Lesson 2. Teen Generation » 3A-B

3. A. Complete the text with the words from the box. A youth subculture (1) is a term which is used to describe the ways with the help of which young people differentiate themselves from the traditional culture of their social environment. Youth (2) subcultures offer their members an identity which is different from the one normal for their family, work, home and school. The factors defining youth cultures are usually fashion (3), opinions, slang, musical tastes, social background or interests. Vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, scooters (4), skateboards, surfboards, have played an important role in certain youth cultures. For example, mods — the youth movement in the United Kingdom in the 1960s — were associated with scooters while rockers (5) were associated with motorcycles. Many youth cultures are related to specific music (6) styles, and in some cases music has been the primary characteristic of the group (7), such as with punk rockers, ravers, metalheads, goths (8), hip hoppers, emo and indie. B. From the text of part A, write down the names of youth cultures. Mods, rockers, punk rockers, ravers, metalheads, Goths, hip hoppers, emo, indie.