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\(\boxed{\boldsymbol{40.1}}\) Imagine that you are doing a project on what issues worry teenagers in your country most. You have collected some data on the subject—the results of the opinion polls (see the table below).

Comment on the data in the table and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Issues	Number of teenagers (%)
Ways to get extra money	63
Having conflicts with parents over school marks	62
Choosing a career	35
Problems with appearance	26
Being bullied at school	10

Write 200–250 words.

Use the following plan:

• make an opening statement on the subject of the project work;
• select and report 2–3 main features;
• make 1–2 comparisons where relevant;
• outline a problem that can arise with teenage issues and suggest the way of solving it;
• draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the issues that worry teenagers most.

Now read the sample piece of writing below and choose the correct options to complete the text.

It is a [well-known|popular|celebrated] fact that adolescence is a period of special concerns. [As|While|During] working on my project about issues that worry Russian teenagers most, I [have|have been|am] collected the results of the opinion polls [for|to|on] the subject. The data of the poll are [gifted|performed|presented] in the form of a table. I ['m going|am going |going] to outline the main features the table reflects and [divide|compare|confront] the data.

[As|How|While] it is presented by the table, most adolescents are concerned about ways to get [extra|free|special] money and conflicts with their parents over their academic results — 63 % and 62 % [commonly|usually|respectively]. It can also [seeing|be seen|see] that the problem of [be|being|been] bullied worries only a small minority of teenagers.

As the table [suggests|improves|offers], teenagers might also be concerned about their career [choose|choice|change] and their appearance. [Despite|Although|However], these issues are only half as important to teenagers [so|as|how] money and academic issues.

[To|In|For] my opinion, the above-mentioned trend might [cause|reason|effect] a significant problem. Earning money [gives|give|giving] teenagers a greater sense of satisfaction [as|how|than] their academic results or personal interaction. [As a result|Because|Although], many adolescents might invest their efforts in part-time work [except for|instead of|rather] studying and socialising. I am convinced that the best solution [on|about|to] this problem is to make educational programmes more practical [so that|to|for] students could see the way their skills and knowledge might be monetised.

[On the one hand|To begin with|In conclusion], I would like [emphasizing|to emphasize|emphasize] that adolescence is a very complicated life stage. Therefore, we need to [pay|make|offer] attention to teenagers' concerns to help them go [along|across|through] this stage successfully.
40.1
\(\boxed{\boldsymbol{40.2}}\) Imagine that you are doing a project on what daily activities teenagers like most. You have collected some data on the subject—the results of the opinion polls (see the diagram below).

Comment on the data in the diagram and give your personal opinion on the subject of the project.

Write 200–250 words.

Use the following plan:

• make an opening statement on the subject of the project work;
• select and report 2–3 main features;
• make 1–2 comparisons where relevant;
• outline a problem that can arise with reading and suggest the way of solving it;
• draw a conclusion giving your personal opinion on the importance of free time activities in teenagers' lives.

Free-time activities are an important [piece|bit|part] of our life. [As|While|During] working on my project about activities that Russian teenagers love most, I [have|have been|am] collected the results of the opinion polls [for|to|on] the subject. The data of the poll are [gifted|performed|presented] in the form of a diagram. I ['m going|am going|going] to outline the main features the diagram reflects and [divide|compare|confront] the data.

[As|How|While] it is presented by the diagram, a very large proportion of [adolescents|people|children] prefer surfing the net and playing video games – 88 % and 87 % [commonly|usually|respectively]. It can also [seeing|be seen|see] that doing sports is [interest|interested|interesting] only to a small minority of teenagers.

As the diagram [suggests|improves|offers], teenagers are also fond [of|in|at] listening to music and hanging out with their friends. [Despite|Although|However], these issues are not as important to teenagers [so|as|how] computer activities.

[To|In|For] my opinion, the above-mentioned trend might [cause|reason|effect] a significant problem. Computer activities [give|gives|giving] teenagers a greater sense of achievement [as|how|than] sports or personal interaction. [As a result|Because|Although], many adolescents tend to stay separated and lose the skill of socialising and living in the [true|real|honest] world. I am convinced that the best solution [on|about|to] this problem is to help teenagers join volunteer programmes as volunteering is one of the few activities that can give greater satisfaction than the cyber world.

[On the one hand|To begin with|In conclusion], I would like [emphasizing|to emphasize|emphasize] that we can only make teenagers [do|doing|to do] something if they see it as a rewarding activity. [Personally|Despite|Therefore], if we want teenagers to indulge in certain activities, we have to help them see their [price|value|cost] first.
40.2