started [ ]. I didn't want to understand the [ ]. He tried to explain but, unfortunately, I didn't want to listen to him at all. I presumed that actually hadn't happened. We [ ]. In two days, my friend wrote me an email where he explained that he wanted to find some photos as he was preparing a surprise in the form of a presentation for my birthday. Can you imagine how I [ ]. It was a lesson for my whole life. After that, I obtained [ ], and now I [ ] and find [ ].