Prepare 7 Unit 20 Reading Part 3 "Teen Speak"

Do you use some words or _________(express) with your friends and other members of your family?

Maybe you use very different languages in ______ (compare) with older generations

or perhaps you receive _______(criticise) from your teachers for using the wrong language at school.

Slang that is _______(specify) to teenagers is common in most languages, as are complaints about it from older people.

in fact, changes to standard grammar and vocabulary are nothing new, and aren't therefore, particularly _______(remark)

Since the time of Ancient Greeks , there have always been plenty of _____(object) to young people's language use.

Groups with similar interests adapt language to suit their purposes: think of the _____ (specialise) language

used in the legal and _____ (medicine) worlds.

_____(nature), teenagers also want to make it clear which social group they belong to, and changing the language you use a great way to do this.