TEENAGERS LIFE IN ENGLAND

TEENAGERS• A teenager, or teen, is a young person whose age is

between thirteen and nineteen • Teenagers are an important part of English society. In

Britain they can drive a motor-bike at 16 and a car at 17, and can vote at 18.

• Teenagers in England do much the same as young people in America or other European countries do. They enjoy chatting to and texting friends on their mobiles, going out with their friends, listening to the latest music on their MP3 players, shopping for the latest fashions or watching movies on the television or at the cinema.

THEY LIKE WATCHING FILMS

Favourite film1. The Lord of the Rings

trilogy 2. Pirates of the

Caribbean 3. Scary Movie 4. Love Actually 5. Dirty Dancing

THEY LIKE LISTENING TO MUSIC

They listen to music all the time.They use MP3 and a CD Player.In Britain most teenager listen to punk, garage, house, rock and pop.

Favourite band1. One direction2. Eminem 3. Justin Bieber 4. Beyonce 5. Blue 6. Britney 7. Justin Timberlake 8. The Darkness 9. Good Charlotte 10. Evanescence

THEY LIKE READING BOOKS

Favourite book1. Harry Potter 2. The Lord of the Rings 3. Twilight series4. The Princess Diaries 5. Holes

THEY LIKE EATING

• Most teenagers like junk food

• They like hamburger, chips and cola

• So many teenagers are obese

SCHOOL• Children's education in England is

normally divided into two separate stages. They begin with primary education at the age of five and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they go to secondary school, there they stay until they sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age.

• The school year runs from September to July and it is 39 weeks long.

• British children are required to attend school until they are 16 years old

Bad teenagers

• A lot of teenagers drink, smoke and do drugs, especially around 15.

• There are teenagers who commit a lot of crime, and the boys have short hair who are nicknamed 'chavs‘