Comprehension p. 98
Task 60
a. Why is the first day so important?
The first day is important for one to make a first impression, but also to receive first impressions.
b. What should you do on the first day to avoid making a fool of yourself?
One should be quiet and listen, study the environment and body language of fellow students, laugh if others is laughing, and so on.
c. What problems can you face in the beginning?
Knowing where to go, how much time one have between classes, what to eat, the combination to ones locker, how the schedule is and so on.
d. What subjects mentioned was obligatory?
American history and American government were mandatory classes.
e. What decisions must you make?
What subjects you want to study, what you find …show more content…
Usually Norwegian teenagers do not have a curfew, and do not have to ask permission to go out. The dating is no problem in Norway, because usually Norwegian teenagers do not date. They get drunk and have sex, for then to start knowing each other on a deeper basis than their names. Norwegian teenagers are free to make their own mistakes, while their parents do not look over they shoulders like hawks. Another matter is that the legal age to drink alcohol in Norway is 18, in America it is 21. Probably something there to.
Socialisation – America’s youth often go out on bowling, roller-skating or meet in restaurants. In Norway, these activities would be so expensive; students would have been bankrupt before they could say “fun!” For Norwegians meeting in each other’s houses or going to parties is the right way to socialise.
Girlfriend or girl friend – I think Americans lay a lot more into the status of being in a relationship. In Norway, one could simply be friends with the other sex without complications from jealousy boy/girlfriends. The Americans seem to be living in their own TV-shows, where drama, intrigues and paranoia range. They also seem to be a lot more occupied with statues. They must have a date to the prom, something Norwegian High School do not always
Task 60
a. Why is the first day so important?
The first day is important for one to make a first impression, but also to receive first impressions.
b. What should you do on the first day to avoid making a fool of yourself?
One should be quiet and listen, study the environment and body language of fellow students, laugh if others is laughing, and so on.
c. What problems can you face in the beginning?
Knowing where to go, how much time one have between classes, what to eat, the combination to ones locker, how the schedule is and so on.
d. What subjects mentioned was obligatory?
American history and American government were mandatory classes.
e. What decisions must you make?
What subjects you want to study, what you find …show more content…
Usually Norwegian teenagers do not have a curfew, and do not have to ask permission to go out. The dating is no problem in Norway, because usually Norwegian teenagers do not date. They get drunk and have sex, for then to start knowing each other on a deeper basis than their names. Norwegian teenagers are free to make their own mistakes, while their parents do not look over they shoulders like hawks. Another matter is that the legal age to drink alcohol in Norway is 18, in America it is 21. Probably something there to.
Socialisation – America’s youth often go out on bowling, roller-skating or meet in restaurants. In Norway, these activities would be so expensive; students would have been bankrupt before they could say “fun!” For Norwegians meeting in each other’s houses or going to parties is the right way to socialise.
Girlfriend or girl friend – I think Americans lay a lot more into the status of being in a relationship. In Norway, one could simply be friends with the other sex without complications from jealousy boy/girlfriends. The Americans seem to be living in their own TV-shows, where drama, intrigues and paranoia range. They also seem to be a lot more occupied with statues. They must have a date to the prom, something Norwegian High School do not always