team 1
What is the meaning of “generation gap”?
A difference in opinions, values, and lifestyles between older and younger generations.
Your parents want you to follow their career choice. What should you do?
Respect their opinion, but also explain your own interest calmly.
In the past, how did people listen to music?
With radios, cassette players, or vinyl records.
“Parents always know what is best.” Agree or disagree?
Agree: Parents have more life experience.
Disagree: Each generation has its own dreams.
Give one synonym for “respect.”
admiration, honor, esteem.
Teenagers today prefer texting. What do parents usually prefer?
Phone calls or face-to-face conversations.
What kind of fashion was popular in your parents’ teenage years?
Baggy jeans, flared pants, long hair, simple T-shirts (depending on culture).
“Teenagers today are more stressed than their parents were.” What do you think?
Agree: Teens face exams, social pressure, and technology addiction.
Disagree: Parents also had financial or social pressures.
What does the phrase “keep up with technology” mean?
To stay updated or not fall behind with new technology.
If you want to explain TikTok to your grandparents, what’s the easiest way?
Say it’s a short-video app where people share dances, songs, or stories.
Name one activity teenagers today love that older generations may not understand.
Online gaming, social media challenges, streaming shows.
“Technology makes the generation gap bigger.” Do you agree? Why?
Agree: Tech changes too fast, older people can’t catch up.
Disagree: Tech also connects generations (video calls, online learning).
What does “traditional” mean?
Something old, long-established, handed down over time.
Parents think teens spend too much time online. Give one solution.
Make a daily schedule, balance online and offline activities.
What is one festival/tradition young people join with family every year?
Lunar New Year, Christmas, Mid-Autumn Festival, Family Day.
“Family meals are less important nowadays.” Do you agree or not?
Agree: Busy lifestyle makes family meals rare.
Disagree: They are still a key way to connect.
What is the opposite of “independent”?
Dependent.
How can grandparents and grandchildren share hobbies together?
Cooking, gardening, storytelling, playing board games.
Compare one way of communication between past and present.
Past → letters, landline phones. Present → texting, video calls, social media.
“There is no generation gap, just a communication gap.” Explain.
It’s not really about age but about poor communication; listening helps reduce the gap.