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Contents

Animal Hospital

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.26

Pupils with two or more years ofEnglish

The RSPCA (Royal Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

hospital in London

The Other Hollywood

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Homeless on the streets

of Hollywood

The Fashion Spies ....................... .28

Companies that pay kids to tell

them what's cool

Weight-Loss Camps.

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Why overweight teenagers in

Britain are going to camps

When Don't You Tell the Truth?

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.30

Teenagers confess when and

why they lie

Secret Love

..............................

Teenagers give advice about a

secret relationship between a

Hindu girl and a Muslim boy

Parent Trouble?

..........................

Pupils with three or more years ofEnglish

Can parenting classes build better

relationships between teenagers

and their parents?

Mixed-race Relationships ................ .32

The difficulties faced by teenagers

who go out with someone from a

different ethnic group

A Baby Maybe?

.......................

Why are American high schools

giving dolls to their teenage

students?

'We Have Simple Lives' .................. .34

The Amish people of America

The Teenage Brain ....................... 14

Are over-sized brains the key to

difficult teenage behaviour?

Teenage Depression

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.36

Why are more and more teenagers

suffering from mental illness?

What's the Difference Between

..........................

Being Beautiful ......................... .38

What lengths will people go to in

their search for beauty?

Two teenagers share their views

Should We Eat Meat?

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.20

Sobriety High

............................

America's high school for teenage

drug addicts

The opposing views of a vegan

and a meat-lover

Are You Prejudiced? ..................... .24

A quiz to help you find out

The Best Night of Their Lives ............ .42

The high school prom

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Boys and Girls?.

The Cool School ......................... .44

A British talent school for music,

film and performing arts

Animal Rights -

A New Breed of Activism ................ .64

Animal cruelty is an issue that

upsets most people, but are

animal rights activists

going too far?

Happy Birthday America ................. .46

The fourth of July

Britain Vs America ...................... .48

A light-hearted look at the differences

between American and British people

E is for Ecstasy, Euphoria ................ .66

and Death

Ecstasy is becoming increasingly

popular with young people,

but what are the dangers?

Things You Learn at the Movies .......... 50

Life according to Hollywood

Can't We Just Be Friends? ............... .68

Dealing with break-ups

Surf It! ................................... 52

The universal appeal of surfing

Coping With Stress ...................... .70

Ten tips to help combat it

Ice Hockey - The Coolest Sport .......... .54

Is it the sport for you?

Food, Dangerous Food .................. .72

The eating habits that

make Britain the fattest

European nation

Road Rage ............................... 56

When driving causes people to

lose their tempers

The Age of the Internet Nerd ............. 58

The teenage lnternet entrepreneurs

who are making a fortune

in cyberspace

Ben on ... Applying to College ........... .74

Californian teenager Ben Roome

gives an insight into applying to

college in the USA

Pupils with four or more years ofEnglish

The Mystery of William Shakespeare .... .76

Who was the 'real'

William Shakespeare?

Africa's AIDS Orphans ................... .60

The devastating consequences of AlDS

on Africa's youngest generation

Ay Carumba! ............................ .78

Are the Simpsons America's

most powerful family?

Race in Britain Today .................... .62

A look at the horrendous results

of racism in Britain

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The Other Hollywood

I Before reading

Follow-up activities

Vocabulary

1) Organise the students into pairs and ask each pair to

look up the meaning of one of the following words:

limousines, homelessness, abuse, escape, glamorous

lifestyle, thieves, steal, prison, studio, HIVpositive, in

care.

2) When they have definitions for the words, ask them to

mingle and explain them to the other students who

should make a note of what they learn.

Discussion Igrammar (used to)

Ask your class to imagine the daily life of a homeless person

on the streets of Los Angeles. Allow them two minutes to

discuss their ideas with their partner then ask them to give

you examples of how young homeless people spend their

days and write them on the board. When all of the

suggestions are on the board, ask the students to speculate

about what these young people's lives were like before.

Encourage them to use the structure used to.

Writing predictions

Writing

They could then write a diary for a day as a homeless

1) Ask the class to predict the content of the article from

person.

the above words.

2) Ask them to answer the questions below with They

might ... and They might believe that ... respectively. They

should brainstorm as many different possibilitiesas they

can and then compare their answers in small groups.

Why do teenagers run away from home?

Why do young people go to Hollywood?

Answers

1. Comprehension

1 There are 4000 - 10,000 homeless teenagers in Hollywood, which

is about one tenth of Los Angeles' homeless population.

2 Over half of people under the age of 25 run away because of

abuse.

3 Young people often go to Hollywood because they dream they

will become movie stars and lead glamorous lives.

4 Young homeless people in Hollywood face danger from thieves

and gangs. There is also a danger that they might get involved in

buying and selling drugs.

During reading I feedback

Scan reading

Ask the students to keep their predictions in mind as they

read the article, then hold a feedback session. Were the

points that they made mentioned in the article?

Reading comprehension

Hand out activity 1, Comprehensionand ask the students to

write answers to the questions about the text.

Discussion

Use activity 2, Discussion as a lead-in to a class discussion or

debate about who is to blame for the homeless situation in

Hollywood and what can be done about it.

The Other Hollywood

1. Comprehension

2. Discussion

Read the article and write answers

Who do you think is responsible for creating the Hollywood

tothe following questions.

homeless? Put a tick next tothe sentence(s) you agree with.

Then, discuss your answers with a partner.

1. How many homeless teenagers

live in Hollywood?

The movie industry because they make films which give

young people false hope.

2. What is the reason that many

The movie stars who lead glamorous lifestyles.

young people run away from

home?

The government because they could do more to help

teenagers in this situation.

3. What attracts young people to

Hollywood?

The parents of these teenagers.

4. What are the dangers for

The teenagers themselves because they should stay at home

homeless people in Hollywood?

and try to work out their problems.

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The Other Hollywood

Say the word 'Hollywood' and we think of the movies,

long limousines and famous people living in luxury on Beverly Hills.

But there's another Hollywood which we don't hear about,

it's the part of Hollywood where the homeless live.

Hollywood is America's unofficial

homeless capital and between

4,000 and 10,000 homeless

teenagers sleep on Hollywood

Boulevard every night, that's

about one tenth of Los Angeles'

homeless population.

A dream come true?

For many teenagers ~o~l~wood

seems like an escape from their

difficult home life. They arrive

with the dream that they will

become movie stars and lead

the glamorous lifestyle that they

see in the movies. However, the

reality is that thieves steal their

money in the first week, and

many soon become involved in

buying and selling drugs in

order to survive. Some teenagers

become gang members and

either end up in prison, or dead

because gang culture is very

violent in America. So the dream

that teenagers arrive with, and

the reality they find, are very

different.

Who is responsible?

Movies create the image of

Hollywood which we all have.

Are they responsible for what

happens to homeless teenagers

on Hollywood Boulevard? Some

campaigners for the homeless

believe that they are and have

organised protests at Hollywood

studios. London's Big Issue

magazine recently asked Steven

Spielberg's office, Warner, and

Colombia Studios to comment

on the problem of homeless

teenagers in Hollywood, but

none of them believed that they

were responsible. Every day the

studios continue to make movies

and teenagers keep coming to

Hollywood full of hope and dreams.

Why are they on the streets?

Over half of the people aged

under 25 and living on the streets

leave their family homes because

of abuse. They might feel

frightened, or even think they are

responsible for it. Many teenagers

don't know where to look for

help, and the only way out of the

situation may seem to be to run

away from it.

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