United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Land Population

VII. Analyze this table and say at what age in Russia you can do the following.

AGES YOU CAN LEGALLY DO THINGS IN BRITAIN
Leave school Ride a small motorbike Buy cigarettes Get married (with parents’ consent) Drive a car Buy alcohol Vote Get married (with parents’ consent)	16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18

VIII. Read an extract from the book “Britain Now” and take part in discussing of the following issues.

FAMILY LIFE IN THE PAST
Many people think there was once a golden age, in which the world was filled with happy families. The mother ran the house and the father went out to work to bring back enough money for this ideal family to live its life. The family – mother, father and three or four healthy, happy children – would go out for an occasional treat. Roles were very clear for the parents and children. Discipline within the family unit was strong and moral standards were high. This image is the kind of family life people mean when they talk about 'Victorian values'.
From Britain Now by C. Addis, 1994.

(page 29)

1. Do you consider these ideal families really to have existed?

2. Are there many families nowadays in Britain or in your own country, in which the real bread-winner is a man?

3. What should be done by the couples in order to create such an ideal

family?
VIII. Listen to the following interview of a teacher and mother of three young children and do the following assignments.

1.