Choose the correct item.
1 I promise I will/am going to try a green
curry in Thailand.
2 We will/are going to take a gondola ride
today - I arranged it last night.
3 I will/is going to call a taxi for you.
4 I think cars won't/aren't going to need
drivers in 50 years.
5 You're packing a suitcase. Will you/Are you
going to go on holiday?
6 It's started raining, so we won't/aren't
going to go to the open market this
morning.

When i was 5 years old I used to do
but now i think it's boring. My mom sais that's she used to do as me when she was young. now my mother like my father is doing
but 10-20 years ago my father also used to
too. my friend used to do last year but now he/she is doing and he/she js really good in it. also about studing i used to learn
but now i'm getting not very good marks you know also i know a person who used to do and he was really terrible in it. oh i forget to say thats my used to play but now he/she is doing/playing my ancle used to do/play. ... 2 years ago. Now i'm good/bad at but few years ago i used to do it really good/bad

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Топик Generation Gap (2)

One of the important problems of all times is a generation gap. Adult's mentality is different from teenager's. We are the children of two epochs with different views on various subjects. Because of this parents and children sometimes argue with each other.

Some people believe that teenagers today are generally rude, lazy and ill-behaved. Other people, however, think that teenagers are not so bad. Sometimes people don't understand teenagers. They don't understand some problems and things which are very important in teenagers' life, for example the lifestyles, piercing, tattoos, relationship with friends and teachers.

Some people don't want to understand modern views, ideals and our system of values. They say that teenagers are cruel, brutal, heartless and rude. Yes, today new generation "plays" with smoking, drugs and alcohol, but this doesn't mean that all teens are really bad!

On the other hand, today many elderly people look at the world with new eyes. Moreover, they try to understand teenagers' problems and solve them.

Most of the quarrels between parents and children happen because of children's marks at school and generation gap. We try to learn better, but if we have a bad mark our parents can shout at us.

In most cases "new generation" doesn't understand their parents and becomes depressed because of this. To protest against it, teens can shock people around them. That's why it is considered that teens today are lazy and ill-behaved. Elderly people usually compare their childhood and youth with present, they are always talking about "the good old days". People are said to become wiser with age. Sometimes it is true and sometimes it is not. I think that you can meet a wise man among the old as often as among the young. It is wrong that when wisdom always comes in old age. Sometimes when we talk to adults, they listen only to threir own point of view. That's why some teens don't like to talk to adults. To sum it up, nowadays everyone has a different view on teen's life. But, in fact, we should simply learn to understand each ot