Children’s lives have changed (1)____________ (ENORMOUS) over the last 50 years. But do they have (2)___________ (HAPPY) (3)____________ (CHILD) today?
1 It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood without some element of (4)_____________ (NOSTALGIC). I have four brothers and sisters and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days outside with the other (5)_______________ (NEIGHBOUR) children, racing around on our bikes or exploring the (6)___________ (NEAR) woods. My parents (7)_____________ (HARD) ever appear in these memories, except as (8)_____________ (PROVIDE) either of meals or of severe reprimands after some (9)______________ (PARTICULAR) (10)________________ (HAZARD) adventure.
2 In the UK at (11)__________ (LITTLE), the nature of childhood has changed (12)______________ (DRAMATIC) since the 1970s. First, families are (13)______________ (SMALL) and there are far more only children these days. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and far (14)____________ (FEW) people have the time to bring up a large family. As a result, boys and girls today spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that (15)_____________ (YOUNG) tend to spend a huge proportion of their free time at home, inside. This is often due to the fact that parents worry much more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.
3 (16)____________ (FINAL), the kinds of toys children have and the way they play is (17)____________ (TOTAL) different. Computer and video games have (18)____________ (PLACE) the board games and more active (19)____________ (TIME) of my childhood. The fact that they can play the games on their own (20)_______________ (FAR) increases the sense of (21)___________ (ISOLATE) felt by many young people today. The irony is that so many of these games are called ‘(22)___________ (ACT)’.
4 Do these changes mean that children today have a (23)___________ (LITTLE) (24)__________ (IDYLL) childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels (25)__________ (EXACT) the same.
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1. enormously
2. happier
3. childhoods
4. nostalgia /nɒˈstældʒə/
5. neighbourhood
6. nearby
7. hardly
8. providers
9. particularly
10. hazardous /ˈhæzədəs/
hazardous: Involving risk or danger, especially to somebody’s health or safety.
hazardous waste/materials/substances/chemicals
They endured a hazardous journey through thickening fog.
It would be hazardous to invest so much.
hazardous to somebody/something
a list of products that are potentially hazardous to health
11. least
12. dramatically
13. smaller
14. fewer
15. youngsters
16. Finally
17. totally
18. replaced
19. pastimes
20. further
(adv)
to a greater degree or extent Sp. más, más a fondo.
to develop/increase/enhance/improve something further
to strengthen/support something further
Costs must be further reduced.
The police decided to investigate further.
My life is further complicated by having to work such long hours. She was getting further and further into debt.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Their share price fell further today.
21. isolation
22. interactive
23. less
24. idyllic
25. exactly
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