"If" generation

 

NSWER THE QUESTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE TEXT

 

 

Answer Yes or No:

 

1.       Is the author annoyed with the fact that nowadays people don’t appreciate their lives?

Yes/No

2.       Does the author regret not being able to train tennis?     Yes/No

3.       Does the author think that expensive clothes may compensate for an uninteresting character?

Yes/No

4.       Is the author physically fit?      Yes/No

5.       Is the author happy with her life?                     Yes/No

6.       Does the author think that people often say things which they don’t mean?         Yes/No

 

Answer the questions in your own words:

 

1.       What is the author’s opinion about the way we live today?

 

 We don't know how to appreciate what we have and we make excuses for things we don't really need.

 

2.       What does the author criticize in people’s characters?

 

We keep saying what we would do "IF", and we complain about things we didn't really want.

 

3.       What does the author mean when she says that we must be socially correct?

 

She means that we should say what we think without sending mixed messages.

 

What do you think?

 

1.       Do you agree with the author’s opinion that we are the ‘IF’ generation?

 

Yes, because there is always the question of "IF I WERE...". And wasting time thinking about things I didn't really want to think about, as well as not being able to say what we think.

 

2.       Do you find any similarities between your and the author’s way of thinking?

 

Yes, in the part about not saying what we think.