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OPTION A INSIDE OUT

1 Inside Out is more than just an animated movie from Pixar—the makers of Toy Story, Up, Finding Nemo and
2 more. It's a kid-friendly introduction to real-life neuroscience. Inside Out portrays Joy, Anger, Sadness, Fear and
3 Disgust as colourful characters interacting inside the brain of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. In the movie, the
4 characters inside Riley's head support each other, or get in each other's way, just like emotions do in our own heads.
5 We are strangers to ourselves, and in particular we are strangers to our own mind. We have all these emotions,
6 but very often we have no idea how they work or why we feel them. The movie is inspired by Paul Ekman’s studies
7 on how emotions are expressed across different cultures. This psychologist determined that, regardless of their
8 upbringing, humans possess a standard set of facial expressions for six or seven emotions. The filmmakers turned
9 five of the emotions on Ekman's list into animated characters. Two others—surprise and contempt—were left out of
10 the script for simplicity.
11 Kids in their pre-teens and early teens often experience a sharp drop in happiness and a sudden rise in anxiety.
12 Inside Out shows Riley dealing with that shift. The film also shows how the parents deal with it. They accept her
13 change maybe because, as parents, they are aware that children must eventually go through that variable phase.
14 All in all, this film reveals how important it is to get a better understanding of our brain. In fact, learning how our
15 own emotions work would be a dream come true for adolescents and their parents—and for neuroscientists as well.

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:
Do you think that being a teenager is easy? Explain.

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Answer 1

18. WRITE A COMPOSITION OF APPROXIMATELY 120 WORDS ABOUT THE TOPIC PROPOSED AND FOCUS STRICTLY ON IT:

Do you think that being a teenager is easy? Explain.


In my opinion, every person faces certain situations differently, depending on their personality. The teenage years often are difficult for most people because of all the notions you had of the world as a child change and make you feel angry or hopeless, and sometimes invincible. I think that being a teenager is all about passion about what you like in those years and how you relate to it. But I also think that, depending on your personality, this stage of life can be either really difficult to you or just  a very slight inconvenience or just a part of life. To me, my teenage years were just a confirmation of what I thought was right and wrong, of my ideals and my hopes and dreams. So, in the end, being a teenager can be both easy or hard, depending on the person.

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