British teenagers can leave school at sixteen after taking their GCSE exams. They study for exams in as many as ten subjects, s  they have to work pretty hard! Today’s teens spend more time doing their homework than any teenagers in the past, s   for 2.5 – 3 hours every evening.
Free Time
It’s not all work, of course. What do British teenagers do to have f   ? They love watching TV, going out, meeting friends in Internet cafés and listening to music.
Communications
In addition to (除......之外）the Internet, teenagers in Britain use their computers to play games and do their homework. They a love their mobile phones, and spend hours texting their friends and chatting. Today, phones are getting smaller and lighter and you can do a lot more
wthem than just talk. Text messaging has b the coolest and most popular way to communicate. More than 90% of 12- to -16-year-olds have a mobile, and experts say that this stops t  from spending their money on sweets and cigarettes(香烟).
Fashion (服饰)
At school, almost all British teenagers have to w a school uniform. However, in their free tthey can wear whatever they like, and what they like is designer names such as Nike, Diesel and Paul Smith. In fact, 40% of British teens say that they think it is important to have the latest fashion. Looking good doesn’t come c, but many teenagers think it usual or easy to spend more than ￡100 on one item (件）of clothing.