Prepare 7 Unit 20 Reading Part 3 "Teen Speak"

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

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

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

Slang that is (a)   (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 (a)   (remark)

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

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

used in the legal and (a)   (medicine) worlds.

(a)   (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.